The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-05-28
Institutions Worth

in matters spiritual. To that extent
it is a religious belief which cannot
be prohibited by Congress, under the
Constitution, nor by any Of our
forty-eight State Legislatures since
the adoption of the 14th Amendment
in 1868. But Papacy defies the Con-
stitutiOn which protects the liberty
of Romanism, and wraps the Ameri-
can flag around the dagger which is
to be driven, at the command of
thirty-one Italians, to the very heart
of the American Constitution.
Church and State were Divinely
divorced when the Master said, Sur
render unto Caesar the things that
are Caesars, and unto God the things
that are Gods" Papacy denies this.
The right Of the church to use force
was Divinely prohibited when the
Master said: My kingdom is not Of
this world. Papacy says this is not
true
The Constitution says all men are
free to think, to speak, to write, and
to worship. Papacy holds that these
things are not lawful.
What law is violated when these
rights are freely exercised? Who
the law? Are Romanists alone i'm
mune from the penalties Of this pre-
tended law? In what book is this
law printed, and by whose great seal
is it authenticated? Let 6O,000,000
non-religious Americans answer. Let
23,000,000 American Protestant
church communicates answer. Let
the 100000 Romanists, many of
whom are not Papists answer; for
their freedom to think, to speak, to
write and to worship, is as much
denied as the freedom of other men
because no exception is made in their
behalf.
Italy has a population Of $4,000
600 and has 80 cardinals. The
British Empire has a population of
40, 100000 and two cardinals
France has six cardinals, Germany
did have one, until the recent death
Of Cardinal Kopp. In Ireland, with
a population a little less than A.
100000 there are 3,308,661 Catho-
lies and one cardinal. Ireland is
ruled by $40 members of the British
House Of Commons Under Home
Rule in Ireland, always supported by
Papal authority, it's government,
through an Irish Parliament will
pass into the hands Of thirty Italian
cardinals. Ulster prefers civil war
to Italian rule, and listers tragic
story is an appeal to mankind That
tragic story has not yet been COM
pletely told. In Ireland there are
3,308,661 Catholics, 581,089 Protest
ant Episcopalians, 443,276 Presbyte-
rions and 62,006 Methodists, accord
ing to Whitaker's Almanac 1912,
page $40.
At the highest estimate, one-sixtl1
of American population is Romanist,
and part of this is Papist. Passive
protest at Papal presumption is the
meat on which Papal presumption
thrives. The cry of religious perse-
cution, when Papal presumption is
mentioned, is the narcotic spray with
which Papacy benumbs Ignorance
cOWardice, and under, the cover of
which it pushes forward it's con-
quest. Papacy is reaching out to get
control Of every department of our
government. 1t seeks the control of
Army and Navy, it frightens weak
politicians, ambitious for the emo
lumcnts of public office and too dull
to realize what is going on around
them. 1t silences a free press, and
while all this goes on, Americans in
large assemblies adopt resolutions
and quarrel with each other over
trihes.
In 1862 Congress thought the Uni
ted States and tho Constitution of