Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-09-13

as are here set forth with sucE
simple but tragic fidelity?
Is it not time we unite in d
mighty movement to keep Anne
RIGA free, and prevent another
Canossa or another St. Bartholo
new?
Little good however results
from telling such pathetic stories
of outrages unless we, the patriots
of America are ready to do some
thing to right the wrong, and
restore the prestige and dignity
of our free gcuernment. In writ
ing this article l have ventured
10 hope that the readers OF the
| Menace will show the article to
their neighbors and friends with
tie view to getting the patriots
in each community to organize a
band for the purpose of putting
an end to the exercise of such
shameful despotisIn as is attempt
ed by Ne Temere and such sub
versive attempts to re establish
intellectual slavery as IS imposed
by Montu Proprio.
It is true that in the last in
Stance the papal decree primarily
results in intellectual enslave-
n1ent and 'neetal paralysis of the
Roman priesthood, and those
educated in Roman Catholic
schools, but secondarily with
Rome organized and seeking to
dominate all public opinion form
ing agencies the eff :ct is detri-
mental to that freedom OF thought
or intellectual emancipation
which marks the difference be
tween the United States and Mex
ico, and between England and
Spain. With the Ne Temere,
however, the baleful influence is
direct as well as indirect as is
impressively illustrated in the
above tragic and pathetic story.
The Ne Iemere, or marriage
legislation of Plus X went into
effect on Il pril 18th, 1908 Ger
many was not slow to resent the
shameful in suit flung by the ar
rogant sovereign on the Tiber
into the face of every Protestant
communion in the world. She
promptly let Plus X understand
tnat if the rest of the Protestant
world was indifferent to the insult
she did not propose to permit any
such shameful implications to
rest upon the lawfully welded
German citizens, when the con-
tracing parties had obeyed the
marriage Legislation recognized
by the German government.
Consequently the infalible and
/ irreformable pope of Rome made
/ haste to reverse his inflllable
!. and irreformable ex cathedra
utterances, insOfor DIS it related
to Germany, for by a later de-
cree the Holy See exem mpted
Germany from the new legisl;l-
| tion.
Germany by her refusal to
, permit The insolent and arrogant
papacy to cast reflections on her
cilizens. or question the legiti-
. macy of otfsprings where mar
riage had been performed in &C
cordance with German law
showed the whole civilized world
what every self respecting na
ton should do when. foreign
sovereign attempts to meddle
with the laws of the land,
The Italian. government found
IN necessary to take radical and
drastic measures to prevent the
church from perniciously med
! ding with state affairs. Thus
! in regard to marriage the Ital
ian government forbids the
priests to perform the ceremony
decret.ing thai the marriage GER
eI:ony must be performed by
civil authorities only. Italy
go-s SO for as 10 make it a peni
tertiary offence for the priest tt
perform ceremony.
The Mexican republic after
the adoption of the constitution
in 1859, refused to recognize any
marriage that was not civil, al
though priests were permitted
to 60 through the ceremony TO
the satisfaction of the religious
con vit:tiOns of those who wishet
t a religi US ceremony to supple
? ment the civil one