The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-11-09
Articles on Catholicism in
America.

responding Secretary of the Home
Mission Board, has promised us sew
eraI articles on the menace of Roman
Catholicism in America. The first
will appear next month. We are
glad to announce this series and DR..
Love is we'll qualified to write on the
subject.
The principles of Roman Cathol-
lcism are opposed to those upon
which the American Republic is
founded, and the foods Of Catholic
immigration to this country are CIV
Ing them startling numerical
strength. They already dominate
our chief cities and our cities are
more and more powerful in shaping
the ideals and affairs Of the whole
country.
The secular press knows about the
Catholic menace, but is muzzled by
means Of the covert pressure of cum
ming priests. For Catholic priests,
bishops, and other official leaders are
pastmasters in cunning and political
chicanery.
Inc great growth of Catholics in
America, their age-long record for
dupllc1ty and deceit, and the fact that
almost no secular journal now dares
characterize properly g Catholic per-
version, however outrag eous, show
that the Romanist aggressions are
matter for the most serious thought.
1t has not been long since the
country was treated to the spectacle
OF it's President, an ex-President and
score Or so Of statesmen vieing
with each other as to which of them
should do most honor to a Catholic
cardinal at Baltimore on the twenty
fifth anniversary Of the cardinals
having received his red hat And the
Associated Press, the institution which
hundreds of thousands OF Baptists
help to support and on which they to
depend for news in their daily papers
gave column after column to the
affair, though it has only scant lines
for great Baptist conclaves, and those
lines often apparently devoted to
a search after something bizarre and
sensational, that will discredit rather
than help.
BY covert pressure the Catholics
are doing all they can to rout the
forces of evangelical Christianity in
America. Contrary to the principles
OF separation of Church and State
they are getting about $4,000 a.
year from the government to run
their Indian schools out West. They
have no scruples at influencing the
government toward securing their
un-Amerlcan, sectarian ends.
We do not like controversy, and if
the character of the controversial
utterances of all Catholic protagon-
lists are as abusive and course as
those we happen to have seen, we do
not think we could afford to contro-
vert religious principles with them
certainly not in The Home Field But
this covert and un-AmericaD ag-
erosion needs to be understood by
our Baptist people, many of whom
are ignorant of it, some of whom can
now and then even be found giving
money to build Catholic churches.
SO, though it is not pleasant thing
to discuss, we are glad to announce
DIR. Loves articles. Our people need
the information and the only Bap-
fist way to give it is to open way.
1t is eminently germane to Home
Missions.
If the agencies for gathering and
disseminating news in America are
under Catholic control, we Baptisss
do not necessarily need to fight this
outrage with weapons like unto tn ose
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