Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-28
IS 1T TRUE?

kNAAh1 tA~ FN4 bSA W. 1850 -
the Knights of Columbus, an or
ganization of the Catholic Church.
Tits not our intention to publish
this oath in this issue, although
we want it distinctly understood
that we have the oath and will
publish it at the slightest provo
cation; and the oath that we will
publish is recognized by the lead.
ing men of the country as the
real oath of the fourth degree of
the Knights of Columbus, and,
besides having been published in
In many newspapers, 1T has been
made part of the Congressional
Record, and was published in this
official Government publication
something less than Il year ago in
the dispute between Butler and
Bonniwell. But it is such blood
curdling, penny dreadful" oath,
made up of sentences of the oaths
of the RibbOnmen, the Clana-
Gael, the Molly Maguires and the
alleged oaths of the Jesuits, that
we do not feel that such thing
should be published in a family
paper of the standing of the
Advocate if such a thing can be
avoided. The knights of Column
bus deny with a great show of in
dignation that they take such all
oath in their initiation into the
fourth degree. The members at
large who have not taken this |
oath, and comparatively few have |
taken the fourth" are equally !
vociferous in their denials, tho |
they know nothing about it.
The Trainer of the oath goes in.
to history - the history of the In
QUESTION, of the Albigensis, and
the Vaduois of the Netherlands,
of the Massacre of st. Bartholo-
NEW, the massacres Of the prot
estants in Ireland, and under
Bloody Queen Mary in England -
anywhere, everywhere, until pro-
testant civilization enlightened
the world, Popery has hanged,
burned, strangled, boiled, hayed
and tortured with the most iiend-
ish ingenuity, not only men, but
delicate women and children -
and all in the name of religion.
One section of this alleged oath !
pledges the person receiving it
10 make relentless warfare
against Protestants and Freema-
ions, as l am directed to do to I,
'xpatriate them from the face of
he whole earth, and that | will
'pare neither age, sex nor condi-
ion, and that | will hang, burn,
waste, boil, Stay, strange and
Jury alive these infamous here q
les; rip up the stOmachs and c
Vombs Of their women and crush u
heir infants heads against the a
'all in order to annihilate their p
xecrable race" The assertions
hat the Catholic will not vote 81
Dr. nor trade with a Protestant, Of
specially a Mason, and that Ro- p
Ian servants tell in confessional fC
hen required, the secrets of hi
he Protestant homes, have been L
roved times with out number. re
he vote of the Papal church is pa
vung by the hierarchy in the
IrectiOn of the most benefit to th
le church, regardless of the of
laracter of the candidates. m
In these days decree has gone til
nth from the man on the Tiber, co
be Pope that America and all of
. world must be taxed for the tic
neft of the Roman church and fre
Derica and all the world are an
ntributing their millions for do
is purpose. History is repeat ed
3 itself. But America NEVER nis
D be conquered by the Catholic ov,
urcb. Politically, it does not Oh,
lint that way just now. But Re
b is a new age. The Roman Ing