The San Francisco call., 1896-03-07


sists of eight volumes. On one occasional it was
placed on the counter and put my hands into
my pocket to take out the $32 TO pay for it,
when the bookseller asked me II ! had q per-
formed me that he could not sell it to me un-
less Ihad permit signed by the priest of my
parish and countersigned by the Archbishop.
This hook now showI finally secured through
the American Consul in Belgium. 1t is known
as Denngues Theology, and IS printed entirely
in Latin.
The speaker then quoted from it to
show, as he claimed, that the doctrine Of
mental reservation was therein made a
part of Roman Catholicism, and would
permit an eyewitness or murder to de-
Iiberately testify falsely in reference to
that crime if he felt SO inclined, and that
any Catholic priest has the power to
absolve him from the sin of perjury. He
added:
don't saw that any Roman Catholic layman
in this City believes this doctrine, for he does
not read this work. If there is any inconsider-
able number of our people who believe this
doctrine then my property, my character and
my life is not safe from witness on the stand,
a juror in the jury-box or the Judge on the
bench. But this work is textbook for every
Catholic priest.
This great Government of ours is guilty in
permitting such textbooks to be used. There
ought to be law prohibiting them being
used in this country.
Major Ryan also quoted from this work
as follows: ''The validity of the organic
law of country must be tested by the
church." and remarked:
Have you ever thought of the degradation
these doctrines will lead men to. There is
nothing that will illustrate the degradation
and humiliation of these poor people who are
chained TO this organization.
In the New York Tablet, q Catholic paper,
published with the sanction of the Catholic
censors, ,OFe find the following: 'The church
is more than country" The man who indorses
this doctrine cannot be good citizen of this
or any country on earth. II a man is dislOyal
to his country he is disloyal to God. No man
can serve two masters. No man can become
citizen of this country and still maintain ale
glance to the Pope OF Rome.
When the people of Ireland show their abil-
ity to govern themselves by throwing off the
rule OF Rome then will be in favor of home
rule, but not till then. lApplause.1 Home
rule for Ireland to-day means Rome rule, and
Rome rule means degrading state OF slavery
to that power.
1t is this Roman Catholic immigration that
/ have spoken of that is meddling with our
Government and endeavoring to destroy it,
and it is TO this same Roman immig grafton that
the politicians OF the country are catering. /
wish to say that have no hate for the Roman,
but do hate Romanism. God loves the sim
ner, but hates sin, and so say that hate not
the Roman, out Romanism.
Out of these pernicious Catholic doctrines
was born not only the man who murdered
President Lincoln, but the man who assassi-
mated the President OF France, the man who
shot dead Mayor Harrison OF Chicago, the man
who slew DR.. Cronin and threw his body into
the sewer. Out OF these doctrines was born
Tammany, the worst organization that ever
existed in this country. Out of this doctrine
was created the policeman OF New York City
who, on q salary of $4,000 year. raised a
family and in a period of twenty years accu-
| mulated fortune of more than quarter of a
million dollars.
Arrested for Forgery