The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-04-25
Especial Correspondence
Christian Standard.)

upon a foundation Of lies and forg-
cry. One Of these days I want to
tell the story of the false decretals;
1t is one Of the most interesting and
best authenticated cases of fraud
known to the students of history.
All that have time to say about that
now is that the bishops of Rome did
not gain their political and ecclesfas-
tical supremacy without fighting for
it. In this fight they used every
means to gain their end. 1t was not
question of right Or wrong. 1t
was simply warfare to attain the
ends of an INSCRIPTIONS ambition.
They hesitated at no sin, no crime, in
the effort to attain the end in view.
The opposition to the ambitions of
the bishops of Rome was very bitter
and strong in the ninth century. In
order to strengthen the pretensions
of the bishops of Rome they resorted
to the forgery of documents purport-
ing to be the DEGREES Of early coun-
ellis and bishops of the church in
primitive ages, in the endeavor to
prove that, from apostolic times, the
church had always recognized the
prominent authority of the bishop
of Rome. This is the historic basis
of the Papacy; proved to be a basis
of forgery and lies.
The subsequent history of the
Papacy has been in keeping with the
moral obliquity Of it's origin. 1t is
we'll that Americans should know
this. The new American cardinals
have adopted a patriotic swagger
They are talking as though they and
their co-religionists were the bull
warks of the Republic. They very
adriot1y ignore the inconvenient fact
revealed by the records of the Pen
sion Department at Washington-a
fact to which John T. Christian has
called attention in his book entitled
Which ?'-that out of the 144,OOO
Irishmen who enlisted in the Union
army Of the war between the States,
100000 deserted, the great majority
of these assertions taking place after
Pope Plus TX. recognized the Confed-
eracy. Another interesting and per-
tinent fact is that of the native Amer
leans who deserted the Union army
As per cent. were Romanists. 1t is a
well known historical fact that the
gang who Matched the plot for the
assassination of President Lincoln
were Papists, and one, of the gang
managed to get away, went to Rome
and enlisted in the Papal Zouayes.
These are facts that ought to be
rememb ered when Presidents and
aspirants for the Presidency and
other political honors are found hob
nobbing with cardinals and catering
for the Catholic vote. The Romish
brand of patriotism is of very ques-
tionable quality.
The claims made by the Papacy of
it's political influence in the United
States is also bluff. One of these
days-not very far ahead-a candi-
date for State Governorship, or even
possibly for the Presidency will have
the Catholic vote thrown out to him,
as life-belt might be thrown out to
a man in danger Of drowning; the
candidate will seize it and discover,
to his cost, that, instead of being
loaded with cork, it is loaded with
lead. There have been times in the
past when alliance with the pope has
been helpful to political aspirants;
return. The American people are
learning few things about this Ital-
ian barnacle that has fastened itself