The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-04-12
RELIGIONS DEBT
TO CATHOLICISM
And What We Owe to the
Ancient Church.
THE RIGHTS or CONSCIENCE
AniFreedom Of RellgiOIsI1eas
Are Above Political
Domination.
PrnryFyr PACT, WELL PIT

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y ecc.es .zs-.,.sn has been AZ incu-
bus upon religious freedom. dog
rat.sm has been . blighting curse.
but ~ho is right and Who Is wrong
..has.ratflny-tn IN a.ith tight o. con
science. Among his many great
achievements. one q! JeEsrEon'E
greatest-o1e be ranked next 70 his
Declaration VI Independence - rs
gelf-wr.,-en eD.,aph-wss Religious
Freedom. which sbhors all religious
tests How. then. could we.l-5sl-
anced JefersOnian Democrat. TaO
must know this and. also, know e
matter ~ sound practical politics
thai, IN Kentucky. the Catholic vote
holds the balance of power and that
n nIfIlly, vantOnly, fool.shiy e.
TRANCE it. would be Z senseless pc-
l,lcal would Je u continue
u D1ver party which with all its
hand.csDs. seems wholly Incapable
~ administering the affairs q STATE
Justly wisely and ecDIom.cslly-I
say how could be le1d himself u
such folly and ever again look q
La-o,-a. sr.areIy 10 The face:
Iu D., Catholic. Every environ
ue1t ,,at-.og,l1g ~ the formation
~ ny character. D-ocllyi,ies and
pred. s,'.ors was Intensely nom
Ca-fc..,. Whatever may have
learned from books. ali those books
were -ucomD-omis.ng Protestant
literature. and IL have escaped
,are 7 trust ! havei the sinister in
a.encs ~, D-e!udlced precepts, II
must have been by reading between
the lines truths ,ha, all attempts 70
rvade. ignore Or conceal, only en-
Dhaslzed. Anyway, somewhere,
somehow I've learned that Catholi-.
r.sm has played too large a part in
the affairs Of mankind; that the
world. especially the Protestant
world. owes 100 much ~ its vast in
fgence upon the Christian era, for F.
the Just and generous 70 ever cast .
a shadow upon her name or fame.
But. owing 10 a peculiar jealousy F.
Of human nature, II rs always best .
that every fellow wallop his own
iackass. Thus justified, and recent .
political disclosures afording me,
the Lord knows, most unmitigat-
ed proyocatiou. trust a little Off
hand wallopiHg will not be deemed
either undeseryed or untimely.
So. while ! believe Mr. Johnson's
card Of withdrawal, however exasp-
Grating the circumstances may have
seemed 70 him, was a tactical polit-
ical error, apt 10 do the party he
sought 20 shield far more harm than
all the blatant bigOts could have
done-a sort Of blunderbus, MAIN
ing az the breech while It mangled /
az the muzzle-it is not Of him I
wish 10 write-sOme good Catholic !
Democrat must wallop him. II is .
that Protestant bushwhacker skulk-
ing in the livery Of a Democrat, |
roaming about trying to scare fools !
with his old ghost, whom I'm look |
ing for. / want 10 see the shape of /
his alleged head-just how many |
washers he has to wear in his Puri- |
tanic hat. or course he must be a |
show, and so darned prehistoric |
that one wonders where and why he |
was ever dug up. Something wrong! |
Maybe cobwebs in the brain. liver |
out o. gear, bats in his belfry, or
possibly the fool doctors cut his |
bloomin' appendix bias. But, just |
the same, he's regular nightmare
that tousles hair and harries spine,
a rantankerous nuisance in a con-
slant state Of eruption. fit for moth
ing on earth but what they call this
busted commercial fertilizer.
Luckily, however. for our pa
tIence, he has a funny side that
helps us to endure him. For man
who recklessly tackles a windmill
With no better weapon than his all
ired samsonian jaw, is a born hu-
norist and the more furiously he
lights .he funnier he gets-some4
hing like a skinned man In bum