The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-11-23
I'VE CATHOLICS" ARE
THE WHOLE CIRCUS
On the Personal PrOnouns, ~"
1--WE" and "Me" the Papists
Seem to Own the Copyright

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We note the use with increasing
frequency of the term, "We Cath
olics," by the Roman Catholic pa,
pers. The phrase is strange one
and significant withal. In one
sense it is so comic as to border on
the ridiculous.
The idea that any sect should so
wrap itself up in a vestment Of
fancicd greatness, that it should
parade its mythical superiority be-
fore an inaredulous world, and
that without realizing the absurd
ity of its putting, is laughable in
the extreme.
Just hear them, 1--WE Catholics" }"
who discovered America, when not
one of them had an ancestor among
the early voyagers. eve Cath
olics," who won the Revolutionary
War, when we had only a one
hundred and sixtieth Of the popu-
lation, with about the same pro-
portion of the Colonial forces. 1--WE
Catholics" who signed the Declar-
alton of Independence with one
name, and the National Constitu-
ton with two or three other names.
aWe Catholics" who felled the
forests. built the railroads, bridged
the rivers "a few of them, and
subdued the American wilderness,
largely as day laborers at good
wages. eve Catholics" who, by
reason Of lenient immigration laws
and the demand for labor, now
have one-Sixth of the population
eve Catholics" of whom one halt
the number are either foreign born
or the children of foreign born par.
onts, with great per cent unable
to read the common language ol
the country, or, their voters to read
the tickets they vote. owe Cath.
olics," who puff in war times, and
try to make the people believe that
we have more men in the army BY
a draft law than we have sons ir
our families.
eve Catholics" Look at us!
We are the people, and besides u
there are no otherSl
1t is to laugh,
Poor Lo wraps his blanket
around him, strikes an attitude, ant
says, "Ughl Big Injin, me~ HI
has the best Of the argument, 70,
his ancestors were here before "W
Catholics" were born.
Do We read about We Jews? w
Mcthodists? We Baptistsr w
Presbyterians? We Lutherans or
We, any other church?
The egotistical idea Of ''We" a
used by the Catholics has its tragi
side, as well as tho comic feature
That any sect or class Of peopl
should become so self consciou
that it in,agines itself o superio
and privileged class, entitled to es
special favors and to be immun
from obligations imposed on otll
ers, is a standing menace to tn
peace Of the nation.
That the spirit Of eve" shouI
so possess any class Of people as t
cause them to assume q holier-than
thou attitude, with q consequen
belief that everyone else is radio
ally and fundamentally wronS
with tho added presumption thu
whatever hey say and do is righ'
and all else wrong, and that b
virtuo of the superiority of tn
"Wo" idea they have rights para
mount to those Of others, and tina
this includes the functions Of GOV
ernment and the undisputed rigl
TO say what that government sha
be and do, as we'll as to hold tn
Offices under the government q
their pleasure, ia both . positiv
and present danger to the republic
Pride often leads to a fall.
| "We Catholics" Just now al
riding a high horse. If they cau'
the steed to stumble and get a ia
1t will be their own doings, o
J rather, their undoing.