The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-01-11
TO The JURY OF AMERICAN PEERS I! b Marvin ag9.

~ ENTLEMEN OF THE JURY: As q member Of The Menacs
STAFF American citizen, and Protestant in the brief space
pear IN nv own dsn IN Il. cas-. nov before he bar public
OnOn and while the personal for convenience and TO
Isnsn Of the entire aa and voice the opinion Of the half million
patriots who subscribe for The Menace and rad its contents from
stand before you today charged with melting stirring
hatred between religious sec.scstho and PrOcnts To this
stand convicted Of being American crn possessed Of love Of
institutions her traditions and her people
Not only that but stand for the Peeuy Of these principles
and tha, Be crime the enemies Of hSse principles are here and
For other than that have the courage
do my plain duty fight Tha believe be right threat
bullet and twO-edged stieo Of the midnight assassnl
And why these threats permitted in free oounry'
FOR THE VERY REASON THAT THE FIGHT WHICH THE
MENACE is wAGING WAS NOT TAKEN UP BY SOME ONE A
CENTURY AGol
When read the first amendment to the Constitution Of the United
States Onstrus what when that Congress
shall make law respecting the establishment Of religion, prohibit
the press the right Of the people eaceaby assemble and petition
the government for a redress of grievances"
Can thsr. possibly placed upon this amendment other
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And have or any other citizen not the right under this section
Of the Constitution, oppose with voice and person
sestroy this republic?
And should the question Of whether this person power
ea under the of regon into the controversy all?
The Pcpcs Rome, their encca testify claim the right
they can preserve the Sf1 in n. spirit u unity and rrcOdo M
them whole and entire to their SAVER"
not only deny that any pope has this right but deny he
has any rights whatever in the government Of this any other pubc
Not only that but that has ged the throne Rome
moral degenerate much less fraud impostO Their
ialblig hasphsmy hek doctrine is perverted offspring Of
Egyptian paganm and black art and the who would undertake
fo such the light the twentieth century
is damnsble parody on Ged's masterpiece
We're the Rsmansts power United States be sum-
mar e1uted for making the sseve statement notwithstanding the
fact that true and fact patent every student of the
day but thanks to the amers Of Amendment MAN CANNOT
JAILED IN THIS COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO LAW FOR EX-
PRESSING HIS OPINION and is these privileges these rights
that sighting maintain and keep invs making
ing the fact that We ARE FIGHTING FOR THESE RIGHTS FOR
THE ENEMY AS WELL AS FOR OURSELVES.
Rome claims that the people not the Of civil power
that all should from the church. and that the
the temporal we'll the spiritual head of the world
not only deny this claim but charge that it is dangerous
doctrine and that II the people of America anxious stamp
Catholic church.
You gentlemen Of the u-Amercan citzens-s
familiar with present day events than with history
are student Of history the making you viii occur
world understand cardinals bishops and priests Of The Roman
Catholic church PRINCES OF THE BLOOD" and as such are
Of assemble The Catholic press in fact gave
out that President Taft Major Butt to Rome to determine
Just what extent the American politician supposed
these dhatted mpoo order good graces Of
ms hownes the pOPeand this in spite Of the fact that Section
shah be granted by the United States person holding any
cce Of profit or trust under them SHALL without the Of
Congress- accept Of present. emoumen Office any kind
whatever from any king, prince OF foreign state"
calling the attention of the American people the betrayal Of
country crime and oppose the snobbshness Of
kings and Poen and the autocracy of tyrants guilty.
guilty entered advance and will abide by your decision without
protest
charged in these columns and it has been proven time and
again. that the Romans emascung the text
children eduead that they sxpurang history blot
and the thousand and .. Other dscs .O ~ % arson Treason
have charged that their opposition the public school
system was enough to provoke American patriot this nation