Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-25
HJUSTICE" AND "AMEN.
EDITOR CITIZEN:

EDITOR CITIZEN:
/ notice in your last issue that
some one signing himself s.Amen''
has burst forth into another column
of nothingness. IL he wants to talk
why don't he stay in the same field
with me. | asked him some very
plain questions. Did he attempt 70
answer any of them? No, for to do
so would be like chopping off his own
head. He prays me to tell him when
1 wrote of any good deeds of the
Pope. (True, never commented on
his good deeds, for l never knew of
OF any. Then with almost the same
stroke of his pen he quotes me as
saying--"can any one tell me of the
good deeds he has done." l thank
'.Amen" for his congratulations. bnt
l would thousand times rsther be
a snake and swallow myself than to
swallow Popery. Why does ne persist
ia quoting from magazines, preachers,
presidents, etc? still stick to what
l said In the beginning, if you believe
IN Popery and then preach Protes-
tanism "you lie and the truth is not
In you" What was Roosevelt's mes
sage to the Vatican that be speaks 80
highly of? Was not that one of the
grossest insults ever heaped on the
shoulders Of Uncle Sam ? WASN'T
that violating the constitution of the
United States? Would Lincoln or
Grant (two of the greatest men that
ever liyed) have done anything like
that? How is this Roosevelt has
just recently endorsed the Bible.
The Pope forbids the reading of the
Bible by his faithful. Some may
want Others to do their thinking for
them and go by what they say, but
when stubborn facts stare me in the
face the opinions Of all the presi-
dents, kings, magazines and preach
ers on the face Of the earth could not
make me change my opinion. "Amen''
speaks OF some old "msmmy" fright
ening me in my childhood days
about the horrid Pope with horns,
cloven feet, etc. No, gentle readers,
l grew up to be youth entirely ig-
norant of Popery, but after dozen
years spent in the largest cities of
the United States, l found that no
old "mammy" could ever find words
in the English language to describe
a beast so terrible as is Popery. Why
are they driving out the priests, nuns
and monks of France /? Didn't they
get 30 bad that the government was
compelled to expel theml And
those very exiles are invited to, and
have come to the United States.
think 1t is time American citizens
were waking up. What did the
Pope do that they should iaud him
so? Didn't he "bless" the Spanish
troops when they went to fight the
Americans in Cuba and the Philip
pines? Don't the Pope always cry
down down with the public schools?''
Wneu ~ cry down with them you
may as well say down with the
American flag.
Now, ! would like to ask "Amen''
a few plain questions: What is the
confession for, and why does it hap
pen ON Saturday nightsy Why do
priests asks innocent young girls
questions that any respectable man
wouldn't ask dogp Why do the
priests make them believe they for
give their sins # they pay them
enough money! The priests claim
to represent Christ. Did he ever
accept money for anything he did
Did the Pope or his suburdinatei
ever do anything without money
Now, would like these questions
answered, but / fear they will no,
be, for "Amen" is like many another
person, who, when driven to tn,
wall, tries to squirm out oy resortine
to personal abuse. JUSTICE.
Il