The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-24
THAT OUTRAGE.
CONCERNING WHICH THE CAN.
DIDATE rs SILENT.
A Louisville Republican Writes TO the
Democrat and Defends His Reli-
gion Against the Assaults of
the Card Distributor.

gion Against the Assaults of
the Card Distributor.
Louisville, o September IA, 1885,
Editor Stark County Democrat; Dear
Sir---I beg you for space for a few words
confess am not q subscriber TO your
valuable paper but it Is not my fault. l
am working harder now to get one Of the
5S-cent dollars than did when they were
101 and lO2-oent dollars We farmers are
barely able to get enough dollars to pay
our taxes, Just because we lost so much
on our potatoes last year, and the fault Of
IL all is that Wilson bill. do not want
to impose on space, and not only that
but you are advocating an honest cause in
an honest, truthful manner, and cannot
see how any one would be able to write
anything that would be palmer and more
honest for the poor mans side.
Now, what do want to write about is
this; The Stark County Democrat Of
September was sent to me by neigh
Dor on September 12, and when l looked
on the first page, I saw heading, "In-
suit and Infamy Concerning Which the
Candidate is Silent" read the whole
of that outrageous insult with an aching
heart. want to ask those A p. A. lists
one favor that they shall do for their own
poor souls: Go to our neighbor Of he Is
not an A. P. .A-ist) and ask him to loan
you his Bible. Turn to Book of St.
Matthew, chapter 10, verse 25. II you
can read there you will find that Christ
said: "If they have called the master of
the house Beezebub, how much more
them of the householdP' Now, by these
words, our Savior, not only foretuld what
was to happen to His followers present
with Him at that time, but also to those
who were to come after, and to His
church in future ages, that though
should they be ever so just, to God anu
their neighbor, upright in their way
and live in the fear of God, and His laws,
yet must they be reyiled by the world be
made by-word by the people and have
the repute Of being seducers, and SLAM
der to all nations ;and today we are called
a people insuiferable to the common
wealth, enemies TO our country its laws
and temporal powers; yes all this, In
spite of the most explicit declaration Of
the Catholic church, respecting her sub
mission to the temporal powers; yet her
enemies fail not to calumniate her doc
krt.. A,1t. AL -, NlaN - Al,
subvorsive Of due subordination; when
there is nothing that can be more fatty
contradictory 20 the doctrine of the
Catholic church than this injurious i'm
putation; for she has always taught with
the great apostle of st. Paul, that strict
and religious obligation is due 20 the tenn
poral powers, not only for fear of their
wrath but for conscience sake"
appeal to her councils to her
catechisms, to her pulpits, and to her
books of spiritual directions; and l ap-
peal in particular to Clement xiv
authority and public declaration ad- |
dressed to all the Catholic bishops in the
Christian world, and that ought forever
to silence any such calulnnius charge |
"Be careful" says he, "that those who
are given under your charge, in the in
structions of the laws of the gospel are
made sensible, from their very infancy, of
their strict obligation to their king, of
respect for their authorities, of submis-
sion to their laws; not for wrath, but for
conscience sake"
Let me also state what our Bishop,
Rev. l. +. Horstmann, of Cleveland, tells
us American Catholics. He says:
"Unless we are good and true American
citizens, we cannot be good and true
Catholics" And he also says: "That
If 1t were in his power he would compel
every foreigner to become an American
citizen, or he would turn them back to
the country that they came from. think
have said enough to convince any one,
but bigot, that we Catholics are as good
and true American citizens as it Is possi-
BILE for any person to become. am an
American born citizen. My parents and
grand parents were born in America; so
surely my credentials are good for an
American; and surely when became a
Catholic at the age of Al, did not dis
card my American citizenship; for If I
had been asked to do so, 1 would never
have Joined the Catholic church, but l
am warned by our bishop that, "unless
am a good and true American citizen,
cannot be a good and true Catholic"
Respectfully yours,
Isaac @. Hartman.
p. ST. always voted for Mckinley,
but this year be Is out Of my reach on the
money plank. W. j. Bryan for me.