Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-19
CATHOLICS AND I'oLII1Cs.

publicly and persistently accused {
mixing religion and politics. Tho Cath.
olic church is similarly arraigned by
e its assailants. and has beenf ever 81 nee
"liberty. equality, and fraternity" be-
came the ideal of Performers.
We haze before us a magazine ar
Gticle on 1.-THE Catholic Hierarchy and IN q:
Politics. published in the December
number Of Wat sons Jef # eissonian M az.
azine We cannot resist the temptation
1 to make a few extracts from this ar
u ticie, not In a spirit of hostility to thei
church concerned. hut to illustrate the,
similarity in the allegations and ,rsfi
charges directed against two churches.
one the opposite Of the other.
no begin with the author says that
the willy politicians Of the Vatican
wanted to throw the public opinion Of
the United states in the scales against.
the French government. Willy poii-.
.5ticians of the Eatican!" Does not that tina.
expression bear strange resemblance
4 to the savory terms of local mud
singers?
The writer asserts that Cardinal Gi
4bons has been suspected OF making
political deals first with one of the
old parties and then with the other
that the Catholic church draws money
out of the national treasury for the
support OF its Indian schools; and that
other Catholic institutions are support
ed by publ funds. The specific charge
ii made that, appropriations were obs
tanned at one time by Catholics in
Washington upon the distinct promise
that in thirty doubtful congressional
districts the Catholics should be or
sdered to vote certain ticket. 4
III is charged that when BurchaEd
made the assertion In the presence Of
Mr.. Blaine that the three evils from
which this country had suffered most
We're rum Roinanisnl and rebellion
every Catholic voter In New York re-.
3ceived his orders from, the hierarchy
to vote against Blaine Does not that
sound familiar here In Utah2 There is
a. well known turr, to the phrase: Re-
8ceivsd his orders from the hierarchy
Tainmany itself. the article informs
us. lis nothing but the Catholic HER
archy allied to the bar-room interests
thus controlling the city This great
metropolis OF America, 3 it goes on to
say, rs but a huge carcass. upon which.
Tammany and the Catholic hierarchy
feed Again, how strangely familiar
that sounds! 81
We read. further, that only a few
weeks ago Anthony Constock, acting
at the instigation OF the Catholic
priests. arrested vender of newspa-S
pers, upon the ground that the papers
which. he was selling were abusive of
The pope. But we must quote a few
paragraphs verbatim;
No other church openly takes part
Z In political affairs. Ask the TribuneL3
No other church sends and receives am
ibassadors No other church holds Il.
court, ut which royal ceremonial is OBJ.
served. embassies from foreign gov
srnments received, and far reaching
questions OF international policy debat-
ed and decided"
That the secret influence of the Ro-
man hierarchy controls Congress is
shown by facts which cannot be dis
a3uted, and which cannot otherwise be
explained
i The author of this article ought to
,ome to Utah and learn from the antl-
i.'AlarInons'' that 1t is the Mormon,
}.hleratchy that controls Congress.
and how many states besides?
Even the secret oath" business is
summoned to do service in the article
quoted. This is the alleged oath OF
he Jcsuits:
Il a. B.. now in the presence of AL
mighty God, the blessed Virgin Mary,
he blessed Michael the arch-ange!. the
blessed st, John the Baptist. The holyi
{ ipostles ST Peter and st Paul and the
h saints and sacred host of heaven. and
70 YOU, my Ghostly father. do declare
rom my heart. without mental reserSa-
Etion, that the pope is Ghrist's vicar
z general and rs the true and only head
\ of the universal church throughout the
earth, and that by virtue Of the Keys
of binding and losing given 10 his
q holiness by Jesus Christ. he hath power
G 20 depose heretical kings. princes
2 states, commemorative AMI govern
merits. all being Illegal without his
sacred confirmation. and that they ,nly
pc safely destroyed. Therefore, t. the
utmost of my power. Evil defend this
doctrine and his hoiness's right; and
8 customs against all usurpsrs OF the
heretical or Protestant authority What
soever, especially agatnst the HOW rre-
ended authority and cl.lltsh III Eng
and and all adherents in regard thai
they he usurpers and heretical, oppos-
Il rasl the sacred mother church Of Eolne
y DO srenounce and disown any allie
glance. as due to any heretical king,
prince OF state, namal Protestant. 81
+ obedience 10 of theirinferinr mag
!strates or officers.
'1 do further declare the doctrine OF
he Church of England. of the Gavin
SITS, Huguenots and oEiler Fi.c:es,ants
70 be damnable. aud tl,n,i+ 20 he
damned who will not forsaIie the same
do further declare that / viii help
assist and advise all or any of his
1olinesss agents. in any place whcr.
sSSI. snai- ". atid % o NV u,nlos,
& 70 e-,ttI pate tic Ileretical Protestant
locs.ste. and 10 destroy all their IRE.
f cHdea2 power regal or otheHsvise / d,
.urthef promise ana d2c,ara, that net,
Nithstanding am dispensed with Il
assume any religion hsrssisal for III,
afafasat.on OF the mother flurvll's In
crest ~ keep secret ana riivate al
1er# agents eounsels as they intsres
es ne. and not divulge, directly an. indi
.ectly. by word. writing or circ,,rn
tanca Whatsoever, but to execute al
Whicn shall be protected, given il
M r. sharge or discovered unto me, by Won
convent, 80 - yt..5s. -
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