The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-29
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Catholic priests and papers are ycry
HnKious Just nov 70 dodge the issue,
The Menace has asserted that accord
ing 10 the oaths Of the priests. bishops,
knights Of Columbus. etc. q IL cues
tionAble whether or not these people
can be and remain good citizens Of
this republic and good Catholics at the
sane time. The ground for the ehai.
lenge is the fact that they bind them
selves 10 obey the pope and acknovl.
edge him a. their supreme head In all
thinEa"
This challenge has been 80 diligently
pressed home 70 them that Il is yet
ting under their tender epidermis 10
quite a painful extent. and they are
attempting 10 elude the inquiries OF
their own people and curious Protest.
ants by switching on onto a tangent.
thinking by this means 10 turn atten-
ton from the main issue. There is a
bunch Of stereotyped slush going the
rounds Of the Catholic press which IL
intended 10 act as an opiate. but our
dear patriotic" friends will ind The
Menace "just around the corner"
whenever they seek TO pull on such
innocent little stunts as this. From
the Catholic Sun we take the follow
ing excerpts:
when ths war q 1873 With Enrlsnd came On.
thy Grruiesiantil DISAPPEARED frum vs~. Thsy
drupped thcir agitation hEAinst Catholics. They
" American Institutions take care q themselves
But Cstholios went 20 the drfenN oi ne fsg
They put In the hcld Cor Prcsidsnt Madison a..
900 soidlsrt Thsy furnished Maior Ceore
Crurhan. who. With only one siK-pound cannon
and ifo mcn. nuccoriuily defended Fort stephrn
ron. a. stndusiy. Ohio. against the aitack Nj
hy censrai Proctor. Who had an pieccs oi ar.
tillrry. 400 soldiers and 400 Indian sayagcs
Catholics were With Generals Jackson and Cot.
fcc AZ New ORLEANS when with nav niiltiamcn.
1900 reEular british veterans were ds'cabl
The higots crcpt out oi thsir holes after pace
came and became rampant again until the War
with Mexico vas declared. Then they vanished
out % sight once more. They let Catholic citi.
rcns enlist. and 20 10 the front. and shcd their
blood. and ucrihcc their lives for American
Institutions. Then Generals o'Rricn. o'Gorman.
O'Reiily, Casey, Harney, shields afterwards
United States senator from threc states). Hughes.
o'Connor. Mccullough. and Others too numerous
90 mention. went with Catholic soldiers under
then. against the Mexican foe and wcrr with
Generals winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor AZ
Montercy. Matamoros. BucnA Vista. Cherubusco.
Chapultepec. and the City of Mexico.
Well. now. to use the twentieth cen
tury expression. wouldn't this Jar
your slats1" The idea Of the Protest.
ants disappearing from view." and the
brave. Irish lads" having to fight the
war Of 1919 all alone! This is enough
20 drive a common scarecrow into
fitsl Why, such statements as these
will certainly put Windy windle"
out OF business, and seriously impair
the reputation OF one Ananias.
Let us proceed with this interest.
ing" history: Il recltes that Major
Croghan with a company Of men actu-
ally defeated some Indians, and there
we're Catholics with General Jackson
and Coffee at New Orleans" The fact
that there we're some Catholics with
Jackson will hardly be denied at this
late day-no one supposed they had
all deserted, but seriously is Il not
begging the question to boast that
Catholics were with General Jack
son." etc?
Now, the expression with which the
next paragraph Is introduced: The
bigots crept out OF their holes after
peace camel" And when the war
with Mexico was declared, they van.
ished out Of sight" Shades OF An
anias! They even have the brazenness
TO mention their brave exploits" in
the Mexican war! Let's see, II we are
not mistaken, II was in the Mexican
war where two companies Of Catholic
soldiers actually deserted the Amer
lean army and went over to the enemy.
(See Brooks History OF the Mexican
War;" pages ss5-4OO). For "st. An
anias'" sake. don't refer to the Mexi.
can war again!
The Menace reiterates fits challenge,
and unhesitatingly questions the pos
slbility OF any man TO be both loyal
TO the pope OF Rome and the constitu-
ton OF the United States.