The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-03-20
Akron, Hale Co., Ala, Jan. 3, 1911.
20 the Birmingham News,
Birmingham, Ala.


Birmingham, Ala.
- - IRIS: Your favor of late date
~ received and appreciated. T
mi desire, in the first place, to
tell you that !. am much
Sl'yAsed with the principles and poll
cy you advocate, i was opposed to
toe Amendments favored O'NeaI
FOR Governor, and have for many
years favored both county and State
primaries, and, in word, I believe
sseu advocate good, sound Democra-
cy; but I see you encourage Roman
Catholicism by publishing for them
expositions and defense Of their doc
trine and practice and other things
favorlng and encouraging to them;
and, in doing these things, I think
you are inconsistent, for genuine De-
Inocracy and Americanism and Ro-
man Catholicism are at war with
each other, and there is q deadly and
frreconcilable conflict between the
two, and I ask you to give special
notice to what [ have to say just here
On this subject, and hear me patient
ly; and, if you are in a big hurry
now, lay this aside till you have time
to read it carefully; so please note
that, practically in the minds Of it's
deyotees, Roman Catholicism holds
literally the keys Of heaven and hell'
and "offers or withholds, on it's own
terms, the souls peace On death and
its salvation in eternity"
dr. w. e. Fl. Lecl1y, the very
learned English historian, says:
''The church OF Rome has caused
more wars, has shed more innocent
blood, and inflicted more uRmerited
suffering than any other institution
that has ever existed among man.
kind Again it is affirmed By relia-
bic history that the Church OF
Rome has murdered fifty millions Of
the human family, and that their
martyr blood would fill channel ten
feet deep, ten feet wide, and twenty
five miles long"
Arch bishop Manning says: more
over, the right of deposing kings is
inherent in the supreme sovereignty
which popes as vicegerents Of Christ
exercise over all Christian nations -
Bishop Gilmore says: "Nationalities
must be subordinate to religion. We
must learn that we are Catholics
first, and citizens next" Brownson
says: ut is the intention of the pope
to possess this country undoubtedly
In this intention he is aided by the
Jesuits and all the Catholic priests
and pre1ates, if they are faithful to
their religion
A part of this Canon Law is:
81 ALI human power is from evil,
and must therefore be standing un-
der the pope.
I'll. The temporal powers must
a t, unconditionally, in accordance
with the spiritual.
'IIT. The church is empowered to
grant, or to take away, any Temporal
possession.
Nv The pope has the right to give
countries and nations which are non
Catholic to Catholic regents, who can
reduce them to slavery
'V. The pope can make slaves of
those Christian subjects whose prince
or ruling power is interdicted by the
pope.
VIII. The pope has the right to
annual State laws, treaties, constitu-
tons, etc, to absolve from obedience
thereto, as soon as they seem detri-
mental to the rights of the church or
those Of the clergy"
In reply to McGee, editor of Free
mans Journal, the bishops and
priests said: eve are determined,
like you, to take possession Of the
United States and rule them. Let