Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-02-03
Senator Misund, rs'asds [ enace.
Continued from page one.

and philosophy, and for conduct
ing the education of the voting,
should be freed from eli ecclesias
tical authority. government. and
tnterferancs, and should be fully
sn'iect 20 the civil ard politicp
power, in conformity with the
will of rulers a. d the prevale, t
opinions of the age"
55-It is all error to say that
.'rhe church ought to be SEPARATED
from the state, and the State frt m
the church,
76-It ia All error to say tina.
Tie aboliticn If the tempora
power, which the apostoll, CO.
possesses, would contribute in tn,
yreas'st d'gree to the liberty a. d
pr snar ~ Of the church
TILT is an error to cay thst
"lu tho present dav 1t is 10 | -
ger expedlent that the Catholic
religion Of the state to the eyclu.
sn # ali other modes of VOL
ship"
oO-Is is an error to say that
"The Roman pontiff can ai.d
ought 60 reco! cile himself to ant
agree with progress, liberalism
and modern civilization"
These few pointed ,statsmen's,
selected from the eighty which
form part of the encyolioal, not
only leave a slender footing fol-
liberty Of conscience; but leave
no place for the American public
school system, no place for Prot
astantlsm, progress, or llLerality
rhey place the ecclesiastical Law
(of Romeo above the civil law,
declare for the union of church
aud state, and assert the tempora.
power of the pope.
Aud that 10 not the worst of it
fo~r-tvery activity of R2me il
American politics is III perfect
harmony with these clear and I'LL
mis6akable declarations of Pope
Plus. Our public schools are de-
bounced as Godiess Protestantism
is denounced as mot Q religion
nsver was q religion" but "a form
If rape and robbery masqueradine
as q religion, and a hypocrisy
wearing the livery of Christianity
SO serve the deadly sins in" This
quotation 10 from the Western!
Waterman printed III the city OF
St. Louis, edited by Roman Cath.
Ollie Priest FheIan, and dated Nov.
ember II, 1914. II you care tt
ook for it you will find it OIL
page ten of the paper mentioned
together with much more to show
that the spirit Of the nineteenth
century Pope Plus TX is preserved
sud taught by the Roman Catho.
&c press cf America within the
last few months of this twentieth
century.
It is because Rome seeks the
political power IN this country to
make her papal DEGREES effective
that The Monaco and millicns OF
calm AID determin d %citizsns OF
this country feel the necessity Ct
acting in opposition. We bav1
90 desire to prescribe what religi.
GUS opinions papists may hold ;
but we do most ssrenousIy obi CT
TO such papal ideas as 1 have gu t.
ad supplanting liberty and p'pu
!ar education in this country,
We regard it as very likely tina,
Senator Thomas overlooked the
real aim and purpc SO Of this paper
ip reading but II copy. and that
especially when the entire papist
press is going the limit Of nisre.
presentation to make it appear
that the movement against politi.
cal Romanlsm is a movement
against religion.
We ask no moEe of any senator
or congressman than Senator
Thomas has granted even Will
mlsundersta Adlng our work and
aim. W. also believe in both
liberty of conscience and of the
press. We believe in it to the
extent that we do not Wish either
privilege withdrawn from the pa.
pists or their press but we OPP
pose their political program and
the papal primo Piles back of it
with the sane consistency that a
republican voter opposes a demo
GRAFT Candidate, or a democrat
voter opposes a republican candi.