Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-12
RoME AssAILED.

not the only one in this country that
Is accused OF debating the politics OF
It's members We have before us a
copy of the American Citizen, paper
printed In Boston, and whose aim ls,
"a revival OF American patriotism.
In thu &sue before us IT Is charged
that "in 1904, fully 95 per cent of the
Roman Catholics on orders from Rome
voted for Theodore Roosevelt, for value
received" Just note tho hbnormity OF
the accusation. The paper speaks OF
the alleged changed alignment Of
voters thus "Tho slavery is reversed
The Romanists are voted, en- bloc, by
their Italian masters in the Vatican,
with their Irish overseers In America,
while the negroes vote spontaneously
ana as free men" The paper further
alleges Rome controls the left and
right wings of tho administration,
while American officials are at their
CASE
In little pamphlet entitled THE
Holy Roman Empire the thoughts EN-
bodied in the quotations given are fur
Their elaborated The author of that
pamphlet says Rome has NOT changed
since the Holy 1nquisItion The pope
would be the autocratic ruler of the
state, and dictate It's policy and It's
laws, subject to no supervision. revis-
lon or protest" on another page we
read: His Holiness declares that he
has the right. and would exercise st
II he had the power, to require that the
Catholic religion shall be the religion
of the state to the exclusion of all
others" Then the author goes on to
consider the question how the Pope
expects to become the ruler of America.
This is the answer:
by unlimited and untaxed wealth
now rapidly accumulatings and a solid
Catholic vote stu more rapidly Incres&-
Ing. and by graft and political trickery
with the political boss, and by subsl-
dizing, controlling, or boycotting the
public press. All this is being STEALTH
ly Jesutically and steadily accom-
plished In free America in this Twenti-
eth century, with scarcely protest.
when America Us Catholic, Americans
win deserve their fate''
There is a great deal more IN the
same vein. But listen TO this;
1--WE build ironclads to protect our
coast line and guard against invasion
by foreign foe, and yet right in our
midst Is an organized, aggressive. cum
ming, INSCRIPTIONS. greedy, ambitious
foe whose declared purpose IS to
make America Catholic She has de-
clarad openly against every one of our
free institutions, free schools, FREQ
speech, the rights of conscience, and
private judgment While her religion
Is but moderuized Egyptian paganism,
she steals the mantle Of the Man of
Sorrows and masquerades as the Vicar
of Christ and Gods Viceegent While
using and abusing every liberty here
accorded openly to the world, she dis
torts and deforms it into political
despotism-
We quote this to prove that the false
charges directed against tho Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-dhy Saints, by
all sorts of bigots, fanatics, and polite
al adventures are duplicated In the
accusations hurled against the Roman
Catholic church. The very terms used |
in the two sets of railing accusations
are identical. The fact ought To have |
tendency to make Roman Catholics
at least slow In countenancng any |
movement hostile to the Church,
W. de- not propose 20 enter upon any |
discussion of the question raised by |
the pamphlet quoted, but we do main
tain that anyone who drags religious
questions into the political arena, or
purely political questions into the sane /
tuary Of religious discussion, does so IN |
violation OF the principles OF govern |
ment fol which the founders OF this
Republic lived and died, We maintain
that tho two spheres are separate.
When the question is to decide fitness
for public office lu the state creed
should be- no consideration. Questions
Of religion are foreign to political plat
forms Ia the Same way. in the de-
bate between churches and creeds.
questions OF political oXpediency
chances Of civil prcferment business
and all such secular
matters, are entirely out OF place, in
this country,
In some countries the people, when
to. to accept the Gospel
win ask What profit would II be TO
change relgion?" They can think OF
no higher motive. Truth Is no con-
sideration. In this country the two
spheres or tho church and state have
wisely been separated. iu order that IN
luirers may not be hampored by world
IS considerations In their pursuit of
truth, but that. whenever and wherever
they md IT, they can embrace IL,
without loss OF ciyil privileges or pres
lige Any attempt therefore. 10 use
-churehism, be II anti Romanism,
anti Mormonism, or anti SomItIsm, m
the service OF politics. is un-Ameucau
and dangerous
We are afraid this danger 10 free
American institutions is hardly appro.
clated by the citizens generally And
yet It Is more imminent at present than
any possible danger from the meddling
OF churches with Politics. AN aver the
country bigots are appealing 10 the re-
sIslons preiudloes OF the people for po-
iltical purposes Unless this Is obv,-
ated by the American people. conflicts
may arise moro horrible than The Civn
war