Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-03-29
Editor of Brann's IcOnOclast Rid
icules Fake X. of G..
Oath.
States Lord Baltimore Establish
ed First Home of Religious
Liberty.
CALLS WALKER and WATSON


challenges for proof Tom Watson,
who is under indictment in the
Federal courts for sending obscene
matter through the mails, and the
filthy little Menace, assisted by their
ignorant cohorts in the Guardians of
Liberty. are still busy circulating
what they claim to be the knights
of Columbus oath. G. A. Windle,
editor of Branns Iconoclast, and
himself a Protestant, pays his re-
spect TO these worth les in the fol-
lowing fashion:
The object is to slander and rob
Catholics of their rights as Ameri-
can citizens. IL is unnecessary for
Knights of Columbus to deny that
this oath is a part of their ritual.
1t bears internal evidence sufficient
to refute the charge. The language
in which 1t is framed proves that it
does not belong to this age, but to
the period in history when Catholics
and Protestants sought to extermin-
ate each other by fire and sword.
This was before Lord Baltimore
established the Commonwealth of
Maryland and, according to the
historian Bancroft, gave religious
liberty its first home in the wide
world. Lord Baltimore was a
Catholic. No amount of sophistry
and lying can obscure this fact.
The above oath is practically
identical with the oath ascribed TO
the Jesuits nearly four hundred
years ago. 1t had its parallel in
oaths taken by the Protestant
League, sworn to destroy Catholic
ism. The clash of these forces
stained pages of history with blood
end tears. Walker and Watson are
trying to turn backward the dial of
progress md repeat these -blSsiG
chapterS of human history. Their
purpose is Infamous. Their methods
are <damnable. For this reason the
lconoclast is impelled and compelled
to take stand in opposition 10
these men. While am not a Cath
olic, | refuse to remain silent when
INSCRIPTIONS bigots seek to line
their pockets by coming prejudice
and ignorance into gold. Uncon-
tradicted lies soon pass for truths.
and for this reason | make it NV
business to thrust the spear of light
through the shield and heart of
every hell-born lie that crosses nv
pathway.
The Knights of Columbus consti-
tute fraternal insurance society.
whose members are dropped from
the roll for non-payment of dues.
Even If it we're possible to get
Catholics OF our day to take such
an oath they would not be idiotic
enough to write it in the ritual of
an insurance society. Common
sense will tell any man that such a
thing could not be. Walker and
watson are liars, who have taken
advantage OF the fact that, blinded
by prejudice, thousands are ready
TO accept their rot for truth. This
means subscriptions, the sale OF
literary stilettoes, a little cheap
notoTiety and much gold for their
Golfers. But many Protestants are
getting their eyes open to the real
situation, Even Bird s. Coler. for
mer Mayor of Brooklyn, N. Y. in his
book entitled, Two and Two Make
Four" exclaims 1--WE Protestants
have been reading lies, thinking
them history!"
AS matter of fact, knights of
Columbus are not required to take
an oath, in the strict sense Of that
term. They have an obligation. the
same as the Modern Woodmen and
other fraternal orders.
Will Editors Walker and Watson
please inform us where, outside OF
their own sanctums. these "barbar-
GUS sayages of America" may be
found? Please direct us to the wild
haunts' referred to in this horrible
oath? When did Knights of Colum-
bus, in fulfillment OF their oaths,
ever attempt to "extirpate Masons
and Protestants from the face of
the whole earth?" In what raid
upon their Protestant neighbors did
these bold. bad Knights refuse TO
spare age, sex or condition." Their
society has been in existence nearly
forty years, and unless Walker is
an unmitigated liar, he ought 10 be
able 10 name one instance in which
some X. c., in compliance with this
alleged oath, tried to burn, hang,
waste, boil, flay, strangle and bury
alive Infamous heretics," or ''rip IN
the stomachs and wombs of their
women and crush their Infants
heads against the wall" When and
where did II happen?
That rot about refusing TO "em-
ploy Protestants," and placing
Catholic girls In Protestant fam
llles, buying arms and ammuni-
tion," so as 70 be in readiness 10
exterminate Protestants, must have
been conceived in the throes of
some horrible nightmare. Walker
and his crowd first made these
charges against the Knights Of
Columbus, and then, TO convince and
trighten their dupes, put them in
the form OF an oath. They have not
only slandered loyal Catholics, but
they have insulted the intelllgence
OF every Protestant and non-c Catholic
they hoped 10 deceive.