The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12

who attempted to claim part of it in
later years, such as Florida, Louisi-
ana and California, were driven out
or forced to sell their holdings. The
attempted penetration of the United
States by Latin Europeans, from Co.
lumbus' time to this, has menaced our
nation, until today at last there is
an awakening to the, danger which
threatened, and immigration is dras-
tically limited.
The agents of the Roman system,
who take Columbus as their cham
pion, are notably aggressive, adroit,
and active in political circles. They
have pushed the Columbus claim as
persistently as possible, and have
cast about him a mantle of romance
unjustified by the facts-for Column
bus was anything but an honorable
and upright character. A picture
representing his alleged discovery of,
America has been placed upon our
currency; our municipal politicians
have given his name to streets,
parks, and plazas; cities and rivers
have been named for an adventurer
who had rothing to do with our ma
ton, never set foot here, was not its
discoverer, and represents a culture
and civilization fundamentally OPP
posed and hostile to our own, which
stands for complete separation Of
church and state, free press, free
speech, and free public schools.
In the Committees on the Judiciary
of the Senate and the House, there is
now pending measure to declare
October 18th legal holiday, to be
known as Columbus Day. Congress-
man Michael ]. Hogan of New York,
who introduced the measure in the
House, is Roman Catholic, "edu-
Gated" in parochial schools. Senator
William M. Calder of New York, the
Senate sponsor for an identically
worded measure, who is ostensibly
Protestant, was given an honorary
degree recently by one of the large
New York Catholic colleges, Arch
bishop Hayes presiding. Regarding
Senator Calder's act in introducing
the Columbus Day bill, the following
statement by Jay w. Forest, Master
of the Sons and Daughters of Wash
ington, printed in the New York Sun,
is of interest:
"The only people in the United
States who want a Columbus holiday
are the Irish Roman Catholic Knights
of Columbus. When we as a nation
start making national holidays, we
have plenty of Americans to honor
first. The day of the man who bar
gains for the votes of the Irish in this
country is over"
The knights" who take Columbus
as their patron, have been conducting
an aggressive campaign to spread the
Roman-politico-religion over the Unit
ed States, "revise" our history, and
attack our school system by opposing
all legislative measures designed to
strengthen it, notably the Towner-
Sterling education bill. In the inter-
est of this anti-Anglo-Saxon system,
Columbus is leading medium of pro-
paganda, the false argument being
that since he discovered" America,
it rightfully belongs to his co-religion-
lists. All this is being met and over
come at the present hour, because the
rise of truth has overtaken the lie,
and is putting it down. Every true
American will take a lively interest
in uncovering the falsity of the Co.
lumbus claim, and in helping to es-
tablish the truth concerning the dis
covery of America by Lief Ericsson in
the year 1000.
Write letters to your local papers;
enlighten your public officials, school
teachers and members of school
boards; petition Washington to take
the picture of Columbus from our pa
per currency and from our national
public buildings. The sword Of Truth
is unsheathed! Weld it for the hon.
or and redemption of our country.
GA noericai" Unidentified.