Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-02-01
AMERIcAnISn, ROMAAISM AND PROTEST
AMTISM.
American Catholics Being Set Aside for
Foreigners. Efforts to Control America.

IVIVi6HGioi IiluIlS " VVuIiVi Aih9iIvas
Written for the Presbyterian
Standard by Dr.. Juan Ortz de
Gonzales,
CONTINUED from last week
And the Pope could IdestroJ
such an American an Christian
conception of Catholicism, and
could destroy it without any pro-
test from Professionalism, without
any complaint from the American
press, and without any criticism
from American politicians. The
Pope dared aDd succeeded
in doing what he could not have
dared to do and certainly would
not have succeeded in doing eth 81
In France or Spain or even in
Itatly itself. And the conse.
quences of sach tyrannical con-
demnation were exceeding disas-
trous. From that time on the
American church has lost her in
dependence and freedom more
than any other Roman Catholic
church in the world today.
Catholics in America are en-
croached upon by Romanism
many times more than any other
Catholics upon the earth, All
bishops and important writer's,
who were suspected of American
ism in some way or another, were
obliged to apologize. The best
American churchmen were dis
regarded and set aside, and the
most rabid and subsefvient Ro-
manlsts we're promoted aud ex-
slted, The Pope spies upon
American Catholics, whether
bishops or laymea, as ths Span
ish Inquisit on of old upon their
victims. The most bigoted Ro-
man element, such as friars and
nuns, are coming to America by
hundreds and thousands, and
Romanisn has today in America
more friars and nuns than France
Spain and Portugal taken togeth-
or, and more schools, academies
and universities conducted by
friars, nuns and priests than there
are in all Latin Europe. Roman
ism can teach here such danger
ous doctrines without any criti-
cism as cannot be taught even i'll
Mexico. Every important Office,
honor and teaching position
among Roman American Catho-
lies is held more frequently by
foreigners than by Americans.
Romanism, after having de-
feated Americanism, was able to
commit these two national
crimes: First, to drive away the
Bible from public schools and
universities. Oh, how dangerous
and fearful is such a blow! Sec
ond, to organize the Roman sec
tartan school against the public
school system; and today Roman.
ism has sectarian schools in
which the narrowest Roman III
tolerance and superstition are
taught to several millions of
American children.
And Romauism is not yet salts
fed. 1t has created the religious,
political organization of the
Knights of Columbus. who are
obliged under oath to maintain
the papal supremacy in America.
Think of more than 10000 Ameri-
can citizens who have promised
under the most solemn vows to
promote and to MAINTAIN the po-
litical claims of the Papacy in
America. Romanlsm is muzzling
the public press. Read the most
important American papers, as 1
did for about one year, and you
will find that today in America
the words of Cardinal Gibbons,
the articles of Archbishop Ireland
and the doctrines of the Roman
Catholic church weigh many
times more upon public thought
than everything done and written
by all Protestants taken together.
No more than six months ago
there came to America an exile.
suit, who is by all means many
times more important than Car
dlnal Newman was. He (the ex.
Jesuit) speaks French, Spanish,
Italian, English, and also knows
Latin, Hebrew and Greek. He
has been a successful teacher in
the most important educational
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