The menace., 1915-03-13

houEh nat ne dnTa WA an eIuIN
20 dsnounos any rcligioa vouid b. tel
GRATED had pasusd. We of The Cath
olic ehurrh vif permit no per,on 81 cur
cred 10 denounce any ether religion And
ar. careful 70 guard and protect the b
liefs of othsrs We should b Adorded
the sEms prutection." In the face
of this hluh ~ remember that
a certain Catholic periodical has
Disseminated all Prctestan;s ~ "un.
hap,irei hsaihsn" and that Protestant
marriage VOWS arr scorned and maligned
by Catholics grnefally. No assault, no
% 'uusculnr Chris;ianity.n a. ezcrtcd
agains, those of the Catholic faith Who
dsrids. ridiruie and ssorn the Protes.
tant religion. vet there are innumcrable
instances of opcn and covert attack on
tho.e Who dare. By word ~ mouth or on
printed page. 20 present 20 the puh.
lic their psrsonai experiences with the
Church 81 Rome Or 20 discuss thc prae-
tires ard prriudiees n tho Catholic In.
dividual who is entitled 70 protection,
and who are the disturbers Of the
peacei
Threats of violenes seeu, % have been
made against the Sla,terys By telcphone
and BY letter before their appearance
in jersey City. Pawn shops are said 90
have been cmrtied Of their guns and
black jacks. Riot seems 10 have bocu
melted by inference and uneompiimen-
/ tary reference in the Catholic churches.
/ Police interference was invoked, not %
subdue the riotous thugs and protect
/ the lecturers in their constitutional
rights, but % save the Catholic church
from unfsvornble mention and the pub
LEFTY Of open discussion. Assistant
Prosecutor Nickers who dared 20 stand
~ a patriot and an American in oppo
sition 20 the wcak.knecd director OF pub
lie safety, declared in his printed state
ment that the exhibition Of Jersey jus
tiee IL "sham, subterfuge and COW.
ardly recourse 10 a legal technieality 20
accomplish, under the guise Of law, a
wanton invasion Of public and private
rights and adds, further, that " Tho
CITY Fathers should right this flagrant
violation Of the law BY themselves ex-
tending 10 these persons the invitation
! 70 speak and extending 90 them the free
. dom Of a great city that stands for
p American institutions and the protec.
E tion Of the law. II the slatterys vio.
: late the law then IL, its dignity be vindi-
Gated and It's majesty asserted; then dnd
!. not unth then."
slauery secured a hearing in Inwood,
. T.. T., and on February 81 delivered the
/ address be was 20 have delivered In
I Jersey City on February 20, and we give
. helow some Of the more stirring and
/ pointed portions of the speech which was
. barred from public utteranee by papal
I power made effective by mob rule in
. Jersey City; L
I "From an early age was marked
out 10 he the priest Of the family, and
in pursuance OF that end was sent 20
, the Seminary Of Limerick to study my
, classics and after going through the
&. usual classical course, and having pass
! the usual examinations, / entered the
. college in the County Of Tipperary, and
r studied my philosophy and theology.
I The theology a. studied in the Church
9 Of Rome is divided into two classes; one
e / called dogmatie theology; the other
q is called moral theology. The dogmatic
f; theology, a. the name implies, refers "a
, the dogmas Of the teachings Of th'
r church. The moral theology 70 my minS
y is at least entirely misnamed, ~ II
b should be more properly called immors
a theology. There is not a sin, not !
o crime, nor q weakness 20 which humanit,
II is heir that is not described in the %
o called moral theology, in all their de
> tail Everything about married life i
"a there. fully described. Those books oi
4 the Roman Catholic church, under th'
Ie name Of moral theology, which young met
!. preparing for the priesthood are boun'
a 10 read, are 90 vile that they dare no
'e be published in the language Of the peo
le pie. The books are published in Latin
r. but 10 us the Latin is the same a. th
,r English, we are 80 used 90 it; and mari
" you, ladies and gentlemen, that is th
II church that stands forth in this eountr,
he Of ours today, looking to Congress :
be stop THE MENACE, The Perl, IN
c. Amenoon Citizen and other papers, be
10 cause they say they are vile, while sh
In herself has a theology 50 vile and .
obscene, that IL dare not be publishe
vs in the English tongue.
We "Suppose, for instance, the Method
es lists or the Baptists or the Presbyterian
IT. or Episcopslians, or any Of our Prote'
%. tant denominations, had a theology tia
cd could not, for its vileness, be publishe
&c in English Oh, what q howl Rom
in would makel How she would point Il
rs finger Of scorn at the Protestant theolog
zee that could not be published in n
he tongue Of the people. But everythin
II. in Professionalism is as clear, as brigi
be and as pure ss the stars in the heaver
X. so far as It's teachings are found, b