Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-01-05
Some Of Rome's Ddngs
Rome VIII do Here What She has Done
elsewhere If Given the Power.
BURNETT IMMIGRATION BILL

liSGWItle III Ul1cH tlle TVMsIs
BURNETT IMMIGRATION BILL
Is is reportd that Representa-.
tive Burnett cf Alabama will re-
introduce his immigration bill
which was vetoed by President
Wilson at the last session of con.
gress. In commenting On that
probability, the Iudiana Cath olic
and Rec ord. December II, 1918,
referred to the bill ss 'un-Amer.
lean" and reviewed the record of
the fight made for aud against It.
The Cath olics will oppose its pas.
sage this time as they did at lts
previous presentation because it
would interfere greatly with
Rome's illiterate immigrants who
are focklng to the United States.
The people of the Unite d States
are in favor of the Burnett Bill; ;
Rome works for its dsfeat. III.
reason is apparent. With Cath
oilcism, with its attendant ot
preston and lliiteraoyj msetlng
growing disfavor in< Europe, al,
especially S,uthern Europe, anv
vantage ground must bs avallubi,
for tbs po r who must be takrl
from =helr NATIVE soil.
America is the last place of rel
uge for Rome and her oppres ed
poor, her Ignorant children who
have felt the blight of Romish
despotism in foreign lands are
coming to Amer ca, supposedly to
letter their condition, but in 1e-
altity many of them are brought
to our shores for the indefinite
purpose of helping to maks Amer
ica Catholic.
"Catholios have votes" and ev.
cry male alien of Rome who lands
in America, no matter how Hitter.
ate, may oec me q voter, and
since Rome keeps a close grip up.
on her children by segregating
them in her own schools passing
over them priests of their own
tongue, preserving native customs
promoting superstition and hold.
ing them IN subjecslon to the will
of the church, it Is easy TO see
how the Catholic vote is recruited
and controlled.
1t is this close oe mmunion and
loyalty to priest and pope which
makes Catholic immig1 alton rsal
menace. The Burnett immlgra.
tion Bill would save us from much
of the danger. Our penal institu.
tlons and asylums are too densely
peopled with persons of the Gath
olic faith now fer us to !courage
an Influx of potential criminals
and dependents who can be utter.
ly controlled by the Catholic
church, and used against oar free
institution against our efforts to
make this civilized and lntslli-
gent people.
If the Burnett Bill C mes up fol
consideration its passage should
be urged. insisted upon, demanded
by ev ry patriotic American who
knows or who can be made to see
thu danger in Rome's political ac-
tivities and her interference with
courts, business and education.
The people of this nation are
taxed too heavily Low to care fcl
Romish criminals and dependents
to suppor5 fake Charities operated
under the shadow of the Catholic
CROSS.
Let's stop the graft, free tht
slaves and save our country from
moral midnight and mental de
osyl
Pass the Burnett Bill!
cARRANzA AND OTHER CATHOLICS
| Baltimore, Dec. 20.-Cardina
Gibbons announced that he hae
Tecsived letter this Afternoon
from the Archbishop of Oaxaoa
| Mexico, informing MIN that tn,
! Csrrarzs government haa forbid.
den collections to be taken il
Catholic churches. Confession
have been forbidden for tom
time, according to the arch bishop
she recises many of the condi
tlons among the clergy aud tn
nuns" the cardinal said, land i
makes one shuddsr to think O
thsse outrages. kansas Git
Times, December 81. 1915.
Carranza is a Catholic in