The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-07-16

This extract from the knights of
Columbus oath does not contain that
portion of the oath which sets forth
the horrible manner in which every
member of that order is sworn to
put to death all heretics, Protestants,
Masons, etc., at the word of the pope,
but does reveal enough to show that
it is the purpose of the Roman
Church to resort to the sword in
what it claims |'the defense of the
church." but which in reality means
that should the hour ever come when
it thinks it has power sufficient to en-
throne itself by destroying all non
Catholics it would undertake to do
so Just as the church did in the
crusading days and with reference to
the Saracens. Cardinal Gibbons
boast for his church is, Rome never
changes sen1per idem, always the
same. And it is no idle dream to
say that the Knights Of Columbus
are, as they term themselves, 'the
militia Of the pope have provided
themselves arms and will use them
against this very government the
first time the pope "imagines'' his
church needs defending and thinks
he has power enough to enforce his
Intentions
That the Knights of Columbus con-
stitute the militant church of Rome
was practically declared by Bishop
Quigley, Of Chicago, this past year
in the course of public address
when he declared that "the Knights
of Columbus would obey orders from
the pope, - and then significantly de-
clared that "the Church of Rome
would resist us with armed force if
we endeavored to do to them in this
country what the liberals had done
to them in Europe" What do you
think of that? The liberals in Eu-
rope did nothing more than to COM
pei the Catholic Church to obey the
civil laws like other people,; yet this
Catholic Bishop gets up before a
crowd of people and says if the
American government undertakes
the same thing in this country we
will be met with armed force. Such
blatant defiance, however, is but
characteristic of that institution.
For one I rejoice in the signs of
awakening when the American peo-
pie are becoming aroused and de-
handing that the Church of Rome
be made to toe the mark and obey
the law like other people. If that
brings them against us in armed
force, let them come on. The sooner
the better. They will mighty soon
find out that Uncle Sans minute
men" are all not dead yet Let them
come on. We are not afraid Of their
Catholic bluff, neither are we afraid
of their Catholic bullets. Let them
come on. But when they Go there
will be about 100000 of them
either waiting to be prayed out of
purgatory by his royal highness, the
pope, or consigned by the shipload
for the land of the Vatican. This
country of ours was conceived in
freedom, born in blood and Graded in
liberty. From the day that pastor
John Robinson and his little band Of
pilgrims, with an open Bible, I'M
shackled conscience and unconquera-
Bile spirit turned their back on the
political and religious tyranny of
Europe and set their faces to a land
where, freed from interference by
prince or pope, they could worship
God according to the dictates Of their
own conscience, LIBERTY has been
the goddess before whose shrine our
forefathers. gladly poured out their
blood, and there are today about co.
100000 red blooded, Anglo-Saxon
Americans who would deem it a
privilege to mingle their blood with
the martyred heroes of by gone days
should the defense of this liberty