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When I declare to the American people that unless this country in the
near future makes a combined effort to stamp out the political
intrigue of Catholicism, or it will not be long until America will
find her every interest tied tight and fast to the carcass of
Romanism; I do so because I feel that it is my duty to warn this
country of her awful fate, for just as sure as God reigns, just that
sure Catholicism has America "spotted" as her victim, as this spirit
of darkness has for many years in the past made her boast that
"America is Rome's future possession."

There is not a nation on the face of the earth which has permitted
Rome to plant her banner of infamy unmolested but what has been
disgraced by the toleration of her creed, and America cannot expect
to meet with a better fate.

The dangers that beset the path of America's future are in the form
of a political serpent, as Rome has learned to know that by holding
out the "vote bait" to our politicians, that she can retain the
balance of power, as she has long since learned that as long as she
can be instrumental in keeping two political parties, both largely
made up of Protestants, and fighting each other, that she can
associate herself with one or the other by offering this party the
undivided suffrage of Catholicism, and by this act she can gradually
get control of the offices of this land, and this is her main object,
for if she can control the officials, she will see that such laws are
passed as will enable her to coil her slimy self about the vitals of
Protestant America, and just as long as the Protestant denominations
allow themselves to be made Protestant simpletons of, just that long
Catholicism will fool Protestant hosts by offering the "vote bait" to
the politician.

Whenever Protestantism learns that she has a common cause to
champion, and a common enemy to fight, then we will have an "American
party" on one side, and a "Catholic party" on the other, and when
this time comes, Catholicism will be deprived of her cudgel of
deception, and will have to fight her battles without the assistance
of "_Protestant partisan fools_," and will cease to believe that she
belongs to either this or that political party. Protestantism is a
band of American patriots, and should only have the welfare of
Protestantism at heart.

Catholicism, if left alone without the assistance of Protestant
votes, could not turn a wheel in the affairs of this country, but by
permitting Romanism to make Protestantism believe in one of two
political parties thus dividing the Protestant votes, Catholicism is
allowed to hold the balance of power and dictate terms to a
Protestant country.

Shame, eternal shame upon the hosts of Protestantism for permitting
themselves to be made fools of by the Romish Church, as this is
exactly what the hosts of Protestantism are allowing Catholicism to
do with her!

Now, I know whereof I speak, as I have been on the inside of politics
in our large cities, and especially in the City of St. Louis, and
Catholicism's scheme is always to allow the cities to elect a
Protestant mayor, but they always endeavor to elect the other
officials.

Oh, could I but whisper into the ears of every Protestant in America
and make them understand what I know of the cunning and deception of
Catholicism I would march an army of Protestants to the polls at our
elections that would represent a mighty army of patriotism; but just
so long as Protestantism permits Catholicism to make her believe that
it is necessary to have two or more political parties, just that long
we will have partisan block-heads, and as long as this state of
affairs exists, just that long the cunning schemes of Catholicism
will be able to control the balance of power, which will disgrace the
fair name of Protestant America.

I solemnly declare that there never has been a nation completely
under the control of Romanism but what has been disgraced by that
toleration, and America will live to realize the truthfulness of this
assertion unless she becomes "Protestant patriots" instead of
"prattling partisans."

To give the reader a better idea of what happens in countries
absolutely controlled by Catholicism, and to more thoroughly convince
the reader that what I have said is true in regard to nations which
have been disgraced by the toleration of popish rule, I desire to
repeat a little history that is not many months old, which happened
in the United States, where it is supposed that man and woman can
worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience, and if
what we are going to relate happens in this free land, what do you
suppose is the condition in Catholic countries that are completely
under the control of the Pope?

In Worcester, Mass., not long since, a 19-year-old girl by the name
of Maggie Barry received a public whipping from her mother for
attending services of the Salvation Army.

Miss Maggie Barry, who is 19 years of age, had been for some time
occasionally attending the meetings of the Salvation Army, and was
desirous of becoming a member of the corps, having been converted a
short time since.

Her parents were Irish Roman Catholics and insisted that Maggie
should remain a Romanist. They regarded the Salvation Army, which is
purely non-sectarian, as a Protestant organization, and they were
determined that their daughter should have nothing to do with it, and
forbade her attending any of the meetings.

On a Sunday evening not long since she attended the services of the
Salvation Army at No. 5 Commercial street, where there were at least
250 people present. While the commander of the corps was reading from
the Bible, Miss Barry's mother came through the doorway and down to
the front row of seats near the corner of the platform, where Maggie
was sitting, and grabbed her daughter by the arm and began to pound
her over the head, and at once proceeded to pull the girl from the
hall and down the stairs into the street, all the time unmercifully
beating the poor girl over the head and shoulders.

The incident happened so quickly that for a moment the audience could
not realize what was taking place, but as soon as the audience could
gather their wits, there was a rush made for the street.

After the meeting had adjourned many of the attendants found Miss
Barry in the street weeping like her heart would break and afraid to
return to her home.

She told the audience that as soon as she reached the street where a
number of relatives were waiting for her that she broke away from her
mother and fled.

A policeman was called into consultation relative to the case and
stated that as Maggie was under twenty-one years of age, that she
had better be taken to her parents at 125 Salem street, and two
policemen accompanied her to her home.

It is stated that Miss Barry has received many unmerciful beatings
because she attended these religious meetings, and her old Romish
mother, while dragging her down the stairs that Sunday night,
threatened to do her bodily harm if she ever attended these meetings
again.

A few days after this disgraceful and un-American spectacle happened
in the streets of Worcester, a notice in the Central District Court
appeared that "_Miss Margaret Barry was charged with being a stubborn
child and was sentenced to the Woman's Prison at Shearborn. She
appealed and furnished a bail. The girl was arrested on the complaint
of her mother because she would not stay away from the meetings of
the Salvation Army_."

Now, reader, you have a case right in the United States of America
where a poor girl was sentenced to prison for attending a Protestant
meeting. What do you think of a judge of a court who will sentence a
child to a State prison for attending a Protestant meeting?

We know what you think if you are a pure Protestant, and we know that
your blood boils with pure indignation; but you cannot expect any
relief from this state of affairs and you can only expect to see
things grow worse if you continue to be "partisans" instead of
"patriots."

If such things are now happening in the State of Massachusetts, how
long will it be before the Protestant churches in this country will
be closed up by the order of the Pope, and how long will it be before
those who attend Protestant meetings will be liable to arrest and
thrown into prison, as it was during the dark ages when the Roman
Catholic Church had full control?

Authentic history, and history that cannot be denied nor disputed,
nor even questioned, gives the appalling record of 70,500,000
Protestants who were slain by the greatest curse the world has ever
known--Roman Catholicism.

We, in America, cannot expect anything better until we have a set of
Protestant preachers who will practice what they pretend to believe.

Our Protestant ministers of to-day are weak-kneed, weak-spined,
"nothings," who have not enough religion nor backbone to take a firm
stand against Catholicism, and until we have such men we will
continue to see "Maggie Barrys" dragged from Protestant meetings and
publicly whipped by parents, and then sentenced to imprisonment by
judges elected by Roman Catholics.

Again we want to repeat the head lines of this chapter for the
benefit of those who are weak-kneed and who are entirely "spineless:"
"_Nations who have been disgraced by the toleration of popish rule_,"
and we leave it to the reader to decide whether this headline is a
misnomer or not, as we have offered you evidence in this chapter that
should convince any right-thinking man or woman that if the Roman
Catholic Church has grown so bold in America, with the ink upon the
Declaration of Independence scarcely dry, what shall we expect for
our posterity if there is not a stand made by Protestantism to halt
this "emperor of darkness" in his march of devastation?

This black-winged vulture of human rights is growing bolder day by
day by being permitted by Protestantism to separate and divide the
Protestant vote among different parties, and combining the hosts of
Catholicism for an onslaught against everything American in order to
control the affairs of this country. If you will listen you can
almost hear the death rattle of Protestantism as the serpent of Rome
has so gently entwined her slimy self about the throat of our
American goddess of liberty that the death rattle is almost
perceptible.

Strike while you have the power, and do not delay, or else the time
is not far distant when the once powerful arm of Protestantism will
be paralyzed by the infusion of Roman virus.

[Illustration: UNCLE SAM--"Here is your next fight boys."]




Chapter XVI.

Nearing the Trenches of Physical Strength.


We can only judge the future of nations and institutions by the past
and present, and if we are to judge Catholicism by her past, and if
we are honest with ourselves, we cannot paint a future without
producing a panoramic view that is dreadful to behold, as Catholicism
in the past has been an institution which always endeavored to rule
by the tyranny of oppression, and her decisions and mandates to-day
are the same as they were during the inquisitorial days when our
Protestant forefathers were burned at the state for disobeying the
commands of Catholic officials.

Catholicism makes her boast that she never changes; then what are we
to expect the future to bring forth, if her dogmas of damnation are
allowed to fasten her intolerable hold upon this country: for if she
"never changes," and we are compelled to judge her future by her
past, which is the only rational conclusion that can be arrived at,
then we can expect nothing more than to behold her future trail
stained with the blood of Protestants, as such has been her history
of the past.

It is our purpose in this chapter to give the reader an authentic
epitome of a few of the doctrines and facts which we defy Roman
Catholicism to successfully deny, as what we propose to give you is
Roman Catholic law, and if such is Roman Catholic law, then we will
have no trouble in establishing the fact that no loyal Catholics can
possibly be loyal American citizens; therefore should not be placed
in a position where they can carry out the mandates and dictates of
the Church of Rome, for whenever they are placed in power and
thoroughly believe in the laws of Catholicism they can not possibly
be naught but traitors to our American form of government.

We propose to give the reader "Canon Law" to establish our
statements, as we are as well acquainted with the laws that govern
Roman Catholicism--yea, better than we are with the laws that govern
this country, as we for fifty-six years have been directly influenced
by this "Canon Law," and for the past thirty years, or since we
became a Roman Catholic priest, have been a servant and an
executioner of this law; therefore, I know whereof I speak, and no
man dare deny my statements.

The first declaration of this "Canon Law" is: "_All human power is
from evil and must therefore be standing under the Pope_."

You will thus see that the first declaration of the "Canon Law" is to
place the human family as a whole, under the tyrannical control of
Catholicism.

Another declaration of this law is: "_The state has not the right to
leave every man free to profess and embrace whatever religion he
shall deem true_."

In this declaration, you will further see that Roman Catholicism
would, if it was within her power, take from the American citizen
the right to worship a true and living God.

The next law that we will refer to is as follows: "_The state has not
the right to establish a church separate from the Pope_."

Again you will see that Rome's idea is to force all of humanity to
bow at the feet of her creed.

Again she declares in her "Canonistic Laws:" "_That the state has not
the right to assist the inmates of monasteries and convents to
abandon them_."

Again you will see that Catholicism desires to usurp the rights of
the courts and establish prisons of their own without a semblance of
law.

Once more this "Canonistic Law" thunders forth her monarchial law as
follows: "_The Roman Catholic church has the right to require the
state not to leave every man free to profess his own religion_."

Again the reader will see that Roman Catholicism with her iron hand
demands this nation to force and compel every man, woman and child
that lives under that old red, white and blue flag, which was bought
by the blood of our forefathers, to humbly bow to this heathenish
creed.

The next, and one of the most damnable laws found among the
"Canonistic Laws" of Catholicism, is as follows: "_Roman Catholicism
has the right to exercise her power without permission or consent of
the state_."

Within this Romish law any one can easily discern her monarchial
designs, as she boldly and flagrantly declares that she has the right
to do as she sees fit, without even being molested or questioned by
the laws of this country.

Further on in the "Canon Laws" of Catholicism we find the following:
"_Roman Catholicism has the right to prevent the foundation of any
national church not subject to the direct authority of the Roman
pontiff_."

Thus the reader will see that the Protestant churches of America
exist only by and through the numerical power of Protestantism, but
should Romanism ever become powerful enough in this country she
would, within the twinkling of an eye, destroy or confiscate every
Protestant church now in existence.

Further along in this Romish "Canon Law" we find that she strikes at
the dearest institutions of our land, as follows: "_The Roman
Catholic church has the right to deprive the civil authorities of the
entire government of the public schools_."

The reader will see by this declaration that should Catholicism ever
come in control of the affairs of this government that our public
schools, which are the bulwarks of our American government, would
have their very foundations rooted up and scattered to the four winds
of the earth.

The most devilish and damnable law, in my estimation, that is to be
found upon the statute books of Catholicism is the following: "_Roman
Catholicism has the right to require that the Roman Catholic religion
shall be THE ONLY RELIGION of the nation, to the exclusion
of all others_."

We have the entire principles of Catholicism embodied in this last
"Canonistic Law," as Roman Catholicism's aim and intention is to put
this declaration into effect as soon as she can become powerful
enough to execute her plans.

In my estimation, the next "Canon Law" that I will quote, is the one
most detrimental to our American form of government, as it is a law,
when put into execution, that will throttle every ambition and
strangle every hope that now permeates the bosom of Protestantism,
and it is one that should freeze the very flesh and blood of
Protestantism to the bone's marrow. It is as follows: "_Roman
Catholicism has the power to require the nation not to permit free
expression of opinions_."

In this last law, which is found upon the statute books of Roman
Catholicism, we have a declaration from her rulers that would deprive
you and your posterity from expressing an opinion in regard to Roman
Catholicism; that is, if that opinion did not coincide with her
abominations, and an institution which would place such a law upon
her statute books is an institution which would burn and flay alive
those who would disregard this law; thus the reader may have some
idea of what he or she may expect should their posterity ever live
to see America pass into the ungodly clutches of this unholy demon.

The history of Roman Catholicism in the past plainly demonstrates
what she has done and how well and awful she has carried out her laws
herein quoted, and Catholicism makes her brags that she "_never
changes_," consequently the only reason why these laws are not put
into execution in the United States is the lack of physical power,
and whenever Roman Catholicism reaches the point in the history of
this country where she possesses this physical power, Protestantism
will feel her tyrannical heel upon their necks.

That the reader may thoroughly understand and realize that Roman
Catholicism of to-day is the same as Roman Catholicism was hundreds
of years ago, we desire to quote a letter written by Pope Leo XIII
during his reign, which will thoroughly demonstrate to the reader
that Roman Catholicism of the present retains all of her harshness
and cussedness that she possessed when our forefathers were burned at
the stake and our mothers were punished for worshiping a true and
living God, Pope Leo's letter follows:

"_The teachings given by the Apostolic See, whether contained in the
syllabus and other acts of our illustrious predecessors, or in our
encyclical letters, has given clear guidance to the faith as to what
should be their thoughts and their conduct in the midst of the
difficulties of time and events. There they will find a rule for the
direction of their minds and their work._"

The reader will see from this letter from Pope Leo XIII that he
reiterates to his followers the "Canonistic Law" laid down by his
predecessors, making it obligatory upon the followers of Catholicism
to put in practice to-day the hellish doctrines of Roman Catholicism
of the past.

If Catholicism depends upon numbers and physical strength to
accomplish her ends, then what must this country expect when such a
time arrives, as Catholicism can govern by the power of physical
strength?

Will we have any one to blame for what Catholicism does to this
country when such time arrives? Ah, No! No one but Protestantism,
for if America, which is a Protestant country, sits idly by and
permits Romanism to reach a point where she can control the affairs
of this government, it will be on the account of the lethargy and
imbecility of Protestantism, as we have it within our power to-day to
halt this Emperor of Darkness before that time arrives, but the
question is, will we do it?

The history of other nations which have been controlled by
Catholicism should be enough, not only to frighten the Protestant
hosts, but to paralyze them with fear, as the pages of history teem
with the awfulness of Rome's rule, wherever she has been permitted to
become master.

France, which has been priest-ridden for centuries, is now at this
time in the throes of a national convulsion, brought about by the
tyranny of Romanism.

Now, if Rome is such an abominable master and such a tyrant that
France has to deport the priestcraft and close up her institutions,
is it not time that the United States was taking some step to
protect her offspring from this vulture of human rights!

This country is undoubtedly a Protestant country, and if it is a
great country, which no man dares to deny, she surely owes her
greatness to Protestantism.

Our soul is poured into this chapter, as we never were more in
earnest than we are at this time, as we can shade our eyes and look
down the avenues of the past and behold naught but skeletons of
protestant despair on every byway which has been traveled by
Romanism, and when we behold this mighty waste of despair we can not
conceive how the United States of America can expect to fare better
than have the nations of the past, unless she exerts her American and
Protestant manhood and gives Roman Catholicism to understand that it
is time to halt, and, in the name of an intelligent God, forbid her
to transgress further upon the rights of this country.

In this chapter we will endeavor to be explicit and above all
truthful, and we ask God to give us courage to present facts in a way
that will fan to life again the patriotism that has been lulled to
sleep by the bat-like wings of Roman Catholicism.

We hope that this little volume may arouse unconcerned Protestantism
to a realization of the fact that our public officials are year by
year forcing her nearer and nearer the great chasm of Roman despair,
and if we can be instrumental in this great undertaking we will feel
that when our race is done, that we have fought a good fight, and
will be remembered by the Protestant world as a man who taught a
doctrine which was the salvation of Protestant America.

Roman Catholicism has no politics, as she is ever ready and willing
to join hands with any party that will guarantee her more complete
control of national affairs, as she teaches her followers that
whenever they find that the Republican party will grant her requests
that they should be Republicans, and she also teaches them that
whenever the Democratic party or any other party will enter into a
contract with her and grant her the right of way of devastation, that
they should be Democrats, or be adherents to whatever party grants
them the most power.

Roman Catholicism wraps herself about the smaller officials and
wheedles herself into the good graces of the small officials by
promising them the Catholic vote, and by so doing she is able to
control the officials higher up in power, and in this manner she
reaches the highest officials of the land, as we find to-day the
boa-constrictor of Catholicism wrapped about every official at
Washington city, from the President of the United States on down.

Suppose that the Pope and his tribe of liberty-destroyers realized
that the officials of America were Protestants, and implicitly
believed and lived up to the teachings of Protestantism; do you think
that she would presume to approach our Protestant officials and
demand their support in behalf of her damnable creed, or do you
suppose that she would dare to send her emissaries into the halls of
our national congress and brazenly approach those Protestant
officials? Ah, never! as Catholicism is a base coward and never
makes her appearance only where she is assured that her overtures
will be gracefully received.

Protestant America! do you not believe that you have granted Romanism
her requests long enough, and do you not realize that unless you
throttle this carnivorous beast of human rights within the near
future that your protests will only be received with ridicule and
jeers?

Protestantism from this day forward should resolve that her ballot in
the future should be a Protestant ballot, and whenever she has
reasons to believe that there is one place upon their ticket that is
tainted with the abominations of Romanism they should be dropped as
though they were a poisonous reptile.

It matters not what the office may be that is to be filled and what
power it carries with it, Protestantism should find out whether or
not the applicant believes in Protestantism, and learn, if possible,
whether they or their family are tainted with the virus of Roman
Catholicism, and if you should find that the taint extends to any
part of their family then scratch them off your ballot, and by so
doing you will help to woo back the spirit of both Protestantism and
patriotism, as one is symbolic of the other.

It may seem strange and also untrue for me to make the statement that
there are cities in the United States which are as completely under
the control of the Pope of Rome as Rome herself, but such is the
case, and the city of St. Louis, Mo., is one of them, as Romanism
rules the inhabitants of that city with a despotism that is only
equaled in a nation where the pontiff of Rome is an acknowledged
ruler.

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