The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-04-27

There II nothing OF the alarmiat
about these assertions and statements
of astuai conditions. We are not going
into spasms about insane imaginlngs.
or even about facts: but our blood does
not run so cold and unresponsive TO
overt insult that We can complacently
hold our tongue and feel dislnterested
where American independence and
American principles are with impuniiy
ignored by those who would cheerfully
destroy both.
Americans detest sham and laugh at
empty titles. What. then. is this title
We are going TO be,-yes. ARE-asked
TO recognize in these Irish Catholic
cardinals Are they monarchsg Are
they roigning princes? DO they rule
Kingdoms? Are they the exc .gtiye
heads OF any government under the
sun? They are citizens OF the United
States. are they not. or az least sup
posed TO be? Are they even the sons
OF monarChs or the children OF any
branch OF any royal familye Can they
name their principality and be imme.
diately recognized as subjects OF any
Of the respected world powers? Can
they justify their claims by certificates
signed and sealed by any monarch?
DO they represent. as resident ambas.
sadors. any prlncipality or kingdom
beneath the canopy OF Heaven? No
Not the yestige OF actual power Is
theirs They exercise their full fran.
chiso as American citizens, therefore
] hy their own words they own no kiuE.
doms, reign over no peoples, and by
their genealogy they sport no royal
blood II is claimed for them. they
/ may claim Il themselves. that they are
I"princes OF the blood" but no actual
I prince. In what the name implies
would DARE 20 set up for himself
/ lishopric or diocese or principally IN
this country, nor would he have the
temerity to attempt the occupancy OF
a position hero involving authority
over the subjects OF foreign master
or potentate, civil or ecclesiastical
and expect TO enforce his DEGREES
| Furthermore. the people OF the United
States would not tolerate any attempt
/ by n real prince created such by for
eign potentate 10 WELD any manner or
degree OF authority over any portion
OF the people Of this country. whether
lnaturalized or not lf any flesh-and.
blood prince OF the blood" doubts this
statement Of fact. let him come over
here and try H.
The facts are that these cardinals
by whose selfstyled vassals reoogni.
tion OF their puerile claims TO "prece.
dence" has already been demanded
cannot by any comprehensive or logic.
al argument maintain such claims. for
they are here TO reside as citizens de
a.
manent place Of abode; here TO VOTE
and therefore naturalized. and no
lnaturaliEed citizen Of the United States
can hold a foreign title and be recog
nized as such, nor can he be a United
States lord: and may Almighty God,
and the shades OF the immortal
Washington, oondone the apparent
necessity of so reminding any Ameri.
can citizen.
Let us quote little more from the
"Marquise:" she saws: 1T must be
borne in mind that even though Car.
dinals Farley, O'Conuell and Gibbons
are at heart patriotic American oiti
zens and members OF an American
hierarchy. vet they are, as. cardinals
foreign princes OF the blood TO
WHICH. THE UNITED STATES, as
one OF the great powers OF the world
is UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO con.
cede the same honors that they receive
ABROAD. Thus, were Cardinal lar.
ley TO visit an American mnn-of.wsr
he would be entitled TO the salutes
and 10 the naval honors reserved for
foreign royal parsonage. AND at any
official entertainments at Washington
the cardinal will outrank NOT MERE
LILY EVERY CABINET OFFICER, the
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. AND
THE VICE-PRESIDENT, but also the
foreign ambassadors. coming immedi
ately next 20 the chief magistrate
the presidenO himself
We wonder n the significance Of this
can fail 10 sink deeply into the mind OF
every reader OF these words. Mind
you. we are treating the serious aspect
OF this monstrous proposition just now.
FOR 1T is SERIOUSLY proposed that
this government shall submit TO this
humiliating program. and there has
,already been at least one clash on
this question. On March Goth. Evacua-
ton Day at Boston. and ST. Patrick's
Day "in the mornin'." Governor Foss
in the name OF the great American
commonwealth OF Massachusetts
spurned the attempt but America, IN
the person OF President Taft. allowed
.; TO go unchallenged when he should
have nipped It in the bud All honor
Ito Governor Foss, who thereby re