Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-11-10
The AlIog ut Minority
Romish Church 0pposss Religious Liberty
10 Mex CO and Of course Evaivwhele Else.

Romish Church Opposss Religious UlbeTt
10 Mex CO and OF course eva'vwheIe Else
In rec ,gl izing Carranza as tn
ruler of Mexico, President Will
son has famed r mish hatred o
freedom into frenzy, and ha'
brousht the mailed ctions of th'
papal ptess, the priesthood ane
the hierarchy down up3n his heae
for daring to acs upon his OWL
initiative withcut taking counse
with an arrogant minority.
.Whsther the recognition Of Car
raj z. wat just the right action te
have taken, whether Carranza II
the best person to place at the
head of the Mexican government
and whether his recognition vii.
still the tempest that has tori
our Southern neighbor III bloody
revolution, is q matter for con-
lecture. But Whatever may be
the result. and however public
opinion may tend in oonsidering
the possible outcome Of this at
tempt at adjustment, the fact re-
mains that the power making the
loudest protest against Wilson'S
action and attitude is very much
in the minority numerically speak.
ing.
That minority is up in arms
against Wilson, against law and
order, against peace and progress,
against everything not of. by and
for the Roman Catholic church .
And the R oman Catholic church
is unalterably set in it's dstermi.
nation to rule the world financial.
ly, politically and spiritually.
Wilson is threatened with po-
litical annlhilatlon at the hands
of "outraged" Catholics and for
this ''insult' the Western Catho.
lie, October %, 1915, says that
Catholics will "give him such all
open answer at the polls as will
prove to him that 10 president
of the Uuited States can 30 fig
rantly lgnore the lawful and re-
specsfu) # aest of 16,O00.0O fel.
low citizens without paying the
penalty. This ls the ,nly way
open to Catholics in which they
can pick up the gaunt!et thrown
down by the presidents of the Uni
ted States.
Mexican Catholics have revolted
against the oppressive rule Of the
church IN their country which
after centuries of test, has utterly
failed TO bring freedom TO slave,
to tighten the load of penury, to
educate and refine. The burden.
placed upo. the people of Mex. &C
has grown heavier with years and
r ome has only herself to blame
for the so called "indlgnities, u
"crueltles'' and "destructioLs'
that have been visited upon their
priests, sisters anu pre)ates and
upon her institutions. Rome has
herself brought the papal system
to dlsrepute and ignomlny by hel
arrogant demands and uncharita
BILE ana unChristain activities
Catholic Mexico has tebelied
against Catholic rule and ruin.
Whether Oarrsnza can and will
bring order out of chaos remains
to be seen, Wilson has given him
q chance to make good and he has
declared for absolute separs tion
of church and state, education
and religious liberty. As to his
being q bandit, cut-throat OUTLAW
and various other things which
the ''charitabls" papal press
credits him with being, it may
truthfully be said that he could
hardly be more de.plcable thar
the unspeakable Huerta whom
Rome claims to love. The Roman
Catholic chursh has done muca tc
make outlaws and murderers il
Mexico by her oppressive rule
and having refused to reform anc
give suocor to the victims who hav,
felt her cruel clutch she desposi
cally refuses to allow any othel
to attempt regeneration and tn,
establishment of peace and har.
mony.
The arrogant minority of po-
pulation in the United State
hurls epithets. condemnation ant
threats at Wilson because he dare
to ignore the arrogant minority
in Mexico. With bleeding, Rom,
ridden Mexico at our southern
border IS an example of ths ruin
Gus rule of q tryanncus and by
pocrltical organization which call
itself church, the people of the
United States may we'll pause an,