The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-04-12


I'd ike 70 know just what = boot
oEl is fo--
After ali. What nay ne Justly
bold against the Catholics. Are
they not euinenfly moral. orderly.
c1Itzre5. charitable. progressive,
self-respecting. sels-relying. SELF
sustaining. publie-sririted nd.
ADORE all. p.triotiee WhsteTer OBJ
( 5acrion re nay have 70 their creed.
where nay re find a ssner. sound
81. safer element Of true American
. cirzenship. Whe1 and where I'D
they ever far their country tn IT'S
. ri--e q ue=d-fsil % sy 70 field or
forum whez their country ealled.
Did theT ROT share II all the untold
sacrifices of TIE long and unequal
struggle sor Independence. and are
re ror l15e- everlasting obligations
% them tcr their parr f. the ire
-e1c--s cost q orr magnificent
heritsg=2 WHO. then. in the name
q justice and Common generosity.
r1-I5 deny -be- q fall measure Of
US s--i-s. rs riches and i-s giory:
WHO but al migrate could ever
forget re splendid tribute % Wash
i-z-on. who. in a special order 20
his tz--e-ed and decinated army. 50
warmly commended the Catholics
s9- their heroic defense Of the Cana
dian border. without which the
cause had been lost and our indie
peude1ce deferred fo- = century.
Besides. what is there IN Protestant
history 70 give Us such superior
airs. TIE most 70 be said is that
ve are but z mere shoot from the
main parent stem. Surely We don't
acquire such arrogance from con-
templsting TIE debt We may owe.
for 01T numerical strength. % the
sheer. bezgtly lust % that eIecrated
monster. King Henry the Eighth.
who became the supreme head Of
o-r church because no Pope. By
granting z divorce from his noble.
Tifely. ms-tyred. Catherine, would
lend himself % that shocking lisi-
son With Anne Boleyn. The su-
preue head Of Protestant religion
who added 70 his long and revolving
career of wickedness, the act Of a
fool and q nNdman, by citing Arch
bishop Beckett. who had been dead F.
for three hundred years, 70 appear .
before him and answer a charge OF 1
rebellion. found him guilty Of con-
tumacy and treason, burned his .
bones and robbed his sacred shrine .
the climax Of desecrstion. infamy
and horror.
u such bsnqUets. 10 which Protes- /
-ant pride is involved. do not warm /.
rs cu'icles and temper its bigotry. I
II is because that bigot has a cross .
~ rhinoceros. ]
For fifteen hundred years Roman F.
was the only Christian .
Throughout these bloody /
centuries, with devotion and 10y .
atty 10 temptation could corrupt, a
courage and fOrtitude no terror I.
could oyerawe, hiding in caves and
5ens of wild beasts, they chung 10
Dur sacred scriptures and precious
traditions with the zeal Of martyrs
and tenacity Of despair. while count
less heroes sought their blood like
beasts Of prey. Catholicism has
stricken from the CALLED arm Of
slavery more shackles than all other
Influences combined. And this re-
minds me Of another tempting lit
le repast 70 which the bigot is cor
Italy invited.
Three hundred and fifty years
.go, when the temper and spirit Of
he times were far more unpropi-
ious than now, Catholic influence
.bolished slavery in Great Britain
Without the shedding Of one drop of
flood, without the interposition of (
ither physical force or legislative
.uthority-wi without even a statute.
Armed with the Christian panoply !
II moral suasion, the only shield. {
Weapon Of conquest worthy Of any
religion. with hearts iull
If charity and love of liberty, q few
tumble priests went about appealing
0 the noble impulses Of the slave
,wner, and noiselessly effaced first,
he distinction between Norman and
saxon, then master and slave. These
distinctions were peculiarly odious
o the Roman church and many a d.
zine had the moral courage to refuse
he mitre at the hand of William be-
,ause he lad so often violated this
rust, some venturing even so far as
o charge him. upon the peril of his
ioul, not to forget that these despis-
I'd and vanquished Saxons were,
nevertheless, his fellow Christians.