The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

vent the Introduction OF everything that may
be menace to the welfare OF the Nation.
Peace is never likely to come to America
until we order the Jesuits from our borders.
With the coming of these Jespits has come the
low idea OF citizenship. | believe that citizen
ship should not be conferred on any one unless
he has shown his ability TO perform the duties
OF an American citizen and patriot. Citizen
ship is one OF the cheapest things in the United
States to-day. | believe 1t should be obtain
able only at q great price; there ought to be
premium on it. Along with the Jesu1ts have
come anarchism and all the worst aspects OF
socialism.
cations which he said came with these
Jesuits. and included also the inmates and
those in control of monasteries and con-
vents Continuing he said: "Monasticism
is but the adopted child of p8ganism,
nothing more or less" He described mo.
nastic institutions as CONSTRUCTED like
penal structures, and behind the walls of
which no law officer, or even the President
of the United States can 60 without the
permission of some foreigner, who has no
respect for American institutions" He
continued:
do not know what is going on behind those
walls, and do not care but l object to any
foreign power coming here and defylng the
power Of our authorities Let me say TO you
that the time is near in Missouri when no Or
ganZation will feel 1t necessary to petition the
Legislature or the Governor OF that state to
young people are growing up and will soon
have the ballot in their hands, and they will
see that such men are elected that petitions
will be unnecessary for this purpose.
The first principle of conyentual life IS the
crushing out of natural instincts. These
people OF whom l. am going to speak have
been improperly educated. They think it is
impossible to be in the world and not OF It.
Instances were cited 10 show that this
idea was wrong-that contact with evil
does not necessarily contamlnate. Refer
ence was then made to the requirements
for leading monastic life, the abjuration
of all that is most passlonately loved,
whether music, flowers or children. Then
the remuneration of the will power by
monastics and conventual inmates was
spoken of. THESE requirements, he said,
were impeachments OF the wisdom OF God.
He added:
DO you realize that life in a monastic in
stitution requires the renunciatiOn OF a moth
ers love, that sweetest thing in human life
If had a son l would rather he carried the
instinct of murder in him throughout life; l
throughout mis- life; than forget his leve for
the mother that bore him.
Any organization that requires the renun-
citation OF the love of music, OF flowers, OF home,
of mother, is unfit to exist within the domains
OF this Republic of liberty.
The people who live in these secluded build
ings are barred from that Intellectual growth
tnat comes WIN W1ue interchange OF tnougnt.
They believe that pure thoughts can only be
cultivated in this isolation. They fail to con-
ceive that the pure in mind has never any but
pure thoughts Think OF person extremely
1ond of good literature being compelled to re-
nounce all except a few prescribed books. This
is not only un-American, it is un-Christianlike.
Monasticism robs its inmates of all that is
good and dear in friendship. What has God
created us for, anyway? We are put here to
aid others we'll as ourselves. When man
or woman is shut up in q monastery or con-
vent all this power for good to others is taken
away from them
In monastieism we are deprived of the won
derlul and great influence of women for good.
protest against this state OF things. 1t is
relic of bar rba rism.