The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-04-13

the tcas-i han yoa a. comrades. an.
ana rtptT'efs % Gro and dash aud
quick refpouEe Your lctthrs ans
clippings fan upon my desk like leaves
shaken from the tree % 'ifc. o. the
siorm gathers and the poliucul skies
darkcn. What a rover you are! Your
wisdom is with The Mcnacc-a1d tho
glow of your lofty patri1ilzm nlls tho
columns % 90 pages. VITA lIfe throha
II am touched with your foot nHJe1
u caution and sympatav. I approci-
ate TIE impromptu prayers uttered In
my behalf, and ] an painci. often. thn.
! cannot utter my thanks By a written
response. but your prayers are on
record.
! am greatly interested IN the many
letters from former Romaais,s. and
wonder at their number. When these
men oonhrm the printed statements.
We know The Menace Is advancing
along sure lines.
But, lastly. dear brethren. I am
shocked az the revelation that Is made
0f the menace that Romanlsm has
produced on the public mind. From
every clty-from village and from
rural route. We receive letters, writ.
ten with fear and trembling lest the
hierarchy know what they ATE doing,
saying: Don't use my namel My Job.
my business, my honor and my life
would be endangered! am with you
to the end. and II need be will hght IN
the open"
What sort OF n religion Is this that
creates such fear? What Is the moral
and political turpltude OF the church
that threatens life and living aud po-
litical death 20 all who oppose? Here
/ Is tie proof by thousands OF letters
and living witnesses, that tho Roman
church Is a menace TO American llb.
/ orty and freedom! Men now dare not
speak their mind-print their thoughts
or act In freedom. What will be our
fate should Rome capture America?
Dear comrades. you may be silenced
In your home. but The Menace can
take up your feeblest cry and make
Il heard around the world Priest
Foley. and all the hierarchy az his
back. cannot silence The Menace, or
put out it's light.
You reporters are the Fulerum-
the Subscription List the lenetheninq
/ Lever, and as We slide our feeble
hands out 20 the end OF the golden
rod OF power. we realize that We are
prying loose a system weighted with
centuries OF crime and superstition
la stolid wall OF ignorance. with grains
OF gold-honest Cathollcs-waiting for
their release-and the Vatican. with
anxiety. feels the tremor OF its loosen
ing foundations.
stretch out my hands full OF thanks
and blessings to you, beloved com.
rades-Knights OF the Quill! The
/ grandest bunch OF reporters this ma.
/ ton has ever seen-whose watchful
eyes and trenchant pens have built
up a press tnat astonishes its friends
and makes its enemies tremble!
Finally, beloved co-laborers. I ex.
hort you in the language OF st. Paul. OF
blessed memory: "5e strong In the
Lord and In the Power Of His Might"
tho might OF earth and sea, and air
the might OF Light and Labor and
Love. These will give us the victory
and the Roman shadow shall flee
away.
Given at Aurora, Missouri. the Sun.
/ rise city of the Ozarks. on this iif-
teenth day OF April-the Feast Day Of
the Goddess OF Liberty. the patron
saint and helper OF American patriots,
and in the first year OF our enthrone.
ment in The Menace Editorial Chair.
A. D., 1912.
THEo. c. WALKER.