The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-12-31

Catholic church has been supporting
the Huerta regime in Mexico be-
cause CarranZa is committed to the
restoration of the constitution and
giving the people back their privi-
leges which were usurped by the Ro-
mish church through Diaz.
The Catholic church is more than
an institution of arrogance. 1t is
one of~~treachery. 1t claims to be
the final arbiter in matters of civil
laws and conscience. Laws, treaties,
or even constitutions of countries are
no more to it than a compact of
babies. If a king does something,
or passes a law, displeasing to the
pope, the pope prohibits all subjects
in that kingdom from obeying him.
Let us draw possible picture
Suppose our country were to pass
law which vitality affected the in
terests of the Roman church in
America. For instance, suppose Con-
gress should pass a law prohibiting
any more immigrants coming into
America from countries in Southern
Europe, the vast majority of whom
were Catholics. Suppose the pope
should feel that this was a law so
vitality affecting his church that it
should not be obeyed. He could
very easily issue a decree denounc-
ing the President and Congress and
declare the law null and void; he
could easily demand every Catholic
to refrain from obedience to it, or
any other laws of this country.
Every Catholic official, in govern
ment service, every Catholic church
officer from the cardinals to the
knights of Columbus would obey at
once. And if the government I'M
dertook to enforce it's law and other
laws by might of arms, the Knights
one of the 100000 Catholics in
the United States able to go to war,
would be found lined up against US.
This is far from an impossible pic
ture. 1t has been enacted to a per-
haps less extent in many a country
within the past century.
Thus, we see that Catholicism is
an ever threatening menace to our
civil, as we'll as our mental and reli-
gious liberties.
Little wonder Bismark said, "The
papacy has been a political power
which, with the greatest audacity
and the most momentous conse-
quences, has interposed in the affairs
of this world" little wonder that
Gladstone realized that mo man can
become her convert without renounc-
ing his moral and mental freedom
and placing his civil loyalty and duty
at the mercy of another" little won
der writer on political Roman
ISM in the New York Herald re-
Gently said, "The people have an OPP
portunity to see just what sort OF
institutions the Catholic church is in
politics and to understand what a
farce it would be to pretend that
free government can continue where
1t is permitted to touch it's hand to
politics." little wonder the Baptists
the Methodists and the Presbyterians
in their great conventions assembled
this year went boldly on record
against the pernicious activity OF
this INSTRUMENTATION; little won
der Abraham Lincoln, just before his
assassination was led to give this
ominous word of warning: II do moi
pretend to be prophet. But though
not a prophet, l see a very darl
cloud on our horizon. And thai
dark cloud is coming from Rome. L
is filled with tears of blood. 1t viii
rise and increase, till it's tanks viii
be torn by a flash of lightning, fol
lowed by fearful peal of thunder
Then a cyclone such as the world has