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14 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
ARE WE UNDER A NEW REFORMATION?
(FROM THE PIKE COUNTY JOURNAL, ZEBULON, GEORGIA)
Two Catholic Priests killed and one of the most
noted school teachers deprived of her position, all
because she was a Catholic, makes a new role of re
formation by the Protestants.
A Preacher in a Protestant church killed one
Priest because he had performed the marriage cere
mony making his daughter the wife of a Catholic.
Another Priest foully murdered by an unknown
party. All this harps back to the dark ages when
force was used to build up religious faith.
We had concluded that the Christian era had
brought better feelings to all the people confessing
Christ as their example, but the beastly side of the
human family crops out, as it does in the lower ani
mals, at an unexpected time.
We are sincerely of the opinion that certain prop
aganda circulated among the people generally is
woring a leaven of hellishness that will be of incal
culable shame to religious faith. This same matter
is being used to embitter a certain class of people,
who are uninformed, against the Catholic faith and
its adherents. We know that there is too much bit
terness among several of the protestant sects which
is not after godliness. There is too great a ten
dency to try to break down Catholicism by persecu
tion and many other devious ways.
Catholicism has stood unshaken for centuries, and
is growing by leaps and bounds until now there are
three hundred million of the believers.
The largest protestant faith is the Lutherans, and
next comes the Methodist church, with little over
six million communicants. The Baptist have about
five million. The Catholics have practically three
hundred million souls to its credit. With the ex
ception of France, the protestant faith has no coun
try captivated in which they have spent millions
upon millions of dollars.
In our own country it is said that the heathens
are gaining among us by far faster than we are
converting them. They have many heathen tem
ples in the north, and among the most refined and
cultured people they count their converts. There is
a great fad in many sections of the country known
as the Occult Science, this is a form of heathenism
that was brought here by Priests from Turkey, Hin
dustan and other countries, and many of our sup
posedly enlightened Christians are fast falling into
it. The Missionaries of every diabolical faith upon
earth are working America, and in many instances
with good results from their standpoint.
The religious faith of America is a heterogene
ous compound, with many doubts and fears about
what is the true way. It is said of people in foreign
countries that they ask, why do you people kill each
other over religion and other matters and expect us
to be your followers ? This of course is a hard nut
for the average man to crack, and we seriously
doubt that any of the missionaries can give them a
satisfactory answer. It appears that we had better
clean our house before too many invitations are ex
tended to others to visit our religion premesis.
We believe the murder of these two priests is a
blackened shame that will soil the escutcheon of our
protestant priest also. While certain papers are al
lowed to scatter such diabolical matter unhindered
over the country, religion will assume a lower ebb
among all the protestant faiths. The Catholic
Church has been a grand old church, yet in darker
days she has committed sins in the name of Christ,
as others are doing and have done now.
Recently one of our Senators from Georgia said
that there were (expressing terms in thousands)
girls gone astray, and he could prove that they had
been enticed into the homes of Catholic Priests.
Upon this declaration we wrote the Senator as to
where he got his information, as we wanted to know
as a matter of information, as we made some study
of religious matters. No answer was received.
We are not writing this as defense of Catholicism,
as we believe it needs none such, but we are writing
it for reproof of my own, as well as others sects and
that includes all the protestant faiths, of their lack
of liberality and acts toward other denominations
not befitting the calling of Christ’s people. We be
lieve that the United States should suppress all such
inflamatory matter.
Should matters continue as they are, there is no
doubt that things will grow from bad to worse, until
life and property will be unsafe, and all these sins
will be committed in the name of Christ.
SAVANNAH HISTORICAL
SKETCHES
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rented for the purpose. The “machine” consisted
of a barrel half-filled with g'un-powder and strength
ened with iron hoops and covered with tarred cloth,
all of which was prepared in the house of Carbon’s
sister, citizeness Vallon, who was a laundress in the
Rue St. Martin.
On the 24th of December Limoelan and his two
companions appeared at the house with the horse
and wagon. All three were dressed as common la
borers, and when they appeared dragging the heavy
barrel and hoisting it on the empty cart, no suspi
cion could have been aroused. This was early in the
evening. At a slow walk they proceeded through
the Rue Neuve Egalite toward the Carrousel—a
fairly large square, opening on the stables of Bona
parte. Limoelan held the bridle while his com
panions, under pretense of supporting the cargo,
were constantly dropping pebbles into the barrel
through the partly open top. The night was cold
and damp and foggy, and as most of the people were
in their homes preparing for the Christmas cele
bration, the trio attracted little or no attention.
When they reached the Carrousel it was seven
o’clock, and they knew they would have yet an hour
to wait before Bonaparte would appear on the
scene. They stopped the wagon just a few steps
from the square and St. Regant inserted a fuse from
the bottom. He lit his pipe so fire could be applied
quickly; and they all figured that it would take six
or seven seconds for the fire to reach the powder,
and meanwhile they could make good their escape.
In order to divert suspicion from themselves, St.
Regant hailed a little girl about fourteen years of
age and by offering her a few sous persuaded her
to hold the horse.
Bonaparte Appears.
At eight o’clock the party of Bonaparte suddenly
appeared with the advance guard at full gallon to
wards the spot where the conspirators stood. Lim-