The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-07

When The King of France
Began To Prosecute The
Protestants
HE ROASTED CHRISTIANS

Grimes in the Name of Justice. Re
Ieion. and Politics-Some OF the
Trials Which the Early Christians
Had TO Undergo-French Catholics
Money When Collection Was
Taken-Esen North Carolina Has
Suffered on Account of Intolerance
Massacre in Which no Protestant
Was Spared.
BIkinsvillC, y. C, March 4, 1912.
correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
In 1913 the King ov France began
10 lay hit on the Protestants In that
country. He thought the clergy too
mild in their manner ov treating
them For the benefit (?) oy the
Protestants he erected a chamber
composed ov the members ov the
Queen wuz coronated he caused a
number ov "heretics," az they were
called, to be burned, and he wuz
present in person to see that the fire
wuZ good and hot. OH the crimes
that hev been committed In the name
oy justice an ov religion-an' ov
politics. And our own country IL not
free from hit even now, if George
Washington wuZ the father of hit
| mean Ov our country. From 1850
to 1862 there were several bloody
wars between the Catholics an Prot
estants in France. The Queen ov
Navarro, sister to the French King,
protected the disciples ov Calvin
while they were prosecuted by the
clergy an the Parliament But the
prosecutions an the executions only
seemed TO strengthen the Christian
adherents. When Francis H. ascend
ed to the throne the forces ov Calvin
could number many members an not
few Ov the men were men ov promi-
hence. Admiral Coligny an hiz
brother Andelot an Cardinal Chan
tillOn were each firm friends ov Prot
estantism in that day which tried
men in France. The Prince of Con-
de leaned that way, too. But the
kingly court, however, seemed deter
mined to crush out Calvinism by
open and violent measures. Images
0y the Virgin an ov the saints were
placed at certain places in the streets
oy towns an cities an lighted topers
were burned before them at night.
Any person who CHANGED to pass in
daytime or at night were compelled
to drop a contribution in boxes erect
ed for the purpose an to bow with
reverence an kneel before the i'm
ages. If anyone refused they are
said to hev bin knocked down, beat
en- an otherwise mistreated
But countries other than France
hev suffered from religious ignor-
ance an bigotry, an other religious
organizations hev bin guilty ov per-
mlttlng an even encouraging hit.
Two Or three ov the strongest
church organizations in the State ov
North Carolina, the best State in the
Union, an, in some respects, the
greatest, hev been guilty ov religious
an political intolerance Not awl
oV the ministers nor the members
were, but hit hez bin the long suit
OV many politicians, an there is still
more ov hit than a person without
political experience would imagine,
though hit IL fairly we'll cloaked an
IL managed more adroitly than hit
Wuz several hundreds ov years ago.
Nv course no political party IL entire
~ free from hit, an that liz not to be
hoped for. But one ov the great
political parties in this country hez
mad no capital stock except bigotry
an intolerance for the past forty
years. An the fact that at least
nine out ov ten-probably a larger
per cent ov the office-holders in GER
tain sections belong to the two Or
ganizations IL proof that no matter
now useful the denominations may
be, they are being used az a cats
paw to pull the political chestnuts
SFoW better instead ov worse l think
Vote az you pray an you will do
much to help stamp out awl earthyI
wrongs. For instance. if you hope
TO get fifteen or twenty cents per
pound for your cotton this fall, if
you are praying for such a great
blessing so you can pay your indebt-
edness, school your children an buy
comforts for your family, don't vote
Tor five or six cent cotton, twenty
HVe cent corn, nor four cent pork.
IN so doing you will awlso be on the
pest road leading to religious an po-
lltlcal tolerance, something the peo-
PIE oV France did without for such
long time before an durin' the