The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-30

that arbitrator Conway who, because of his dis
loyalty and characteristic Irish Catholic scheming
against Washington, was challenged to duel by
General Cadwader and mortaly wounded, and
YOU KNOW THAT THIS PRODUCT OF P0PERY
WROTE A LETTER TO WASHINGTON ON HIS
DEATH BED, CONFESSING HIS GUILT, and
YOU KNOW that this true specimen of Romanism,
THE TRAITOR CONWAY, WAS THE ONLY
IRISH GENERAL IN THE ARMY WHOM YOU
CAN PROVE WAS A ROMAN CATHOLICl YOU
KNOW TT
Why don't Romanists read Cardinal Gibbons
speech at Rome on March Gath, 1887, in which he
said that "our Catholic community In 1874 num-
bered only few thousand souls, served by hand
full Of priests"i Why don't they consult the London
Toilet, Cardinal Mannng's organ, where, in its Is
sue Of Jan. 8rd, 1885, It says: 'In 1888 It was
reckoned that outside Of Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania all the Catholics Of the republic only num-
bered 1So0"l II these are not enough, we beg leave
to cite you to the I. C. B. u, Journal Of July 15,
1884, in which that eminent Roman Catholic writer,
Martin Griffin, says Anyhow, to talk about the
Irish in the Revolution and call them Catholics,
shows ignorance" The Irish on the patriot side in
the Revolution were Scotch-Irish; and, as Mr..
Griffin says, "they were there just because they
III impose it the British provinces by the aid of
the Catholics Of Canada"
Let's See How ROme's Figures Pan Out
Take away the old men, women and children
and, according to the ratio hitherto adopted, THERE
WE'RE NOT OVER 300 ROMAN CATHOLIC
SOLDIERS IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
OUTSIDE OF MARYLAND AND PENNsYL-
VANIAl
We might here take note Of the fact that Penn
sylvania paid dearly, in later years, for her care
less tolerance of Romanism, in the outrages COM
mtted by the Roman Catholic Molly Maguires.
THEY CLAIM TO HAvE HAD HALF THE
ARMY AND GIBBONS ADMITS THEY ONLY
HAD A HANDFUL" Il you want to gain some
idea of what that handful" did in colonial days,
review the record of the Irish Catholic soldiers in
the Civil War, ninety years later. HERE 1T IS:
Irish enlistments were exactly seven and 14-1OO
percent Of the total enlistnents, and IRISH CATH
OLIC DESERTI0NS WE'RE 72 PERCENT OF
THE TOTAL DESERTIoNSl
II foreigners gave US 80 much invaluable assist
ance during the war with Great Britain, why did
President Washington write this to GoueveneuI
Morris in July 177S: "I do most devoutly wish that
we had not a single foreigner among US except the
Marquis do Lafayette"f What called forth this
letter unless 1t was the unbridled jealousy and un-
derhanded scheming and incOmpetency Of men like
Conway?
GENERAL SULLIVAN WAS A PROTES-
TANT AND FREEMAs5N and there is no proof
that Moylan was a Romanst. With these "dozen
generals" disposed Of we come to the claim that the
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick raised large sums ano
gave them to the government THE FRIENDLY
SONS OF St. PATRICK WAS NOT A ROMAN
CATHOLIC SOCIETY. OF its II charter mem.
bers, Just three were Romansts Thus do their lie:
pan out!
But II there Is any one subject which papis
fasifers love to faunt before US, 1t is that "Com
modore" John Barry was the "father and founder
Of the American navy" and this statement is ut
tery without foundation, like the others In th'
first place, the first lieutenant commissioned by th
Navy Department was John Paul Jones. In tn
second place. when the LIST Of officers was prsparet
in 1776 he stood only seventh In tho list Of prom
inencs He was both brave and daring, although
not so much 70 as Paul Jones, but the worst thini
about II all is that 1T HAS NEVER BEEr
PROVEN THAT HE WAS A ROMAN CATH
oMCl
| FaIseho0ds on Our Patriot Fathers
It is furthermore chained that ''nins Romal
Catholics signed the Declaration Of Independence.
Who were the miner BY what sort Of expert Jug
pnp did thu Jesuits Transform Pregbyterians Bar