The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-04-20
The CARDINALS RED HAT
ny REV. A n WHITNEY.


Il IL unlike any other, and the style
may run back thopsand years, Il
II In every way peculiar: only seventy
people may wear H. II you do not
meet u 10 London. or Paris. you viii
likely see Il IN Rome. For some years
one has been worn IN Baltimore, and
lately tho hat hns been seen In New
York. Philadelphia and Boston, max.
Ing four in the United States.
With your crude American eve. yeu
notice a .robed agure with what you
may heplessci 20 eau a red skirt. with
a While short oyerEldrt. A purple
cape hangs from the shoulders. To
top all is the red bat, No. Il is not
a woman. but Q representative OF the
woman Of Revelation N. herself
dressed In purple and scarlet Il Is
Roman Catholic cardinal. The hat is
his
AZ present. among us. as western
provincials, this headplece may still
be regarded ns a novelty. Tho figure
IL adorns locks as II he had stepped
out OF a fashion plate OF the middle
ages. So he has. lie still breathes its
spirit lie declares himself opposed
TO Modernism" and the people who
know him best like him least. His
Italian manners and fair speech. how.
ever. take with strangers. and the
self-complacent American smiles con.
riderately AZ the courteous ways OF
the affable ecclesiastic. Is Il possible
that our American eyes are color
blind? or is u veil OF delusion over
the American mind? This new thing
with Us Is the old thing across the
sea. The threads and shreds Of the
lnquisition still cling to its cassock
skirts. It's hands. red with blood Of
martyrs, can not hide under the rochet
mantle. The black eyes under the
red hat CLEAN out from a conscience
scared with a Jesuit not iron.
The cardinal. come to stay among
us, may stand for the un.Amerlcan
novelty today but, like the silk OF
the deerS horns, Il will soon rub OF.
Then. look out.
II is well to keep in mind that the
style Of the red hat does not change
II is the same here &c in Italy. The
infallible head OF the establishment
insists there can be no change. The
DEGREES are unaltcrable What in ma.
ture and spirit Romanism was, that
Il is. Rome never changes its animus
Plus KS Syllabus OF Errors holds
where Rome holds sway. That brush.
es away the fruitage OF all our Ameri-
can Christian civilization. In 1911
the present pope announced his papal
right TO nullify any law OF any state
Papal canon law deprives, at will, any
ruler, in fact, all civil power. The
campaign now on. OF Rome, is to
mako America Roman Catholic: but
the United States has no need TO fol-
low after the Romanized European
countrios-inhdel France, demoral.
iyed Italy, degraded Spain, or rebel.
ious Portugal, nor take priest-ridden
Central America and South America
for guides.
This man OF the red hat is under
oath TO the pope 20 promote his ten.
poral claims and his authority. In full.
lwhile combating all opposed 70 the
lends OF the papacy.
II is evident that the presence Of
this red hat should be utilized by all
lovers OF civil and religious liberty,
like a red light. as a danger signal.
The air pulsates with peril. Ameri-
can politicians cringe TO priestly de-
mands. Rome most OF all is I'M poll.
tics. Does she not now believe she
holds the balance Of power? She has
Iconfederated her forces. She is mas
terful In strategem. She cajoles high
officials into compromising relations,
manipulating for self.aggrandizement
even al Washington. Her ambition is
boundless, lusting for appropriations
and meddling with matters civil. Pow
er-more power-all power she grasps
after. taking all advantage OF Ameri-
can liberty for papal supremacy.
The red hat covers the head OF a
prince" A prince in America! The
prince" has a soverelgn-and both
besDeak temporal power. The cities Of
these princes" are capitals OF their
lprincinalitles. They dwell in palaces
and sit on thrones. They bear rule.
They rule with a rod Of iron, arch.
bishops and bishops. They belong TO
holy monarchy" The cardinal
prince. as subject Of a foreign power.
is the ayowed enemy Of the public
echool-the prince pastor OF the ma
jority Of saloonkeepers, the prince in
structor OF The least educated. the
lprince confessor Of the too many i'm
moral and criminal. the prince poll
ticisn with millions OF votes.
Rhe red hat is large. Il wants
room. It yearns for all the land II
lcoyets America. The issue is set. The