The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-01-25
MENACE
Interesting View of Widely
Discussed Question as Seen
by Rev. Y. |. Masters
Baptist Courier)


of there being any danger in
America of the Catholics seek.
ing to get their grip on the
nation so as to squeeze out of il
the democracy, religious liberty
and other blood -blought prin.
ciples that make up the very
life throb Of the great republic.
It is co ming about that the
tone of comment is chan sed.
And while we are not pessilnis-
tic, we are quite sure that there
should be a change. One of the
most notable things in the pres
ent Ronlanist movement is the
effort they are putting forth to
capture America. In European
countries and in South America,
Central America and Mexico.
Romanism has been weighed in
the balances, and found want
ing. In these countries it has
meant general ignorance, the
throttling Of the spirit of liberty,
the tying to a poor infirm insti-
tuition rather than to God the
consciences Of the people. The
path Of human progress is slow
and painful, but these countries
are at last rising and shaking
off the incubus of Catholic rule.
The pope and his advisors are
both cunning and bold. They
are setting their traps to win
America, and England and Ger
many, particularly America.
With ! catholic ecclesiast the
end justifies the means, when
the end is to advance Catholic.
ism and squeeze out or destroy
evangelical faith.
In America three new cardi
mails were made recently. and
the daily press Of this country,
the growing readiness Of which
to acclaim whatever Rome Ge,
sires acclaimed and relegate tc
oblivion what Rome wants SC
relegated, is one of the most
sinister items in the situation =
the daily press shouted in big
letters and through many col
umns about the high honor the
Roman pootiff had done to
America! And we cannot for,
get the recent spectacle of the
celebration at Baltimore of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the
giving Of this cardinal red hal
toone of the Catholic dignitaries.
The memory is enough to make
one weep. Our President, an
ex-President, the speaker of the
House Of Representatives, the
Vice President, the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court. and
large band Of POLITICAL leaders
from both parties gathered a
Baltimore to do special honor tt
the red hat'' celebration.
This was in America, the lan(
into which many Of our fore
fathers fed to get away from
the conscience-throttling domi
nance of this same unscrupulous
religious cult. Alas, how the
times have changed since tht
sturdy pioneers dared the dan
gers Of Indian massacres an(
the trackless forests for the sake
of civil and religious liberty!
The Catholics have put thei1
finger on the press in America
in order to juggle with fairnes:
and gain unrighteous advantage
for themselves. The Baptis
Standard vouchcs for the dis
patch as follows, and which
shows that these same censor;
of the press have determined
that the American public shall
not have the unbiased trutl
about the wavering grip Of this
spiritual octupus on the people
of Europe. lest they should be
come wary. The paragraph i:
as follows:
Columbus, 0. Aug. 25.-A
today's session of the convention
of the Catholic editors an ad
dress was delivered by Samue
Bvrne, Editor of the Pittsbure
Observer, in which he said:
lave come here for the purpose
of very briefly suggesting one
thing. It is this. That the
Catholic editors of the county
concertedly and persistently
urge their readers to notify tn
proprietors and managers of tn
daily papers that, unless they
use instead of the European dis
patches of the Associated Press
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