The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-25
Rong Lads and Priest Received More Consideration From Romanst
Judge Than awAbdng Christian Ministers Who We're Acting Un
der the Specific Protection Guaranteed by the Organic Law Of the
andWhy the Election Of Knights Of Columbus Makes America
Unsafe for Democracy

this supreme iHcGsnation Of istoles>-
Gnoe and religious prejudice with
feelings Of arnaxenmt and horror.
How many Of tho brightest minds Of
European civilization were muffed
out In the glory Of their prime by
politico ecclesiastical Rome In her de-
termined and nevcr-swerving war
against freedom Of thought and dis
cussion. The philosopher Bruno, che
scholarly educators, Huss and
Jerome the papal rsfcrmsr Sa-
yonarola, the great English re-
ligious leaders Crammsr and Latimer
but why continue the almost snd-
less list Of the noblsst, purost and
most learned msn Of the vanished
centuries who perishsd rnisrably st
tho hand Of this embodiment Of In
tolerance7
During the night Of the Incubation
wherever the Dominicans and the
Jesuits were. In power, thousands,
aye tens Of Thousands, were tortured
at the rack and died at the stake In
the effort Of the Roman church TO
stamp out once and forever freedom,
OF religious thought and sepression:
and 90 on down to the recent slayinR
OF Rev. Vim. Black at Marshall.
Texas, and the inhicting Of the rnur.
derous blow upon the Rev. VIM.
Bowles at Springfield, Illinois, which
illuminated in his untmely death, the
bloody trail Of the Rcv1an I..urch
eloquently proves the truth Of the
priests confession.
Yes, tho supprsssion Of freedom Of
ntteTdncs and especially freedom Of
religious discussion Ia
The Way Of Rome
How different is the American
ray and the Christian way' il
shown, as We have indicated above
In the manner with which Protestant
Massachusetts, has treated the Ro-
man. Catholic propaganda vans en-
ploying exactly the same methods to
reach Protestants as were here en-
ployed by the Methodists to reach
. Catholics.
The American Way
TO appreciate this contrast we are
going to give our readers verbatim
quotations from Cardinal O'Connell's
official organ, The Pilot and from
TIE Cathode Nsws Of New York
,, City. The later paper on IT'S editorial
page In Its issue Of August 1, 1917,
!, says:
The nsvsnsnt recently inaururassd m ana
0 around Bestsn. HAss.. ef explaining Cathoiie
,. and street corners y nsytins Win rsmsriaSIs
! ssses;A II ny great sAss sswn Of Brsektsu
I this incident, described hy the Dsston Piict,
q slew. hew the movement b regarded b
"Ths meeting Saturday afsernsen am ,h.
+ streets sf Breckten was bfouFkt % 4 elsss vits
Is three roasing ehssrs fos His kmlnsnes,tks card.
!, inhl. An incident at this meeting q, psrkaps
weith telling. Angersd BY his hostility 3 thing
Catholic the driver Of truck insisted upsr
sssa'R sr.a ta.Ssssh l,rs,s d: crowd. A. !. steet
n hat shs opportunity was taken advantage q
o By ths speaker to shsw that whils Catkolie,
l. weuld mt abdicats ems iet sr title II thsil
A tsAts in msttsn Of principle 10 4 thsiF pleas
e sas Of the Arm. InmsdlstsIy Q ssailsmaI
"a appeared. making an apology fer the dis
y sesrSsy OF hi sav'f towards The spsaks
> Anr ts r .s.smsy. .s.,. "a :.
a cause Of Christ is bsanA p have iar-rsashinl
"A ~" Iet sseS ~ sAssea IN. - Fs.tSdi nNd -
~ se poRea esneI cnss WI I;nsv "
"Amp'e % "e se.'sss Semenes o. nesssa-
it And Cardinal O'Connell's Plot 70,
"a AuVuak ii continuea thia rsnort mn
,e dar the followine diHplsved head
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