The Irish standard., 1916-07-01
Nom Catholic Praises Work
Of K. C.'s in 0ffsetting the
Effects Of A.P.A. Movement

| James III. Brewster, of Boulder, a
non-Catholic, who almost quarter of
a century ago battled the anti-Catholic
A. p. A. movement through the lecture
platform and pamphlets, has written
Il letter to M. e. Malone, of Denver. en-
.couraging the local knights of Colum-
bus for their campaign for the over
csming of prejudice through educating
non-Catholics about the teachings and
aims of our Church. says the Denver
Register. The knights, in their cam
paign. have been sending literature,
not to bigots, but to intelligent non
Catholics who. it is known, will be able
to influence large numbers of mem
hers of their own faith. Mr.. Malone
sent Mr.. Brewster a copy of the en-
cellent address of Father Mannix on
Catholic Loyalty to Church and
State" 5000 copies of which were
printed by the Fourth Degree assem-
bly,. Mr.. Brewster said in a letter,
acknowledging the pamphlet: Il wish
to thank you for sending me copy of
the address by Father Mannix. am
extremely sorry to see an apparent re-
vival of the A. p. A. movement. This
question interested me very much
twenty-five years ago.
ut has always seemed to me that
it should not be left to Americans of
your Church to combat this un-Ameri-
can movement. American Professionals
ought not to be Indifferent to the sit
uation."
Mr. Brewster lives at 1893 Fourteenth
street. Boulder. On September 81,
1898. he gave an address at Lincoln
hall, Detroit. showing the illogical po-
sition of the A. P. A. This speech was
printed and distributed in pamphlet
form. For over two centuries and a
half. MIR. Brewster's ancestry has
been American. He is a lawyer. and is
thus familiar with the laws and con-
stitution of his country. These facts
made him particularly qualified to
speak about the true meaning of Amer
icanism. He declared that an organiza-
ton like the A. p. A. was out of place
in America
81 shall enter into no defense of
American Roman Catholics" he said.
II do not think they need my assist
ance. But let me remind you that the
first steps toward religious freedom
taken on this continent were taken
by the Roman Catholic prOprietors of
Maryland: and that. too. at a time
when the Puritans were driving out
the Baptists from their colony. and
the Puritans were themselves being
driven from the colony of Virginia.
81 Let me remind you that the first
printing press brought to Michigan
was brought by the Roman Catholic
priest, Father Richard. who was also
one OF the first promoters of public
education
Mr.. Brewster quoted Il portion of
George Waslington's address to his
Catholic soldiers in December. 1889,
when the Father of Our Country said:
II hope ever to see America among
the foremost nations in examples of
justice and liberality. and l presume
that your fellow-citizens will not for
get that patriotic part which you took
in the accomplishment of their revolu-
ton and the establishment of their
government, or the important assist
ance which they received from a ma
ton in which the Roman Catholic re-
ligion is protested"
Mr.. Brewster told how the Ordi.
nance of 1887, for the government of
the United States north west of the
Ohio; the state constitution Of AIichi-
gan and the Constitution of the Unit.
o6 States rI ,.oI;r;o,,,