The Irish standard., 1906-09-22
Words Of Ca1urnny and Falsehood Quick
ly and Earnestly Refuted by Loyal
Kansas Pastor.
A Faithful Picture Of the Part the Church
Has Taken in the Advancement of
This Republic.

his associate editors might be- ~fouaA
dangling in their own back yard, poke
ing out their tongues at the respso&,
able people who came to entrioat&
them from their perilous condition. !
Now. Mr.. Editor. cast aside youoi
bigoted prejudice and in the light oil
history answer me tho following ques+!
tons: d
What religious denomination haai
done more for the development ana
advancement Of this glorious Repub-
lie than the Roman Catholic religion
has done?
Where was tho religion Of which
you pose as the inspired oracle when
| that Catholic gentleman, Christopher
Columbus. landed on our shores In
1492? ,,
What had your religion and its fol-
lowers done for the development Of
this country when De Soto. another
Catholic, discovered the Mississippi In
1541?
| Who but Coronado and Father Juan
dc Padilla traversed the plains of Ari-
to the world that the great American
desert, as 1t was then called. was a
land flowing with milk and honey and
suitable habitation for men to reside
in?
Answer these and then claim if
you dare. that a Catholic president
would be clog in the wheels Of prog
ress. 90.
2. Catholicism and Americanism are
so opposed that ono cannot be loyal
Catholic and a 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-'
Ollie gentlemen, one of the first to sign
his name to the Declaration Of hides
pendcnce? 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 mas
ton? Throughout the whole war Of in.
dependence were not the Catholics
foremost In their endeavor to rid this
country of tyranny and oppressiont
Was not Commodore John Barry, tha
father Of the American navy, a Cath
Ole? 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 host
Of others. loyal Catholics and were
they not at the same time loyal Amer.
leans? In the war with Spain In 1895,
did not the Catholics do their part In
revenging the Maine disaster? still
you have the audacity to say q loyal
Catholic cannot be loyal American!
8. 1.-THE Pope claims and Catholics
stand for the claim-temporal power!
According to this claim he has sover.
eign power over all the nations of the
earth. Our government would have to
pay allegiance to the Vatican II the
Vatican had the power to compel thu
allegiance" Prevaricator of history,
you know. or at least you ought .tos
know. before you make any assertions
that the temporal power to which the
Pope lays claim is not sovereign over;
all the nations Of the; earth. but to the
government of the papal states IN
Italy. which he rscsivedg from Pepin
and charlemange in '754 and IA ia
held in undisputed possession until
he was robbed Of them in is7o ~. III. }.
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