The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-29
Religious Tolerance" from
Jefferson to Al Smith

Thomas Jefferson eioiced the provision of the const
tuition that declares no religious shall be required as
qualification for office or trust the United States said
Senator Robinson this the signal for wild demon
straon behalf of presidential candidate belonging to the
carch which built the greatest clerical tyranny in all history
What did Jefferson his denuncation Of religious
qualifications for public office?
Jefferscns position taken opposition to all efforts to
asen hierarchy upon the then and revolution
try republic Jefferson against the religious quafcaton
he wanted neither the Roman Cath
lie church. the church of England the various Puritan
hurches hen burning witches New Engand to asten upon
She young nation union Of church and state.
The Roman Catholic church. more than any other
church historically sybozes exactly the opposite of Jeffer
sons view built great power upon the union of church and
state 1t forced upon every people mat came uor us sway
the law which it has enforced throughout centuries by mill
force that the Roman catholic religion shall be the rt
Qualification trust There single nation
where catholic church dominant in which 1t
has split blood in warfare using all force and violence at
command enforce catholicism the compulsory state re
gon Spain for instance the Roman catholic church to this
day this power with the ruthless violence OF the state
dictatorship up In Mexico within the past few months
the church put through bloody attempt at couneevouon
which successful would have stopped will
ng with less than the restoration of the privileges OF state
In no country in the world has catholic church
willingly given the law requiring lip service TO It's 1ah as
Capitalization for office trust"
Historically tradtonaly and actually the catholic church
compulsory enforcement of all the religious quaca
tons that enforced by oquada through the rack
and thubcrew the stake of the nquiston Wherever
enjoys than this it has been driven or kept out of those
privileges by force.
But wherever the church has not had has lost
the privileges state regonhe catholic church is for to
Grafton that oquent pleaded Tor by the supporters
of Tammany Houston
Of course no sane person take seriously the idea that
if Smith is elected will rule America No. than half
the gold in the the United States the United States
bankers are ruling pope The pope his knees
in Wall Street. receiving loans No the explanation entirely
different from given by the hatted Senator Hefn AS
we have said before the real pope who will and does command
AL Smith not in Rome, but in the banks of New York
Just the role of the Catholic church in American
politics today 1t is peddng itself to the United States capital
sort of Service company for use in helping
to subjugate Latin America for United States Imperialism
The Catholic church wants to be tolerated in the United
States and more important be used by the United States
as an instrument political intrigue inferior nations
which United States capitalists want to rule.
But in weaker nations which wants to help subju
gate for United States bankers wants to start with toe
ance backed up with American bayonets and wind with
much its old privilege of plumber and tyranny enjoy
under the bayonets States while collaborating
for mutual benefit with the ruling class of the great Protestant
nation of the North.