The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-30
Facing the
zOfb Century
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Papacy was once a temporal kingdom,
and we presume Mr.. King fears that it,
TOO is DESTROYS of becoming an empire
Now, this is what Mr.. King really fears,
the actual temporal rule of Catholics.
But who was it who limited the tenn
pOral power Of the Papacy and crushed
it back, until finally it had but city
which it called its own? And who was
it that took away finally that one city =?
Not the Protestant, but the Catholic.
To twist the expressions Of Catholic
prelates VINO declare that America must
eventually be Catholic to mean that
America must be a Papal temporal
state, as Mr.. King does, is to blind one S
self to the most patent fact of Cathollc
religious life. Except through spiritual
weapons Americans cannot be MADE
Catholics. It is a piOUs hope that they
Will some day see the essential right
ness of the Catholic religion that dlc-
tateS those expressions which Mr.. KING
perverts and from which he argues the
existence of a religious plot, a Jesuit
conspiracy to get the offices OF une
government into Catholic hands and
then turn them over to the Pope;
If Mr.. King has the welfare Of the
American state at heart he Will be
more certain to further it bv healing
the wounds Of brothers rather than
aggravating them by such propagand-
ism.
So much for Facing the Twen-
tieth Century" in broad perspective.
We will not pass to a consideration In
detail of a few of the monumental hes
which James NJ. King has placed be
fore the American people for their edi-
fication.
Facing the Twentieth Centrpy" de-
serves notice at the hands of CathoEcs,
not because Of its statements, which
are abominably false; nor yet for ITS
literary style which is barbarouS, but
simply and solely because of the fact
that many prominent people in the
Methodist church, men prominent IN
the state and nation, have accepted the
word of James NJ. King for the truth OF
his allegations. Consequently, rrepar-
able damage is likely to occur TO IN
diyiduai Catholics unless these allega-
lions meet prompt and specific denial.
"Politico- Ecclesiastical Roman1Tn is
the startling title to Part ". OF Mr..
Kings book, which may be said to be
a treatise de omnibus rebuS ct quibuS-
dam aliis.
In the preliminary to this part of hrs
very thick book we find the following
'Politico- cleSiaSJicaG RoIlldllIsln
presents claims concerning universal
dominion in both spiritual and temporal
affairs; concerning the essential cIal-
acter of civil liberty; concerning reAg-
ious liberty and the union OF cnuTch
and state; and concerning the voter as
a citizen and responsible coverelgn, IN
direct antagonism TO the genius ana
guarantees of American institutions
1t sustains relations to party politics
and u0liticianS: to legislative, eXecu-
tive and judicial administration; to ed
ucatiOn and the schools; 10 the press
and literature; to charitable, reforIna-
tory and penal institutions; to- LABOR
and other organizations and to corpora
tons; to the boycott and the boss; 10
Rum. RlOnan6sm and Rebellion; to the
government of the commercial metrop-
oils of the New World; and TO the
Spanish American war. which prove II
a constant corTupter of pollucaA hte
and a persistent disturber of the equal
and peaceful relations OF cltlzeIlS III
public and in social life.
ct practices methods in assuming TO
make condescending concessions 10
American institutions; in preserving
voting solidlty by promoting isolation
and preventing assimilation In cltlzeh-
ship in insisting upon all Romanlsts
entering civic associations as Roman
lists and not as Americans, which are
humiliating to national respect, detr1-
mental TO the best interests of it's own
people, and which put a premium upon
corrupt political bargains.
Thus does James NJ. King, Methooist
divine. present his nightmare to the
American public AS the reader will
see his statements are but rehasn
of the fanatical opinions of bigotS of
an earlier day than King.
We speak without fear of contradlc-
ton when we say that Mr.. King offers
no proof Whatsoever when he saws the
Roman Catholic church presents the
claims. susitains the relations, or prac-
tices the methods mentioned above. He
lavs down his premises and pours forth
statements innumerable, vile and un-
utterable in their support. After max
ing the sweeping statements quoted
above Mr.. King proves them TO ms
own satisfaction as follows: Every in
telNgent Citizen knows that the es-
sential principles Of Romanism, are an
tagonistic to free institutions IN the
abstract, but the concrete consideration
is here proposed.
If every Intelligent citizen knows
these things why does Mr.. King labor
through a volume of 700 pages in a
futile attempt to prove them? OF
course the fact is that no intelligent /
citizen knows anything of the kind.
Again King says: This power (the |
Roman Catholic church) has the most |
minute ramifications in municipal |
state, national and international affairs. !
1t is an impairment and dangerous
meddler in ali civic concerns No
proof is offered in SubStantiation of
this charge; nothing but the mere ipse
dixit of James NJ. King.
He minimizes the work Of Catholic
sailors on the Maine and magnifies
such things as this into mountains:
Lieutenant Colonel Duffy, temporary
commanding officer of the Sixty-ninth
New York National Guard regiment
issued an order in which. he said: In
acceptance of invitation from the Most
Reverend Archbishop CoTrigan, the
regiment will parade in fatigue uni
form and proceed to st. Pat
1icl1'e Cathedral to assist at pontifcal
mass
Every little diversion leads back to
Spain and idle statements. He works
the late war for all it is worth, and
more than it is worth, since never
would one imagine Catholics had part
in it. He has The advantage of a shifty
antagonist. Each successive time he
uses the same incident to prove a diff
ferent thing. First, Catholics did not
take part in the war against Spain, but
If they did they have no reason to
boast of it. Second, Catholics are di-
vided between their duties as Catholics
and Americans whenever they have to
fight Catholics. Ergo, Catholics would
betrav America whenever the oppor-
4unity offers Wonderful indeed is this
most remarkable book which We are
considering. Now it is the Pope COM
mande=" Now il is 'the church teach
es' Did the Pope wish Catholics to .
betrav their country during the late
war with Spain? The Pope anxiously
desired Spain to succeed. we are told
Then why didn't he command Catholics
to desiet from fighting if all these