Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-16
The base Of Briton rests"

VIC may say that our American Char
ters have more than confirmed these
laws OF the Confessor and our people
have given to them "as free, as full
and as sovereign a consent as wa
ever given by John to the bishops and
the barons "at Runnimede THE lied OF
freedom" to which it was said
,'Brirain's sons shall come,
Shall tread where heroes and where
patriots trod,
To worship as they walk
Hl lays further:
In this country at this time. Goes
any man think anything: Would he
! taink aloud? Would he speak any
til ng? Would he write anyth ng? II ;
mind is free, hts person is SAFE, {,
! property is seculs, his house Is $
! castle the spirit OF the laws s i {
/ 1Cdy-guard and his hous gun. d: ii {:
i late Ci one is The fate u al measured
by the same common rule of right; his
voice is board and felt in the genor,.l
suffrage of free-men; his trial IS III
open court, confronted by WITNESSES
and accusers; his prison house has nc
secrets, and he has the judgment OF his
reers; and there is nCught 10 make
him afraid so long as he respects the
rights of his equals in the eye OF the
| law. Would he propagate TRUTH
truth is free to combat Error Would
he propagate Error? Error itself may
stalk abroad and do her mischief and
make night itself grow darker proVid-
ed Truth is left free to follow, however
slowly and with her torches light up
The wreck! Why, then should any poT-
ton of the people desire to retire IN
secret and by secret means to propa-
gate a political thought, or word or
deed, by stealth? Why band together
Exclusive of others to do something
which al may not know of towards
SINE pol't'cal end? If it be good. why
not make the good known? Why not
think it speak it. write it act it OUT
openly and aloud? Or. is it evil which
| loveth darkness rather than light?
When there is no necessity to justify a
secret ASSOCIATION for political ENDS
what csc can justify it? A caucus may
sit III secret to consult on the general
nolcy Of great public party. That
nav be necessary Or convenient; bnt
that even is reprehens;ble, if carried
too far. But here IS proposed a great
Urinary, national organization, in IT'S
inception-What? Nobody knows. I'd
dc what? Nobody knows. How organic
ed? Nobody knows Governed BY
whom? Nobody knows. How bound? BY
what rites? BY what test oaths? W IN
what limitations and restraints? No
body nobody knows All we know is
that persons of foreign birth and II
Catholic faith are prescribed and s"
ale all others who don't proscr be then
At the polls. This is certainly aga n
| the spirit Of Magma Charta
Such is our condition OF FREQ
dom at home, showing no necess-
ity for such secret organl-
cation and it's antagonism t.
the evry basis of American rights Ana
our comparative native and Protestant
strength at home 1epels the plea Oh
| such necessity still more The stats
tics of immigration show that from
1920 to 1st January, 1858, inclusive
for 32 years and more, 3,204 ,04S fore.g
ners arrived in the United States al
the average late of 1901 per annum
that the number of persons OF foreign
birth now in the United States is 2,2lG
S39; that the number of natives, whites
is 17737,57S and of persons whose ma
tivity is unknown" is 99,154. (Quere
by the by:-What will "Know-Noth
ings" do with the unknown") ms
number of natives to persons Of foreign
birth in the United States, is as 10
and the most of the latter, # course
are naturalized. In Virginia the whole
number of white natives is 1881 OF
persns born out Of the State and ii
he United States 57,502. max ng &
total of natives of ST. 1913; and
the number of persons born IL rore 81
countr es. is %, 953. SO that in Virgin
ia the number of natives S 10. the nun
Der of persons born in foreign Coun
tries, nearly as 80 TO i.
Again:-the churches of the United
State, provide accommodation iCr II
234 S25 votaries; the Roman Catiloiics
for but 667 823; the number OF votar.es
in the Protestant to the number il tn.
Roman Catholic in the United States
as 81 to 1. In Virginia the whole NUM-
Ter is $50 436, the Roman Catholics I
$50, or 10S to /.
The number of churches in TIL IN
ed States is 3S,061, OF Catholic church
es 1,221; more than 81 to l are Piotes'
ant. In Virginia the number OF cAurch
les 1883 OF Catho lie churches is IL,
more than 1401 to /.
Tire whole value of church property
in the United States is $S732S,SO1 CT
Catholic church property is 1926 75S
CT 8 to 1. In Virginia the whole value
CT church property is 81 56,076; OF
Catholic church property, $126, 100 o.
q to l.
Then follows more caustic com
lnent:
There are four Protestant sects
each of which is larger than the Catho
tic, in the United. States and the aggr'
cate of which exceeds the Catholic b,
majority of 9 S04,250 votar.es and
addmg one sect smaller, by majorlt!
Of 10, AL .S4S.
In Virginia there are five Protestan
sects. each larger than the number o