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The Italian Pope Assaulting
Your Liberties.
DETWEEN the Law of this Republic and
the Law of Popery, there is a vital con
flict which cannot be reconciled, and which is
rapidly producing in this country the condi
tions which precede civil war.
Let no man deceive himself: let every man
see the facts, as they are.
The Constitution of the United States de
clares that Congress shall have no power to
abridge the freedom of the press.
Yet Congress has knuckled to Rome, and
already done thaUvery thing.
Books honestly aimed at uncovering the
horrible vileness of the Roman system are
prosecuted because they uncover Rome's rot
tenness.
NO OTHER BOOKS ARE PROSE
CUTED.
In the whole United States there is not a
case pending against a publisher of the pru
rient novels, magazines, and Sunday supple
ments which pour from the Northern press
by the millions.
Books exposing Mormonism, Prostitution,
the White Slave traffic, the salacious episodes
at sea-side resorts, and at road-houses where
joy-riders put up on their automobile trips—
all these pass the mails, and arouse no
prosecution.
But every time a writer attacks the Roman
Catholic system, the Government prostitutes
its vast powers to crush that publisher, and
thus gratify the Irish cardinals who traitor
ously swore, in Italy , to that murderous oath,
to persecute Protestants to EXTERMI
NATION.
The law of Rome was tersely stated by
the great English statesman, William E.
Gladstone, under whose benign legislation, the
estates of Protestant landlords were divided
up and sold on long credit, at low interest
to Irish Catholic tenants.
The highest Law Italian pope and his
foreign church fiercely condemns and curses
to eternal perdition—
DEARING COUNCIL NO. 105 JR.
O. U. A. M. ENDORSE T. E. W.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson,
Thomson, Ga.
Dear Mr. Watson: The Dearing
Council No. 105, Jr. O. U. A. M.,
ing cognizant of the fact that there
are powerful influences at work to
undermine, and if possible, destroy
some of the most cherished institu
tions of our country, and recognizing
in you one of the strongest cham
pions and most able defenders of the.
principles upon which these institu
tions are founded, hereby express to
you our hearty approval and endorse
ment of your stand in the fight to
maintain these principles.
The Jr. Order is founded upon the
fundamental principles of American
patriotism. The complete separation
of Church and State; Thd freedom of
speech and press; The promotion and
maintainance of the American public
school system; The restriction of im
migration to our shores of such per
sons only as intend to become ear
nest, law-abiding citizens, are some
of the principles for which the Jr.
Order stand, and we assure you that
we heartily appreciate your able ef
forts for their promotion.
We wish to congratulate you upon
the results of your recent trial in
Augusta. We are only sorry that
your victory was not complete. How
ever, we feel sure that the drubbing
you gave the enemy in that bout so
discouraged him that you need fear
no trouble from that direction in the
near future. But we would admonish
you, if necessary, that the enemy is
neither dead nor sleeping but is
ready to strike when ever and where
ever he may think he sees a vulner
able point for attack.
THE JEFFERSONIAN
Those who maintain the liberty of the press.
Encyclical Letter of Pope Gregory XVI., in 1831,
and of Pope Pius IX., in 18 64.
Or the liberty of conscience and of worship.
Encyclical of Pius IX., December 8, 1864.
Or the liberty of speech. “Syllabus” of March
18, 18 61. Prop. Ixxix. Encyclical of Pope Pius
IX.. December 8, 1864.
Or who contend that papal judgments and de
crees may, without sin, be disobeyed, or differed
from, unless they treat of the rules (dogmata) of
faith and morals. Ibid.
Or who assign to the State the power of defining
the civil rights (jura) and province of the church.
“Syllabus” of Pope Pius IX., March 8, 1861.
Ibid. Prop. ix.
Or that the church may not employ force. (Ec
clesia vis inferendoe potestatem non habet.)
“Syllabus,” Prop. xxiv.
Or that power not inherent in "the office of
the episcopate, but granted to it by the civil au
thority, may be withdrawn from it at the discre
tion of that authority. Ibid. Prop. xxv.
Or that the (immunitas) civil immunity of the
church and its ministers depends upon the civil
right Ibid. Prop. xxx.
Or that in the conflict of laws, civil and eccle
siastical, the civil law should prevail. Ibid.
Prop. xlii.
Or that any method of instruction of youth,
solely secular, may be approved. Ibid. Prop,
xlviii.
Or that knowledge of things, philosophical and
civil, may and should decline to be guided by
Divine and ecclesiastical authority. Ibid. Prop.
Ivxii.
Or that marriage is not in its essence a sacra
ment. Ibid. Prop. Ixvi.
Or that marriage, not sacramentally contracted
(si sacramentum excludatur), has a binding force.
Ibid. Prop. Ixxiii.
Or that the abolition of the temporal power of
the popedom would be highly advantageous to
the church. Ibid. Prop. Ixxvi. Also Ixx.
Or that any other religion than the Roman
religion may be established by a State. Ibid.
Prop. Ixxvii.
Or that in “countries called Catholic,” the free
exercise of other religions may laudably be al
lowed. “Syllabus,” Prop. Ixxviii.
Or that the Roman pontiff ought to come to
terms with progress, liberalism, and modern
civilization. Ibid. Prop. Ixxx.
✓
How blind we are, if we fail to see that
this Law is in absolute conflict with our Law,
and that a bloody clash is bound to come, as
the Knights of Columbus arm and drill to
“make America Catholic.”
Ivxii.
We desire to express our apprecia
tion for your able support of desire
able immigration laws in the past,
and trust that you may find time to
put in some goo’d work in behalf of
the Burnett Bill now pending in
congress. We believe it to be the
best yet introduced, and feel sure if
adopted, it will go far toward secur
ing the desired results.
Wishing for you many years with
health and vigor to battle for the
principles in which we are all so vir
tually interested, w r e are,
Sincerely,
J. P. LUCKEY, Councilor.
G. F. R. S.
Dearing, Ga., Jan. 25, 11)16.
LET TOM WATSON ALONE!
Now it seems that they are going
to try Thom Watson outside of Geor
gia for certain published statements
of his connected with the Frank
case. The law, it is said, provides
that he can be tried in any State in
which his publication circulates; but
we agree with some of the papers
that to take this Georgia citizen out
side of the State to try him is a
slap at the great people of Georgia.
It is an intimation that her people,
her courts will not give justice, and
it is an unfair imputation on the
part of the Government. If he is to
be tried, he should be tried in
Georgia.
As to the merits of the case, we
do not know. But it does seem to
us that the persecution of this man
has gone far enough. Other papers
have published matter even more
salacious, more revolting in its de
tails, more repugnant to decency
than anything that appeared in Wat
son’s magazines. Yet we have not
noticed that the Government has
proceeded against them. Why not
let Tom Watson alone?—Forsyth
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Nice, readable article on “The Value of
Muzzling”, and we know at least six people
we would like to demonstrate said value on.
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any brand of preparedness calls for steel, and
a lot of it—and there you are.
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Just between us and a concrete post, would
you mind telling just what the Legislative
Committee of Convict Inspectors does, and
how much it gets for doing it i
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Dear Sir: I wish to thank you, in
behalf of our school, for the inter
esting book, “Grandmother Stories
of the Land of Use-to-Be”, which you
sent for our school library. We en
joy reading it so much. It is quite
the most interesting history that we
have ever read.
Thanking you again for the book,
I am, Yours respectfully,
JEWELL BROWN, Sect.
Sixth Grade, Mary Moss School.
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