The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12

| SuyS MTs hORdu.'
"While was a Romish priest in Philadelphia
| consultation was held between the pap1sh
| priests in the diocese OF Philadelphia, ana II
was secretly resolved by them that the best
way of checking Hogan's heresy, as they
| termed my advocating the reading OF the Blple,
was TO take possession OF the church in which l
otficiated in the name of the Pope. They ac-
cordingly wrote to his Holiness, numbly pray
ing this mangod to send them out Blshop
and to give him and his successors in Office a
lease of ST. Mary's Church in Philadelphla and
all the appurtenances thereunto belonging.
Accordingly his royal Holiness, the Pope, sent
them Bishop with the aforesaid lease. was
Immediately ordered out OF the church. and
having refused to depart, unless the trustees
thought proper to remove me, this emissary OF
the Pope, only few days or weeks in this
country, had me indicted for officiating in ST.
Marys Church, although l had the tull and uil-
divided consent of the trustees
"But the Bishops legal right was questioned;
the case was brought before the supreme
Court OF Pennsylvania, Chief Justice Ilghlman
presiding. l was discharged from bail and
custody, and the rights of the trustees sus-
tanned. But the priests and the bishops were
not content with this decision. They put their
heads once more together, and fanc1ed that
they had discovered another mode by which
they could rob the people OF their rights, and
defeat the intention OF the donors OF ST. Mary S
Church; and what was their plan, think you,
fellow-citizens? The Bishop called meeting
OF all the priests and leading Roman CathoLcs
in the diocese. Every lay member was ordered
TO bring with him a hickory stick (or club.
The meeting was held in the church OF ST.
Joseph; and at the hour OF II at night the
Romtsh Bishop Of the diocese OF Pennsyiyanla,
an lrishman, not more than few months in
the co lntry, attended in his pontifcals. told
the multitude, who were there assembled, to
lay down their sticks in one pile, in
order that he might bless them for
their use. This was done as a matter of course.
The Bishop said mass. sprinkled holy water
upon the sticks, blessed them, and this DONE
the whole party bound themselves by solemn
vow never 10 cease until they elected Lcgts-
lature in Pennsylyanta that would annul the
/ oh 0f ATCr
American citizen, blush TO state the fact, they
succeeded The charter was annulled by an
act OF the Legislature, and property worth over
a million dollars would have passed into the
hands of the Pope and his agents were there
not q provision in the constitution of that
State empowering the Supreme Court to decide
upon the constitutionality OF the acts OF the
Legislature.
1--WE brought the constitutionality of the act
before the court, Justice Tighlman presiding.
The court decided in favor of the trustees and
myself. This, l believe, is the first attempt
the Pope has made to establish his temporal
powers in this country. The priests have
headed the papists as a body and have resolved
to carry by the ballot-box their schemes"
The history of thirteen centuries bear testi-
mony to the fact that Rome has taken its stand
for the pre-emlnence and supremacy OF eccIesl-
astical law and ecclesiastical authority when
ever the church and state are in presence to-
gether and whenever civil and canon law are
in antagon1sm. In the last fifty years she has
tried 1t in various countries. She tried IL in
England in 1851, when she parceled out the
dominion OF Queen Victoria into ecclesiastical
principalities She tried it IN Italy and South
America upon the marriage question. She
tried it in Austria upon the question raised by
the concordat She has tried in the United
States, Canada and Mexico upon the school
question.
at has been maintained by the bulls of
Popes, the DEGREES of councils and the
anethemas or the priesthood Its record has
been written in the lurid flames OF the auto da
fe, by the bleaching bones of earth's noblest
men and women, by dethroned kings, ex-
n I1J1lp pQf fnd l-a6
ruined states and impeded civilization.
In book entitled, Pope Leo XIII, His Life
and Letters" by Rev. j. +. Talbot, DID,, with
the Endorsement of Rev. P. A. McKenna, there
is an encyclcal upon ''The Christian Constitu-
ton OF States" The following are some of his
statements:
First-Just as the end at which the church
aims is by far the noblest of ends, SO It's power
Is the most exalted of all powers, and cannot
or in any way subject to it," page 372) This
proves that he sets the church above the state.
On page 3S3 he says: 'But to wish the church,
in the discharge OF its offices, to be subject to
the civil power, is a great rashness, a great in
justice. II this were done order would be dis
turbed, since things natural would thus be put
before those which are above nature" = 3
"a well-regulated state cannot be when re-
ligion is taken away"
Second-He quotes approvingly Pope Gregory
XVI in his encychcal of August, 1882, where
he SAYS: "Nor can we hope happier results
either for religion or the Government, from
the wishes OF those who are eagerly desirous
tlaU Ile C0uICu SnOuLu De separated from the
state, and the mutual good understanding of
the sovereign secular power and the sacer-
dotal authority be broken up. 1t is evident
that these lovers of most shameless liberty
dread that concord which has always been
fortunate end wholesome, both for sacred and
civil interests" This is Endorsed by the latest
infallible, hence must be authoritative.
Third-He condemns as heretical errors the
following vital principles of our National con-
stitution: (d) That the people are the source
of civil power. He says (page 3SH: "From
these decisions of the Popes It is clearly TO be
understood that the origin of public power is
to be sought from God himself, and not from
the multitude" To understand the papal
meaning of this statement it is necessary to
quote his previous utterances relating to the
same thing. On pages $40 and 81 he says:
'It is clear that q state constituted on this ba-
sis is altogether bound to satisfy, Dy the public
profession of religion, the very many and great
duties which bring tfnto relation with God.
Nature and reason, which command every
man individually to serve God holly and re-
| ligiously binds by the same the civil
community. States cannot, without
crime, act as though God did. not
| ligion as alien to them or useless, or
out OF several kinds of religion adopt lndifer-
lutely bound, in the worship of Deity, to adopt
that use and manneri in which God himself has
shown that he wills 10 be adored. Therefore,
among rulers the name of God must be holy
and il must be reckoned among the first OF
their duties to favor religion (Roman, of
eourse1, protect 1t and cover 1t with the au-
cree anything that is Incompatible with its
security" AS the RomIsh Church claims to
be the infallible teacher it follows that the
State must learn from her its relation TO God
and its duties TO him. hence must depend upon
the church for the authority of its laws
(b.( He asserted that religious liberty was q
crime. alt is crime for States to treat in the
same way different kinds or religion o. 3S4)
Religious equality in the eyes OF the law is one
OF the cardinal principles OF our Government.
(c.) He condemns freedom of thought, speech
and press '"The uncontrolled right of think
| ing and publicly procleiming ones thoughts
is not inherent in the rights OF citizens, nor in
any sense to be placed among those things
which are worthy OF favor and patronage"
(p. 3S4l.
(dl He condemns the Declaration of Inde-
pendence that ''all men are born free and
equal (p. 331). "From this spring came
those more recent propositions OF unbridled
liberty. OF those principles the chief is that
one which proclaims all men, us by birth and
nature they are alike, so in very deed in their
actions OF lie are they equal, and each is so
master OF himself that in no way does ne come
under the authority of another; that it is for
him to freely think on whatever subject he
likes; that no one else has right of ruling over
others In a society founded upon these princi-
pies governments only the will of the people -
In condemning such basis of government he
has assailed the fundamental principles of our
republican form of government. l hold in nv
possession book written by famous Cath