The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-09-22
Words Of Ca1urnny and Falsehood Quiol-
ly and Earnestly Refuted by Loyal =
Kansas Pastor. ;.
A Faithful Picture Of the Part the Church
Has Taken in the Advancement of
This Republic. r.

his associate editors might. be -fouaA
dangling in their own back yard. pok1
Ing out their tongues at the rsspsoes
able people who came to e.tsioat4e
them from their perilous condiNon. i!
Now. Mr.. Editor. cast aside youpi
bigoted prejudice and in the light e1l
history answer me the following auss>,
tions: ., IL
What religious denomiaa&ion hsai
done more for the development ana
advancement of this glorious Repubr
lie than the Roman Catholic rsltginn
has done? .i,
Where was the religion Of which,
you pose as the inspired oracle when
that Catholic gentleman. Christopher
Columbus. landed on our shores In
1902? o.a.t
What had your religion and It's fol-
lowers done for the development OF
this country when De. eoto. another
Catholic, discovered the Mississippi ID
1871? ~
| Who but Coronado and Father Juan
de Padilla traversed the plains of Ari-
! zona, Colorado and Kansas and proved
to the world that the great American
desert, as it was then called. was 9
land flowing with milk and honey ana
a suitable habitation for mon to reside
in?
I Answer these and then claim if
you dare. that q Catholic president
would be clog in the wheels of prog
ress. Y,,
2. Catholicism and Amerioanism are
so opposed that one cannot be loysl
Catholic and q loyal American!
Shame on your idiocy to make such
an assertion. When this fair land was,
oppressed by despotic ruler, was not
Charles Carroll Of Carrollton, Cath-
Ole gentlemen, one Of the first to sign
his name to the Declaration Of hides
pendence? When the nations Of Eu.
rope refused to recognize us as any.
thing but rebels, was 1t not Bishop
John Carroll that went to France and,
succeeded in getting that government
to recognize US as an Independent na~
ton? Throughout the whole war Of In.
dependence were not the Catholics
foremost in their endeavor to rid this
country Of tyranny and opprsssiont
Was not Commodore John Barry, tho
father of the American navy, a CATH
olic? Was 1t not he that captured the
first British vessel when the war
started? Did he not fight for his coun-
try all through the war and capture
the last British vessel taken from the
English in our fight for freedom? IN
the civil war were not Catholics %
anxious to preserve the integrity Of
this country as the members Of any.
other denomination? Were not, Rose.
Grams. Sheridan, Meagher and q host
Of others. loyal Catholics and were
they not at the same time loyal Amsr-
leans? In the war with Spain. in 1895
did not the Catholics do their part In
revenging the Maine disaster? 6tilt
you have the audacity to say loyal
Catholic cannot be loyal American!
3. 1.-THE Pope claims and Catholics
stand for the claim-temporal powsrs
According to this claim he has sover.
eign power over all the nations Of tho
earth. Our government would have u #
pay allegiance to the Vatican IL the
Vatican had the power to compel As,thA
allegiance" Prevaricator Of history,
you know. or at least you ought q
know. before you make any asssrtioa
that the temporal power to which tkai
Pope lays claim IL not : sovereign oys:
all the nations Of the earth. but to ~ Ii
government Of the .in Il
italy. which he rscsiy rom Spin q
and chsrlsnanEe IA WA ~ 1ils3 4 n
held n undisputsd poss ~ N
he was robbsd of them I'D 81 y ifliSI,: NJ:
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