The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-09-25
Some More Bluff From the Traitor
Gus Knights OF Columbus

Viction and with a love for truth
above that for gold, it will be &C
cepted.
The idea that any man would sub
scribe to such an oath, must be re-
pulslve to the coarsest and most bru-
tai of humans. To accuse over three
hundred thousand American citizen
(amOng whom are many of the fore
most of our soldiers, our jurists, our
statesmen and our leaders of
thought of subscribing to such a
diabolicol obligation, could only be
the assertion of the most debased
among us. Think of such men as
Tumulty, Secretary to the President;
O'Gorman, of New York; RansdeIl,
of Louisiana; Ashurst, of Arizona,
United States Senators from their
respective States; Burke, of S. Da-
kota, Treasurer of the United States:
Glynn, Lieutenant Governor Of New
York; Dunn, Governor of Illinois,
and many others high in the coun-
sells of their States and Nation, all
knights of Columbus of
such men disgracing themselves by
even considering such a foul and
fiendish obligation, to say nothing of
subscribing to it! The mind enter
of such a thing, is pregnant with
prejudice and all it's filthy concomi-
tants sired by Ignorance sprung from
whence the light of intelligence
penetrateth not.
To the most casual observer, it
must appear that the publication and
circulation of this alleged oath and
kindred works, both in the written
and spoken word, is part of we'll
organized movement against indivi-
dualism, under which this Republic
prOspers, human life and private
property are protected, and individu-
al liberty and religious worship en-
JOY freedom of action and of con-
science, all good citizens, be they
Protestant, Catholic, Agnostic or
Jew, should assert themselves vi
gorously and effectively. 1t is the
opinion Of the inner circle of Social
ism, that Christianity impedes it's
progress, and especially that great
conservative section thereof repre-
sented by the Roman Catholic
church, which has repudiated, with
out qualifications, the teachings of
Socialism recognizing, as it does, the
existence of no God consistent with
the teachings Of Christianity.
To break down this buIWark
against their teachings and the pro-
gress of their theories, they would
weaken and destroy Christianity by
embroiling Catholics and Protestants
in religious strife, creating hatred
and discord where peace and har-
mony should prevail. In this they
are aided, by those whose prejudices
have overpoWered the normality of
their judgment, destroyed their
power to form normal conception
of the rights, duties, privileges and
obligations of true citizenship, glad
to join any movement, regardless of
whether it is in accordance with the
laws, spirit and purposes of the in
stitutions of their country, or of it's
effect upon it, so long as it gives
them license to deride, insult, vilify,
SANDER and persecute those who
hold views at variance with those
held by themselves, and who print,
publish, circulate and give publicity
to statements, papers, and pamph-
let's teeming with filth and weighted
down scurrilous lies and the foul
odors of immortality all this
for no other purpose than to stir up
religious strife, hatred and turmoil
In this ungoldly work, there are
many engaged. Chief among this
scurrilous tribe of falsifiers, charac-
ter assassins, mental libertines, at
in orb