The Jesuit Conspiracy

TheJesuitConspiracyAllRightsReservedbyJamesENance2014
Copyright2014
Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproduced,storedina
retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or
otherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher.
Disclaimer
Allthematerialcontainedinthisbookisprovidedforeducationaland
informational purposes only. No responsibility can be taken for any
resultsoroutcomesresultingfromtheuseofthismaterial.
Whileeveryattempthasbeenmadetoprovideinformationthatisboth
accurateandeffective,theauthordoesnotassumeanyresponsibility
fortheaccuracyoruse/misuseofthisinformation.
TheJesuitConspiracyAllRightsReservedbyJamesENance2014ii
iii
FOREIGN CONSPIRACY
AGAINST THE LIBERTIES OF THE UNITED STATES:
Open letter:
NEW-YORK,Jan.1,1835.
ToMessrs.Leavitt,Lord&Co.,
Gentlemen,-Learning that you are about to publish in a small
volume,the articles, signed Brutus,(whichrecently appeared in
the New-York Observer, shewing that a conspiracy is formed
against the United States by the Papal powers of Europe,) the
undersigned, who read those articles with interest, have great
satisfaction in expressing their approbation of your undertaking.
These articles are written by a gentleman of intelligence and
candor,whohasresidedinthesouthofEurope,andenjoyedthe
best opportunities for acquaintance with the topics on which be
writes.
While we disapprove of harsh, denunciatory language towards
RomanCatholics,theirpasthistory,andthefactthattheyevery
whereacttogether,asifguidedbyonemind,admonishustobe
jealous of their influence, and to watch with unremitted care all
theirmovementsinrelationtoourfreeinstitutions.Asthisworkis
iv
nowtobepublishedinaportableform,andwithadditionalnotes
bytheauthor,wehopeitmayobtainanextensivecirculationand
acarefulperusal.
Yours,withfriendlyregard,
JAMESMlLNOR,
THOMASDEWlTT,
N.BANGS,
JONATHANGOlNG.
*** The gentlemen who have signed the above letter represent
four Protestant denominations, viz. the Episcopal, Presbyterian,
Methodist,andBaptist.
________________ExtractfromZion'sHeraldaMethodistpaper
publishedinBoston,Mass.
"FORElGN CONSPlRACY.-We commence to-day publishing this
interestingseries.TheauthorisanAmerican,whohasresidedfora
longtimeinltalyandAustria.Thesamedaythatwehaddecidedto
publish them, we received a note, signed by Rev. Messrs. Lindsey,
Fillmore,Kent,andStevens,recommendingandrequestingthatthey
shouldappearintheHerald."
_____________________________________________________
TheJesuitConspiracyAllRightsReservedbyJamesENance2014v
__
CONTENTS.
Footnotesareintegratedintothetextinthisformat.
CHAPTERl
ThefirstimpressionsoftheimprobabilityofaForeignconspiracy
considered-Present political condition of Europe favors an
enterprise against our institutions-The war of opinions
commenced; Despotism against liberty-The vicissitudes of this
war-Official declarations of the despotic partyagainst all liberty-
Necessity to the triumph of Despotism that American liberty
shouldbedestroyed-Thekindofattackmostlikelytobeadopted
from the nature of the contest-Reasons why our institutions are
obnoxioustoEuropeangovernments-Hastheattackcommenced?
Yes! by Austria-Through a Society called the St. Leopold
Foundation-Ostensiblyreligiousinitsdesign.
CHAPTERll
Political character of the Austrian government-The old avowed
enemy of Protestant liberty-Character of the people of Austria,
slaves-CharacterofPrinceMetternich,thearchcontriverofplans
tostifleliberty-Theseenemiesofall libertysuddenlyanxiousfor
thecivilandreligiouslibertyoftheUnitedStates-Theabsurdityof
vi
theirostensibledesignexposed-TheavowedobjectsofAustriain
the Leopold Foundation-Popery the instrument to act upon our
institutions.
CHAPTERlll
Poperyinitspoliticalnotitsreligiouscharactertheobjectofthe
presentexamination-Thefitnessoftheinstrumenttoaccomplish
thepoliticaldesignsofdespotism-TheprinciplesofaDespoticand
a Free government briefly contrasted-Despotic principles
fundamentalinPopery-lnfallibletestimonyadduced-Papalclaims
ofdivinerightandplenitudeofpower-AbjectprinciplesofPopery
illustratedfromtheRussianCatechism-Protestantismfromitsbirth
in favor of Liberty-Luther on the 4th of July attacks the
presumptuousclaimofdivineright-DespotismandPoperyunited
againstlibertyofconscience,libertyofopinion,andlibertyofthe
press-The anti-republican declarations of the present Pope
GregoryXVl.
CHAPTERl
ThecauseofPoperyandDespotismidentical-Astrikingdifference
betweenPoperyandProtestantismastheyexistinthiscountry-
American Protestantism not controlled by foreign Protestantism-
AmericanPoperyentirelyunderforeigncontrol-Jesuits,theforeign
agents of Austria, bound by the strongest ties of interest to
vii
Austrian policy, not American-Their dangerous power,
unparalleledtoanyProtestantsect-Ourfreeinstitutionsopposed
in their nature to the arbitrary claims of Popery-Duplicity to be
expected-Political dangers to be apprehended from Popish
organization-American Popery uncontrolled by Americans, or in
America-Managed in a foreign country by a foreign power for
politicalpurposes-Consequencesthatmayeasilyresultfromsuch
astateofthings.
CHAPTERV
Pointsinourpoliticalsystemwhichfavorthisforeignattack-Our
tolerationofallreligioussystems-Poperyopposedtoalltoleration-
Chargeofintolerancesubstantiated-TheorganizationofPoperyin
America connected with and strengthened by foreign
organization-Without a parallel among Protestant sects-Great
preponderanceofPopishstrengthinconsequence-Thedivisions
among Protestant sects nullifies their attempts at combination-
Taken advantage of by Jesuits-Popish duplicity illustrated in its
oppositealliancesinEuropewithdespotism,andinAmericawith
democracy-The laws relating to immigration and naturalization
favorforeignattack-EmigrantsbeingmostlyCatholicandinentire
subjectiontotheirpriests-Noremedyprovidedbyourlawsforthis
alarmingevil.
viii
CHAPTERVl
Theevilfromimmigrationfurtherconsidered-ltspoliticalbearings-
The influence of emigrants at the elections-This influence
concentrated in the priests-The Priests must be propitiated; by
whatmeans-Thisinfluenceeasilypurchasedbythedemagogue-
The unprincipled character of many of our politicians favor this
foreign attack-Their bargain for the suffrages of this priest-led
band-Achurchandstateparty-TheProtestantsectsobnoxiousto
no such bargaining-the newspaper press favors this foreign
attack; from its want of independence, and its timidity-An anti-
republicanfondnessfortitles,favorsthisforeignattack-Cautious
attemptsofPoperytodignifyitsemissariesandtoaccustomusto
their high-sounding titles-A mistaken notion on the subject of
discussing religious opinion in the secular journals, favors this
foreign attack-Political designs not to be shielded from attack
becausecloakedbyReligion.
CHAPTERVll
The political character of this ostensibly religious enterprise
proved from the letters of the Jesuits now in this country-Their
antipathy to private judqment-Their anticipations of a change in
ourformofgovernment-Ourgovernmentdeclaredtoofreeforthe
exerciseoftheirdivinerights-Theirpoliticalpartialities-Theircold
ix
acknowledgmentofthegenerosity,andliberality,andhospitality
ofourgovernment-Theirestimateofourconditioncontrastedwith
their estimate of that of Austria-Their acknowledged allegiance
and servility to a foreign master-Their sympathies with the
oppressor, and not with the oppressed-Their direct avowal of
politicaldesign.
CHAPTERVlll
Some of the means by which Jesuits can already operate
politically in the country-By mob discipline-By priest police-lts
great danger-Already established-Proofs-Priestsalreadyrule the
mob-NothingintheprinciplesofPoperytopreventitsinterference
inourelections-Poperyinterferesatthepresentdayinthepolitical
concerns of other countries-Popery the same in our country-lt
interferes in our elections-ln Michigan-ln Charleston, S. C.-ln
New-York-Poperyapoliticaldespotismcloakedunderthenameof
Religion-lt is Church and State embodied-lts character at head-
quarters in ltaly-lts political character stripped of its religious
cloak.
CHAPTERlX
Evidence enough of conspiracy adduced to create great alarm-
Thecauseoflibertyuniversallydemandsthatweshouldawaketo
a sense of danger-An attack is made which is to try the moral
TheJesuitConspiracyAllRightsReservedbyJamesENance2014x
strength of the Republic-The mode of defence that might be
consistently recommended by Austrian Popery-A mode now in
actual operation in Europe-Contrary to the entire spirit of
American Protestantism-True mode of defence-Popery must be
opposed by antagonist institutions-lgnorance must be dispelled-
Popular ignorance of all Papal countries-Popery the natural
enemyofgeneraleducation-Popisheffortstospreadeducationin
theUnitedStatesdelusive.
CHAPTERX
AllclassesofcitizensinterestedinresistingtheeffortsofPopery-
The unnatural alliance of Popery and Democracy exposed-
Religious liberty in danger-Specially in the keeping of the
Christiancommunity-Theymustrallyforitsdefence-Thesecular
press has no sympathy with Protestants; in this struggle it is
opposedtothem-ThePoliticalcharacterofPoperyevertobekept
in mind and opposed-lt is for the Papist not the Protestant to
separatehisreligiousfromhispoliticalcreed-Papistsoughttobe
required publicly and formally and officially to renounce foreign
allegianceandanti-republicancustoms.
CHAPTERXl
The question what is the duty of the Protestant community?
considered-Shall there be an Anti-Popery Union? The strong
xi
manifestothatmightbeputforthbysuchaunion-Suchapolitical
union discarded as impolitic and degrading to the Protestant
community-Golden opportunity for showing the moral energy of
therepublic-Thelawfulandefficientweaponsofthiscontest-Tobe
usedwithoutdelay.
CHAPTERXll
ThePoliticaldutyofAmericancitizensatthiscrisis.
_____________________________________________________
__
PREFATORYREMARKS.
THEfollowingNumberswrittenfortheNew-YorkObserverinthe
beginning of the year 1834, and during several weeks of
confinement by indisposition, have been, perhaps, more
extensively copied into the religious journals of the different
Christiandenominationsthananycommunications,(withperhaps
asingleexception,)ofthesameextentsincetheestablishmentof
religiousnewspapers;andalthoughthesubjectmatterisalmost
altogetherpolitical,givingproofsofaseriousforeignconspiracy
againstthegovernment,yetthewriterisnotawarethatasingle
secular journal in the United States has taken the pains to
investigatethematter,oreventoaskifindeedtheremaynotbe
xii
goodgroundsforbelievingittrue.Thesilenceofthesecularpress
onasubjectwhichhasrousedtheattentionofsolargeabodyof
the Protestant community may indeed be accounted for in part,
perhaps altogether, from the all engrossing election contests
whichhaveagitatedthecountryfromoneextremityofthelandto
theother;forthewriterwouldcertainlybeveryreluctanttoadopt
thebelief,whichhasrepeatedlybeenurgeduponhimbymany,
that the secular journals dare not attack Popery; he will not
believe that dare not ever stood in the way of the duty of any
patrioticindependentconductoroftheAmericanpress.Footnote:
A friend to whom this part was read smiled, and said "you are
sufficiently guarded in your language, but how many patriotic
independent conductors of the American press are there? Can
younameone?"
Atthesolicitationofmanycitizenswithoutdistinctionofreligious
denomination or of political party, the writer has consented to
collect the numbersintoa pamphlet, adding notes illustrativeof
manymatterswhichcouldnotsowellhavebeenintroducedinto
thecolumnsofanewspaper.
Thatavigorousandunexampledeffortismakingbythedespotic
governments of Europe to cause Popery to overspread this
country,isafacttoopalpabletobecontradicted.Didnotofficial
xiii
documentslatelypublished,putthisfactbeyonddispute,yetthe
writerhadpersonalevidencesufficienttoconvincehimofthefact
andofthepoliticalobjectoftheenterprise,whileresidinginltalyin
theyears1830-31,fromconversationswithnoblesandgentlemen
of different countries, with the officers of various foreign
governments, visiting and resident in the Roman and Austrian
states,andwithpriestsandotherecclesiasticsoftheRomanfaith.
Sometimes it was hinted to him as a check to too sanguine
anticipations ofthetriumphofthe experimentofourdemocratic
republicangovernment;sometimesitwastoldhimbytheformer
classinatoneofexultationthatacausewasinoperationwhich
would surely overthrow our institutions and gradually bring us
underaformofgovernmentlessobnoxioustothepride,andless
dangeroustotheexistence,oftheantiquateddespoticsystemsof
Europe.lnadditiontothesehintstothe
writer,concerningtheeffortsmakingbythegovernmentsofEuropeto
carry Popery through all our borders, other American travellers will
testifytosimilarhintsmadetothem.Byonelampermittedtosay,that
the celebrated naturalist, the late Baron Cuvier, known also as a
zealous Protestant, inquired of him with marks of concern, if it were
indeedtruethatPoperyhadmadesuchprogressintheUnitedStates,
astocausetheexultation(whichitseemswasnosecret)amongthe
legitimatesofEurope.Andagain,thatadistinguishedmemberofone
of the Protestant German embassies, in Rome also made similar
xiv
inquiriesofhim,havingheardmuchboastingoftheprogressofPopery
intheUnitedStates,addingthispertinentremark,"theywillbehammer
ornails,Sir,theywillpersecute,orbepersecuted."Thesefactsmaybe
ofsomuchimportanceinaidoftheotherproofsofaconspiracywhich
these numbers unfold, as to show that among the various higher
classesofEuropetheenterpriseofaPopishcrusadeinthiscountryis
notonlyasubjectofnotoriety,butisviewedwithgreatinterest,andis
consideredashavingamostimportantpoliticalbearing.
ln the following numbers the writer has chosen to rest the
evidenceofconspiracymainlyonofficialdocumentspublishedin
Vienna, because they have been translated and published,
Footnote: ln the New-York Observer, of the months of January,
February, 1534. and are within the reach of any citizen of the
countrywhochoosesmorecloselytoexaminethem.Hehasalso
availedhimselfoffactsintheoperationsofPopishagentsinthis
country,sofarastheirworkingshavebeenoccasionallyrevealed.
Thewriterwilladdinconclusion,thathewritesnotintheinterest
ofasectoraparty,forthequestionofPoperyisnotidentifiedwith
eitherpoliticalparty.Hehaslivedtoolonginforeigncountriesto
beabletoidentifyhimselfwiththelocalinterestsofmerepartyat
home, whether in religion or politics. The great democratic
featuresofhiscountry'sinstitutions,ascontradistinguishedfrom
the despotic, monarchical and aristocratic systems of Europe,
xv
were admired by him as they appeared more boldly relieved,
viewed from abroad in such striking contrast to all around him;
andheisthoroughlypersuadedthatthesedemocraticinstitutions,
ifsufferedtohavetheirunobstructedcourse,unobstructedexcept
by the natural checks of education and religion actively and
universally diffused and sustained, are more favorable to civil
libertyandtothefinaltriumphoftruth,andconsequentlytohuman
happiness,thananyothercivilinstitutionsintheworld.Thewriter
entertainingtheseviewshasdeemeditanimperativeduty,atany
sacrifice, to warn his countrymen, of a subtle enemy to the
democracyofthecountry,andtoconjurethemastheyvaluetheir
civil and religious institutions, to watch the Protean shapes of
Popery, to suspect and fear it most when it allies itself to our
interestsintheguiseofafriend.
MistrustofallthatPoperydoes,oraffectstodo,whetherasafriendor
foe in any part of the country, is the only feeling that true charity,
universalcharity,allowsustoindulge.
NEW-YORK,January,1835.
FORElGN CONSPlRACY AGAlNST THE LlBERTlES OF THE
UNlTEDSTATES.__________________CHAPTERl.
The first impression of the improbability of foreign conspiracy
considered-Present political condition of Europe favors an
xvi
enterprise against our institutions-The war of opinions
commenced-Despotism against Liberty-The vicissitudes of this
war-Theofficialdeclarationofthedespoticpartyagainstallliberty-
Necessity to the triumph of despotism that American Liberty
shouldbedestroyed-Thekindofattackuponusmostlikelytobe
adoptedfromthenatureofthecontest-Particularreasonswhyour
institutionsareobnoxioustotheEuropeangovernments-Hasthe
attackcommenced?Yes!byAustria-ThroughaSocietycalledthe
St.LeopoldFoundation-Ostensiblyreligious,initsdesigns.
DOESthisheadingseemsingular?What,itwillbesaid,isitatall
probablethatanynationorcombinationofnations,canentertain
designsagainstus,apeoplesopeaceable,andatthesametime
sodistant?Knowingthedailyincreasingresourcesofthiscountry
in all the means of defence against foreign aggression, how
absurdinthenationsabroadtodreamofaconquestonthissoil?
Let me, nevertheless, ask attention, while l humbly offer my
reasonsforbelievingthataconspiracyexists, that its plansare
already in operation, and that we are attacked in a vulnerable
quarterwhichcannotbedefendedbyourships,ourforts,orour
armies.
Whoamongusisnotawarethatamightystruggleofopinionisin
our days agitating all the nations ofEurope;thatthere is awar
xvii
goingonbetweendespotismononeside,andlibertyontheother.
Footnote: The War of Opinions. EVERY account from Europe
atteststhecorrectnessoftheviewsheretakenmorethanayear
since, of the political state of the civilized world. This war of
opinions, or of categories, as Lafayette termed it, is in truth
commenced, and Americans, if they will but use common
observation,cannotbutfeelthataneglecttonotice,andprovide
against the consequences of that settled, systematic hostility to
free institutions so strongly manifested by foreign powers, and
whichisdailyassuminga
moreseriousaspect,willinevitablyresultinmischieftothecountry,will
surelybeattendedwithanarchyiftheywakenottotheapprehensionof
therealityofthisdanger.Americans,youindeedsleepuponamine.
Thisisscarcelyafigureofspeech;youhaveexcitablematerialsinthe
bosom of your society, which, skilfully put in action by artful
demagogues, will subvert your present social system; you have a
foreigninteresttoo,daily,hourly,increasing,readytotakeadvantage
ofeveryexcitement,andwhichwillshortlybebeyondyourcontrol,or
willbesubduedonlybyblood.Youhaveagentsamongyou,meninthe
payofthoseveryforeignpowers,whoseeverymeasureofforeignand
domesticpolicyhasnowforitsendandaimthedestructionofliberty
every where. To increase your peril, you have a press that will not
appriseyouofthedangersthatthreatenyou;wecanreachyouwith
our warnings only through the religious journals ; the daily press is
xviii
blind, or asleep, or bribed, or afraid; at any rate, it is silent on this
subject,andthusisthrowingtheweightofitsinfluenceonthesideof
your enemies. Foreign spies have clothed themselves in a religious
dress,andsoawe-struckareourjournalistsatitssacredtexture,orso
unableorunwillingtodiscernthedifferencebetweenthemanandhis
mask,thattheystartawayinfear,lesttheyshouldbecalledbigotedor
intolerant, or persecuting, if they should venture to lift up the
consecratedcloakthathidesaforeignfoe.Americans,ifyoudepend
onyourdailypress,yourelyonabrokenreed;itfailsyouinyourneed.
ltdarenot,no,itdarenotattackPopery.ltdarenotdragintothelight
thepoliticalenemiesofyourliberty,becausetheycomeinthenameof
religion. All despotic Europe is awake and active in plotting your
downfall,andyettheyletyousleep,andyouchoosenottobeawaked;
"alittle more sleep, alittle more slumber, alittle more folding ofthe
handstosleep."Andnowlikeamanwhosehouseisonfire,dreaming
of comfort and security, you will perhaps repel with passion and
reproachthefriendlyhandthatwouldwakeyouinseasontoescape
withyourlife.
DoyoudoubtwhetherEuropeisinhostilearrayagainstliberty?
Read of the movements and revolutions of foreign cabinets, as
one or the other principle temporarily predominates. Read the
viewsofthestatesmenofEurope.Adistinguishedmemberofthe
SpanishCortesDonTelesforodeTrueba,inaspeechdelivered
beforethatbodyafewmonthssince,says,"Thepresentwaris
xix
notawarofsuccessionbutofprinciple-libertyanddespotismare
at issue. England, France, Belgium, Spain and Portugal, have
rangedthemselves underthebanneroftheformer,butitisnot
necessaryformetonamethosepowerswhofollowthestandard
of the latter."-Of Don Carlos and his government he says,
"lgnorance, hypocrisy, and fanaticism, are his only counsellors,
whispering to him new modes of oppressing his people. Every
thing around is stamped with the marks of baseness and
falsehood,whileinthisinfernal
the God of peace and loveregion desolation and death reign
triumphant. A sanguinary priesthood is sacrificing human victims to
,-menwhowishtobringbackthedarkages,theageoftyranny,and
ignorance,anddeath."
The foreign correspondent of the Evening Post, in a letter from
Florence,ltaly,publishedinthatjournal,Dec.27,1834,hasthe
followinginformation,directlyfromTuscany.
"Hitherto"(intheadministrationofthegovernment)"adisposition
hasbeenshowntoletoffpoliticaloffendersaslightlyaspossible-
but lately, however, something of the same jealousy of
republicanismhasshownitself,whichhasbeenmanifestedbythe
other absolute governments of Europe. A quarterly journal was
suppressedafewmonthssince,onaccountofsomethingwhich
xx
gaveoffencetoAustria.This,andseveralotheractsoftheGrand
Duke,havegreatlydiminishedhispersonalpopularity.Therulers
ofltalyappeartohavecometoanunderstanding,thatitistimeto
makeanexampleofsomeofthedisaffected."
NowthisAustriaisthesamebusy,meddlinggovernmentthatis
operatinginthiscountry;wescarcelyreadthenameofAustriain
aforeignjournal,orinlettersfromabroad,butinconnectionwith
some plan for extinguishing liberty, and yet we harbor her
emissaries,promotetheirsecretdesigns,contributeourmoneyto
swelltheircoffers,buildforthemtheirseminariesandconvents,
entrust our children to their instruction, court their favor, shield
them from all attack, yes, even put ourselves under their
protection:all,allthiswedo,andournativebloodflowsevenlyin
ourveins.Spiritof76wheredostthousleep?Andwithwhatdeep
anxiety should Americans watch the vicissitudes of the conflict.
Having long since achieved our own victory in the great strife
between arbitrary power and freedom, having demonstrated by
successfulexperimentbeforetheworld,thesafety,thehappiness,
thesuperiorexcellenceofarepublicangovernment,agovernment
proceedingfromthepeopleasthetruesourceofpower;enjoying
in overflowing abundance the rich blessings of such a
government,mustwenotregardwithmorethancommoninterest
theeffortsofmightynationstobreakawayfromtheprejudices,
xxi
and habits, and sophistical opinions of ages of darkness, and
struggling to attain the same glorious privileges of rational
freedom?Butthereareothermotivesthanthatofcuriosity,orof
mere sympathy with foreign trouble, that should arouse our
solicitude,inthefearfulcrisiswhichhasatlengtharrived,acrisis
whichtheprophetictongueofagreatBritishstatesmanFootnote:
Mr.Canning.longsinceforetold,thewarofopinion,threatening
theworldwithamorefrightfulsacrificeofhumanlife,thanhistory
inanyofitsblood-stainedpagesrecords.Happilyseparatedbyan
ocean-barrierfromthegreatarenawherethe
physicalactionofthisbloodydramaistobeperformed,wearesecure
fromtheimmediatephysicaleffectsofthestrife;butwecannotremain
unaffectedbytheresult.
OfEuropeanwarsarisingfromthecravingofpersonalambition,
fromthirstfornationalglory,fromdesireofterritorialincrease,or
fromotherlocalcauses,wemightsafelybeignorantbothofcause
andresult.Noarmedbandsofaconquerorflushedwithvictory,
couldgiveusamoment'salarm.Butinawarofopinions,inawar
of principles, in which the very foundations of government are
subverted,andthewholesocialfabricupturned,wecannot,ifwe
would,beuninterestedintheresult.Principlesarenotboundedby
geographical limits. Oceans present to them no barriers. All of
principlethatbelongstodespotismthroughouttheworld,whether
xxii
in the iron systems of Russia and Austria; or the scarcely less
civilizedsystemofChina,andallofprinciplethatbelongstopure
AmericanfreedomintheUnitedStates,orinthemixedsystemsof
Britain,France,andsomeotherEuropeanstates,areinthisgreat
contestarrayedinopposition.Thetriumphoftheoneortheother
principle,whetherinthefieldofbattle,orinthesecretcouncilsof
the cabinet, or the congress of ministers, or the open debate,
produceseffectswhereversocietyexists.Therecentconvulsions
in Europe should not pass unheeded by Americans. The three
days' revolution of France, the reform in Britain on the side of
liberty;thesuppressedrevolutionsofltalyandPolandontheside
ofdespotism;theyetdoubtfulvictoryofthetwoprinciplesnowin
contest in Portugal and Spain; Footnote: These numbers were
writteninJanuaryandFebruary,1834.thecrookeddiplomacy,the
contradictory measures, the faithless promises of the despotic
cabinets, all show that the war of principles has indeed
commenced,andthatEuropeisagitatedtoitsverycentrewiththe
anxietiesofthecontest.
Noopenannualmessagerevealsfranklytoalltheworldthetrue
internal conditionof theoppressednationsofEurope.Fromthe
wellguardedwallsofthesecretcouncilchamberoftheimperial
power,documentsseldomescapetoshowusthestrengthofthe
opposing principle. Despotism glosses over all its oppressions.
xxiii
Thepeoplearealwayshappyunderthepaternalsway.Theythat
pleadforlibertyarealwaysenemiesofpublicorder."Orderreigns
in Warsaw," was the proclamation that told the world that
despotismhadtriumphedoverPoland,andnonenowmayknow
thenumberofhersonsoffreedomstillatlarge.stillunexiledto
theminesofSiberia;yetitisgreat;forRussia,andPrussia,and
Austria.haveleaguedanewagainstunconquerablePoland;and
the agony of determination, the desperate resolution which the
Russian Autocrat has just uttered, tells the secret of the yet
unvanquished spirit of Polish patriots, and at the same time
discloses the plot of mighty efforts, of united efforts, of
perseveringeffortsutterlytoextinguishliberty
"Aslongasllive,"saystheEmperor,"lwillopposeawillofirontothe
progressofliberalopinions.Thepresentgenerationislost,butwemust
laborwithzealandearnestnesstoimprovethespiritofthattocome.lt
may require an hundred years; l am not unreasonable, l give you a
wholeage,butyoumustworkwithoutrelaxation."
This is language without ambiguity, bold, undisguised; it is the
clearofficial disclosureofthedeterminationoftheHolyAlliance
againstliberty.ltproclaimsunextinguishablehatred,awillofiron.
There is no compromise with liberty, a hundred years of efforts
unrelaxed,ifnecessary,shallbeputforthtocrushitforever.lts
verynamemustbeblottedfromtheearth.What!andistherea
xxiv
HolyAlliance,a"unionofChristianprinces,"leaguedtoextinguish
the kindling sparks of liberty in Europe? and will they make no
efforttoquenchthegreataltar-fires,thatblazeintheirstrengthin
the temples of this land of liberty? An oversight like this would
seemtobetoopalpableforthewisdomofthedespoticcabinetsto
commit.Thisconquestmustbeachieved,orlibertywillneverdie
inEurope.
Withdeclarationsbeforeus,thusofficiallyputforthbydespotism,
ofsuchexterminatinghostilitytoliberty,isitnotpossiblethatan
attackonusmaybemadefromaquarter,andinashapelittle
expected?Shouldwenotatleastlookaboutus?Nationsmaybe
attackedandconqueredtoo,withotherweaponsthanthesword.
The diplomatic pen, as England can testify, has often wrested
from her that territory which her sword had won. We need not
look, therefore, to the ports of Europe to see if fleets are
gathering. We are safe enough from ships. Nor need we fear
diplomacy,forwehave"entanglingallianceswithnone."Where,
then, shall we look? What shape would attack be likely to
assume?Letthenatureofthecontestaidusintheinquiry.ltis
the war of opinion; the war of antagonist principles: the war of
despotismagainstliberty.Buthowcanthiscontestbecarriedon
inthiscountry?Wehavenotthewarringopinionstosetinarray
againsteachother.Oneprincipleiscertainlyabsent.Wehaveno
xxv
partyinfavorofdespotism.Thispartyistobecreated.lfthena
scheme can be devised for sowing the seeds, and rearing the
plants of despotism, that is the scheme which would find favor
withtheHolyAlliance,tosubserveitsdesignsagainstAmerican
liberty.
ls it asked, Why should the Holy Alliance feel interested in the
destruction of transatlantic liberty? l answer, the silent but
powerfulandincreasinginfluenceofourinstitutionsonEurope,is
reasonenough.Theexamplealoneofprosperitywhichweexhibit
in such strong contrast to the enslaved, priest-ridden, tax-
burdeneddespotismsoftheoldworld,issufficienttokeepthose
countriesinperpetualagitation.Howcanitbeotherwise?Willa
sickman,longdespairingofcure,learnthatthereisaremedyfor
him,
and not desire to procure it? Will one born to think a dungeon his
naturalhome,learnthroughhisgratedbars,thatmanmaybefree;and
notstruggletoobtainhisliberty?AndwhatdothepeopleofEurope
behold in this country? They witness the successful experiment of a
free government; a government of the people; without rulers de jure
divino, (by divine right:) having no hereditary privileged classes; a
government exhibiting good order and obedience to law, without an
armedpoliceandsecrettribunals;agovernmentoutofdebt;apeople
industrious, enterprising, thriving in all their interests; without
xxvi
monopolies; a people religious without an establishment; moral and
honest without the terrors of the confessional or the inquisition; a
people not harmed by the uncontrolled liberty of the press, and
freedomofopinion;apeoplethatreadwhattheyplease,andthink,and
judge,andactforthemselves;apeopleenjoyingthemostunbounded
securityofpersonandproperty;amongwhomdomesticconspiracies
are unknown; where the poor and rich have equal justice; a people
socialandhospitable;exertingalltheirenergiesinschemesofpublic
and private benefit without other control than mutual forbearance. A
government so contrasted in all points with absolute governments,
must,anddoesengagetheintensesolicitude,bothoftherulersand
peopleoftheoldworld.EveryrevolutionthathasoccurredinEurope
for the last half century, has been in a greater or less degree the
consequenceofourowngloriousrevolution.Thegreatpoliticaltruths
there promulgated to the world, are the seed of the disorders and
conspiracies, and revolutions of Europe, from the first French
revolution,downtothepresenttime.Theyarethethroesoftheinternal
life, breaking the bands of darkness with which superstition and
despotismhavehithertoboundthenationsstrugglingintothelightofa
newage.Candespotismknowallthis,andnotfeelitnecessarytodo
somethingtocounteracttheevil?
Let us look around us. ls despotism doing any thing in this
country?ltbecomesustobejealous.Wehavecausetoexpect
anattack,andthatitwillbeofakindsuitedtothecharacterofthe
xxvii
contest,thewar of opinion. Yes!despotismisdoingsomething.
Austria is now acting in this country. She has devised a grand
scheme. She has organized a great plan for doing something
here, which she, at least, deems important. She has her Jesuit
missionaries travelling through the land; she has supplied them
withmoney,andhasfurnishedafountainforaregularsupply.She
had expended a year ago more than seventy four thousand
dollars in furtherance of her design! Footnote: From the best
authority,lhavejustlearned,Dec.1834,that$100,000havebeen
receivedfromAustria,withintwoyears!Thesearenotsurmises.
They are facts. Some official documents giving the constitution
and doings of this Foreign Society, have lately made their
appearance in the New-York Observer, and have been copied
extensivelyintootherjournalsofthecountry.Thissocietyhaving
ostensiblyareligiousobject,hasbeenfornearly
fouryearsatworkintheUnitedStates,withoutattracting,outofthe
religious world, much attention to its operations. The great patron of
this apparently religious scheme is no less a personage than the
EmperorofAustria.TheSocietyiscalledtheSt.LeopoldFoundation.lt
is organized in Austria. The field of its operations is these United
States.ltmeetsandformsitsplansinVienna.PrinceMetternichhasit
under his watchful care. The Pope has given it his apostolic
benediction,and"HisRoyalHighness,FerdinandV.,KingofHungary,
and Crown Prince of the other hereditary states, has been most
xxviii
graciouslypleased,promptedbyapietyworthytheexaltedtitleofan
apostolic king, to accept the office of Protector of the Leopold
Foundation." Now in the present state of the war of principles in
Europe, is not a society formed avowedly to act upon this country,
originatinginthedominionsofadespot,andholdingitssecretcouncils
inhiscapital,calculatedtoexcitesuspicion?lsitcrediblethatasociety
got up under the auspices of the Austrian government, under the
superintendence of its chief officers of state, supplying with funds a
numerousbodyofJesuitemissarieswhoareorganizingthemselvesin
all ourborders,activelypassingandre-passingbetweenEuropeand
America;isitcredible,lsay,thatsuchasocietyhasforitsobjectpurely
areligiousreform?lsitcrediblethatthemanufacturersofchainsfor
binding liberty in Europe, have suddenly become benevolently
concerned onlyfor the religious welfareof this republican people?lf
this Society be solely for the propagation of the Catholic faith, one
wouldthinkthatRome,andnotViennashouldbeitsheadquarters!that
the Pope, not the Emperor of Austria, should be its grand patron! lt
mustbeallowedthatthisshouldbeasubjectofgeneralandabsorbing
interest.lfdespotismhasdevisedaschemeforoperatingagainstits
antagonistprincipleinthiscountry,thestronghold,theverycitadelof
freedom,itbecomesustolookaboutus.ltishightimethatweawake
totheapprehensionofdanger.lproposetoshow,whylbelievethis
ostensiblyreligioussocietycoversotherdesignsthanreligious.
CHAPTERll.
xxix
Political character of the Austrian government, the power
attacking us-The old avowed enemy of Protestant liberty-
Character of the people of Austria-Slaves-Character of Prince
Metternich the arch contriver of plans to stifle liberty-These
ENEMlESofallliberty,suddenlyanxiousforthecivilandreligious
liberty of the United States-The absurdity of their ostensible
design exposed-The avowed objects of Austria in the Leopold
foundation-Poperytheinstrumenttoactuponourinstitutions
THEdocumentstowhichlhavealluded,exhibitsomuchofthe
correspondence of the "St. Leopold Foundation," as it was
deemedadvisabletopublishinVienna.Theyconsistoflettersand
statements from Jesuists, bishops and priests, residing or
itineratinginthiscountry,andwhoseresourcesarederivedchiefly
from the Society in Austria. ln documents thus prepared by
Jesuists,(themostwaryorderofecclesiastics,)todrawforthmore
liberalsuppliesofmoneyfromabroad,andthensubmittedtothe
revisionofthemostcautiouscabinetofEurope,thatsomuchonly
may be published as will attain, their object in the Austrian
dominions, while all that might excite suspicion in the United
Statesisconcealed,wemustexpecttofindgreatcaretoavoid
any unnecessary exposure of covert political designs. The
evidence therefore of a concerted political attack upon our
institutions, which l conceive to lurk under the sudden and
xxx
extraordinaryzealofAustriaforthereligiouswelfareoftheUnited
States,willnotdependaltogetherontheinformationderivedfrom
thesedocuments.Suchanattackiswhatmightbeexpectedfrom
thepresentpoliticalattitudeoftheEuropeannations,inregardto
the principles of despotism and liberty; from the powerful and
unavoidable effect which our institutions exert in favor of the
popularprinciple;and alsofromthe knownpolitical characterof
Austria.
Who,andwhatisAustria,thegovernmentthatissobenevolently
concerned for our religious welfare? Austria is one of that Holy
Allianceofdespoticgovernments,oneofthe"unionofChristian
princes," leagued against the liberties of the people of Europe.
Austria is one of the partitioners of Poland; the enslaver and
despot of ltaly. Her government is the most thorough military
despotismintheworld.Sheisthedeclaredandconsistentenemy
ofcivilandreligiousliberty;ofthefreedomofthepress;inshort,of
everygreatprincipleinthosefreeinstitutionswhichitisourglory
and privilege to inherit from our fathers. Austria, from the
commencementoftheReformationtothepresenttime,hasbeen
thebitterenemyofProtestantism.Thefamousthirtyyears' war,
marked by every kind of brutal excess, was waged to extirpate
thoseveryprinciplesofcivilandreligiouslibertywhichlieatthe
foundation of our government, and had Austria then triumphed,
xxxi
thisrepublicwouldneverhavebeenfounded.
AndwhatarethepeopleofAustria?Theyareslaves,slavesinbody
andmind,whippedanddisciplinedbyprieststohavenoopinionoftheir
own,andtaughttoconsidertheirEmperortheirGod.Theyarethejest
andby-wordoftheNorthernGermans,whoneverspeakofAustrians
butwithasneer,and,"asslavesunworthythenameofGermans;as
slavesbothmentallyandphysically."[Dwight.]
And who is Prince Metternich, whose letter of approval, in the
nameofhismastertheEmperor,isamongthedocuments?Heis
themasterofhisMaster,thearchcontriveroftheplansforstifling
liberty in Europe and throughout the world. "Metternich," says
Dwight in his Travels in Germany, "by his wonderful talent in
excitingfear,hasthusfarcontrolledthecabinetsofEurope,and
hasexertedaninfluenceoverthedestiniesofnations,little,ifany
inferiortothatofNapoleon."HepersuadedtheEmperorofAustria
and King of Prussia not to fulfil the promise they so solemnly
madetotheirGermansubjectsofgivingthemfreeconstitutions.lt
was the influence of Metternich that prevented Alexander from
assisting Greece in her struggles for liberty. He lent Austrian
vessels to assist the Turks in the subjugation of the Greeks.
MetternichcrushedthelibertiesofSpainbyinducingLouisXVlll.,
againsthiswishes,tosend100,000menthitherundertheDuked'
Angouleme to restore public order! "When Sicily, Naples, and
xxxii
Genoa,in1820-1,threwoffthegallingyokeofslavery,Metternich
sent his 30,000 Austrian bayonets into ltaly and re-established
despotism. And when in 1831, (as the writer can testify from
personalobservation,)goadedtodesperationbytheextortionand
tyranny,andbadfaithofthePapalgovernment,theltalianpatriots
madeanobleandsuccessfulefforttoremedytheirpoliticalevils
byarevolutionfirm,yettemperate,foundedinthemosttolerant
principles,markedbynoexcess,andhailedbytheLegationswith
universaljoy,againdidthisarch-enemyofhumanhappinesslet
loose his myrmidons, overwhelming the cities, dragging the
patriots,ltaly'sfirstcitizenstothescaffold,orincarceratingthemin
the dungeons of Venice, filling whole provinces with mourning,
andbringingbackuponthewretchedlyoppressedpopulationthe
midnightdarknesswhichthedawnoflibertyhadbeguntodispel.
"Prince Metternich,"says Dwight, "isregarded by the liberalsof
Europeasthegreatestenemyofthehumanracewhohaslived
for ages. You rarely hear his name mentioned without exciting
indignation,notonlyinthespeakerbutintheauditors.Metternich
hasnotbeenattackingMENbutPRlNClPLES,andhasdoneso
much towards destroying on the continent those great political
truths, which nations have acquired through ages of effort and
suffering,thatthereisreasontofear,shouldhissystemcontinue
forhalfacentury,libertywillforsakethecontinenttorevisititno
xxxiii
more.TheSaxonsliterallyabhorthisPrince. TheGermanword
mitternachtmeansmidnight.Fromtheresemblanceofthe
word to Metternich, as well as from his efforts to cover Europe with
political darkness, the Saxons call him Prince Mitternacht-Prince
Midnight."
Thisisthegovernmentandthepeople,whichhave,allatonce,
manifested so deep an interest in the spiritual condition of this
heretic land. lt is this nation of slaves, this remnant of the
superstition and vassalage, and degradation of the dark ages,
from whom the light of the nineteenth century has been so
carefullyshut out,thatit fondlyconceitsitsowndarknesstobe
light, its death-like torpor, order,-it is this nation, not yet
disenthralled from the chains of superstition, that is anxious to
enlighten us, in the United States, in the principles of civil and
religiousliberty.Civilandreligiousliberty!wordsthatmaynotbe
utteredinAustriabutattheriskofthedungeon;wordsthatwould
carry such shrieks of dismay through the ranks of Prince
Metternich'svassals,astheflashofatorchwouldbringforthfrom
acavernofowls.
Andcanitbebelievedthatsuchagovernment,thedetermined,
consistentenemyofliberty,hasnointerestedmotive,nopolitical
design,nootherthansentimentsofChristianbenevolenceinher
xxxiv
operations in this country ? ls it likely that we, Protestant
republicansoftheUnitedStates,havewonthekindregardsofthe
Austriangovernment,whichhasbeentheperseveringfoeofthe
Reformation and its republican fruits since the days of Luther?
HasnotAustriahadvexationandanxietyandtroubleenoughfor
fifty years past, in stopping up the opening crevices of the
European dungeon through which the unwelcome light of
Americanlibertyhassooftenbroken,tobeperfectlyapprisedof
thehatedsourceofthatlight?Yes,shecannotbutnowperceive,
thatthoseProtestantprinciples,whichshehasbeenincessantly
engaged in endeavoring to suppress, driven by the winds of
persecution from Europe, have been taking root, and
strengthening in a congenial soil, and are here bearing their
genuine fruits, liberty and happiness, and all the religious and
socialvirtues.ShecannotviewthisProtestantnationgrowingto
gigantic dimensions, a living proof of the truth and salutary
influenceoftheprinciplesshehates,withoutfeelingthatherown
principles of darkness are in danger. And well may she be
dismayed.Yes,Austriahasturnedhereyestowardsus,andshe
lovesusastheowl lovesthesun.Cananyonedoubtthatshe
wouldextinguisheverysparkoflibertyinthiscountry,ifshehad
thepower?Cananyonebelievethatshewouldmakenoattempt
to abate an evil which daily threatens more and more the very
xxxv
existenceofherthrone?Wemaybetoldbysome,perhaps,that
herdesignsarepurelyofareligiouscharacter.Whocanbelieve
it?NoonewhohasbeeninAustria.Everyintelligentmanwhohas
residedevenforashorttimeintheAustriandominions,musthave
seenenoughofthecraft,bothofthegovernmentandthe
priests,tomakehimsuspiciousofalltheirdoings,andmostso,when
theyaremostlavishoftheirprofessionsofkindnessandbenevolence.
"TimeoDanaosetdonaferentes."
ButletusseewhatAustriaavowsasherdesignintheformation
of the Leopold Foundation. Footnote: Some may be inclined to
ask.lsnotthissocietyaprivateassociation,merelycharteredby
the government, not differing materially from the religious
societies in our own country? l answer that, were the Leopold
Foundationanassociationofprivateindividuals,(whichitisnot.)
yetgotupintheAustriandominions,itwouldstillbeagovernment
affair.-For we must not confound the practices of two
governments,sototallyoppositeintheadministrationofalltheir
affairsastheAustrianandourown.Fromthehappy,separationof
church and state in our own country, religious societies, of
whatever cha-racter, have no connection with the government.
Theymoveinaseparatesphereofaction,yetinperfectharmony
withit.ButinAustria,noplan,nosocietyofanykind,isprivate;
the government interferes in every thing, is all in all. Even the
xxxvi
persecutedMaroncelli,confinedinthedungeonsofSpielbergfor
thecrimeoflovingthepoliticalprinciplesofthiscountry,mustwait
aweek,attheriskofthislife,foragraciouspermissionfromthe
Paternal government to have his leg amputated. Yes, a private
matter like this is a government affair; how much more then a
grandsociety,withtheEmperoritspatron,theCrownprinceand
heirtotheimperialthroneitsprotector,andPrinceMetternich,and
all the dignitaries of the empire, temporal and ecclesiastical,
engaged in its operations? lt is the Austrian government that is
engagedinthisplanofanostensiblyreligiouscharacter.Thefirst
great object is "To promote the greater activity of Catholic
missions in America." She may be, and doubtless is, perfectly
sincere in this design, for it is only necessary that she should
succeed in her avowed object to have her utmost wishes
accomplished.Sheneedavownootheraim.lfshegainsthis,she
gainsall.lfshesucceedsinfasteninguponusthechainsofPapal
bondage, she has a people as fit for any yoke she pleases to
graceourneckswithal,asanyslavesoverwhomshenowholds
her despotic rod. She has selected a fitting instrument for her
purpose. Her armies can avail her nothing against us, for the
oceanintervenes.Herdiplomacygiveshernohold,forthereare
scarcelyanypoliticalrelationsbetweenus.Theonlyinstrumentby
which she can gain the least influence in these States is that
xxxvii
preciselywhichshehaschosen.ltsperfectfitnesstoaccomplish
anypoliticaldesignagainstthelibertiesofthiscountryandofthe
world,lshallnextconsider.
CHAPTERlll.
Popery,initspoliticalnotitsreligiouscharacter,theobjectofthe
presentexamination-Thefitnessoftheinstrumenttoaccomplish
thepoliticaldesignsofdespotismconsidered-Theprinciplesofa
despotic and free government, briefly contrasted-Despotic
principles fundamental in Popery-Proved by infallible testimony-
Papal claims of divine right and plentitude of power-Abject
principles of Popery illustrated from the Russian catechism-
Protestantismfromitsbirthinfavorofliberty-Lutheronthe4thof
July attacked the presumptuous claim of divine right-Despotism
andPoperyhandinhandagainstthelibertyofconscience,liberty
of opinion; and liberty of the press-The anti-republican
declarationsofthepresentPopeGregory,XVl.
BEFORE commencing the examination of the perfect fitness of
the instrument, Catholic missions, to accomplish the political
designs upon this country of Austria and her despotic allies, l
wouldpremise,thatlhavenothingtodointheseremarkswiththe
purely religious character of the tenets of the Roman Catholic
sect.Theyarenotindiscussion.lfanywishtoresolvetheirdoubts
xxxviii
inthereligiouscontroversy,theacutepensofthepolemicwriters
of the day will furnish them abundant means of deciding for
themselves. But every religious sect has certain principles of
governmentgrowingoutofitsparticularreligiousbelief,andwhich
willbefoundtoagreeordisagreewiththeprinciplesofanygiven
formofcivilgovernment.Footnote:OppositetendenciesofPopery
andProtestantism.Ontheverythresholdoftheexaminationupon
which l have here entered, and while searching among the
records of the two sects for the political tendencies of the
principles of Popery and Protestantism, l was struck with the
marked difference in extent which the two fields of inquiry
legitimately offered for examination. The prime dogma of the
Catholics, that all which their church teaches is infallible,
unchangeable;thatwhatshehasoncetaughtastruthmustnow
andforeverbetruth,laysopentoourexaminationawidefield.All
and each of the precepts, laws, and acts of Popery, from the
earliest ages to the present day, may be legitimately quoted to
show the political character of that sect. lnnovation, repeal,
reform,orprogresscanfindnoadmittanceintothePapalsystem,
withoutdestroyingthefundamentalprincipleonwhichthewhole
systemrests."Thewholeofourfaith,"saysCardinalPallavicini,
an infallible authority, "rests upon one indivisible article, namely
theinfallibleauthorityofthechurch.Themoment,therefore,we
xxxix
giveupanypartwhatever,thewholefalls,forwhatadmitsnotof
beingdivided,mustevidentlystandentire,orfallentire."
Protestantism,onthecontrary,isfoundedontheBible;theBibleisthe
rallyingpointofallProtestantreligioussects.TheyallbelievethatGod
isitsauthor.Thereligiousfaithofeachisboundtothisonevolume.But
as the Bible prescribes no form of faith, or doctrine, or of church
government,inwhichall,intheexerciseofthenatural andrevealed
rightofprivatejudgment,canagree,eachsectadoptsthatformmostin
accordancewithwhatitbelievestobethespiritofthedoctrineswhich
theBibleteaches.Hencethereisdiversityofviews,accordingtothe
diversitiesofhumanconstitution,accordingtothevaryingdegreesof
intellectual cultivation,orthepeculiarwantsandconditionincidentto
the infinite variety of circumstances in which human society exists.
Uponthisfreedomtochooseaccordingtothedictatesofreasonand
conscience,grantedtomanbyhisMaker,deniedbyRomanCatholics
and claimed by Protestants, is built the fabric of religious liberty.
Differenceofopinionbeingallowed,controversyofcourseensues,and
converts are to be made not by force of arms, but by force of truth
supportedbyappealstoreasonandconscience.Zealousaccordingto
thestrengthofhisbeliefinthedogmasofhissect,theProtestantcalls
to his aid all the treasures of science. He believes that the divine
Author of truth in the Bible is also the author of truth in Nature. He
knows,thatastruthisone,Hethatcreatedallthatformsthevastfield
of scientific research cannot contradict truth in Scripture by truth in
nature; the Protestant is therefore the consistent encourager of all
xl
learning, of all investigation. Every discovery in science, he feels,
bringstoreligioustruthfreshtreasures.Freeinquiry,anddiscussion,
allintellectualactivitylegitimatelybelongtoProtestantism.ltisbythus
openingwidethedoorsofknowledge,andlettinginthelightofnatural
scienceuponwhatitbelievestobetherevealedtruthoftheBible,that
Protestantism has been able gradually to bring out the principle of
religiousliberty,andinitstraintheinvaluableblessingofcivilliberty.-At
thecommencementoftheReformation,however,wearenottolookfor
a full development of the free principles of Protestantism. We must
expect to find many truths, (which to us who live in the noon of
freedom,areasclearasthesun,)thenobscuredorentirelyinvisiblein
thepopishdarknessofthetimes.Theslavishprohibitions,thedeep-
rooted heathen rites, and the arbitrary dogmas of Popery were then
enforcedbypower,byignorance,andcorruption,sothatthestruggleof
freewithdespoticprincipleswasattended,throughmanygenerations,
with constant vicissitude. No maxim or usage of Popish intolerance,
thatforalongtimeclungorstillclingstoanyoftheProtestantsystems
of Europe, can be quoted against American Protestantism;
consequently l am under no necessity of defending any despotic or
intolerantpractice,whichmaybechargedorproveduponforeign,or
ancientProtestantism,whileeveryactorpractice,pastorpresentof
Popishenactmentis,(Papiststhemselvesbeingjudges,)availableto
demonstrate the immutable character of Popery. lt is my design,
therefore,brieflytoconsidersomeoftheantagonistprinciplesofthe
governmentofAustria
xli
and of the United States, and compare them with the principles of
governmentoftheCatholicandProtestantsects.Bythismethodwe
shall be able to judge of their bearing on the permanency of our
presentcivilinstitutions.
Let us first present to view the fundamental principle of
government,thatprinciplewhich,accordingtoitsagreementwith
oneortheotherofthetwooppositeopinionsthatdividetheworld,
decidesentirelythecharacterofthegovernmentineverypartof
the body politic. From whom is authority to govern derived?
AustriaandtheUnitedStateswillagreeinanswering,-fromGod.
The opposition of opinion occurs in the answers to the next
question.Towhomonearthisthisauthority delegated?Austria
answers, To the EMPEROR, who is the source of all
authority,-"The Emperor do ordain," &c. The United States
answers, To the PEOPLE, in whom resides the Sovereign
power,-"We the People do ordain, establish, grant," &c. ln one
principle is recognized the necessity of the servitude of the
people, the absolute dependence of the subject, unqualified
submission to the commands of the rulers without question or
examination.TheRulerisMaster,thePeopleareSlaves.lnthe
otherisrecognizedthesupremacyofthepeople,theequalityof
rights and powers of the citizen, submission alone to laws
emanating from themselves; the Ruler is a public servant,
xlii
receivingwagesfromthepeopletoperformservicesagreeableto
theirpleasure;amenableinallthingstothem;andholdingoffice
attheirwill.TheRulerisServant,thePeopleareMaster.Thefact
and important nature of the difference in these antagonist
doctrines, leading, as is perceived, to diametrically opposite
results,areallthatisneedfultostateinordertoproceedatonce
to the inquiry, which position does the Catholic sect and the
Protestantsectsseverallyfavor?ThePope,thesupremeHeadof
the Catholic church, claims to be the "Vicegerent of God,"
"supreme over all mortals;" "over all Emperors, Kings, Princes,
Potentates and People;" " King of kings and Lord of lords." He
styles himself, "the divinely appointed dispenser of spiritual and
temporal punishments;""armedwithpowertodeposeEmperors
and Kings, and absolve subjects from their oath of allegiance:"
"fromhimliesnoappeal;""heisresponsibletonooneonearth;"
"heisjudgedof noonebutGod."Butnotto gobacktoformer
agestoprovethefactofthePope'sclaimingdivineright,letthe
presentPontiffGregoryXVl.testify.Heclaims,andattemptsthe
exerciseofthisplentitude ofpowerandassertshisdivineright.
The document l quote is fresh from the Vatican, scarce four
monthsold, a documentinwhichthePopeinterferesdirectly in
thepoliticalaffairsofPortugalagainstDonPedro."Howcanthere
beunityinthebody,"saysthePope,"whenthemembersarenot
xliii
unitedtotheheadanddonotobeyit?Andhowcanthisunionand
obediencebemaintainedinacountrywheretheydrivefromtheir
sees the bishops, legitimately instituted by Him to whom it
appertainstoassign
pastorstoallthevacantchurches,becausetheDlVlNERlGHTgrants
toHimalonetheprimacyofjurisdictionandtheplentitudeofpower."
TheCatholiccatechismnowtaughtbyCatholicprieststothePolesin
all the schools of Poland, and published by special order at Wilna,
1832, is very conclusive of the character of Catholic doctrine. The
followingquestionsandanswersarepropounded
"Quest.1.HowistheauthorityoftheEmperortobeconsideredin
referencetothespiritofChristianity?
Ans.AsproceedingimmediatelyfromGod.
"Quest.2.Howisthissubstantiatedbythenatureofthings?Ans.
ltisbythewillofGodthatmenliveinsociety;hencethevarious
relations which constitute society, which for its more complete
security is divided into parts called nations; the government of
whichisintrustedtoaPrince,King,orEmperor,orinotherwords,
toaSupremeruler;wesee,then,thatasmanexistsinconformity
tothewillofGod,societyemanatesfromthesamedivinewill,and
moreespeciallythesupremepowerandauthorityofourlordand
master,theCzar.
xliv
"Quest.3.Whatdutiesdoesreligionteachusthehumblesubjects
of his majesty the Emperorof Russia, to practice towardshim?
Ans.Worship,obedience,fidelity,thepaymentoftaxes,service,
loveandprayer,thewholebeingcomprisedinthewordsworship
andfidelity.
"Quest.4.Whereindoesthisworshipconsist,andhowshouldit
bemanifested?Ans.Bythemostunqualifiedreverenceinwords,
gestures,demeanor,thoughtsandactions.
"Quest. 5. What kind of obedience do we owe him? Ans. An
entire,passive,andunboundedobedienceineverypointofview.
"Quest. 6.lnwhatconsiststhefidelitywe owetotheEmperor?
Ans. ln executing his commands most rigorously, without
examination,inperformingthedutiesherequiresfromus,andin
doingeverythingwillinglywithoutmurmuring.
"Quest.8.lstheserviceofhisMajesty,theEmperor,obligatoryon
us?Ans.Absolutelyso;weshould,ifrequired,sacrificeourselves
incompliancewithhiswill,bothinacivilandmilitarycapacity,and
inwhatevermannerhedeemsexpedient.
"Quest. 9. What benevolent sentiments and love are due to the
Emperor? Ans. We should manifest our good will and affection,
accordingtoourstation,inendeavoringtopromotetheprosperityof
xlv
ournativeland,Russia,(notPoland,)aswellasthatoftheEmperor,
ourfather,andofhisaugustfamily.
"Quest. 13. Does religion forbid us to rebel, and overthrow the
government of the Emperor? Ans. We are interdicted from so
doing,atalltimes,andunderanycircumstances.
"Quest.14.lndependentlyoftheworshipweowetotheEmperor,
are we called upon to respect the public authorities emanating
fromhim?Ans.Yes;becausetheyemanatefromhim,represent
him,andactashissubstitute,sothattheEmperoriseverywhere.
"Quest. 15. What motives have we to fulfil the duties above
enumerated?Ans.Themotivesaretwo-fold-somenatural,others
revealed.
"Quest. 16. What are the natural motives? Ans. Besides the
motivesadduced,therearethefollowing:TheEmperor,beingthe
headofthenation,thefatherofallhissubjectswhoconstituteone
and the same country, is thereby alone worthy of reverence,
gratitude, and obedience: for both public welfare and individual
securitydependonsubmissivenesstohiscommands.
"Quest. 17. Whatare thesupernatural revealedmotives for this
worship? Ans. The supernatural revealed motives are, that the
Emperor is the vicegerent and minister of God to execute the
xlvi
divine commands; and, consequently, disobedience to the
EmperorisidentifiedwithdisobediencetoGodhimself,thatGod
willrewardusintheworldtocomefortheworshipandobedience
we render the Emperor, and punish us severely to all eternity
should we disobey and neglect to worship him. Moreover, God
commandsustoloveandobeyfromtheinmostrecessesofthe
heart every authority, and particularly the Emperor, not from
worldly considerations, but from apprehension of the final
judgment.
"Quest. 19. What examples confirm this doctrine? Ans. The
exampleofJesusChristhimself,wholivedanddiedinallegiance
to the Emperor of Rome, and respectfully submitted to the
judgment which condemned him to death. We have, moreover,
theexampleoftheApostles,whobothlovedandrespectedthem;
they suffered meekly in dungeons conformably to the will of
Emperors, and did not revolt like malefactors and traitors. We
must, therefore, in imitation of these examples, suffer and be
silent."
This is the slavish doctrine taught to the Catholics of Poland. The
people, instead of having power or rights, are according to this
catechism mere passive slaves, born for their masters, taught by a
perversionofthethreateningsofreligiontoobeywithoutmurmuring,or
questioning,orexamination,themandatesoftheirhumandeity,bidto
xlvii
cringe and fawn and kiss the very feet of majesty, and deem
themselveshappytobewhipped,tobekicked,ortodieinhisservice.
lsitnecessarytosaythatthereisnotaProtestantsectinthiscountry
that holds such abject sentiments, or whose creed inculcates such
barefacedidolatryofahumanbeing?Protestantism,onthecontrary,at
itsbirth,whileyetboundwithmanyoftheshacklesofPopery,attacked,
initsearliestlispingsoffreedom,thisverydoctrineofdivineright.lt
wasLuther,andbyasingularcoincidenceofdaytoo,onthefourthof
July,whofirst in apublicdisputationat Leipsic [sicLiepzig] with his
Popishantagonist,calledinquestionthedivinerightofthePope.
Let us now examine in contrast other political rights, liberty of
conscience,libertyofopinion,andlibertyofthepress.Austriaand
the United States differ on these points as widely as on the
fundamentalquestion.Austrianotonlyhasthepressinherown
territoryundercensorship,butintermeddlestocontrolthepressin
neighboring states on the principle of self preservation. "ln
Saxony," says Dwight, "the press is fettered by Austria and
Prussia, whoallege this reason, 'that all the workspublishedin
Saxony,whicharenotontheproscribedlist,arefreelyadmitted
intoourdominions.Forourhappiness,therefore,andthestability
ofourthrones,itisnecessarythatthepressshouldbefettered!!'"
As to liberty of opinion, political or religious, in Austria, no one
dreams of the existence of such a thing; the dungeon is a
summary mode there of obtaining a most happy uniformity of
xlviii
opinionthroughoutall theimperial dominions.ltisourglory,on
the contrary, that all these rights are secured to us by our
institutions,andfreelyenjoyed,notonlywithouttheleastdanger
to the peace of the state, but from the very genius of our
government, they are esteemed among its most precious
safeguards.WhataretheCatholictenetsonthesepoints?Shalll
go back some three or four hundred years, and quote the
pontifical lawwhichsays.[Art.9.]"ThePopehasthepowerto
interpretScriptureandtoteachashepleases,andnopersonis
allowedto teach in a different way." Or to thefourthCouncil of
Lateranin1215,whichdecrees"Thatallheretics,(thatisallwho
haveanopinionoftheirown,)shallbedeliveredovertothecivil
magistrate to be burned." Or shall l refer to the Catholic lndex
Expurgatorius to the list of forbidden books, to show how the
pressisstillfettered?No!itisunnecessarytogofartherthanthe
presentday.ThereigningpontiffGregoryXVl.shallagainanswer
thequestion.Hehasmostopportunelyfurnisheduswiththe
presentsentimentsoftheCatholicchurchontheseverypoints.lnhis
encyclicalletter,datedSept.1832,thePope,lamentingthedisorders
andinfidelityofthetimes,says,
"Fromthispollutedfountainof'indifference,'flowsthatabsurdand
erroneous doctrine, or rather raving, in favor and defence of
'libertyofconscience,'forwhichmostpestilentialerror,thecourse
xlix
isopenedtothatentireandwildlibertyofopinion,whichisevery
whereattemptingtheoverthrowofreligiousandcivilinstitutions;
andwhichtheunblushingimpudenceofsomehasheldforthasan
advantage to religion. Hence that pest, of all others most to be
dreadedinastate,unbridledlibertyofopinion,licentiousnessof
speech,andalustofnovelty,which,accordingtotheexperience
of all ages, portend the downfall of the most powerful and
flourishingempires."
"Hithertendsthatworstandneversufficientlytobeexecratedand
detestedLlBERTYOFTHEPRESS,forthediffusionofallmanner
of writings, which some so loudly contend for, and so actively
promote."
Hecomplainstooofthedisseminationofunlicensedbooks.
"No means must be here omitted, says Clement Xlll., our
predecessor of happy memory, in the Encyclical Letter on the
proscriptionofbadbooks-nomeansmustbehereomitted,asthe
extremityofthecasecallsforallourexertions,toexterminatethe
fatal pest which spreads through so many works; nor can the
materials of error be otherwise destroyed than by the flames,
whichconsumethedepravedelementsoftheevil."
Now all this is explicit enough, here is no ambiguity. We see
clearlyfrominfallibleauthoritythattheCatholicofthepresentday,
TheJesuitConspiracyAllRightsReservedbyJamesENance2014 l
wherever he may be, if he is true to the principles of his sect,
cannotconsistentlytoleratelibertyofconscience,orlibertyofthe
press.lsthereanysectofProtestantsinthiscountry,fromwhose
religious tenets doctrines so subversive of civil and religious
libertycanbeeveninferred?lftherebe,lamignorantofitsname.
Thesubjectwillbepursuedinthenextchapter.
CHAPTERlV.
ThecauseofPoperyanddespotismidentical-Strikingdifference
betweenPoperyandProtestantismastheyexistinthiscountry-
American Protestantism not controlled by foreign Protestantism-
AmericanPoperyentirelyunderforeigncontrol-Jesuitstheforeign
agents of Austria, bound by the strongest ties of interest to
Austrian policy, not to American-Their dangerous power-
unparalleledinanyProtestantsect-Ourfreeinstitutionsopposed
in their nature to the arbitrary claims of Popery-Duplicity to be
expected-Political dangers to be apprehended from Roman
Catholic organization-American Roman Catholic ecclesiastical
matters uncontrolled by Americans or in America-Managed in a
foreign country by a foreign power for political purposes-
Consequencesthatmayeasilyresultfromsuchastateofthings.
lEXPOSEDinmylastchaptertheremarkablecoincidenceofthe
tenetsofPoperywiththeprinciplesofdespoticgovernment,inthis
respectsooppositetothetenetsofProtestantism;Popery,from
TheJesuitConspiracyAllRightsReservedbyJamesENance2014li
its very nature, favoring despotism, and Protestantism, from its
verynature,favoringliberty.lsitnotthenperfectlynaturalthatthe
Austrian government should be active in supporting Catholic
missionsinthiscountry?lsitnotclearthatthecauseofPoperyis
thecauseofdespotism?
But there is another most striking and important difference
between Popery and Protestantism, in their bearing upon the
libertiesofthecountry.NooneoftheProtestantsectsownsany
headoutofthiscountry,orisgovernedinanyofitsconcernsby
anymenorsetofmeninaforeignland.Allecclesiasticalofficers
are nominated and appointed or removed by the people of the
UnitedStates.Noforeignbodyhasanysuchunionwithanysect
ofProtestantsintheUnitedStates,aseventoadvise,muchless
to control any of its measures. Our Episcopalians appoint their
own bishops without consulting the church of England; our
PresbyteriansareentirelyindependentofthechurchofScotland;
andourWesleyanMethodistshavenoecclesiastical connection
withthedisciplesofWesleyintheoldworld.Buthowisitinthese
respects with the Catholics? The right of appointing to all
ecclesiasticalofficesinthiscountry,aseverywhereelse,isinthe
Pope,(nowamerecreatureofAustria.Heclaimsthepower,as
we have seen, by divine right. All the bishops, and all the
ecclesiasticsdowntothemostinsignificantofficerinthechurch,
lii
arefromthegeniusofthesystementirelyunderhiscontrol.And
he,ofcourse,willappointnonetoofficebutthosewhowillfavor
the views of Austria. He will require all whom he appoints, to
supporttheagentswhomAustriaissendingtothiscountryforthe
accomplishmentofherownpurposes.
And who are these agents? They are, for the most part Jesuits, an
ecclesiasticalorder,proverbialthroughtheworldforcunning,duplicity,
andtotalwantofmoralprinciple;anordersoskilledinalltheartsof
deception that even in Catholic countries, in ltaly itself, it became
intolerable,andthepeoplerequireditssuppression.TheyareJesuits
inthepayandemployofadespoticgovernment,whoareatworkon
theignoranceandpassionsofourcommunity;theyareforeigners,who
have been schooled in foreign seminaries in the doctrine of passive
obedience;theyareforeignersundervowsofperpetualcelibacy,and
having,therefore,nodeepandpermanentinterestinthiscountry;they
are foreigners, bound by the strong ties of pecuniary interest and
ambition, to the service of a foreign despot. Footnote: The foreign
EmissariesofPoperyrewardedintheirowncountry.Thisisamatter
deserving of serious attention. Where now is Bishop Cheverus, who
passedaboutfourteenyearsinBoston?Hewasaforeigner,withno
tiestothiscountry,paidforhisservicesbyaforeigngovernment,he
hadadutytohisforeignmasterstoperform.Whatthatdutywas,may
noweasilybeconjectured.Boston,asthecapitalofNew-England,was
consideredatthetimehearrived,thestrongholdofProtestant,ofAnti-
liii
Popish principles. Popery was there, and throughout New-England,
heldinthegreatestabhorrence,fortoPoperymaybetraced,though
remotely,yetclearly,thepersecutionswhichdrovethePilgrimfathers
tothiscountryThehistoryofthosefathers,foragesprevious,isbutthe
history of hard fought battles, to wrest fromPopishusurpation those
invaluablerights,civilandreligious,whichtheyfledtothiswilderness
securelytoenjoy.Erepoperythencouldexpecttogainfootholdamong
the descendants of the persecuted Puritans, their almost innate
abhorrencetopoperymust beovercome. What plan couldbebetter
devised to accomplish the end, than to send the mild, conciliating,
gentle Bishop to demonstrate by his example and his teaching, that
Poperywasnotthatmonstertheirfathershadtaughtthemtobelieveit
tobe,oratleastthatnowthetyranthadgrownmildandtolerant.lfthis
werethedesign,noplancouldhavebeenmoresuccessful.Whothat
has visited Boston, does not know the epithets with which Bishop
Cheverus' nameiscoupled.Thegoodbishop,theliberal bishop,the
excellent, pious, tolerant, mild bishop. Now all this might have been
andperhapsistrueofthebishop.Theinstrumentwaswellchosen,his
dutywaswell accomplished,andhereceivestherewardofafaithful
servant from his foreign masters, in a translation to the wealthy
archbishopricofBordeaux.
Again,whereisBishopDubourg,ofNew-Orleans?Hehasresided
inthisheathenlandhisstatedtime,andhavingaccomplishedthe
dutyprescribedtohimistranslatedtotheBishopricofMontauban,
liv
inFrance.
Andagain,whereisBishopKelly,ofRichmond,Va.?Healsosojourns
withusuntil hisdutiestoforeignmastersareperformed,andthenis
rewarded by promotion at home to the Bishopric of Waterford and
Lismore.
Andwhere,soonwillbethatbusy,pompousJesuit,whohasbeen
so often announced as passing and repassing between Rome,
Vienna,andtheUnitedStates,BishopEngland?1freportspeaks
truth,heissoontoberewardedforhisservicesinthecauseofhis
foreign masters with a Cardinal's hat. The following from the
Dublin Freeman's Journal, preceded by a nauseous mass of
fulsome compliment, gives substance to the report:-"After
escorting these ladies (some nuns) to Charleston, Dr. England
proceeds without delay as Legate from the Pope to Hayti [sic
Haiti],overtheecclesiastical affairsofwhichrepublichecarries
withhimfrom the Holy Seethe most full and unlimitedpowers;
from which we confidently trust ere long he will again return to
Europe,toreceiveassomerewardforallhislaborsandservices,
aCardinal'shat;forinsteadofreceivingdignityfrom,shouldsuch
anappointmenttakeplace,Dr.England will conferdignityupon
thesacredpurple."
Now in view of these instances of services in this country,
lv
rewarded by appointments in Europe, the question naturally
occurs:Whatinteresthavetheseservantsofaforeigndespotism
in the free institutions of this country? What sympathies with
American liberty can these foreigners have, educated, as they
have been in their own country, in the principles of despotic
institutions, living but temporarily in this country, (whose entire
politicalsystemisdiametricallyopposedtotheirwholeeducation,)
and looking forward, after their task is performed, to a recall to
comfortable benefices and high places of profit and honor at
home,torewardsdevisedbyAustriaandthePope,andmetedout
to their faithful advocates according to the zeal and devotion
manifested to their interests? What would be said of the
Episcopalian, or Presbyterian, or Methodist, or Baptist clergy,
weretheyannouncedasforeignerssentfromEngland,whoafter
ashortsojournofactiveserviceinthiscountry,wereknowntobe
recalled andpromoted in their own country, to be Bishops, and
dignifiedofficersundertheBritishgovernment?lstherenodanger
to our free institutions from a host commanded by such men,
whose numbers are constantly increasing by the machinations
andfundsofAustria?
Consider,too,thepowerwhichtheseJesuitsandotherCatholic
priestspossessthroughtheconfessional,ofknowingtheprivate
charactersandaffairsofalltheleadingmeninthecommunity;the
lvi
powerarisingfromtheirrighttoprescribethekindsanddegreesof
penance;andthepowerarisingfromtherighttorefuseabsolution
tothosewhodonotcomplywiththeircommands.Supposesuch
powerswere
exercised by the ministers of any other sect, the Episcopalian, the
Methodist,thePresbyterian,theBaptist,&c.whatanoutcrywouldbe
raisedintheland!Andshouldnotthemenwhopossesssuchpowers
bejealouslywatchedbyallloversofliberty?
lsitpossiblethattheseJesuitscanhaveasincereattachmentto
theprinciplesoffreeinstitutions?Donottheseprinciplesoppose
aconstantbarriertotheirexerciseofthatarbitrarypower,which
they claim as a divine right, and which they exercise too in all
countrieswheretheyaredominant?Canitnotbeperceived,that
although they may find it politic for the present to conceal their
anti-republican tenets, yet this concealment will be merely
temporary,andisonlyadoptednow,thebettertolullsuspicion?ls
it not in accordance with all experience of Popish policy, that
Jesuitsshouldencroachbylittleandlittle,andperseveretillthey
haveattainedtoplenitudeofpower.Atpresenttheyhavebutone
aiminthiscountry,whichabsorbsallothers,andthatistomake
themselves popular. lf theysucceed in thiswe shall then learn,
whentoolatetoremedytheevil,thatPoperyabandonsnoneofits
divine rights. The leaders of this sect are disciplined and
lvii
organized,andhavetheiradherentsentirelysubservienttotheir
will.Herethenisaregularparty,areligioussect,readytothrow
theweightofitspower,ascircumstancesmayrequire,readyto
favoranyman,orsetofmen,whowillengagetofavorit.Andto
whomdotheseleaderslookfortheirinstructions?lsittoacitizen
orbodyofcitizensbelongingtothiscountry;isittoabodyofmen
kept in check by the ever jealous eyes of other bodies around
them,andbytheimmediatepublicitywhichmustbegiventoall
theirdoings?No,theyaremenowningnolawonthissideofthe
ocean; they are the Pope and his Consistory of Cardinals,
following the plans and instructions of the imperial cabinet of
Austria,-plans formed in the secret councils of that cabinet,
instructions delivered in secret, according to the modes of
despotism,totheirobedientofficers,anddistributedthroughthe
well disciplinedranksinthiscountry,tobecarriedintoeffectin
furtheranceofanypoliticaldesignstheAustriancabinetmaythink
advantageoustoitsowninterests. Andwill these designsbein
favorofliberty?Withapartythusformedanddisciplinedamong
us,whowillventuretosaythatourelectionswillnotbeunderthe
controlofaMetternich,andthattheappointmentofaPresidentof
theUnitedStateswillnotbevirtuallymadeinthelmperialCabinet
ofVienna,or theConsistoryofCardinalsatRome? Will this be
pronouncedincredible?ltwill bethealmostcertainresultofthe
lviii
dominionofPoperyinthiscountry.
Butweneednotimaginethatitwillalwaysbedeemedexpedient
topreservethenameofPresident,oreventheelectivecharacter
ofourchiefmagistrate.Howlongwouldittakethesophistrythat
deludesthemindofitsvictimintothebeliefofaman'sinfallibility,
andfixesthedelusionthereindelibly,binding
himsoulandbodytobelieveagainsttheevidenceofhisreason,and
hissenses;holdinghiminthemostabjectobediencetothewill ofa
fellow-man;howlong,lsay,wouldittakesuchsophistrytoimposethe
duty of acknowledging the divine right ofan emperor over thepriest
conquered vassals of this country-vassals well instructed in the
RussianCatechism,andpreparedtoworship,loveandobeyastheir
LordandMaster,somescionoftheHouseofHapsburg,-theEmperor
oftheUnitedStates?
CHAPTERV.
Pointsinourpoliticalsystemwhichfavorthisforeignattack-Our
tolerationofallreligioussystems-Poperyopposedtoalltoleration-
Chargeofintolerancesubstantiated-TheorganizationofPoperyin
America connected with and strengthened by foreign
organization-Without a parallel among Protestant sects-Great
preponderanceofPopishstrengthinconsequence-Thedivisions
among Protestant sects nullifies their attempts at combination-
lix
Taken advantage of by Jesuits-Popish duplicity illustrated in its
oppositealliancesinEuropewithdespotism,andinAmericawith
democracy-The laws relating to immigration and naturalization
favorforeignattack-EmigrantsbeingmostlyCatholicandinentire
subjectiontotheirpriests-Noremedyprovidedbyourlawsforthis
alarmingevil.
WHAT l have advanced in my previous chapters may have
convincedmyreadersthatthereisgoodreasonforbelievingthat
thedespotsofEuropeareattempting,bythespreadofPoperyin
this country, to subvert its free institutions; yet many may think
thattherearesomanycounteractingcausesintheconstitutionof
oursociety,thatthisefforttobinduswiththecast-offchainsofthe
bigotry and superstition of Europe cannot meet with success. l
will,therefore,inthepresentchapter,considersomeofthepoints
in our political system, of which advantage has already been
takentoattackus,bythewilyenemiesofourliberties.
ltisabeautifulfeatureinourconstitution,thateverymanisleftto
worshipGodaccordingtothedictatesofhisownconscience,that
thechurchisseparatedfromthestate,andthatequalprotectionis
grantedtoallcreeds.lnthustoleratingallsects,wehaveadmitted
toequalprotectionnotonlythosesectswhosereligiousfaithand
practicesupporttheprincipleonwhichthefreetolerationofallis
lx
found-ed, but also that unique, that solitary sect, the Catholic,
which builds and supports its system on the destruction of all
toleration. Yes, the Catholic is permitted to work in the light of
Protestant toleration, to mature his plans, and to execute his
designstoextinguishthatlight,anddestroythehandsthatholdit.
ltisnorefutationofthechargeofintoleranceheremadeagainst
Catholics as a sect, to show that small bodies of them, under
peculiarcircumstances,havebeentolerant,orthatinthiscountry,
where they have alwaysbeen a small minority, they make high
professionsofardentlovefortherepublican,tolerantinstitutions
ofourgovernment.Noonecanbedeceivedbyevidencesopartial
andcir-cumscribed,whilethebloodofthepersecutedforopinion's
sake, stainswith the deepest tinge every page of thehistory of
thatchurch,aye,evenwhileitisstillwetuponthedungeonfloors
of ltaly; while the intolerant and anti-republican principles of
Popery,arenowweeklythunderedfromtheVatican,and
echoed in our ears by almost every arrival from Europe. Footnote:
Sanguinaryspiritstill existinginModernPopery.lfanysupposethat
Poperyhaschangeditsintolerantcharacterinmoderntimes,werefer
themtothefollowingspecimenofitsspirit.ltisPoperyofthepresent
day;Poperyof1833.
lntherecentjournalsofModena,inltaly,arearticlessignedby
thedukeofCanosa,thelanguageofwhichknowsnobounds.He
lxi
justifies the St. Bartholomew's Massacre. He says, "when a
disease has made such progress, that it cannot be cured by
magnesiaandcalomel,tosavelife,resortmustbehadtoarsenic.
lfCharleslX.hadrecoiledfromthemassacreoftheHuguenots,
he would certainly have perished, a few weeks after, upon the
scaffold,ashappenedtotheindulgentandcompassionateLouis
XVl.,becausehetookanoppositecourse.Hewhoinsuchacase
hasnotthecourageofalion,anddoesnotresolveonrigorous
measures, is lost. The pusillanimous alone are ignorant of this
truth." Such shocking sentiments, be it remembered, are
publishedinacountry,wherethereisacensorshipofthepress:
andtheyarethereforethelanguageofthegovernment.
Thedukereasonslikeatruelegitimate.Thehappinessandlives
ofthepeopletoanyamount,aremerechaffcomparedwiththe
happiness and life of that sainted bauble called a king. His
reasoningamountstothis:"betterthatthousandsofthecommon
people should perish by the bloodiest butchery, than that the
singlelifeofonehumanbeingendowedwithdivinerighttoreign,
shouldlikeLouisXVl.perishonthescaffold."ltisnotnecessary
to defend the shedding of royal blood, but there is a trick of
kingcraftwhichoughttobeexposed,becauseitsinfluenceisnot
unfelt in this country. The divine right to reign is first assumed,
then the human being thus invested with power partakes of
lxii
divinity,hebecomessacred,andallthenamesandparaphernalia
of idolatrous worship surround him. He becomes a God, every
word he utters, every step he takes, every action, however
unimportantinanyotherhumanbeing,isinvestedinthisearthly
divinitywithasacredcharacter.Doesthegod-kingrideout,the
wholecountrymustknowtheimportantevent;ishemarried,the
whole nation keeps jubilee; is he dead, the world is clad in
mourning. The misfortunes of his offspring are magnified and
consecrated by all the arts of the imagination, by all the
embellishments of romance. ls an illustration wanted? Take a
recent case. Look at the history of the Duchess de Berri, an
infamous woman, notoriously profligate, of a character that in
commonlifewouldcondemnhertotheneglectoftheworld,and
castheroutofallsociety.Butsheisaprincess,shehasaspark
ofroyaldivinitythatshinesuponherbrazenfront,andtheduped
multitude bow in adoration before her. Her sufferings, her
wanderings,herdressintheminutestparticulars,herwords,her
looks,arethesubjectofsympatheticappealstothecompassion
of the world; ladies shed tears over the distresses of the
unfortunate princess. Alas! alas! that royal blood should suffer!
Andare
we not influenced by this mawkish, morbid sympathy for suffering
despots?Whereareoursympathies,whentheinterestedstatementsof
lxiii
agovernment-controlledforeignpress,informusofthestrugglesofthe
peopleagainstage-consecratedoppression.Aretheywiththepeople?
Doweeversuspectthetruthoftheglowingdetailsofthedoingsofthe
scandalousmob,thehigh-wroughtaccountsofoutrageandrebellionof
a wicked rabble against lawful authority, which circulate through our
land,theproductionabroadofpensionedwriters;ofalicensedpress,
and those too without remark or explanation from our press? What
should be the feelings of a true American? Where should be his
sympathies, who has been nurtured in the air of liberty, who has
learnedfromhisfather'slipstheblackcatalogueofdespoticwrongs,
whichhisancestorssuffered,andwhichweredefendedbyallthetricks
andglosses,andartsofoppression?lfanyhumanbeingshouldfeel
quicksympathywiththestrugglesofthepeople,shouldexaminewith
thegreatestcarethechargespreferredagainstthem,andexercisea
willingcharityfortheirapparentorrealexcesses,andquickmistrustof
allthedoings,representationsandfairspeechesofdespotism,itisan
American.
LetmenotbechargedwithaccusingtheCatholicsoftheUnited
Stateswithintolerance.Theyaretoosmallabodyasyetfullyto
actouttheirprinciples,andtheirpresentconductdoesnotaffect
thegeneralquestioninanyway,unlessitmaybetoprovethat
theyarenotgenuineandconsistentCatholics.Theconductofa
smallinsulatedbody,undertherestraintsofthesocietyaroundit,
isofnoweightindecidingthecharacterofthesect,whilethere
lxiv
are nations of the same infallible faith acting out its legitimate
principles uncontrolled, and producing fruits by which all may
discern,withoutdangerofmistake,thetruenatureofthetree.lf
Popery is tolerant, let us see ltaly, andAustria, and Spain, and
Portugal,opentheirdoorstotheteachersoftheProtestantfaith;
letthesecountriesgranttoProtestantmissionaries,asfreelyas
wegranttoCatholics,leavetodisseminatetheirdoctrinethrough
all classes in their dominions. Then may Popery speak of
toleration,thenmaywebelievethatithasfelttheinfluenceofthe
spiritoftheageandhasreformed;butthenitwillnotbePopery,
for Popery never changes; it is infallibly the same, infallibly
intolerant.
The conspirators against our liberties who have been admitted
from abroad through the liberality of our institutions, are now
organizedineverypartofthecountry;theyareallsubordinates,
standing in regular steps of slave and master, from the most
abjectdoltthatobeysthecommandsofhispriest,uptothegreat
master-slaveMetternich,whocommandsandobeyshislllustrious
Master the Emperor. Footnote: Popery is organized throughout
theWorld.Thisorganizationisassertedinthelateproclamationof
thePopetothePortuguese.lnthecatalogueofhiscomplaintshe
says:"Nevertheless,thatwhichprincipally
afflictsusis,thatthoseactsandmeasureshaveevidentlyfortheiraim
lxv
tobreakeverybondofunion,withthatvenerablechairoftheblessed
Peter" (his own throne) "which Jesus Christ has made the centre of
unity;andthusthesocietyofcommunionbeingoncebroken,towound
thechurchbythemostperniciousschism.lnfact,howcantherebe
unityinthebody,whenthemembersarenotunitedtothehead,anddo
notobeyit?"Theyreportfromonetoanother,likethesub-officersofan
army,uptothecommander-in-chiefatVienna,(notthePope,forheis
butasubordinateofAustria.Footnote:Lestthechargeoftenmadein
thesenumbersshouldseemgratuitous;ofthePopebeingthecreature
ofAustria,andentirelysubservienttothelmperialCabinet,itmaybeas
welltostatethatthewriterwasinRomeduringthedeliberationsofthe
Conclave, respecting the election of the present Pontiff. lt was
interesting to him to hear the speculations of the ltalians on the
probabilityofthisorthatcardinal'selection.Couriersweredailyarriving
fromthevariousdespoticpowers,andintrigueswererifeintheanti-
chambersoftheQuirinalpalace;nowitwassaidthatSpainwouldcarry
her candidate, now ltaly, and now Austria, and when Cardinal
CapellaniwasproclaimedPope,theuniversalcry,mixedtoowithlow-
mutteredcurses,wasthatAustriahadsucceeded.ThenewPopehad
scarcely chosen his title of Gregory XVl. and passed through the
ceremoniesofcoronation,beforetherevolutioninhisstates,gavehim
theopportunityofcallinginAustriatotakepossessionofthePatrimony
ofSt.Peter,whichhisowntroopscouldnotkeepforanhour,andat
thismomentAustriansoldiersholdtheRomanLegationsinsubmission
tothecabinetofVienna.lsnotthePopeacreatureofAustria?)There
lxvi
isasimilarorganizationamongtheCatholicsofothercountries,and
thewholeCatholicchurchisthuspreparedtothrowitsweightofpower
andwealthintothehandsofAustria,oranyHolyAllianceofdespots
whomaybepersuadedtoembarkforthesafetyoftheirdynasties,in
the crusade against the liberties of the country which, by its simple
existenceinoppositiontotheirtheoryoflegitimatepower,isworking
revolutionanddestructiontotheirthrones.
Now,tothisdangerousconspiracywhathavewetoopposeinthe
discipline of Protestant sects? However well organized, each
accordingtoitsownmanner,thesedifferentsectsmaybe,thereis
notoneofthemthatcanbyanypossibilityderivestrengththrough
itsorganization,fromforeignsectsofthesamename.Noristhisa
matterofregret;itisrightthatitshouldbeso;nonationcanbe
truly independent where it is otherwise. Foreign influence, then,
cannotfinditswayintothecountrythroughanyoftheProtestant
sects,tothedangeroftheState.lnthisrespectCatholicsstand
alone.Theyarealreadythemostpowerfulanddangeroussectin
thecountry,fortheyarenotconfinedintheirschemes
andmeansliketheothersects,toourownborders,buttheyworkwith
themindsandthefundsofalldespoticEurope.
AndnotonlyareeachoftheProtestantsectsdeprivedofforeign
aid; they are weak collectively, in having no common bond of
unionamongthemselves,sofaraspoliticalactionisconcerned.
lxvii
The mutual jealousies of the different sects have hitherto
preventedthis,anditisaweaknessboastedofbyCatholics,and
ofwhichadvantageisandeverwillbetakenwhiletheunnatural
estrangementlasts.Catholicshaveboastedthattheycanplayoff
onesectagainstanother,forinthepettycontroversiesthatdivide
the contending parties, the pliable conscience of the Jesuit
enableshimtothrowtheweightofhisinfluenceoneithersideas
hisinterestmaybethecommandofhissuperiors,andthealleged
good of the church, (that is the power of the priesthood,) being
paramount to all other considerations. This pliability of
conscience, so advantageous in building up any system of
oppression, religious or political, presents us with strangely
contradictoryalliances.lnEuropePoperysupportsthemosthigh-
handeddespotism,lendsitsthunderstoawethepeopleintothe
mostabjectobedience,andmaintainsatthetopofitscreed,the
indissolubleunionofchurchandstate!whileinthiscountry,where
itisyetfeelingitsway,(oh!howconsistent!)ithasallieditselfwith
the democracy of the land, it is loudest in its denunciations of
tyranny, the tyranny of American patriots! it is first to scent out
oppression,seesafaroffthemachinationsofthenativeAmerican
Protestantstounitechurchandstate!andputsitselfforththemost
zealousguardianofcivilandreligiousliberty!Withsuchsentinels,
surelyourlibertiesaresafe,withsuchguardiansofourrights,we
lxviii
maysleeponinpeace!
Another weak point in our system is our laws encouraging
immigration, and affording facilities to naturalization. Footnote:
lmmigration and our Naturalization Law. The subject of
immigration is one of those which demands the immediate
attentionofthenation,itisaquestionwhichconcernsallparties:
andifthewriterisnotmistakeninhisreadingofthesignsofthe
times, the country is waking to a sense of the alarming evil
producedbyournaturalizationlaws.Letuswaramongourselves
inpartywarfare,witheverylawfulweaponthatwecanconvertto
our purpose. lt is our birthright to have our own opinion, and
earnestly to contend for it, but let us court no foreign friends.
EveryAmericanshouldfeelhisnationalbloodmountatthevery
thoughtofforeigninterference.Whilewewelcometheintelligent
and persecuted of all nations and give them an asylum and a
shareinourprivileges,letusbewarelestweadmittodangerous
fellowshipthosewhocannotandwillnotuseourhospitalityaright.
Thatsuchmaycome,anddocome,thereisnoreasontodoubt.
Considerthe followingtestimonyofan emigrant,given before a
justice in Albany. He says that "in June last, the parish officers
paidthepassagesof
himselfandaboutfortyothersofthesameparish,fromChathamtothe
cityofBoston,inAmerica,onboardtheshipRoyalist,Capt.Parker,
lxix
andthattheylandedinBostoninthemonthofJulylast-thattheparish
officersgavehimthirtyshillingssterling,inmoney,inadditiontopaying
hispassage,-thatheisnowentirelydestituteofthemeansofliving,and
isunabletolabor,andpraysforrelief."Nowherearefortypauperscast
upon our shores from one parish in England, and in five years they
becomecitizens,entitledtovote!!lsthereanAmericanofanyparty,
whocanbelievethatthereisnodangerinadmittingtoequalprivileges
with himself such a class of foreigners. A remedy to this crying evil
admitsofnotamoment'sdelay.Atthismomenttheoceanswarmswith
shipscrowdedwiththiswretchedpopulation,bearingthemfrommisery
abroadtomiseryhere.
The expense incurred in this city (New York) for the support of
foreign paupers, it is well known is enormous. ln Philadelphia
more than three fourths of the inmates of their Almshouse are
foreigners. Whole families have been known to come from on
board ship, and go directly to the Almshouse. ln the Boston
Dispensarytherewerethelastyear,(1831)fromtwodistrictsonly,
477patients;ofthese441wereforeigners!!Leavingbut36ofour
ownpopulationtobeprovidedfor.lntheBostonAlmshouse,the
following returns show the increase of foreign paupers in five
years.
The year ending Sept. 30, 1829, Americans 395 " " " " " "
Foreigners284TheyearendingSept.30,1834,Americans340"
lxx
"""""Foreigners613
Thusweseethatnativepauperismhasdecreasedinfiveyears,
andforeignpauperismmorethandoubled.lnCambridge,(Mass.)
morethanfourfifthsofthepaupersareforeigners.
The first and immediate step that should be taken, is to press
upon Congress and upon the nation, instant attention to the
NATURALlZATlONLAWS.Wemastfirststopthisleakintheship,
throughwhichthemuddywatersfromwithoutthreatentosinkus.
lfwemeantokeepourcountry,thislife-boatoftheworld,from
founderingwithallthecrew,wemusttakeonboardnomorefrom
theEuropeanwreckuntilwehavesafelylandedandshelteredits
presentfreight.Butwouldyouhaveusforfeitthecharacterofthe
country as the asylum of the world? No: but it is a mistaken
philanthropyindeedthatwouldattempt
to save one at the expense of the lives of thousands; that would
receiveintoourfamiliesthosedyingoftheplague.Ournaturalization
laws were never intended to convertthislandintothealmshouse of
Europe,tocoverthealarmingimportationofeverythingintheshapeof
manthatEuropeantyrannythinksfittosendadriftfromitsshores,nor
sotooperateastocompelustosurrenderbackalltheblessingsofthat
freedomforwhichourfatherspaidsodearapriceintothekeepingof
itsforeignenemies.No,wemusthavethelawsoamendedthatNO
FORElGNERWHOMAYCOMElNTOTHECOUNTRY,AFTERTHE
lxxi
PASSAGE OF THE NEW LAW, SHALL EVER BE ALLOWED TO
EXERClSETHEELECTlVEFRANCHlSE.Thisalonemeetstheevilin
itsfullestextent.
Whocancomplainofinjusticeintheenactmentofsuchalaw?Not
the native American, he is not touched by it. Certainly not the
foreignernowinthecountry,whethernaturalizedornot.ltcannot
operate against him. lt would take away no right from a single
individualinanycountry.Thislawwouldwithholdafavor,nota
right from foreigners, and from those foreigners only who may
hereafter come into the country. lf foreigners abroad choose to
take offenceatthe law,we arenotunderobligations to consult
their wishes, they need not come here. This favor, it should be
understood,hasrepeatedlybeenabused,anditisnecessaryfor
thesafetyofourinstitutionsinfuturetowithholdit.Thepressing
dangerstothecountryfromPopery,whichlthinklhaveshown
nottobefictitious;othervisibleindicationsofforeigninfluencein
the political horizon; the bold organization of foreigners as
foreignersinourelections-thesealldemandtheinstantattention
ofAmericans,iftheymeannottoberobbedbyforeignintrigueof
theirlibertyandtheirveryname.lntheearlystateofthecountry
liberality in these points was thought to be of advantage, as it
promotedthecultivationofourwildlands,butthedangerswhich
now threaten our free institutions from this source more than
lxxii
balance all advantages of this character. The great body of
emigrantstothiscountryarethehard-workingmentallyneglected
poorofCatholiccountriesinEurope,whohaveleftalandwhere
theywereenslaved,foroneoffreedom.Howeverwelldisposed
theymaybetothecountrywhichprotectsthem,andadoptsthem
ascitizens,theyarenotfittedtoactwithjudgmentinthepolitical
affairsoftheirnewcountry,likenativecitizenseducatedfromtheir
infancy in the principles and habits of our institutions. Most of
themaretooignoranttoactatallforthemselves,andexpecttobe
guidedwhollybyothers.Theseothersareofcoursetheirpriests.
Priests have ruled them at home by divine right; their ignorant
minds cannot ordinarily be emancipated from their habitual
subjection,theywillnotlearnnorappreciatetheirexemptionfrom
anysuchusurpationofpriestlypowerinthiscountry,andtheyare
implicitlyatthebeckoftheirspiritualguides.Theylivesurrounded
by freedom, yet liberty of conscience, right of private judgment,
whetherinreligionor
politics, are as effectually excluded by the priests, as if the code of
Austriaalreadyruledtheland.Theyformabodyofmenwhosehabits
ofaction,(forlcannotsaythought,)areopposedtotheprinciplesofour
free institutions, for they are not accessible to the reasonings of the
press,theycannotanddonotthinkforthemselves.
EveryunletteredCatholicemigrant,therefore,thatcomesintothe
lxxiii
country,isaddingtoamassofignorancewhichitwillbedifficult
to reach by any liberal instruction, and however honest, (and l
havenodoubtmostofthemareso,)yetfromthenatureofthings
they are but obedient instruments in the hands of their more
knowing leaders to accomplish the designs of their foreign
masters.Republicaneducation,wereitallowedfreelytocomein
contactwiththeirminds,woulddoubtlesssoonfurnisharemedy
foranevil forwhich,intheexistingstateofthings,wehaveno
cure.ltisbuttocontinueforafewyearsthesortofimmigration
thatis nowdailypouringinitsthousandsfromEurope,andour
insti-tutions,foraughtthatlcansee,areatthemercyofabodyof
foreigners,officeredbyforeigners,andheldcompletelyunderthe
controlofaforeignpower.Wemaythenhavereasontosay,that
wearethedupesofourownhospitality;wehaveshelteredinour
well provided house a needy body of strangers, who, well filled
withourcheer,areencouraged bytheunaccustomedfamiliarity
with which they are treated, first to upset the regulations of the
household,andthentoturntheirhostandhisfamilyoutofdoors.
CHAPTERVl.
Theevilfromimmigrationfurtherconsidered-ltspoliticalbearings-
The influence of emigrants at the elections-This influence
concentrated in the priests-The priests must be propitiated-By
whatmeans-Thisinfluenceeasilypurchasedbythedemagogue-
lxxiv
The unprincipled character of many of our politicians favor this
foreign attack-Their bargain for the suffrages of this priest-led
band-Achurchandstateparty-TheProtestantsectsobnoxiousto
no such bargaining-The newspaper press favors this foreign
attack-From its want of independence and its timidity-An anti-
republican fondness for titles favors this foreign attack-Cautious
attemptsofPoperytodignifyitsemissariesandtoaccustomusto
their high-sounding titles-A mistaken notion on the subject of
discussing religious opinion in the secular journals favors this
foreign attack-Political designs not to be shielded from attack
becausecloakedbyreligion.
l WlLL continue the consideration of some of the points in our
politicalsystem,ofwhichtheforeignconspiratorstakeadvantage
intheirattacksonourliberties.Wehaveseenthatfromthenature
of the case the emigrant Catholics generally are shamefully
illiterate,andwithoutopinionsoftheirown.Theyareandmustbe
underthedirectionoftheirpriests.Thepress,withitsarguments
fororagainstanypoliticalmeasure,canhavenoeffectonminds
taughtonlytothinkasthepriestthinks,andtodowhatthepriest
commands.Hereisalargebodyofignorantmenbroughtintoour
community, who are unapproachable by any of the ordinary
means of enlightening the people-a body of men who servilely
obeyasetofpriestsimportedfromabroad,boundtothecountry
lxxv
by none of the usual ties, owing allegiance and service to a
foreigngovernment,dependingonthatgovernmentforpromotion
andreward,andthisrewardtoodependsonthemannerinwhich
they discharge the duties prescribed to them by their foreign
master;whichis,doubtlessforthepresent,toconfinethemselves
simplyandwhollytoincreasingthenumberoftheirsectandthe
influenceofthePopeinthiscountry.ltismenthusofficeredand
ofsuchacharacter,thatwehaveplacedinallrespectsonalevel
at our elections with the same number of native patriotic and
intelligentcitizens.
TheJesuitsarefullyawareoftheadvantagetheyderivefromthis
circumstance. They know that a body of men admitted to
citizenship, unlearned in the true nature of American liberty,
exercising the elective franchise, totally uninfluenced by the
ordinarymethodsofreasoning,butpassivelyobedientonlytothe
commands of their priests, must give those priests great
consequencein theeyesof theleadersofpolitical parties;they
know that these leaders must esteem it very important that the
priests be propitiated. And how is a Catholic priest to be
propitiated?How,butbystipulatingforthatwhichwill
increasehispowerorthepowerofthechurch,forbeitalwaysbornein
mind,thattheyareidentical.TheRomanchurchisthebodyofpriests
andprelates;thelaityhaveonlytoobeyandtopay,nottoexercise
lxxvi
authority. The priest must be favored in his plans of destroying
Protestantism,andbuildingupPopery.Hemusthavemoneyfromthe
publictreasurytoendowCatholicinstitutions;hemustbeallowedto
have charters for these institutions which will confer extraordinary
powersupontheirJesuittrustees;Footnote:OneCollegeattheWest
underAustrianinfluence.Thefollowingfactillustratesthedangerous,
successfulintriguingspiritoftheJesuits,andtheculpablenegligence
ofoneofourstatelegislatures(thatofKentucky)whohasthussuffered
itself to be the dupe of Popish artifice. "St. Joseph's College, at
Bardstown, Kentucky, was incorporated by the State Legislature in
1824. The Bishop of Bardstown is Moderator, and five Priests are
Trustees.Andthereisthisprovisioninthecharter:"Thesaidtrustees
shallholdtheirstationinsaidcollegeoneyearonly,atwhichtimethe
saidmoderatorshallhavethepowerofelectingothers,orthesame,if
he shouldthinkproper, andincreasethenumber to twelve,and this
powermaybeexercisedbyhimeveryyearthereafter,orhissuccessor
orsuccessorstotheBishopric;andincaseoftheremoval,resignation
ordeathofeitherofthesaidtrustees,hisplacemaybesuppliedbyan
appointmentthatmaybemadebythesaidBishop,orhissuccessoror
successors,whomayalsobecomemoderatorsintheinstitution,and
actanddoasthesaidB.J.Flagetisempoweredbythisacttodo."
TheBishopofBardstown,inalettertoafriendinEurope,dated
February,1825,says:-"OurLegislaturehasjustincorporatedthe
college.TheBishopsofBardstownarecontinuedperpetuallyits
lxxvii
moderators or rectors. l might have dictated conditions, which l
couldnothavemademoreadvantageousorhonorable;andwhat
isstillmoreflatteringis,thattheseprivilegesweregrantedalmost
withoutanydiscussion,andwithunanimityinbothhouses."
NowthePopeitiswellknownappointsallBishops.Herethenis
onecollegeinthecountryalreadyplacedinperpetuounderthe
exclusivecontrolofthePope,andconsequentlyforanindefinite
periodunderthatofAustria!!hemustbepermittedquietlytobreak
down the Protestant Sabbath, by encouraging Catholics to buy
andsellonthatdayasonotherdays;inoneword,hemusthave
all the powers and privileges which the law or the officers
appointed to administer the law can conveniently bestow upon
him.Thedemagogueorthepartywhowillpromisetodomostfor
the accomplishment of these objects, will secure all the votes
which he controls. Surely there is great danger to our present
institutionsfromthissource,andmenasskilfulasaretheJesuits
wemaybesurewillnotfailtousethepowerthusthrownintotheir
handstoworkgreatmischieftotherepublic.
The recklessness and unprincipled character of too many of our
politiciansgiveagreatadvantagetotheseconspirators.Thereisaset
ofmeninthecountrywhowillhavepowerandoffice,costwhatthey
may; men who, without a particle of true patriotism, will yet ring the
changes on the glory and honor of their country, talk loud of liberty,
lxxviii
flatter the lowest prejudices, and fawn upon the powerful and the
influential; men who study politics only, that they may balance the
chancesoftheirownsuccessinfallinginwith,oropposing,thisorthat
fluctuating interest, without caring whether that interest tends to the
securityorthedownfalloftheircountry'sinstitutions.Tosuchpoliticians
abodyofmenthusdrilledbypriests,presentsawell fittedtool.The
bargainwiththepriestwillbeeasilystruck."Givemeoffice,andlwill
take care of the interests of your church." The effect of the bargain
uponthegreatmoralorpoliticalinterestsofthecountry,willnotfora
momentinfluencethecalculation.Thuswehaveamongusabodyof
men,areligioussect,whocanexerciseadirectcontrollinginfluencein
the politics of the country, and can be moved together in a solid
phalanx;wehaveachurchinterferingdirectlyandmostpowerfullyin
theaffairsofstate.Thereisnotinthewholecountryaparalleltothis
amongtheothersects.WhatclergymenoftheMethodists,orBaptists,
or Episcopalians, or of any other denomination, could command the
votesofthemembersoftheirseveralcongregationsintheelectionof
an individual to political office? The very idea of such power is
preposterous to a Protestant. No freeman, no man accustomed to
judgeforhimself,wouldsubmiteventobeadvised,unasked,byhis
ministerinamatterofthiskind,muchlessdictatedto.
Connected with these evils, and assisting to increase them, we
have a Press, to an alarming extent, wanting in independence.
Mostofourjournalsareavowedlyattachedtoaparticularparty,or
lxxix
to particular individuals, they are like council retained for a
particularcause;theyaretosayeverythingthatmakesinfavorof
theirclient,andconcealeverythingthatmakesagainsthim.Does
a question of principle arise, of fundamental importance to the
country?-the inquiry with a journal thus pledged is not, howare
ourfreeinstitutions,howisthecountryaffectedbythedecision,
buthowwillthedecisionaffecttheinterestsofourparticularparty
orfavorite?Howfewarethereamongournewspapereditorswho
daretotakeamanlystandfororagainstaprinciplethataffects
vitallytheconstitution,ifitisfoundtobearunfavorablyupontheir
partyortheircandidate?Apressthuswantinginmagnanimityand
independenceisthefitinstrumentforadvancingthepurposesof
unprincipledmen;andeditorsofthisstamp,andtheyareconfined
to no particular party, whether they have followed out their
conduct or not to its legitimate results can easily be made the
toolsofadespottosubvertthelibertiesoftheircountry.
Again we have, still unsubdued, some weaknesses: (perhaps they
belong to human nature,) of which advantage may be taken, to the
injuryofourrepublicancharacter,andinaidofdespotism,andwhich
may seem to some too trivial to merit notice in connection with the
moreseriousmattersjustconsidered.Oneoftheseweaknessesisan
anti-republicanfondnessfortitles;Footnote:Glory-givingTitles.Oneof
theplainestdoctrinesofAmericanRepublicanism,whichisessentially
lxxx
democratic, is, that mere glory-giving titles, or titles of servility, are
entirely opposed to its whole spirit. They are considered as one of
thoseartificial meansofkingcraftbywhichitfostersthataristocratic,
unholy pride in the human heart, which loves to domineer over its
fellow-man,whichlovesartificialdistinctionofranks,aprivilegedclass,
andofcoursewhichhelpstosustainthatwholesystemofregal and
papalusurpationwhichhassolongcursedmankind.lfsuchtitlesareto
someextentstillacknowledgedinthiscountry,theyhaveeitherbeen
thoughtlesslybutunwiselyusedasmereepithetsofcourtesy,orthey
aretheremainsofolddeep-rootedforeignhabits,which,inspiteofthe
uncongenialsoiltowhichtheyhavebeentransplanted,stillmaintaina
sortofwitheredexistence.ltnow,however,becomesaseriousinquiry,
whether this practice, hitherto seemingly unimportant, may not be
attendedwithdangertotheinstitutionsofthecountry.ForPopery,it
appears,isalreadytakingadvantageofthis,asofallotherweaknesses
inourhabitsandcustoms,tointroduceitsanti-democraticsystem,and
thistoowhileitmanifestsinwordsgreatzealindefenceofdemocratic
liberty.Letthedemocracylookwelltothis.
lsitasked,towhatextentshouldtitlesornamesofdistinctionbe
abolishedthroughouttheland,theanswerisplain.Everytitlethat
merely designates an office, is perfectly in accordance with our
institutions, such as President, Secretary, Senator, General,
Commodore,&c.Soarelettersafteranamewhichdesignatethe
office or membership in a society, but titles of reverence, titles
lxxxi
whichimplymoralqualities,suchasYourExcellency,YourHonor,
The Reverend, Rt. Reverend, Honorable, &c.; and letters which
implymoralorintellectualsuperiority,lthinkitmustbeconceded
arenownotonlyuselessbutdangerous.Thereneedsnolawto
abolishthesegewgawappendagestoaname;theymustbeleftto
the goodsenseof theindividual whousesthem,todiscontinue
them; and fortunately they generally belong to intellectual men,
whohavemindscapableofdiscerningtheremoteevilstowhich
the practice leads, and patriotism enough to make a greater
sacrifice than this occasion calls for to avert dangers which
threatentheircountry.
Will it be said that this is a little matter. Nothing is of little
consequence that may endanger, however remotely, the civil
libertyofthecountry.Naymore,nopracticeisunworthyofreform,
which continued may aid by its example in the surrender of
ReligiouslibertyintothehandsofPopery.andwhoeverhas
lived in the old world, and knows the extraordinary and powerful
influencewhichmeretitlesofhonorexerciseoverthemindsofmen,
and their tendency to keep in due subjection the artificial ranks into
whichdespoticandaristocraticpowerdividethepeople,subduingthe
lowerorderstotheirlordsandmasters,will notthinkitamissinthis
placetodrawattentiontothesubject.Republicansasweare,lfearwe
are influenced, in a greater degree than we are aware, by the high
lxxxii
soundingepithetswithwhichdespotismandaristocracysurroundtheir
officers,toaweintoreverencetheignorantmultitude.Anamehaving
halfadozentitlesforitsavantcouriers,andasmanyforitsrearguard,
swellsintoanimportance,evenintheestimationofourcitizens,which
the name alone, and especially the individual himself, could never
assume.LetMr.Brown,orMr.Smith,oranyotherintelligent,upright,
active citizen, be electedpresident of abenevolent society, doeshe
excitethegazeofthosewhomeethim,orinspireaweinthemultitude?
No one regards him but as a respectable, useful member of the
community.Butletuslearnthatagentleman,nothalfasintelligent,or
upright,oractive,istolandinourcitywhoisannouncedasthe"Most
lllustriousArchdukeandEminencehislmperialHighnesstheCardinal
andArchbishopofOlmutz,RODOLPH,(thislastisthegentleman'sreal
name)HighestCuratoroftheLeopoldFoundation,"andalthoughnot
half as capable in any respect as Mr. Brown, or Mr. Smith, or ten
thousand other honest, untitled citizens among us, l very much fear
that the Battery would be thronged, and the windows in Broadway
wouldbeindemand,andthestreetsfilledwithagapingcrowdtoseea
manwhocouldhavesuchamightyretinueofglitteringepithetsabout
him. Yet this title-blazoned gentleman holds the same office as Mr.
Brown or Mr. Smith. Poor human nature! Alas, for its weakness?
Footnote:Thereisreasontobelievewearereforminginthisparticular,
for we have now titled foreigners, respectable men, travellers in the
country, and our press no longer lends itself to announce their
unimportantpresenceormovements.
lxxxiii
Who is not struck with the difference of effect upon the
imagination,whenwedescribeapersonthus:"Mr.----,agood-
heartedoldgentleman,ratherweakinthehead,whofindsinthe
manufactureofsealing-waxoneofthechiefandmostagreeable
employmentsofhistime,"andwhenweshoulddescribeaman
thus:"HislmperialMajestyFRANClSl.,EmperorofAustria,King
of Jerusalem, Hungary, Bohemia, of Lombardy and Venice,
Dalmatia,Croatia,Sclavonia,Galizia,andLodomiria,Archdukeof
Austria,DukeofLorena,Salsburg,Styria,Carinthia,andCarniola,
GrandPrinceofTransylvania,MargraveofMoravia,CountPrince
ofHapsburg,andTyrol,"&c.&c.-andyetthesetwodescriptions
belongtooneandthesameindividual.
There used to be a sound democratic feeling in the country, which
spurnedsuchglossesofcharacterandfrownedoutofusemereglory-
givingtitle.Austria,however,isgradually(asfastasitisthoughtsafe)
introducingthesetitledgentlemenintothecountry.BishopFenwick,a
Catholic priest, is "his Grace of Cincinnati," Mr. Vicar-General Rese,
anotherpriest,isonly"hisReverence,"andBishopFlaget,andallthe
otherBishops,aresimpleMonseigneurs,thistitleinaforeignlanguage
being less harsh at present to republican ears than its plump,
aristocratic English translation, "My Lord Bishop of New-York," "My
LordBishopofBoston,""MyLordBishopofCharleston,"&c.&c.&c.As
weimprove,however,underCatholicinstruction,wemaycometobe
quitereconciledeventohisEminenceCardinal,soandso,andtoall
lxxxiv
theothergraduatedfooleries,whicharesowelladaptedtodazzlethe
ignorant.ThescarletcarriageofaCardinal,too,bedizzenedwithgold,
and containing the sacred person of some Jesuit, all scarlet and
humility, as is at this day often seen in Rome, may yet excite our
admirationasitrollsthroughourstreets,andevenaPope,(forinthese
republicantimesinltaly,whoknowsbuthisHolinessmayhaveleave
ofabsence,)yes,evenaPope,aVicegerentofGod,thegreatdivinely
appointed appointer of Rulers, the very centre from which all titles
emanate, may possibly in his scarlet and gold and jewel-decked
equipage, astonish our eyes, and prostrate us on our knees as he
movesdownBroadway.Tobesuresomeofhisrepublicanfriends,now
instrangeholyalliancewithhisfaithfulsubjectshere,mightfindtheir
Protestantkneesatfirstalittlestiff,yettheCatholicschoolswhichthey
areencouragingwiththeirvotesandtheirmoneyandtheirinfluence,
willsoonfurnishthemgoodinstructorsintheartofreverentialgesture,
andgenuflexion.
Again, there aresome minds of a peculiarly sensitivecast, that
cannotbeartohavethesubjectofreligiousopinionmootedinany
wayinthesecularjournals.Theyuseaplausibleargumentthat
satisfiesthem,namely,thatreligionistoosacredasubjecttobe
discussedbythedailypress.lagreetoacertainextent,andina
modifiedsense,withthissentiment,butitshouldberemembered
thatallisnotreligionwhichpassesunderthatname.Thepublic
safetymakesitnecessarysometimestostripoffthedisguise,and
lxxxv
showthetruecharacterofadesignwhichmayhaveassumedthe
sacredcloak,thebettertopassunchallengedbyjustsuchfeeble
heartedobjectors.Weresuchobjectionsvalid,howeasywouldit
beforthemostdangerouspoliticaldesigns,(asinthecaseweare
considering,) to assume a religious garb, and so escape
detection.Theexposurelamnowmakingoftheforeigndesigns
uponourliberties,maypossiblybemistakenforanattackonthe
Religion of the Catholics, yet l have not meddled with the
conscienceofanyCatholic;ifhehonestlybelievesthedoctrineof
Transubstantiation, or that by doing penance he will prepare
himself for heaven, or in the existence of Purgatory, or in the
efficacyofthe
prayersandmassesofpriests,tofreethesoulsofhisrelativesfromits
flames,orthatitisrighttoworshiptheVirginMary,ortopraytoSaints
orkeepholydays,ortorefrainfrommeatatcertaintimes,ortogoon
pilgrimages,orinthevirtueofrelics,orthatnonebutCatholicscanbe
saved,ormanyotherpoints;howeverwronglmayanddothinkhimto
be, it is foreign from the design of these chapters, to speak against
them.Butwhenheproclaimstotheworldthatall powertemporalas
wellasspiritualexistsinthePope,(denyingofcoursethefundamental
doctrineofrepublicanism;)thatlibertyofconscienceisa"raving,"and
"mostpestilential error,"that"heexecratesanddeteststhelibertyof
thepress;"whenhisintolerantcreedassertsthatnofaithistobekept
withheretics,(allbeinghereticsinthecreedofaCatholicwhoarenot
lxxxvi
Catholics,)andmanyotherpalpableanti-republicanaswellasimmoral
doctrines,hehasthenblendedwithhiscreedpoliticaltenetsthatvitally
affecttheveryexistenceofourgovernment,andnoassociationwith
religiousbeliefshallshieldthemfromobservationandrebuke.ltwould
indeed be singular if these mere "ravings" (the Pope's phrase is
appropriate here,) subversive of the fundamental principles of our
government, should be shielded from exposure because misnamed
religion.lfincendiariesorrobbersshouldensconcethemselveswithina
church,fromthewindowsandtowersofwhichtheywereassailingthe
people, the cry of sacrilege shall not prevent us from attempts to
dislodgethem,thoughthewallswhichprotectthemshouldsufferinthe
conflict.
CHAPTERVll.
The political character of this ostensibly religious enterprise
proved from the letters of the Jesuits now in this country-Their
antipathy to private judgment-Their anticipations of a change of
ourformofgovernment-Ourgovernmentdeclaredtoofreeforthe
exerciseoftheirdivinerights-Theirpoliticalpartialities-Theircold
acknowledgmentofthegenerosity,andliberality,andhospitality
ofourgovernment-Theirestimateofourconditioncontrastedwith
their estimate of that of Austria-Their acknowledged allegiance
and servility to a foreign master-Their sympathies with the
oppressor, and not with the oppressed-Their direct avowal of
lxxxvii
politicalintention.
LET me next show the political character of this ostensibly
religious effort, from the sentiments of the Austrian emissaries
expressed to their foreign patrons. The very nature of a
conspiracy of this kind precludes the possibility of much direct
evidence of political design; for Jesuit cunning and Austrian
duplicitywouldbesuretotreadwithunusualcautiononAmerican
ground. Yet if l can quote from their correspondence some
expressions of antipathy to our free principles, and to the
government; some hinting at the subversion of the government;
prevailing partialities for arbitrary government; and siding with
tyranny against the oppressed; and some acknowledgments of
POLlTlCALEFFECTStobeexpectedfromtheoperationsofthe
society, l shall have exhibited evidence enough to put every
citizen who values his birthright, upon the strict watch of these
men and their adherents, and to show the importance of some
measuresofrepellingthisinsidiousinvasionofthecountry.
TheBishopofBaltimorewritingtotheAustrianSociety,laments
the wretched state of the Catholic religion in Virginia, and as a
proof of the difficulty it has to contend with, (a proof doubtless
shockingtothepiousdocilityofhisAustrianreaders,)hesays:
"lsenttoRichmondazealousmissionary,anativeofAmerica.He
lxxxviii
travelledthroughthewholeofVirginia.TheProtestantsflockedon
all sides to hear him, they offered him their churches,
courthouses, and other public buildings, to preach in, which
however is not at all surprising, for the people are divided into
numerous sects, and know not what faith to embrace. ln
consequenceofbeingspoiledbybadinstruction,theywilljudge
everythingthemselves;they,therefore,heareagerlyeverynew
comer," &c. The Bishop, if he had the power, would of course
changethis"badinstruction"forbetter,and,asin
Catholiccountries,wouldrelievethemfromthetroubleofjudgingfor
themselves. Thus the liberty of private judgment and freedom of
opinion,guaranteedbyourinstitutions,areavowedlyanobstacletothe
successoftheCatholics.lsitnotnaturalthatCatholicsshoulddesireto
removethisobstacleoutoftheirway?Footnote:ACatholicjournalof
this city, (the Register and Diary,) was put into my hands as l has
completed this last paragraph. lt contains the same sentiment, so
illustrative of the natural abhorrence of Catholics to the exercise of
privatejudgment,thatlcannotforbearquotingit.
"WeseriouslyadviseCatholicparentstobeverycautiousinthe
choiceofschool-booksfortheirchildren.Thereismoredangerto
beapprehendedinthisquarter,thancouldbeconceived.Parents,
weareaware,havenotalwaysthetimeorpatiencetoexamine
thesematters:butiftheytrustimplicitlytous,weshallwithGod's
lxxxix
help,doitforthem.Legimusnelegantur."Weread,thattheymay
notread!!
How kind! they will save parents all the trouble of judging for
themselves,but"wemustbetrustedimplicitly"WouldaProtestant
journalthusdaretotakelibertieswithitsreaders?
MyLordBishopFlaget,ofBardstown,Kentucky,ina.lettertohis
patronsabroad,hasthisplainhintatanulteriorpoliticaldesign,
and that no less that the entire subversion of our republican
government.Speakingofthedifficultiesanddiscouragementsthe
Catholic missionaries have to contend with in converting the
lndians, the last difficulty in the way he says, is "their continual
traffic among the whites, WHlCH CANNOT BE HlNDERED AS
LONG AS THE REPUBLlCAN GOVERNMENT SHALL
SUBSlST!"Whatisthisbutsaying,thatarepublicangovernment
isunfavorableinitsnaturetotherestrictionswedeemnecessary
totheextensionoftheCatholicreligion;whenthetimeshallcome
that the present government shall be subverted, which we are
lookingforwardto,orhopefor,wecanthenhinderthistraffic?
Mr. Baraga, the German missionary in Michigan, seems
impressedwiththesameconvictionoftheunhappyinfluenceofa
freegovernmentuponhisattemptstomakeconvertstothechurch
ofRome.lngivinganaccountoftherefusalofsomepersonsto
xc
havetheirchildrenbaptized,helaysthefaultonthis,"TOOFREE
(allzufreien)GOVERNMENT."lnamoredespoticgovernment,in
ltaly or Austria, he would have been able to put in force
compulsory baptism on these children. Footnote: Compulsory
Baptism. Perhaps Father Baraga was thinking of the facilities
afforded in Spain in the time of Ximenes for administering
baptism, when "Fifty thousand (50,000,) Moors under terror of
deathandtorturereceivedthegraceofbaptism,andmorethanan
equalnumberoftherefractorywerecondemned,of
whom2,536wereburntalive."Mayourgovernmentlongbe"toofree"
for the enacting of such barbarity. These few extracts are quite
sufficient to show how our form of government, which gives to the
Catholicsallthefreedomandfacilitiesthatothersectsenjoy,doesfrom
itsverynatureembarrasstheirdespoticplans.Accustomedtodictate
at home, how annoying it is to these Austrian ecclesiastics to be
obligedtoputofftheirauthority,toyieldtheirdivinerightofjudgingfor
others, to be compelled to get at men through their reason and
conscience, instead of the more summary way of compulsion! The
dispositiontouseforceiftheycould,showsitselfinspiteofall their
caution.Theinclinationisthere.ltisreinedinbycircumstances.They
wantonlystrengthtoactouttheinherentdespotismofPopery.
Butletmeshowwhataresomeofthepoliticalpartialitieswhich
theseforeignemissariesdiscoverintheirlettersandstatementsto
xci
their Austrian supporters. They acknowledge their unsuspicious
receptionbythepeopleoftheUnitedStates;theyacknowledge
thatProtestantsinallpartsofthecountryhaveevenaidedthem
withmoneytobuildtheirchapelsandcollegesandnunneries,and
treated them with liberality and hospitality, and-strange
infatuation!!-have been so monstrously foolish as to intrust their
children to them to be educated! so infatuated as to confide in
theirhonorandintheirpromisesthattheywouldusenoattempts
toproselytethem!Andwithallthis,doesitnotonceoccurtothese
gentleman, that this liberality, and generosity and openness of
characterarethefruitsofProtestantrepublicanism?Mightwenot
expectatleastthatPopery,wereitrepublicaninitsnature,would
find something in all this that would excite admiration, and call
forthsomepraiseofasystemsocontrastedtothatofanyother
government; some acknowledgments to the government of the
countrythatprotectsit,andallowsitsemissariestheunparalleled
liberty even to plot the downfall of the state? But no, the
governmentoftheUnitedStatesisnotoncementionedinpraise.
The very principle of the government, through which they are
tolerated, is thus slightingly noticed: "The government of the
United States has thought fit to adopt a complete indifference
towardallreligions."Footnote:Quart.Regist.Feb.1830,p.198.
Theycanrecognizenonoblerprinciplethanindifference.
xcii
Again,ofthepeopleofourcountrytheythuswrite:"Weintreatall
EuropeanChristianstouniteinprayertoGodfortheconversionof
theseunhappyheathen,andobstinateheretics."Wearespoken
ofasacountry"onwhichthelightoffaithhashithertonotshined."
"Avastcountry,destituteofallspiritualandtemporalresources."
But if Austria is mentioned, what are the terms? "Your Society,
(theLeopoldFoundation)whichisanornamenttotheillustrious
AustrianEmpire,"-"thenobleandgenerous
inhabitants of the Austrian empire." " Of many circumstances in our
condition,fewperhapsinyourhappyempirecanformacorrectnotion;"
andagain,"Herearemanychurches,ifyoumaysocallthemiserable
wooden buildings, differing little from the barns of your happy land!"
Austria, happy land!! How enthusiastic, too, is another Bishop, who
writes, "we cannot sufficiently praise our good Emperor (of Austria,)
were we to extol him to the third heaven!" Such are the political
partialitieswhicharediscoveredinvariouspartsofthesedocuments.
Are they in favor of our republican darkness, and heathenism, and
misery,orofAustrianlight,andpietyandhappiness?
lnthestrugglesoftheEuropeanpeoplefortheirliberty,dothese
foreign teachers sympathize with the oppressor or with the
oppressed?"Francenomorehelpsus,"(CharlesX.hadjustbeen
dethroned,) "and Rome, beset by enemies to the church and
publicorder,isnotinaconditiontohelpus."Andwhoarethese
xciii
menstigmatizedasenemiesofpublicorder?Theyaretheltalian
patriotsoftheRevolutionof1831,thanwhomourowncountryin
the perils of its own Revolution did not produce men more
courageous,morefirm,morewise,moretolerant,morepatriotic;
menwhohadfreedtheircountryfromthebondsofdespotismina
struggle almost bloodless, for the people were with them; men
who, in the spirit of American patriots, were organizing a free
government;rectifyingtheabusesofPapalmisrule,andwho,in
thefewweeksoftheirpower,hadaccomplishedyearsofbenefit.
Thesearethemenafterwardsdraggedtodeath,ortoprisonby
Austrian intruders, and styled by our Jesuits, enemies of public
order!Austriaherselfusestheself-sametermstostigmatizethose
whoresistoppression.lwill noticeoneextractmore, towhichl
wouldcallthespecialattentionofmyreaders.ltisfromoneofthe
reports of the society in Lyons, which society had the principal
managementofAmericanmissionsunderCharles X. Whenthis
bigotedmonarchwasdethroned,andliberalprinciplesreignedin
France, the society so languished that Austria took the design
more completely into her own hands, and through the Leopold
Foundationshehastheenterprisenowunderhermoreimmediate
guardianship.
"Our beloved king (Charles X.) has given the society his
protection,andhasenrolledhisnameasasubscriber.Oursociety
xciv
has also made rapid progress in the neighboring states of
Piedmont and Savoy. The pious rulers of those lands, and the
chiefecclesiastics,havegivenitafriendlyreception."
CharlesX.,beitnoticed,andthedespoticrulersofPiedmontand
Savoy, took a special interest in this American enterprise. The
reportgoesontosay-
"Who can doubt that an institution which has a purely spiritual aim
whoseonlyobjectistheconversionofsouls,desiresnothinglessthan
to make whole nations, on whom the light of faith has hitherto not
shined, partakers of the knowledge of the gospel; an institution
solemnlysanctionedbythesupremeheadofthechurch:which,aswe
havealreadyremarked,enjoystheprotectionofourpiousmonarch,the
supportofarchbishopsandbishops;aninstitutionestablishedinacity
under the inspection of officers, at whose head stands the great
almoner,andwhichnumbersamongitsmembers,menalikehonorable
fortheirrankinchurchandstate;aninstitutionofwhichhisexcellency
theministerofchurchaffairs,latelysaid,inhisplaceintheChamberof
Deputies,that,independentofitspurelyspiritual design,lTWASOF
GREATPOLlTlCALlNTEREST."
Observe that great pains are here taken to impress upon the
publicmindthepurelyspiritualaim,thepurelyspiritualdesignof
thesociety,andyetoneoftheFrenchministers,intheChamber
ofDeputies,statesdirectlythatithasanotherdesign,andthatit
xcv
wasof"GREATPOLlTlCALlNTEREST."-Hegivessomeofthese
political objects-"because it planted the French name in distant
countries,causedit,bythemildinfluenceofourmissionaries,to
belovedandhonored,andthusopenedtoourtradeandindustry
useful channels," &c. Now if some political effects are already
avowedasintendedtobeproducedbythissociety,andthattoo,
immediatelyafterreiterating its purelyspiritual design,whymay
not that particular political effect be also intended, of far more
importancetotheinterestsofdespotism,namely,thesubversion
ofourRepublicaninstitutions?
CHAPTERVlll.
Some of the means by which Jesuits can already operate
politicallyin the country-By mob discipline-Bypriest police-Their
great danger-Already established-Proofs-Priestsalreadyrule the
mob-NothingintheprinciplesofPoperytopreventitsinterference
inourelections-Poperyinterferesatthepresentdayinthepolitics
ofothercountries-Poperythesameinourcountry-ltinterferesin
our elections-ln Michigan-ln Charleston, S. C.-ln New-York-
PoperyapoliticaldespotismcloakedunderthenameofReligion-lt
is Church and State embodied-lts character at head-quarters in
ltaly-ltspoliticalcharacterstrippedofitsreligiouscloak
BUTsomeofmyreaders,notwithstandingtheymaybeconvinced
xcvi
thatitisfortheinterestofdespotismtosubvertourinstitutions,
and are even persuaded that this grand enterprise has been
actuallyundertaken,maybeinclinedtoaskinwhatmannercan
thedespotsofEuropeeffect,bymeansofPopishemissaries,any
thing in this country to counteract the influence of our liberal
institutions?lnwhatwaycantheyoperatehere?
Withthenecessityexistingofdoingsomethingfromtheinstinctof
self-preservation,tochecktheinfluenceofourfreeinstitutionson
Europe, with the funds provided, and agents on the spot
interested in their plans, one would think it needed but little
sagacitytofindmodesandopportunitiesofoperating,especially
too,whensuchvulnerablepointsaslhaveexposed,(andthere
aremanymorewhichlhavenotbroughtforward,)inviteattack.
Toanysuchinquirers,letmesay,therearemanywaysinwhicha
bodyorganizedasaretheCatholics,andmovinginconcert,might
disturb(tousethemildestterm)the goodorderofthe republic,
andthuscompelustopresenttoobservingEuropethespectacle
ofrepublicananarchy. Whois not aware that a greatportion of
that stuff which composes a mob, ripe forriot orexcess of any
kind,andofwhichwehaveeveryweekortwo,afreshexamplein
some part of the country, is a Catholic population; Footnote:
PriestscontroltheMob.lffartherproofwerewantingofthefactof
xcvii
thesupremeinfluenceoftheCatholicpriestsoverthemob,itis
opportunelyfurnishedinthetestimonyonthetrialoftheriotersat
Charlestown, (Mass.). Mr. Edward Cutter testified that the Lady
Superior,inaninterviewprevioustotheburningoftheconvent,
thusthreatenedhim;shesaid"thebishophad20,000ofthevilest
(orboldest)lrishmenunderhiscontrol,whowouldteardownthe
houses of Mr. Cutter and others; and that the selectmen of
Charlestownmightreadtheriotacttill theywerehoarse,and it
wouldbeofnouse."
ButifanydoubtisthrownoverMr.Cutter'stestimonybecauseheisa
Protestant,hearwhattheLadySuperiorherselftestifies;"ltoldhim,"
she says, that "the Right Reverend Bishop's influence over ten
thousandbravelrishmenmightleadtothedestructionofhisproperty,
andthatofothers."
Herewehavethestartlingfact,acknowledgedinacourtofjustice
bytheSuperioroftheconvent,thattheBishophassuchinfluence
overamobofforeigners,thathecanusethemforvengeanceor
restrainthematpleasure.Thequestionthatoccursis,Howmuch
strongerisitnecessaryforthisforeigncorpstobecome,beforeit
may prudently act offensively against our noxious Protestant
institutions?ThefactisestablishedbyCatholictestimony,thatthe
Popish population is not an unorganized mob, but is moved by
priestlyleaders,JesuitforeignersinthepayofAustria.Theyare
xcviii
ready to keep quiet or to strike as circumstances may render
expedient. But exclusive of other proof, another most important
fact is rendered certain by this singular confession of the Lady
Superior,andthatisRomanCatholicinterferenceinourelections.
Jesuitsarenotinthehabitofslightingtheiradvantages,andthe
Bishopwhocancontroltenortwentythousand,orfivehundred
thousandmen,asthecasemaybe,forthepurposeofdestruction
and riot, can certainly control the votes of these obedient
instruments!WillnotAmericanfreemenwaketotheapprehension
of a truth like this?and what makesit turbulent? lgnorance, an
ignorancewhichitisfortheinterestofitsleadersnottoenlighten;
forenlightenamanandhewillthinkforhimself,andhavesome
self-respect;hewillunderstandthelawsandknowhisinterestin
obeyingthem.Keephiminignorance,andheistheslaveofthe
man who will flatter his passions and appetites, or awe him by
superstitiousfears.Againsttheoutbreakingsofsuchmen,society,
asit isconstitutedonourfreesystem,canprotectitselfonlyin
one of two ways: it must either bring these men under the
influence and control of a sound republican and religious
education,oritmustcallintheaidofthepriestswhogovernthem,
and who may permit, and direct, or restrain their turbulence, in
accordancewithwhattheymayjudgeatanyparticulartimetobe
the interest of the church. Yes, be it well remarked, the same
xcix
handsthatcan,wheneveritsuitstheirinterest,restrain,canalso,
at the proper time, "let slip the dogs of war." ln this mode of
restraintbyapoliceofpriests,bysubstitutingtheecclesiasticalfor
the civil power, the priest-led mobs of Portugal and Spain, and
SouthAmerica,areinstructiveexamples.Andstartnot,American
reader, this kind of police is already established in our country!
Wehavehadmobsagainandagain,whichneitherthecivil nor
military power have availed any thing to quell, until the magic
'peace,bestill' oftheCatholicpriesthashushedthewinds,and
calmed the waves of popular tumult. Footnote: At the time this
waswritten,riotsinthiscountrywerealmostentirelyconfinedto
theemigrantsfromforeigncountriesemployedaslaborersonour
rail-roads,canals,
&c.Whilelwrite,whatmeanthenegotiations,betweentwolrishbands
ofemigrants,inhostilearrayagainsteachother,sheddingeachother's
blooduponoursoil,settlingwiththebayonetmiserableforeignfeuds
whichtheyhavebroughtoverthewaterswiththem?Whyhavenotthe
civil andmilitarypowerbeenabletorestoreorderamongthem,and
obediencetoourlaws,withoutcallingintheprieststonegotiateand
settle the terms on which they will cease from violating our laws?
Footnote:Asourreadershaveprobablyforgottentheparticularsofthe
affair here alluded to, we subjoin from the Journal of Commerce, a
copyoftheagreementsubscribedbytheleadersoftheriot.Thecivil
andmilitaryauthoritiesofMarylandhadtriedrepeatedly,butinvain,to
quelltheriot.-Ed.Obs.
TheJesuitConspiracyAllRightsReservedbyJamesENance2014c
FromtheJournalofCommerce.
THERlOTERS.-ltappearsbythefollowingnotice,thattherioters
on the Baltimore and Washington Rail-road have concluded a
treaty of peace, through the intervention of a priest. There was
considerabletalkduringthelateriotsinthiscity,ofcallinginthe
agencyofthepriests,toputanendtothedisturbance.Nodoubtit
wouldhavebeeneffectual.
AGREEMENT.Onthe24thofJune,1834,thesubscribers,inthe
presence of the Rev. John McElroy, have respectively and
mutuallyagreedtoburyforever,ontheirownpart,andonbehalf
oftheirrespectivesectionsofcountry,allremembranceoffeuds
andanimosities,aswellasinjuriessustained.Theyalsopromise
to each other, and make a sincere tender of their intention to
preservepeace,harmony,andgoodfeelingbetweenpersonsof
everypartoftheirnativecountrywithoutdistinction.
They further mutually agree to exclude from their houses and
premises all disorderly persons of every kind, and particularly
habitualdrunkards.Theyarealsoresolved,anddointendtoapply
inallcaseswhereitisnecessary,tothecivilauthorities,ortothe
lawsofthecountryforredress-andfinallytheyaredeterminedto
use their utmost endeavors to enforce, by word and example,
these,theirjointandunanimousresolutions.
ci
Signedbyfourteenofthemenemployedonthe4th,5th,and8th
sections of the 2d division, B. and W. R. R. } on behalf of all
employed.
And also by thirteen of the 8th section of the 1st division. } on
behalfofallemployed.
Havethepriestsbecomenecessaryinourpoliticalsystem?Havethe
emissariesofaforeigndespoticpowerstolenthismarchuponus?Can
they tell their foreign masters, "we already rule the mob?" Yes, and
facts will bear them out in their boasting. Footnote: See previous
footnote"PriestscontroltheMob."
And what now prevents the interference of Catholics as a sect
directly in the political elections of the country? They are
organizedundertheirpriests:lsthereanythingintheirreligious
principlestorestrainthem?DonotCatholicsofthepresentday
usethebondsofreligiousuniontoeffectpoliticalobjectsinother
countries? Did not the Pope interfere in Poland in the late
revolution, and through the priests command submission to the
tyrannyoftheCzar?Atthemomentlamwriting,arenotmonks
andpriestsleadersinthefieldofbattleinSpain;inPortugal?ls
notthePopeencouragingthetroopsofDonMiguel,andexciting
priests and people to arms in a civil contest? Has Popery
abandoneditseverbusymeddlinginthepoliticsofthecountries
cii
where it obtains foothold? Footnote: Political interference of
Popery. The kind of interference in the political affairs, of other
countries by the Sovereign of Rome, may be learned from the
following extracts from the Pope's Proclamation against Don
Pedro in which he thus speaks of Portugal.-He laments the
defection of "That kingdom, cited, until now, as a model of
devotionandoffidelitytotheCatholicfaith,totheHolySee,and
totheRomanpontiffs,ourpredecessors;akingdomwhich,asis
meet, has already felt it an honor to obey its Sovereigns,
distinguishedbythetitleofMostfaithfulKings.Weconfessthat
wecouldnotatfirstbelievewhatreportandpublicrumorrelated
uponenterprisessoaudacious,buttheunexpectedreturntoltaly
of him who represented us in the said kingdom as Apostolic
Nuncio,andthemostpositivetestimonyofmanypersons,soon
convincedusthatwhathadbeenpreviouslyannouncedtouswas
buttootrue.
"ltisthenascertainasitisgreatlytobedeplored,thattheabove-
mentioned Government has unjustly driven away him who
represented our person and the Holy See, commanding him to
quitthekingdomwithoutdelay.Butaftersogrossaninsultoffered
totheHolySee,andtous,theaudacityoftheseperversemen
basbeencarriedstillfurtheragainsttheCatholicChurch,against
ecclesiastical property, against the inviolable rights of the Holy
ciii
See.Considering that all thesemeasureshave been exercised,
almostattheaccessionofanewPower,andinconsequenceofa
conspiracy prepared beforehand, our mind is filled with horror,
andwecannotrefrainfromtears.Allthepublicprisonshavebeen
opened,and,afterhavingletthosewhoweredetainedtherego
forth,theyhavethrownintothem,intheirplace,someofthoseof
whomitiswritten,TouchnotmyAnointed.Laymenhaverashly
arrogated to themselves a powerover sacred things; they have
proclaimedageneralreformofthesecularclergy,andofreligious
ordersofbothsexes."
Afterenumeratingvariousactsofrigorofthenewgovernmentagainst
thosepriests,monksandotherecclesiastics,whohadtakenanactive
part in the civil war,the Pope continues:-"For this reason,venerable
brethren, we expressly proclaim that we absolutely reprobate all the
decrees issued by the aforesaid government of Lisbon, to the great
detrimentoftheChurch,ofitsholyministers,oftheecclesiasticallaw,
andHolySeeprerogatives;we,therefore,declarethemtobenulland
of no effect, and express our most serious complaints against the
audaciousmeasureswehavereferredto;wedeclarethatinexercising
thedutiesofouroffice,andwithGod'shelp,wewillopposeourselves
asawallfortheHouseoflsrael,andshowourselvesinthecombatat
the day of the Lord, as the interests of religion and the gravity of
circumstancesmayrequire."
civ
He hopes this low rumbling of the thunders of the Vatican will
prevent his "having recourse to those spiritual arms with which
God has invested his apostolic ministry," namely anathemas,
cursesofexcommunication,&c.Andthesearenottherecordsof
doingsofthedarkages,butarefreshfromthepapalthrone,the
actsof1833.
Willitbesaid,thathoweverofficiousintheoldcountries,yethere,
by some strange metamorphosis, Popery has changed its
character,andismodifiedbyourinstitutions;thathereitissurely
religious,seekingonlythereligiouswelfareofthepeople,thatit
does not meddle with the state? Footnote: lf any suppose that
Popery meddles not with civil matters in this country, let them
peruse the following extract of a letter from one of their
missionaries.
"Mr.Baragato theCentral Directionof theLeopoldFoundation,
datedL'ARBRECROCHE,October10th,1832.
" * * On the 5th of August, after partaking the sacrament of
confirmation,thebishopcalledallthechiefsandheadmenofthe
mission,andmadeknowntothemsomecivillaws,whichhehad
madefortheOttowas.Thelndiansreceivedtheselawswithmuch
pleasure, andpromisedsolemnly toobeythem.The missionary
andfourchiefsaretheadministratorsoftheselaws.
cv
"FREDERlCKBARAGA,Missionary."
HereisaspecimenofthedispositionofPoperytomeddleincivil
mattersinthiscountrywhereithasthepower;theBishopisthe
propounder,andtheMissionaryoneoftheadministratorsofthe
civillaws.ltisnottruethatPoperymeddlesnotwiththepoliticsof
thecountry.Theclovenfoothasalreadyshown
itself.Poperyisorganizedattheelections!Forexample:lnMichigan
the Bishop Richard, a Jesuit (since deceased,) was several times
chosen delegate to Congress from the Territory, the majority of the
people being Catholics. As Protestants became more numerous, the
contest between the bishop and his Protestant rival was more and
moreclose,untilatlengthbytheincreaseofProtestantimmigrationthe
lattertriumphed.Thebishop,inordertodetectanydelinquencyinhis
flockatthepolls,hadhisticketprintedoncoloredpaper;whetherany
weresomutinousasnottovoteaccordingtoorders,orwhatpenance
wasinflictedfordisobedience,ldidnotlearn.Thefactofsuchatruly
Jesuiticalmodeofespionagelhavefromagentlemanresidentatthat
timeinDetroit.lsnotafactlikethisofsomeimportance?Doesitnot
show that Popery, with all its speciousness, is the same here as
elsewhere; it manifests, when it has the opportunity, its genuine
disposition to use spiritual power for the promotion of its temporal
ambition.ltusesitsecclesiasticalweaponstocontrolanelection.
lnCharleston,S.C.,theRomanCatholicBishopEnglandissaid
cvi
tohaveboastedofthenumberofvotesthathecouldcontrolatan
election. l have been informed, on authority which cannot be
doubted that in New-York, a priest, in a late election for city
officers, stopped his congregation after mass on Sunday and
urged the electors not to vote for a particular candidate, on the
groundofhisbeingananti-Catholic;theresultwastheelectionof
theCatholiccandidate.
lt is unnecessary to multiply facts of this nature nor will it be
objectedthattheseinstancesareunworthyofnotice,becauseof
their local or circumscribed character. Surely American
Protestants, freemen, have discernment enough to discover
beneaththemtheclovenfootofthissubtleforeignheresy,andwill
not wait for a more extensive, disastrous, and overwhelming
politicalinterference,eretheyassumetheattitudeofwatchfulness
anddefence.TheywillseethatPoperyisnow,whatithasever
been, a system of the darkest political intrigue and despotism,
cloakingitselftoavoidattackunderthesacrednameofreligion.
They will be deeply impressed with the truth, that Popery is a
politicalaswellasareligioussystem;thatinthisrespectitdiffers
totallyfromallothersects,fromallotherformsofreligioninthe
country? Popery embodies in itself THE CLOSEST UNlON OF
CHURCH AND STATE. Observe it at the fountain head. ln the
Roman States the civil and ecclesiastical offices are blended
cvii
togetherinthesameindividual.ThePopeistheKing.ACardinal
isSecretaryofState.TheConsistoryofCardinalsistheCabinet
Council,theMinistry,andtheyareViceroysintheprovinces.The
ArchbishopsareAmbassadorstoforeigncourts.TheBishopsare
JudgesandMagistrates,andtheroadtoprefermenttomostifnot
all thegreatofficesofStateisthroughthepriesthood.lnRome
andthepatrimonyofSt.Peterthetemporalandspiritualpowers
aresocloselyunitedinthesameindividual,thatnoattackcanbe
made on any temporal misrule, without drawing down upon the
assailantsthevengeanceofthespiritualpowerexercisedbythesame
individual.lstheJudgecorruptoroppressive;anddothepeoplerise
againsthim,theJudgeretiresintotheBishop,andinhissacredretreat
cries"TouchnottheLord'sanointed."Canwenotdiscernthepolitical
character of Popery? Shall the name of Religion, artfully connected
withit,stillblindoureyes?Letussupposeabodyofmentocombine
together,andclaimastheirright,thatallpublicandprivateproperty,of
whateverkind,isheldattheirdisposal;thattheyalonearetojudgeof
theirownrighttodisposeofit;thattheyaloneareauthorizedtothinkor
speak on the subject; that they who speak or write in opposition to
themaretraitors,andmustbeputtodeath;thatalltemporalpoweris
secondary to theirs and amenable to their superior and infallible
judgment; and thebetter tohide the presumption ofthesetyrannical
claims,supposethatthesemenshouldpretendtodivinerightandcall
their system Religion, and so claim the protection of our laws, and
cviii
pleading conscience, demand to be tolerated. Would the name of
Religionbeacloaksufficientlythicktohidesuchabsurdity,andshield
itfromthefrownofpublicindignation?TakethenfromPoperyitsname
ofReligion,stripitsofficersoftheirpompoustitlesofsacredness,and
its decrees of the nauseous cant of piety, Footnote: Through the
Leopold foundation reports there is this perpetual cant of piety. We
have "pious prelate," "pious purpose," "pious end," "pious curiosity,"
"piousdread,"andeven"piousprogress,"and"piousdress."andwhat
haveyouremaining?lsitnotanaked,odiousDespotism,depending
foritsstrengthontheobservanceofthestrictestmilitarydisciplineinits
ranks, from the Pope, through his Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops,
&c., down to the lowest priest of his dominions? And is not this
despotismactingpoliticallyinthiscountry?
Let us suppose, for the sake of illustration, that the Emperor of
Russia,inaconceiteddreamofdivinerighttouniversalempire,
shouldparceloutourcountryintoconvenientdistricts,andshould
proclaim his intention to exercise his rightful sway over these
States,nownotowninghiscontrol.Shouldwenotjustlylaughat
his ridiculous pretensions? But suppose he should proceed to
appointhisViceroys,GrandlmperialDukes,givingtoonethetitle
of "his Grace of Albany," to another the "Grand Duke of
Washington,"andtoanother"hislmperialHighnessofSavannah,"
andshouldsendthemouttotakepossessionoftheirdistricts,and
subduethepeopleasfastaspracticabletotheirproperobedience
cix
tohislegitimatesway.AndshouldthesepompousViceroys,with
their train of sub-officers, actually come over from Russia, and
erect their government houses, and commence by compliant
mannersandfair
promises to procure lands and rentals to hold in the power of the
Emperor,andundertheguiseofeducatingtherisinggenerationshould
begintosapthefoundationsoftheirattachmenttothisgovernment,by
blinding their reasoning faculties, and by the Russian catechism
instillingthedoctrineofpassiveobedienceandthedivinerightofthe
Emperor, what should we say to all this? Ridiculous as the first
conceiteddreamofimperial ambitionappeared,ifmattersgottothis
pass,weshouldbegintothinkthattherewassomethingseriousinthe
attempt,andveryproperlytoo,bealittlealarmed.Supposethenfurther
that the Emperor's cause, by Russian emigration, and the money
suppliedbytheEmperor,hadbecomesostrongthattheViceroyswere
emboldenedinacautiousway,totrytheirinfluenceuponsomeofthe
localelections,thattheRussianpartyhadbecomeabodysomewhat
formidable,thatitsforeignleadershadtheirpassiveobediencetroops,
sowellundercommandastomakethemselvesnecessaryinthepolice
ofthecountry,thatwefearedtooffendthem,thatthesecularpress
favoredthem;Footnote:lsthisaharshjudgmentonthesecularpress?
lfasecularpaperventurestoremonstrateagainstCatholics,isnotthe
cryofintoleranceorpersecutionatonceraisedandtheeditorscared
away from his duty of exposing the secret political enemies of the
cx
republic, under the false notion that he is engaged in a Religious
controversy?andtheunprincipledcourtedthem;towhatpointthen,in
theprocessofgraduallysurrenderingourlibertiestotheRussianCzar,
shouldwehavecome;andhowneartotheiraccomplishmentwouldbe
those wild dreams of imperial ambition, which we had in the first
instance ridiculed? And is this a caricature? What is the difference
betweenthereal claims, and efforts,andconditionof Popery at this
momentintheseUnitedStates,andthesupposedclaims,andefforts,
andconditionoftheRussiandespotism?
TheonecomesdisguisedunderthenameofReligion,theother,
morehonestandmoreharmless,wouldcomeinitsrealpolitical
name.
GivethelatterthenameofReligion,calltheEmperor,Pope,and
his Viceroys, Bishops, interlard the imperial decrees with pious
cant, and you have the case of pretension, and intrigue, and
successtoo,whichhasactuallypassedintheseUnitedStates!
Yes,theKingofRome,actingbythepromptingsoftheAustrian
Cabinet, and in the plentitude of his usurpation, has already
extended his sceptre over our land, he has divided us up into
provinces,andappointedhisViceroyswhoclaimtheirjurisdiction,
Footnote:"lndianaandlllinois,twostates
our countrydepending on my jurisdiction!"-[My Lord Bishp Flaget's
cxi
letter.]fromahigherpowerthanexistsinthiscountry,evenfromhis
majesty himself, who appoints them, who removes them at will, to
whom they owe allegiance, for the extension of whose temporal
kingdom they are exerting themselves, and whose success let it be
indeliblyimpressedonyourminds,isthecertaindestructionofthefree
institutionsof.
CHAPTERlX.
Evidence enough of conspiracy adduced to create great alarm-
Thecauseoflibertyuniversallydemandsthatweshouldawaketo
a sense of danger-An attack is made which is to try the moral
strength of the republic-The mode of defence that might be
consistently recommended by Austrian Popery-A mode now in
actual operation in Europe-Contrary to the entire spirit of
American Protestantism-True mode of defence-Popery must be
opposed by antagonist institutions-lgnorance must be dispelled-
Popular ignorance of all Papal countries-Popery the natural
enemyofgeneraleducation-Popisheffortstospreadeducationin
theUnitedStatesdelusive
ls not the evidence l have exhibited in my previous numbers
sufficientlystrongtoprovetomycountrymentheexistenceofa
foreignconspiracyagainstthelibertiesofthecountry?Doesthe
natureofthecaseadmitofstrongerevidence?ormustwewaitfor
cxii
some positive, undisguised acts of oppression, before we will
believethatweareattackedandindanger?Mustwewaitfora
formaldeclarationofwar?Theserpenthasalreadycommenced
hiscoilaboutourlimbs,andthelethargyofhispoisoniscreeping
over us; shall we be more sensible of the torpor when it has
fasteneduponourvitals?Thehouseisonfire;canwenotbelieve
it,tilltheflameshavetouchedourflesh?lsnottheenemyalready
organized in the land? Can we not perceive all around us the
evidence of his presence? Have not the wily manoeuverings of
despotismalreadycommenced?lshenotinveiglingourchildren
to his schools? ls he not intriguing with the press? ls he not
usurping the police of the country, and showing his front in our
politicalcouncils?Becausenofoeisonthesea,nohostilearmies
onourplains,maywesleepsecurely?Shallwewatchonlyonthe
outerwalls,whilethesappersandminersofforeigndespotsareat
work under our feet, and stealthily advancing beneath the very
citadel?Whereisthatunwearyingvigilancewhichtheeloquent
Burkeproclaimedtobethecharacteristicofourfathers,whodid
not wait to feel oppression, but "augured misgovernment at a
distance, and snuffed the approach of tyranny in every tainted
breeze?"Arewetheirsons,andshallwesleeponourposts?We
maysleep,buttheenemyisawake;heisstrainingeverynerveto
possesshimselfofourfairland.Wemustawake,orwearelost.
cxiii
Foundationsareattacked,fundamentalprinciplesarethreatened,
interestsareputinjeopardy,whichthrowallthequestionswhich
nowagitatethecouncilsofthecountryintotheshade.ltisLiberty
itselfthatisindanger,notthelibertyofasinglestate,no,norof
theUnitedStates,butthelibertyoftheworld.Yes,itistheworld
thathasitsanxiouseyesuponus;itistheworldthatcriestousin
theagony
ofitsstrugglesagainstdespotism,THEWORLDEXPECTSAMERlCA,
REPUBLlCANAMERlCA,TODOHERDUTY.
Ourinstitutionshavealreadywithstoodmanyassaultsfromwithin
andfromwithout,butthewarhasnowassumedanewshape.
AneffortisnowmakingthatistotrytheMORALSTRENGTHof
the Republic. lt is not a physical contest on theland, oronthe
water. The issue depends not on the strength of our armies or
navies. Howthen shall wedefend ourselves from thisnew, this
subtleattack?
"Defendyourselves!"criestheAustrianpapist,"youcannotdefend
yourselves;" your government, in its very nature, is not strong
enoughtoprotectyouagainstforeignordomesticconspiracy.
Youmustheretakealessonfromlegitimategovernments.
We alone can teach the effectual method of suppressing
cxiv
conspiracies.
Yousayyouhaveabodyofconspiratorsagainstyourliberties,a
body of foreigners who are spreading their pernicious heresies
throughyourland,andendangeringthestate.
Theweaknessofrepublicanismisnowmanifest.
Whatconstitutionalorlegalprovisionmeetsthedifficulty?
Where are your laws prohibiting Catholics from preaching or
teachingtheirdoctrines,anderectingtheirchapels,churches,and
schools?
Where is your Passport system, to enable you to know the
movementsofeverymanofthemintheland?
Where is your Gens d'armerie, your armed police, those useful
agents, whose domiciliary visits could ferret out every Catholic,
seizeandexaminehispapers,andkeephimfromfurthermischief
inthedungeonsofthestate?
Where are your laws that can terrify, by the penalty of
imprisonment,anymanthatdarestoutteranopinionagainstthe
government?
Where is your judicious censorship of the press, to silence the
Catholic journals, and stifle any Catholic sentiments in other
cxv
journals?
Whereisyourlndexexpurgatorius,todenounceallunsafebooks,that
noCatholicbookmaybeprintedoradmittedintothecountry?
Whereisyoursystemofespionage,thatnoProtestantmayreada
Catholicpublication,orexpressinconversationasinglesentiment
unfavorable to Protestantism, without being overlooked, and
overheardbysomefaithfulspy,andreportedtothegovernment?
Where are the officers in your post-office department for the
secretexamination of letters, so thateventhemostconfidential
correspondencemaybepurifiedfromdangerousheresy?
Where is your secret lnquisitorial Court for the trial and
condemnationofapostateProtestants?
Without these changes in the constitution and laws of your
government,youcanopposenoefficientobstacletothesuccess
ofthisconspiracy.
AndwhatshalllreplytothisconsistentPapist?
Themethodshewouldprescribehavethesanctionofsuccessful
experimentforsomecenturies.
Theyare insobertruththeverymeans thatPoperyemploysat
thisveryday,inthecountrieswhereitisdominant,topreventthe
cxvi
spreadofopinionscontrarytoitsowndogmas.
ButarethesethemethodsthatcommendthemselvestoAmerican
Protestants?Doesnotsuchacumbrousmachineryofchains,and
bolts,andbayonets,andsoldiers,toholdthemindinbondage,
seemratheradreamofthedarkages,thanarealsystem,nowin
actual operation in the nineteenth century? Away with Austrian
and Popish precedent. American Protestantism is of a different
school.ltneedsnoneoftheaidswhichareindispensabletothe
crumbling despotisms of Europe; no soldiers, no restrictive
enactments,noindexexpurgatorius,nolnquisition.Thiswaristhe
warofprinciples;itisontheopenfieldoffreediscussion;andthe
victoryistobewonbytheexerciseofmoralenergy,bytheforce
ofReligious andPolitical Truth. But still it is a war, and all true
patriotsmustwaketothecryofdanger.Theymustup,andgird
themselves for battle. lt is no false alarm. Our liberties are in
danger. The Philistines are upon us. Their bonds are prepared,
andtheyintend,iftheycan,tofastenthemuponourlimbs.We
mustshakeoffourlethargy,andlikethegiantawakingfromhis
sleep, snap these shackles asunder. We are attacked in
vulnerable points by foreign enemies to all liberty. We must no
longerindulgeaquietcomplacencyinourinstitutions,asifthere
wereacharminthesimplenameof
American liberty sufficiently potent to repel all invasion. For what
cxvii
constitutes the life of our justly cherished institutions? Where is the
livingprinciplethatsustainsthem?lsitintheairwebreathe?lsitinthe
soilwecultivate?lsourairoroursoilmorecongenialtolibertythanthe
airandsoilofAustria,orltaly,orSpain?No!Thelifeofourinstitutions!
ltisamoralandintellectuallife;itliesinthecultureofthehumanmind
andheart,ofthereasonandconscience;itisboundupinprinciples
whichmustbetaughtbyfathertoson,fromgenerationtogeneration,
withcare,withtoil,withsacrifice.HidetheBibleforfiftyyears-(wewill
notaskforthehundredyearssograciouslygrantedbytheautocratto
stifleliberty)-hidetheBibleforfiftyyears,andletourchildrenbeunder
theguidanceofmen,whosefirstexerciseupontheyouthfulmindisto
teachthatlessonofoldschoolsophistry,whichdistortsitforever,and
bindsitthroughlifeinbondsoferrortothedictationofaman;aman
whom, in the same exercise of distorted reason, he is persuaded to
believe infallible; let these Jesuit doctors take the place of our
Protestantinstructors,andwherewillbethepoliticalinstitutionsofthe
country? Fifty years would amply suffice to give the victory to the
despoticprinciple,andrealizethemostsanguinewishesofthetyrants
ofEurope.
Thefirstthingtobedonetosecuresafety,istoopenoureyesat
oncetotherealityandtheextentofthedanger.Wemustnotwalk
onblindly,crying"all'swell."Theenemyisinallourborders.He
hasspreadhimselfthroughalltheland.Theramificationsofthis
foreignplotareeverywherevisibletoallwhowillopentheireyes.
cxviii
Surprisingandunwelcomeasissuchanannouncement,wemust
hear it and regard it. We must make AN lMMEDlATE, A
VlGOROUS, A UNlTED, A PERSEVERlNG EFFORT TO
SPREAD RELlGlOUS AND lNTELLECTUAL CULTlVATlON
THROUGHEVERYPARTOFOURCOUNTRY.Notavillage,nor
alog-hutofthelandshouldbeoverlooked.WherePoperyhasput
darkness, we must put light. Where Popery has planted its
crosses, its colleges, its churches, its chapels, its nunneries,
Protestant patriotism must put side by side college for college,
seminary for seminary, church for church. And the money must
not be kept back. Does Austria send her tens of thousands to
subjugate us to the principles of darkness? We must send our
hundredsofthousands,ayeourmillions,ifnecessary,toredeem
our children from the double bondage of spiritual and temporal
slavery,andpreservetothemAmericanlightandliberty.Thefood
ofPoperyisignorance.lgnoranceisthemotherofpapaldevotion.
lgnoranceisthelegitimatepreyofPopery.
But some one here asks, are not the Roman Catholics
establishing schools and colleges, and seminaries of various
kinds,inthedestitutepartsoftheland?Arenottheyalsozealous
foreducation?Maywenotsafelyassistthemintheirendeavorsto
enlightentheignorant?Enlightentheignorant?DoesPopery
enlightentheignorantofSpain,ofPortugal,ofltaly,oflreland,ofSouth
cxix
America, of Canada? What sort of instruction is that, in the latter
country,forexample,whichleaves78,000outof87,000ofitsgrownup
scholarssignersofapetitionbytheirmark,unabletowritetheirown
names,andmanyoftheremainingsigners,whowritenothingbuttheir
names. What sort of light is that which generates darkness? Popery
enlighten the ignorant? Popery is the natural enemy of GENERAL
education. Do you ask for proof? lt is overwhelming. Look at the
intellectualconditionofallthecountrieswherePoperyisdominant.lf
Poperyisinfavorofgeneraleducation,whyarethegreatmassofthe
people, in the papal countries l have named, the most ill-informed,
mentallydegradedbeingsofallthecivilizedworld,arbitrarilyshutout
by law from all knowledge but that which makes them slaves to the
tyrannyoftheiroppressors?No!lookwelltoit!lfPoperyinthiscountry
isprofessingfriendshiptogeneralknowledge,itisafeignedalliance.lf
itpretendstobeinfavorofeducatingthepoor,itisafalsepretence,it
isonlytemporizing.ltisconformingforthepresent,frompolicytothe
spiritofProtestantismaroundit,thatitmayforgeitschainswithless
suspicion.lfitisestablishingschools,itistomakethemprisonsofthe
youthful intellect of the country. lf the Papists in Europe are really
desirousofenlighteningignorantAmericans,byestablishingschools,
letthemmaketheirfirsteffortsamongtheirbrethrenofthesamefaith
inCanadaandMexico.
DoourfellowcitizensattheSouthandWestaskforschools,and
aretherenotfundsandteachersenoughinourownlandofwealth
andeducationtotrainupourownoffspringinthefreeprinciplesof
cxx
our own institutions? or are we indeed so beggared as to be
dependentonthecharitiesoftheHolyAlliance,andtheJesuitsof
Europeforfundsandteacherstoeducateouryouth-inwhat?
ThePRlNClPLESOFDESPOTlSM!Forbiditpatriotism!Forbidit
religion!-Ourownmeansaresufficient;wehavewealthenough,
andteachersinabundance.
Wehaveonlytowillitwiththeresolutionandthezealthathaveso
oftenbeenshown,whenevergreatnational,ormoralinterestsare
to be subserved, and every fortress, every corps of Austrian
darkness would be surrounded: the lighted torches of truth,
political and religious, would flash their unwelcome beams into
every secret chamber of the enemies of our liberty, and drive
these ill-omened birds of a foreign nest to their native hiding-
place.
CHAPTERX.
AllclassesofcitizensinterestedinresistingtheeffortsofPopery-
The unnatural alliance of Popery and Democracy exposed-
Religious liberty in danger-Specially in the keeping of the
Christiancommunity-Theymustrallyforitsdefence,-Thesecular
presshasnosympathywiththeminthisstruggle,itisopposedto
them-ThePoliticalcharacterofPoperyevertobekeptinmindand
opposed-lt is for the Papist, not the Protestant to separate his
cxxi
religious from his political creed-Papists ought to be required
publiclyandformallyandofficiallytorenounceforeignallegiance
andanti-republicancustoms.
ln considering the means of counteracting this foreign political
conspiracyagainstourfreeinstitutions,lhavesaidthatwemust
awaketotherealityandextentofthedanger,androuseourselves
to immediate and rigorous action in spreading religious and
intellectual cultivation through the land. This indeed would be
effectual,butthisremedyisremoteinitsoperation,andismost
seriouslyretardedbytheenormousincreaseofignorancewhichis
flooding the country by foreign immigration. While therefore the
remoteeffectsofourexertionsarestillprovidedfor,thepressing
exigency of the case seems to require some more immediate
efforts to prevent the further spread of the evil. The two-fold
character of the enemy who is attacking us must be well
considered. Popery is doubly opposed,-civilly and religiously,-to
allthatisvaluableinourfreeinstitutions.Asareligioussystem,it
istheavowedandcommonenemyofeveryotherreligioussectin
theland.TheEpiscopalian, theMethodist,thePresbyterian, the
Baptist, the Quaker, the Unitarian, the Jew, & c. & c., are alike
anathematized,aretogetherobstinateheretics,inthecreedofthe
Papist. He wages an indiscriminate, uncompromising,
exterminatingwarwithall.
cxxii
AsaPoliticalsystem,itisopposedtoeverypoliticalpartyinthe
country.Poperyinitsverynatureisopposedtothegeniusofour
free system, notwithstanding its affected, artful appropriation (in
our country only,) of the habits and phraseology of democracy.
Presentpolicyalonedictatessounnaturalanalliance,aye,most
unnatural alliance. What! Popery and Democracy allied?
DespotismandLibertyhandinhand?HastheSovereignPontiffin
verydeedturnedDemocratintheUnitedStates?Letuslookinto
this incongruous coalition, this solecism in politics-Popish
Democracy. Do Popish Bishops or Priests consult the people?
Have the people any voice in ecclesiastical matters? Can the
peoplevotetheirowntaxes?oraretheyimposeduponthemby
irresponsiblepriests?Dothebishopsandpriestsaccountforthe
manner in which they spend the people's money? Has Popery
here adopted the American principle of RESPONSlBlLlTY TO
THEPEOPLE;aresponsibilitywhichgivesthemostinsignificant
contributor
ofhismoneytowardsanyobject,arighttoexamineintothemannerin
which it is disbursed? No! the people account to their priests in all
cases, not the priests to the people in any case. What sort of
Democracyisthatwherethepeoplehavenopower,andthepriests
have all, by divine right? Let us hear no more of the presumptuous
claimofPoperytoDemocracy.-PoperyistheantipodesofDemocracy.
cxxiii
ltisthesamepettytyrantofthepeoplehere,asinEurope.Andthisis
thetyrannythathopestoescapedetectionbyassumingthenameand
adoptingthelanguageofdemocracy.Footnote:Thepoor,theilliterate,
andtheworkingclasses,themostdeeplyinterestedinquellingriotand
disorder.lhaveelsewherehintedatthedangertothestabilityofour
institutions of the mob spirit which has been manifested in different
partsofthecountry.Butlfearthattheprocessofdisorganization,the
gradualchangewhichfrequentriotnecessarilyworksinthenatureof
government has not been duly considered by those whom it most
deeply, most vitally concerns; l mean the hardworking, uneducated
poor.Letmeendeavortotracethisprocess.Whatisthepropereffect
ofourdemocraticrepublicaninstitutionsuponthevariousclassesinto
which human society must ever be divided? How do they affect the
condition of the rich and the poor, the educated and the illiterate?
Equality,theonlypracticableequality,istheirresult;notthatspurious,
visionaryequalitywhichwouldmakeaforcedcommunityofproperty,
but that equality which puts no artificial obstacles in the way of any
man'sbecomingtherichestormostlearnedinthestate;whichallows
every man without other impediment than the common obstacles of
human nature and the equal rights of his neighbor impose, to strive
after wealth and knowledge and happiness. True Christian
republicanism,byitsbenevolentandennoblingprinciples,impelsthe
wealthy and the educated to use their talents for the benefit of the
whole community; it prompts to acts of public spirit, to self-sacrifice,
andtounweariedefforttolessenthenaturalobstaclesinthewayofthe
cxxiv
poor and uneducated to competence and intellectual character, by
affording them both employment and education. The kindness and
benevolencethusshowntothepoorbegetinthisclassofourcitizens,
industry and mental effort. They feel that they are not like the
proscribedofothercountries,theyseethatthewayisequallyopento
alltorisetothesamerankofindependenceinmindandcondition,and
theyconsequentlyarewithouttheexcitingcausesofenvyandill-will
andbitternessoffeelingtowardsthewealthyandeducated,whichexist
andproducethesefruitsinotherandarbitrarygovernments.Societyin
itstwoextremesisthusknittogetherbyamutual confidence,anda
mutualinterest,forcausesbeyondhumancontrolareevervaryingthe
conditionofmen.Hethatisrichto-daymaybepoorto-morrow;and
thusthereisaconstantinterchange,aminglingofranks,whichlikea
healthful circulationinthenatural body,begetssoundnessandvigor
throughthepolitical body.Thevicious,andvoluntarilyignorantbeing
the only portions of society naturally and justly excluded from the
benefitsofthissystem.
Let us now look at the condition of these same classes under an
arbitrarygovernment.lnAustria,forexample,thepoorandilliterateare
considered as the natural slaves of the wealthy and learned. These
classesareperpetuallyseparatedbytheartificialbarrierofhereditary
right;thelineofseparationisdistinctlydrawn,andinallthatrelatesto
social intercourse there is an impassable gulf. There may be
condescension on the one part, but no elevation on the other. High
birth, learning, wealth, and polished manners are on the one side,
cxxv
strengtheningthehandsofthearbitrarypowerthatsustainsthem;on
theother,lowbirth,ignorance,poverty,andboorishness,keptdownby
their intrinsic weakness, generation after generation in irretrievable
subjection;theupperclassesknowingthattheirownsecurityisbased
upontheperpetuityofignoranceandsuperstitioninthelowerclasses.
Now to make the change from republicanism to absolutism, what
meanswouldanarbitrarypowerlikeAustriabemostlikelytodevise?
Would she not attain her object entirely by the creation on the one
hand,inthewealthandtalentofthiscountry,anecessityforemploying
physical force to hold in subjection the poor and illiterate? And the
production,ontheotherhand,ofaclassignorantandunprincipled,and
turbulentenoughtoneedtheveryrestraintstheotherclassmightbe
compelledtoemploy?Arethereanyindicationsofsuchachangein
thiscountry?Wehaveadailyincreasinghostofemigrants,aportionof
the very class used to foreign servitude abroad. How could Austrian
emissaries better serve their imperial master's interests, than by
keeping these unenlightened men in the same mental darkness in
whichtheyexistedinthecountriesfromwhichtheycame,surrounding
themherewithapoliceofpriests,andshuttingoutfromthemthelight
whichmightbreakinupontheminthislandoflight,nourishingthemfor
riotandturbulence,atpolitical meetings,andforbullyingatthepolls
thoseofoppositepolitical opinions?Andwhatwouldbetheeffectof
sucha modeofproceedings uponthat class, who have acquiredby
lives of honest industry and studious application, wealth, and
knowledge,andpoliticalexperience?lsnotsuchacoursecalculatedto
cxxvi
drivethemaway from any participation in the politicsof the country,
andisnotsuchseditiousconductintendedtoproducethisveryresult?
Will not men who have any self-respect, who have any sense of
character,turnawayandaskwithfeelingsofindignation,whereisthat
intelligent,sober,orderlybodyofnativemechanicsandartizans,who
oncecomposedthewholesome,substantialdemocracyofthecountry,
andonwhoseindependenceandroughgoodsensethecountrycould
always rely, that well-tried body of their own fellow-citizens,
accustomed to hear and read patiently, and decide discreetly? And
when they see them associated with a rude set of priest-governed
foreigners, strangers to the order and habits of our institutions,
requitingusfortheirhospitablereceptionbyconductsubversiveofthe
very institutions which make them freemen; when they see them
become the dupes of the machinations of a foreign despotic power,
refusingtobeundeceived,andmadlyrushing
totheirowndestruction,willtheynotfrommotivesofselfpreservation
bewillingtoadoptanysystemofmeasures,howeverarbitrary,which
willsecuresocietyfromviolenceandanarchy?Whendisgustatpriest-
guidedmobsshallhavealienatedthemindsofoneclassofthecitizens
frorntheother,wehavethenoneofthepartiesnearlyformed,whichis
necessary for the designs of despotism in accomplishing the
subversionoftherepublic.Andtheotherpartyisstill easierformed.
The alienation of feeling in the wealthier class, and their remarks of
disgust, may be easily tortured into contempt for the classes below
them, and then the natural envy of the poor towards the rich, will
cxxvii
alwaysfurnishoccasionstoexcitetoviolence.Whenhostilitybetween
thesetwopartieshasreachedaproperheight,thesignalfromthearch
jugglersinEuropetotheirassistantshere,caneasilykindletheflames
of civil strife. And then comes the dextrous change of systems.
Frequentoutragemustbequelledbymilitaryforce,forthepublicpeace
mustatalleventsbepreserved,andthecivilarmwillhavebecometoo
weak,andthuscommencesanarmedpolice,itselfbuttheprecursorof
astandingarmy.Andwhichpartywillbethesufferer?Allexperience
answersthatwealthandtalentaremorethanamatchformerebrute
force,fortheplainreasonthattheycanbothpurchaseanddirectit.The
richcanpayfortheirprotection,andsoldiersbelongtothosewhopay
them.Themanoftalentiswantedtodirect,andhealsoisretainedby
the rich. What then becomes of the illiterate and laboring poor?
Reducedafterineffectual,ill-concertedresistancetothesamestateof
perfectsubjectionthatobtainsinthe"happyAustrianempire."ltisthe
poorthen,thepoorandignorant,nottherichandlearned,thathave
everythingofhopeandlibertytolosefromthemachinationsofAustria.
lnamoralandintelligentDemocracy,therichandpoorarefriendsand
equals,inaPopishdespotismthepoorareinabjectservitudetothe
rich.Lettheworkingmen,thelaboringclasses,wellconsiderthattheir
libertyisindanger,andcanbepreservedonlybytheirencouragement
of education and good order. lt is this tyranny that is courted and
favoredatpoliticalelectionsbyourpoliticiansofallparties,becauseit
hastheadvantageofadespoticorganization.Footnote:Andinfidelity
too, it seems, has just learned the secret of political power, and not
cxxviii
contentwithcivilandreligiousliberty,hasintroducedathirdkind,and
organizingitselfintoanewinterest,demandstoberepresentedinthe
stateastheadvocateofirreligiousliberty!Howmuchlongerarethe
feelingsofthereligiouscommunitytobescandalized,andtheirmoral
senseoutraged,bythebare-facedbargainingsforCatholicandinfidel
votes?Havethereligiouscommunitynoremedyagainstsuchoutrage?
lf they have not, ifthere isnotasingle pointonwhichtheycan act
together,ifthereligiousdenominationsofvariousnamescanhaveno
understandingonmattersofthiskind,iftheyhavenocommonbondto
unitetheminrepellingcommonenemies,thenletusboastnomoreof
religiousliberty.Whatisreligiousliberty?lsitmerelyaphrasetoround
aperiodinafourthofJulyoration?lsitadazzlingsentimentforPapists
touse
in blinding the eyes of the people, while they rivet upon them their
foreignchainsofsuperstition?lsitashieldtobeheldbeforelnfidels,
frombehindwhich,theymaythrowtheirpoisonedshaftsatallthatis
orderlyandfairinourcivilaswellasreligiousinstitutions?Orisitthat
prize above all price, that heaven-descended gift to the world, for
which,withitstwinsister,wecontendedinourwarforindependence,
andwhichweareboundbyeverydutytoourselves,toourchildren,to
ourcountry,totheworld,toguardwiththemostjealouscare?Andhas
iteveroccurredtoChristiansthatthisdutyofguardingreligiousliberty
in a more special manner devolves on them? Who but the religious
community appreciate the inestimable value of religious liberty?-Are
theirinterestssafeinthehandsoftheinfidel,whoscoffsatallreligion,
cxxix
anduseshiscivillibertytosubvertallliberty?lsitsafeinthehandsof
imported radicals and blasphemers? ls it safe in the hands of
calculating,selfish,power-seekingpoliticians?lsitsafeinthekeeping
of Metternich's stipendiaries, the active agents of a foreign, despotic
power? Does the secular press take care of our religious liberty? ls
thereasecularjournalthathasevenhintedtoitsreaderstheexistence
ofthisdoubleconspiracy?Themostdangerouspolitico-religioussect
thateverexisted,asectthathasbeennotoriousforages,forthrowing
governmentsintoconfusion,ispoliticallyatwork,inourowncountry,
undertheimmediateauspicesofthemostdespoticpowerofEurope,
interestedpoliticallyandvitallyinthedestructionofourfreeinstitutions,
and is any alarm manifested by the secular press? No! they are
altogether silent on this subject. They presume it is only a religious
controversy,andtheycannotmeddlewithreligiouscontroversies.They
mustnotexposereligiousimposture,lesttheyshouldbecalledpious.
Theyhavenoideaofblendingchurchandstate.Theyhaveareligion
of their own, a worship in which the public, they think, feel a more
excitinginterest.Onehasalibertypoletobeerected,anotherahickory
tree,andtherivalpretensionstosuperiorityofthesewoodengodsof
theiridolatry,itisofthelastimportancetosettle,andthebacchanalian
revelry oftheir consecration mustberecordedandblazoned forth in
italicsandcapitalsinitsminutestparticulars."OhPole!ohTree!thou
art the preserver of our liberty!" No; lf the religious community, (in
whichtermlmeantoincludeProtestantsofeverynamewhoprofessa
religiousfaith,)awakenottothedefenceoftheirownrightsinthestate,
cxxx
iftheyindulgetimidityorjealousyofeachother,iftheywillnotcome
forwardboldlyandfirmlytowithstandtheencroachmentsofcorruption
upontheirownrights;theselfishpoliticiansofthefactionsoftheday
(andtheyswarmintheranksofallparties,)willbargainawayallthatis
valuableinthecountry,civilandreligious,tothePope,toAustria,orto
anyforeignpowerthatwillpaythemthepriceoftheirtreason.
Wecannotbetoooftenremindedofthedoublecharacteroftheenemy
who has gained foothold upon our shores, for although Popery is a
religioussect, and on this ground claimstoleration sideby side with
otherreligioussects,yetPoperyisalsoapolitical,adespoticsystem,
whichwemustrepelasaltogetherincompatiblewiththeexistenceof
freedom. l repeat it, Popery is a political, a despotic system, which
mustberesistedbyalltruepatriots.
lsitasked,howcanweseparatethecharactersthuscombinedin
oneindividual?HowcanwerepelthepoliticsofaPapist,without
infringinguponhisreligiousright?lanswer,thatthisisadifficulty
forPapists,notforProtestantstosolve.lfPapistshavemadetheir
religionanddespotismidentical,thatisnotourfault.Ourreligion,
theProtestantreligion,andLibertyareidentical,andlibertykeeps
no terms with despotism. American Protestants use no such
solecismasreligiousdespotism.Shallpoliticalheresybeshielded
fromallattack,becauseitisconnectedwithareligiouscreed?Let
Papistsseparatetheirreligiousfaithfromtheirpoliticalfaith,ifthey
cxxxi
can,andtheformershall suffernopolitical attackfromus."But
no,"thePapistcries,"lcannotseparatethem;myreligionisso
blendedwiththepolitical system,thattheymustbetoleratedor
refused together; my 'whole system is one, and indivisible,
unchangeable, infallible'-l am conscientious, l cannot separate
them."Whatarewetodoinsuchacase?Arewetosurrenderour
civilandreligiouslibertytosuchpresumptuousfolly?
No!ourlibertiesmustbepreserved;andwesay,andsayfirmlyto
the Popish Bishops and Priests among us, give us your
declaration of your relation to our civil government. Renounce
your foreign allegiance, your allegiance to a FORElGN
SOVERElGN. Let us have your own avowal in an official
manifesto,thattheDemocraticGovernmentunderwhichyouhere
live, delights you best. Put your ecclesiastical doings upon as
openandpopularafooting.astheothersects.Openyourbooks
tothepeople,thattheymayscrutinizeyourfinancialmatters,that
the people, your own people, may know how much they pay to
priests,andhowthepriestsexpendtheirmoney;thatthepoorest
whoistaxedfromhishardearnedwagesforchurchdues,andthe
richestwhogiveshisgoldtosupportyourextravagantceremonial,
may equally know that their contributions are not misapplied.
Come out and declare your opinion on the LlBERTY OF THE
PRESS, on LlBERTY OF CONSClENCE, and LlBERTY OF
cxxxii
OPlNlON,Americansdemandit.Theyarewakingup.Theyhave
their eyes upon you. Think not the American eagle is asleep.
AmericansarenotAustrianstobehoodwinkedbyPopishtricks.
Thisisacalluponyou,youwillbeobligedsoontoregard.Norwill
they be content with partial, obscure avowals of republican
sentimentsinyourjournals,byinsulatedpriestsorevenbishops.
The American people will require a more serious testimonial of
youropinionsonthesefundamentalpoliticalpoints.Youhavehad
Convocations of Bishops at Baltimore. Let us have at their next
assembling their sentiments on these vital points. Let us have a
documentfullandexplicit,signedbytheirnames,adocumentthatmay
circulateaswellinAustria,andltaly,asinAmerica.Aye,adocument
thatmaybepublished"Conpermissione"intheDiariodiRoma,andbe
circulatedtoinstructthefaithfulintheunitedchurch,thechurchofbut
onemind,inthesentimentsofAmericandemocraticBishopsonthese
Americanprinciples.Letusseehowtheywillaccordwiththoseofhis
Holiness Pope Gregory XVl. in his late encydical letter! Will Popish
Bishopsdaretoputforthsuchamanifesto?No?Theydarenot.
CHAPTERXl.
The question, what is the duty of the Protestant community,
considered-Shall there be an Anti-Popery Union?-The strong
manifestothatmightbeputforthbysuchaunion-Suchapolitical
union discarded as impolitic and degrading to the Protestant
cxxxiii
community-Golden opportunity for showing the moral energy of
the Republic-The lawful, efficient weaponsof thiscontest-To be
usedwithoutdelay.
THEREisnoquestionofmorepressing,morevitalimportanceto
the whole country, than this: What is the duty of the Protestant
communityintheperilousconditiontowhichreligiousaswellas
civil liberty is reduced by the attempts of Popery and foreign
enemies upon our free institutions? Have Christian patriots
reflected at all on the possible, nay, l will say probable loss of
religiousliberty;orinideaattemptedtofollowouttotheirresult
andintheirimmeasurableextentthefearfulconsequencesofits
loss?Whyisitthen,thatnomoreenergeticeffortsaremadeto
saveourselves?
----wehearthisfearfultempestsing,Yetseeknosheltertoavoid
thestorm;Weseethewindsitsoreuponoursails,Andyetwe
strikenot,butsecurelyperish.********Weseetheverywreck
that we must suffer; And unavoided is the danger now, For
sufferingsothecausesofourwreck.Shakspeare
Yes,therocksareinfullviewonwhichAmericanlibertymustinevitably
be wrecked, unless all hands are aroused to immediate action. Our
dangers are none the less, be assured, because they are not those
againstwhichthegeneral cryofalarmissoloudlyraisedbythetwo
cxxxiv
great political partiesof the day. ln the heedless strife they arenow
waging, the most superlative epithets of alarm have been already
exhaustedbyeach,onfictitious,orcomparativelytrivialdangerstothe
commonwealth.Thepublicearisdeafenedbytheirnoise;itssenseof
hearing is grown callous with the reiterated cries of alarm on every
slightoccasion."Wolf!Wolf!"hasbeensooftenfalselycried,thatnow,
whenthewolfhasinrealityappeared,wecannotbemadetorealizeit.
"lfthetrumpetgiveanuncertainsound,whoshallpreparehimselffor
the battle?" We are busying ourselves in quenching the few falling
sparks that threaten the deck of the ship without heeding the fire
beneath,thatisapproachingthemagazine.lnthisrecklesswarfareof
passion,andfalsehood,andslander,andaidedbythedeafeningdinof
partystrife,neitherpartyseemtohaveobservedthatasecretenemy,
an artful foreign enemy, has stolen in upon us, joining his foreign
accents to swell the uproar, that he may with less suspicion do his
nefariouswork.Footnote:Dangersfromariotousspirit,andthekindof
treatmentduefromProtestantAmericanstoCatholicEmigrants.Allthe
topics which grow out of this momentous subject of Popery as their
prolific parent, are of absorbing national interest, but no one forces
itselfuponourconsiderationmoreimperiouslyatthismomentthanthat
whichheadsthisnote.For,unlesslamgreatlydeceived,thewakingup
ofthisgreatnation'sindignation,theshakingoffofthelethargywhich
has so long held in unaccountable stupor the senses of the people,
which has shut their eyes and stopped their ears to the proofs of
foreign conspiracy which every where surround them, the mighty
cxxxv
gatheringofallrealpatriotstothedefenceoftheirliberties,whichthe
sounds of preparation from all quarters of the land but too strongly
indicate,maybeattendedwitheffectsdisastroustothecauseoftrue
liberty,mayproducethroughexcessorill-regulatedzeal,theevilwhich
itisdesiroustoremedy.Forexcesseveninfavorofrightprinciples,
doublestheamountoftheevilwhichitattemptstocure.Excessofall
kinds, whether in thought, word, or action, (oh! that this could be
impressedoneveryAmericanheart,)isjustsomuchgaintothesideof
Popery. l know not how prevalent is error on this point, but l am
persuadedthatitexiststoanextenttomakeanAmericantremblefor
thepermanencyofourdemocraticinstitutions.
ls there not a culpable acquiescence in the doings of a mob, if
theirviolenceisdirectedagainstsomeapparentorrealirritating
popular evil? ls not the language of such acquiescence most
dangerous?ltamountstothis;"Althoughweareaversetomob
law,yetonthewholetherearecaseswherethesinisvenial,and
thecharacterofthenuisanceitwouldabatejustifiesitsviolence."
Nowonceconcedeina
democratic community, a community which makes its own laws
accordingtomodesprescribedbyitself,thatanirresponsibleminority
may set at defiance these laws, and then let me ask where is
government?ltisprostrated.lthasbecomeanarchy,andontheruins
of social order will arise another form of government more or less
arbitrary,accordingtothemoreorlessprofoundcauseswhicheffected
cxxxvi
the destruction of the first. Of all forms of government, a truly
democratic government, while it is least obnoxious to the disturbing
influencesofmobs,canatthesametimeleastofallbeartheshocksof
their turbulence. No events, therefore, that have occurred in the
eventful history of the country, have so justly caused alarm for the
stability of the government, as the spirit of mob violence which has
latelymanifesteditselfsofrequentlyinourlargecities.Weshoulddo
well to remember that we have secret and artful enemies busily at
work,whocanandwill takeadvantageofthisunnatural stateofthe
publicfeeling,andwhowillnotfailsecretlytoadministerfuel,inmodes
in which they are perfectly familiar, to a diseased excitement so
favorabletotheirviews.
Wehaveinthecountryapowerfulreligious-politicosect,whose
final success depends on the subversion of these democratic
institutions,andwhohavethereforeavital interestinpromoting
mob-violence.ThesayingoftheGermanambassadorconcerning
thePapists,(quotedintheprefatoryremarks,)isfullofmeaning,
andshouldbeconstantlyborneinmind;itletsusintothesecretof
muchoftheirmanoeuveringinthiscountry;"theywillbehammer
ornails,theywillpersecuteorbepersecuted."Wheretheyarein
power they always persecute; when not in power and
consequently unable to persecute, they will be sure to conduct,
eitherinsooutrageousormysterious,ordeceptiveamanner,as
torousepublicindignation.Theywillcontriveingeniousmodesof
cxxxvii
irritationthatshalldrawuponthempopularvengeance,andthen
allmeeknessandinnocence,andresignation,raisetheimploring
cry of persecution. And how do they gain by these opposite
modes?lftheyarestrongenoughtopersecute,theywilldestroy
theiropponents,inobediencetotheopenlyavowedprinciplesof
theirsect,byexile,bydungeons,andbydeath.lftheythemselves
arepersecutedinaProtestantcommunity,(Protestantprinciples
beinginknowndirectoppositiontopersecution,)itisalwaysbyan
irreligious mob, acting in defiance of Protestant principle, and
unsustained by public opinion, and the reaction of Protestant
sympathy for the sufferers on any such occasion, more than
makesamendsbyitsgiftsfortheinjurysustained.Thusthevery
virtuesofProtestantsgrowingoutofprinciplesdirectlyantagonist
toPopishprinciples,aremadetoworkagainstProtestantism,and
infavorofPopery.DonotJesuitsknowthewellknowntruth,that
asectishelpedbyalittlepersecution?Dotheynotnowactupon
a knowledge of it? And should not Americans replenish their
memorywithitalso,thattheymaymostrigidlyabstainfrom
disorder,anddiscountenanceeverydispositiontoriotorviolence?Let
themrememberthatthelawsthatgovernthemaretheirownlaws,and
theymustnotallowthemtobebroken.LetthemsuspectaPopishplot
to rob them of their liberties in every disorderly assemblage, and by
goodorder,byfirmnessofresistancetoeverytemptationtoriot,defeat
cxxxviii
thedesignsoftheseworstenemiesofDemocracy.
lncloseconnectionwiththistopic,isthatofthekindoftreatment
which Protestant Americans should show to Catholic emigrants.
Onthissubjectavolumecouldbewritten.lhavespacebutfora
fewremarks.TheconditionoftheCatholicemigrantsthataredaily
pouringintothecountryfromGermanyandlrelandshouldawaken
the strongest sympathiesof Americans; and in whatever aspect
viewed,shouldenlistall theirfeelingsofbenevolence.Reflecta
moment who and what they are. We have read, and our own
countrymen who have travelled and seen them in their native
land,beartestimonytotheeffectsuponthepeopleofthegrinding
oppressionsofPapal government;tothemental degradation,to
thepoverty,tothewretchednessofthevassalsofdespotism.And
asiftoprovetouswhatwemightdoubtontheauthorityofothers,
sosombreistheirpictureofhumanmisery,theverysubjectsof
foreignoppressionarebroughtandplacedbeforeoureyes.See
yondershipslowlyfurlinghersails.Sheapproachesthecity.She
casts her anchor. Who are those that crowd her decks? With
eagereyestheygazeinonedirection.Theyseeatlengththefar-
famedlandofliberty.Yes;itsnamehasbeenwaftedeventotheir
ears, and with the longings of captives for freedom they have
broken away from slavery and sought the asylum of the
oppressed. They land upon our shores. Look, Americans, see
cxxxix
before you the fruits of papal education! of papal care of the
bodies and minds of its children. Filthy and ragged in body,
ignorantinmind,andbuttoooftenmostdebasedinmorals,they
fill your streets with squalid beggary, and your highways with
crime; they are such a loathsome picture of degradation, moral
andphysical,thatyouturnawayindisgustfromthesight.Butwhy
shouldthisbe?Theyarehumanbeings,althoughoppressionhas
blottedouttheirreasonandconscienceandthought.Theyarethe
progenyofPopery;theyarethevictimsofitsirondespotism.ltis
Poperythathasrearedthemupinitsowncavernsofsuperstition.
Theyexhibitbeforeyoutheblightingeffectsofthisscourgeofthe
earth.ltisPoperythathasfilledtheirmindswithpuerilefables,
closed their mental eyes in the darkness of ignorance, fleeced
themoftheirpropertybysystematicrobbery,keptthemfromthe
knowledgeoftheirnaturalrightsasmentolibertyofconscience,
andofopinion,extortedanabjectobediencetotheirfellow-men,
to blasphemous usurpers of the prerogatives of Deity. Their
ignoranceistheirlasting,fatalcurse;their
reasonandconsciencestifledattheirbirth,theyarecastuponourcare
merehumanmachines,forthefellusurpersofGod'spowerhavetorn
outofthemtheirveryminds.Tothinkforthemselves,thatinalienable
rightofarationalbeing,isrebellionagainsttheirpriest;theyreadnot,
theyunderstandnotourcharterofliberty.Theyloveliberty,indeed,but
cxl
whatshapehaslibertytomenwithoutminds?Whatperceptionoflight
hasasightlesseye?Theirliberty,islicentiousness,theirfreedom,strife
anddebauchery.AndnowwithwhatemotionsshouldProtestantslook
on these suffering, deluded men? ln what channel should their
sympathies flow? They have already been beaten to the dust by
tyranny.lsitforfreementofollowupthecruelblowofforeigntyrants?
They have been brutalized by neglect; shall they now be hunted by
proscription?ShallnoChristianeffortbemadetolightupagainintheir
darkened bosoms the extinguished spark of humanity? They are
followed into our habitations; yes, Americans, they are pursued into
yourownasylumoflibertybytheirforeignoppressors,who,likehungry
wolves,haveventuredwithunhallowedfeetintotheverysanctuaryof
freedom to grasp again their scarcely escaped prey. And have
Americans no compassion? Have they no courage? Will they not
protecttheoppressed?Willtheynotinterposebetweenthemandtheir
priestlyoppressors,andsaytothelatter,"Standoff;thisisalandof
freedom;thesemenarenowAmericancitizens.Theyhavearightto
Americaneducation;torepublicaneducation;toBibleeducation.They
havearighttotheknowledgethattheyowenoallegiancetopriests,
that here there are no forbidden books, that knowledge here is not
meted out in scanty drops to serve the purposes of power grasping
despots,butisspreadoutbeforethemwideanddeepastheocean;
that American laws protect them from ecclesiastical as well as civil
proscription,fromecclesiasticalaswellascivilextortion,thattheyowe
noobligationtopayanarbitrarytaxofbishoporpriest,thattheyhavea
cxli
righttoknowtheamount,andthemannerofdisbursement,ofevery
centtheyarecalledontocontributeinchurchaswellasstate."
WillnotAmericansteachthemthesetruths,andaidthemtobreak
the chains with which foreign tyrants have bound them? or will
theycompel them,byproscriptionandpersecution,orunfeeling
neglect,toclantogetheraroundtheirpriests,becausedesertedby
thosewhoshould,andwhoalonecan,undeceiveandenlighten
them?lntheonecasethereishopeofincorporatingthemintothe
Americanrepublicanfamilyasusefulfellow-citizens.lntheother,
thereisthecertaintyofperpetuatingadistinctforeignandhostile
interestinthecountry,todistractitscouncils,tosullythepeaceful
character of its institutions, and finally to aid in the complete
destructionofthisstronghold,thislasthopeofFreedom.
---"but once put out thy (light,) Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling
nature, l know not where is the Promethean heat That can thy light
relume."
Like incendiaries at a conflagration, they even cry fire! loudest,
andaremostostentatiouslybusyinseemingtoprotectthatvery
propertywhichtheywatchbuttomaketheirprey.
Whatthencanbedone?Shall Protestantsorganizethemselves
into a political union after the manner of the Papists, and the
variousclassesofindustryandevenofforeignersinthecountry?
cxlii
Shall they form an Anti-Popery Union, and take their places
among this strange medley of conflicting interests? And why
shouldtheynot?Variouspartiesandclassesdonowcombineand
organizefortheirowninterest;andifanyclassofmenareallowed
thus to combine to promote their own peculiar interests at the
expenseofanotherclass,thatotherclasssurelyhasatleastan
equal right tocombinetoprotect itself against the excess of its
antagonist.Adenialofthisrightwouldcertainlycomewithanill
grace from those who are already formed into separate
organizations, as a Working Men's party, as a Trade's Union
party,asaCatholicparty,asanlrishparty,asaGermanparty,
yes,evenasaFrenchandanltalianparty.Footnote:Byclassing
thesetogetheratthismoment,ldonotintendtocommitmyselfas
expressingapprovalordisapprovaloftherightofeachandallof
thesetoorganize,butmerelytoshowthatsuchorganizationdoes
alreadyexistamongotherclassesinthecommunity,andifeven
foreignersamongusareallowedtoexercisetherighttoorganize
intoaseparateinterest,yes,evenasforeigners,cantherightwith
any propriety be refused to American Christians? Having thus
statedthecase,lamnowfreetomakethepassingremark,that
excluding from view the three classes first named, the right of
foreigners to organize as foreigners for political purposes is at
leastveryquestionable;butweretheirrightunquestionablylegal
cxliii
throughthemildnessofourlaws,yetthepracticeisdangerous,
indecorousand a palpable abuse of political liberality. The lrish
naturalized citizens who should know no other name than
Americans, for years have clanned together as lrish, and every
meanshasbeenusedandisstillusedespeciallybyCatholics,to
preserve them distinct from the American family. Recently a
portionoftheGermanshaveorganizedtokeepuptheirdistinct
nationality, and the French and ltalians have just followed the
example.[Nov.1834]Towhatwillallthislead?
And now, on the supposition that such a political organization of
Protestants were expedient, (for it resolves itself altogether into a
questionofexpediency)letusseewhetheranypartyorinterestcould
show a stronger claim upon the support of the whole nation. lts
manifestomightrunthus:
Popery is a Political system, despotic in its organization, anti-
demoocratic and anti-republican, and cannot therefore coexist
withAmericanrepublicanism.
TheratioofincreaseofPoperyistheexactratioofdecreaseof
civilliberty.
The dominance of Popery in the United States is the certain
destructionofourfreeinstitutions.
cxliv
Popery, by its organization, is wholly under the control of a
FORElGNDESPOTlCSOVERElGN.
AUSTRlA,oneoftheHolyAllianceofSovereignsleaguedagainst
the liberties of the world, HAS THE SUPERlNTENDENCE OF
THEOPERATlONSOFPOPERYlNTHlSCOUNTRY.
TheagentsofAustriaintheUnitedStatesareJesuitsandpriests
in the pay of that foreign power, in active correspondence with
their employers abroad, not bound by ties of any kind to our
government or country, but, on the contrary, impelled by the
strongestmotivesofambition,toservetheinterestsofadespotic
foreigngovernment;whichambitionhasalready,inoneormore
instances,beengratified,bypromotionoftheseagentstohigher
officeandwealthinEurope.
PoperyisaUNlONOFCHURCHANDSTATE,norcanPopery
existinthiscountryinthatplenitudeofpowerwhichitclaimsasa
divineright,andwhich,intheverynatureofthesystem,itmust
continually strive to obtain, until such a union is consummated.
Poperyonthisground,therefore,isdestructivetoourreligiousas
wellascivilliberty.
Poperyismoredangerousandmoreformidablethananypowerin
the United States, on the ground that, through its despotic
organization, it can concentrate its efforts for any purpose, with
cxlv
completeeffect,andthatorganizationbeingwhollyunderforeign
control, it can have no real sympathy with any thing American.
Thefundsandintellect,andintriguingexperienceofallPapaland
DespoticEurope,bymeansofagents,atthismomentorganized
throughout our land, can, at any time, be brought in aid of the
enterprisesofforeignpowersinthiscountry.
These are the grounds upon which an appeal for support might be
made to the patriotism, the love of liberty, the hatred of tyranny,
temporal and spiritual, which belong in common to the whole
ProtestantAmericanfamily.
But is this the plan of opposition to Popery that should be
proposed,theplanwhichoughttobeadoptedbytheProtestant
community?No;distinctlyanddecidedlyNO;plausibleasitmay
appear, andperfectly inaccordanceas it is withthe practiceof
politicians,theChristiancommunityoughtnot,cannotadoptsuch
anorganization.TheremustnotbeaChristianparty.What!shall
Christianitythrowasidethekeenmoralandintellectualarmswith
which aloneit hasgainedandsecuredeverysubstantial victory
sincethecommencementofitsgloriouscareer;shallitexchange
those arms of heavenly temper, "mighty in pulling down strong
holds,"forthepaltry,earthly(lmightevensayinfernal)weapons
ofpartystrife?CanChristianitystoopsolow?Canitbringitself
down from contemplating its great work of revolutionizing the
cxlvi
worldbybringingmoraltruthtobearontheconscienceandthe
heart, and narrow its vision to the contracted sphere of party
politics? Can it enter, without defilement, into the polluted and
pollutingarenaofpoliticalcontest?Canitconsenttobebargained
forbypoliticalhucksters,orhavethepriceofitsfavorshawkedin
the market by political brokers? Footnote: Both political Parties
intrigueforCatholicvotes.Letneitherpoliticalpartythrowuponits
antagonist the exclusive odium of courting this foreign, priest-
disciplinedband.Therearesomeofbothpartieswhomusthide
theirheadswithshame,whenrealAmericans,thepatriotsofthe
country,disregardingpartyname,shall turntheirindignanteyes
uponthislurkingenemyofliberty,andshallapprehendthereality
of this foreign conspiracy. ls either political party disposed to
upbraidtheotherwithtamperingwithPopery,ortocongratulate
itselfthatithaskeptitsowngarmentsunspottedfrontthecrimeof
thisindirecttreason?lfeitherthusflattersitself,letitbedumb;let
guiltstoptheutteranceofboth.Botharedeplorably,notoriously
guilty.Thisisatruththatcannotandwillnotbedenied.Bothhave
bargainedwiththeseorganizedvassalsofaforeignpower.Both
intheireagerrecklessnesstotriumphovereachother,haveaided
foreign despotism to prostrate at its feet the liberties of their
country, the liberties of the world. All parties, religious and
political,aresuffering,andhaveyetmuchmoretosufferfromthe
cxlvii
evils already produced by this their blind folly, by their culpable
servility to priest-governed foreigners, their cowardly
backwardness in not daring to drag into the light this covert
treason, because, forsooth, it comes in a sacred garb, their
wretchedlyloosenotionsof tolerance, and charity and liberality,
their shameful disregard of the consequences of their
bargainings.-Andisitindeedcometothis?AnationofProtestant
freemen,nurturedinProtestantprinciples,theonlytrueprinciples
ofliberty,principleswrestedfromtyrannybytheperseveringvalor
of
theirfathers,theresultoftheintellectual,aye,andphysicalcombatsof
centuries,thefruitsofobstinatelycontestedstruggleswithdespotism,
and superstition, and bigotry, struggles of ages against the united
intrigues of kingcraft and priest-craft; Americans, thus emancipated,
havingenjoyedthepeacefulfruitsoftheseblood-earnedtruthsfortwo
centuries,atlengthgrowcarelessoftheirtreasure;theysportwiththeir
liberty asif it werenothingworth; they growweary of guarding their
happiness, they sleep on their posts, they settle down into quiet
security. They have ships, and forts, and arms, and brave hearts to
defend their shores, and so there is no danger, all is peace, for the
battlehaslongsincebeenwon,theycannowsafelydofftheirarmor,
thereisnofurtherneedofthewatchingsofthecamp.Ourenemies,
theysay,haveintruthbecomeourfriends;KingsarenowRepublican,
and the Pope, yes the Pope, (his bulls and proclamations to the
cxlviii
contrarynotwithstanding,)wehopeandbelievehasturnedaProtestant
Republican, at least in this country.-Let us be generous, say these
descendants of ever jealous sires, let us invite our former foes to
partakeofourhospitality.Hownoblethesentiment!Howwilltheworld
applaud! let us show an example of liberality unparalleled. The
invitation is accepted, and they flock in countless thousands to our
shores;amotleyband,theoppressorandtheoppressedtogether,and
their relations to each other too unchanged. They have needed no
TrojanHorsetohidethemfromourtoocredulouseyes,weleadthem
openly into the midst of us.-They parade our streets with foreign
banners,alreadytheyflaunttheminourfacesinderision.Theyeven
threatenuswiththeirvengeance,andwecowerbeneaththeirfrown.
Yes, we plead with them to spare us, we thank them for restraining
theirrod,wehumblyconfessthesinsofourancestors,wetellthemour
fatherswerebigottedandfanatical,theyweretooprejudicedagainst
theseourregalandpapalfriends.
Wetheirchildren,grownmoreliberal,willshowourfreedomfrom
narrow prejudices; we will make amends for past offences; our
papalfriendsshallbereceivedwithopenarms;wewillevenurge
them to be the umpires in our family quarrels; we will beseech
themtoeducateourchildrenintheirforeignprinciplesofpassive
obedience;wewillbuildforthemtheirfortressesonourownsoil,
to attack our own strong holds, and then we will trust to their
mercy;weshallthenhavedelivereduptothemallthekeysofour
cxlix
house,andwhatwillremainforusbuttobowournecksbeneath
thefootofthePope,andaskingabsolutionforourownsins,and
ourfather'ssinsoflongrebellionagainsthisrightfulsovereignty,
humblybegalegalcharterforourcountry,andaconsecratedking
forourthrone?CanitconsenttocompetewithPoperyintheuse
of those instruments of intrigue, and trick, and gambling
management, in which Popery is perfectly skilled from the
hoardedexperienceofages?CanChristianspresentthemselves
before the country and the world, in this enlightened age and
country,asamere
political party? No, no; God forbid, that we should forget the holy
characterofourcause;letusnotbecaughtinthatsnareoftheenemy.
ThedangercryofChurchandStatemaysafelybelefttothepeople,to
trumpetaloudthroughtheland,whentheblindinfatuation,whichnow
closestheireyes,shallhavebeenremoved,andtheyshallbeableto
see, what many already see, the secret political manoeuverings
Footnote: Popish experiment on the Military of the country. The
experimentsofPoperyinvariouspartsofthecountryontheignorance
orcredulity,orapathyofthepeople,areeveryday,lmightsayevery
hour,moremanifest,andtheyareprosecutedwithaboldness,withan
audaciousdefianceofAmericanhabits,andthefeelingsofAmerican
Republicanism, truly astonishing. Yet upon reflection, is it so
astonishingthatatyrannyofsuchinexhaustibleresourcesofcunning
andartifice,backedbythetreasures,andtheopenencouragementof
cl
the arbitrary governments of Europe, should be more than ordinarily
bold? For if success attends the advance of these arch intriguers
against our Protestant habits and institutions, high honors and
pecuniary rewards await them at home: if detection at any time
overtakesthemfromthesuddenwakingoftheirvictim,andhisrestive
efforts to break off the bands that they would spider-like softly bind
uponhim,theyhavearetreatfrompunishmentintheirowncountry.A
new experiment, another step forward in the march against our
freedom,andtoallappearancesatpresent,asuccessfulonehasbeen
tried at the West, at St. Louis, in the consecration of the Popish
cathedral. The account is froma Popish Journal, called the Catholic
Telegraph.Theyshallhavethebenefitoftheirownrecital.
"TheCathedralofSt.Louisis134feetlongby84wide.Thereare
8rowsofpews.25ineachrow,calculatedtocontainatleast8000
persons.Therearetwomagnificentcolonnadesatoppositesides
in the body of the church, consisting of five massive pillars, of
brick,elegantlymarbled,andeachfourfeetindiameter.
"The altar is of stone. lt is only temporary, and will soon be
superseded by a superb marble altar, which is hourly expected
fromltaly.
"The church it is said has already cost $42,000. lt is presumed
thatabout$18,000morewillberequiredtofinishit,accordingto
the original and magnificent design of its founders; so that the
cli
entire cost of the building and its furniture cannot be less than
$60,000.
"TheconsecrationtookplaceontheSabbathOct.26,1834.
"Atanearlyhour,7,A.M.onthedayofconsecration,fourBishops,
twenty-eight Priests, twelve of whom were from TWELVE different
nations-and a considerable number of young aspirants to the holy
ministry,makingtheentireecclesiasticalcorpsamounttofiftyorsixty,
werehabitedintheirappropriatedresses.Assoonastheprocession
wasorganized,thepealingofthreelargeandclear-soundingbells,the
thunderoftwopiecesofartilleryraisedallhearts,aswellasourownto
the Great Almighty Being. "When the HOLY RELlCS were moved
towards their new habitation, where they shall enjoy an anticipated
resurrection-thepresenceoftheirGodinHisholytabernacle,theguns
firedasecondsalute.WefeltasiftheSOULOFST.LOUlS,Christian,
LawgiverandHERO,wasinthesound,andthatheagainledonhis
victoriousarmiesintheserviceoftheGodofHosts,forthedefenceof
hisreligion,hissepulchre,andhispeople.
"Whenthesolemnmomentoftheconsecrationapproached,and
theSonofthelivingGodwasgoingtodescendforthefirsttime,
intothenewresidenceofhisgloryonearth,thedrumsbeatthe
reville,threeofthestar-spangledbannerswereloweredoverthe
balustrade of the sanctuary, the artillery gave a deafening
discharge.
clii
"The dedication sermon was preached by the Bishop of
Cincinnati. During the Divine Sacrifice, two of the military stood
withdrawnswords,oneateachsideofthealtar;theybelongedto
a guard of honor formed expressly for the occasion. Besides
whom,thereweredetachmentsfromthefourmilitiacompaniesof
the city, the Marions, the Grays, the Riflemen, and the
Cannoneers from Jefferson Barracks, stationed at convenient
distancesaroundthechurch.
"WellandeloquentlydidtheRev.Mr.Abell,pastorofLouisville,
observe in the evening discourse, alluding to his own and the
impressions of the clergy and laity, who were witnesses to the
scene ; 'Fellow-Christians and Fellow-citizens! l have seen the
flagofmycountryproudlyfloatingatthemast-headofourrichly
freightedmerchantmen;lhaveseenitflutteringinthebreezeat
theheadofourarmies,butnever, neverdid myheart exult, as
whenl thisdaybeholdit,forthefirsttime, bowbeforeitsGod!
Breathingfrominfancytheairwhichourartilleryhadpurifiedfrom
the infectious spirit of bigotry and persecution, it would be the
prideof my soul, to take thebrave men bythe hand, by whom
thesecannonswereserved.Butforthesecannons,therewould
benohomeforthefree,noasylumforthepersecuted."
,whichstruckoffmyhatfarintothecrowd.Uponrecoveringfromthe
shock, the soldier, with the expression of a demon, and his mouth
cliii
pouring forth a torrent of ltalian oaths, in which il diavolo had a
prominent place, stood with his bayonet against my What are the
reflectionsofanAmericanonanoccurrencelikethis?Whatmustthey
betoonewhohaseverfelthisprideofcountrystirwithinhim,whenin
foreignlandshehasbeheldthedegradedslavesofdespotismbowin
likemannerbeforethealtarsandidolsofheathenishsuperstition,awed
into seeming reverence by the military array which always
accompaniestheimposingceremonialofthePopishchurch?Butthe
militarywereonlyaguardofhonor!Yes;thisisthesoftnamegivento
this despotic chain, the musical sound to charm us away from
scrutinizingit,anditwillbesufficient,doubtless,todrownitsharsher
clanking in our torpid ears. The guard of honor, that universal
appendageofkingsandsacreddespots,isaserviceableband.ltnot
onlyhelpstoswellaprocessionbyitsnumbers,butwiththeglitterofits
arms, and accoutrements, and gay banners, it adds splendor to the
pageant of a heathen ritual. But, reader, it has an essential duty to
perform. lts duty is to enforce the ceremonies of worship upon all
present.Doyoudoubtthisdutyoftheguardofhonor?Thewriterwill
givehisownexperienceofthedutiesoftheguardofhonor.lwasa
strangerinRome,andrecoveringfromthedebilityofaslightfever,l
waswalkingforairandgentleexerciseintheCorso,onthedayofthe
celebrationoftheCorpusDomini.Fromthehousesoneachsideofthe
streetwerehungrichtapestriesandgoldembroidereddamasks,and
towardsmeslowlyadvancedalongprocession,deckedoutwithallthe
heathenish paraphernalia of this self-styled church. ln a part of the
cliv
procession a lofty baldechino, or canopy, borne by men, was held
above the idol, the host, before which, as it passed, all heads were
uncovered,andeverykneebentbutmine.lgnorantofthecustomsof
heathenism,lturnedmybackupontheprocession,andclosetothe
side of the houses inthecrowd, (as lsupposed unobserved,)l was
noting in my tablets the order of the assemblage. l was suddenly
arousedfrommyoccupation,andstaggeredbyablowuponthehead
from the gun and bayonet of a soldierbreast. l could make no
resistance, l could only ask him why he struck me, and receive in
answer his fresh volley of unintelligible imprecations, which having
delivered,heresumedhisplaceintheguardofhonor,bythesideof
theofficiatingcardinal.
Americans will not fail to observe in the precious extract of the
discourse in which the priest gives vent to his feelings of
exultationuponseeingournationalflag,thestar-spangledbanner,
humbledinthedustbeforethePope,thatwiththecunningofhis
craftheflattersthesoldiery,andinasermonprofessedlytothe
God of Peace, and in dedicating a temple to his name, he is
inspiredwithnoloftierfeelingsofsoulthanthis,"itwouldbethe
prideof my soul, to take thebrave men bythe hand, by whom
thesecannons
wereserved."Why?lsitsuchabraveacttotouchoffacannon?Or
wastheimaginationofthepriestrevellinginthedreamofseeingthe
militarypowerofthecountry,atafutureday,atthebeckandserviceof
clv
the Pope, and his Austrian master? of a sect whose very existence
depends upon a Union of Church and State. No; let American
Christianityproclaimanewtoalltheworldthatitcanneverbewooedto
anysuchunholyalliance.ltwillkeepitsgarmentsunspottedfromthe
crimes of the State. lt will take none of the responsibilities of the
political errors of the age, nor father any of the evils which the
unprincipledpoliticiansofthedaymaybringuponthecountryandthe
worldastheeffectoftheirpoliticalbargainings.
Now is the time for this Christian Republic to show her moral
energy. Europe is an anxious spectator of our contests, and is
watching the success of this new trial of the strength of our
boasted institutions. Oh! what a lesson, what an impressive
lessonmightfreeAmericanowreadtoEurope!whatanexample
ofthepowerofmoraloverphysicalgovernment,canshegiveto
theworldifshewill butrouseherselfinhermoral might,tothe
grandeffortwhichtheoccasiondemands?Howwouldthepetty
jealousiesofthedifferentProtestantsectsbeswallowedupinthe
magnitude of the one great enterprise? How would every sect
rathercheertheothersonintheirunitedmarchagainstacommon
foe, and make a common rejoicing of the success of any and
everycorps,asofavictoriousregimentinthesamegreatarmy?
WillAmericanChristianspreparethemselvesforthisenterprise?
Willeachsectawaketothefeelingofitsbeingacorpsofthegreat
clvi
Christian army, marching under the command of no earthly
leader,fightingwithno earthlyweapons,andagainstnoearthly
foe.Willtheywaketotheperceptionofthegreattruth,thatwhile
their great Captain allows each to act separately and
independentlywithincertainlimits,itishethatcommandsinchief
and now orders all his soldiers, under whatever earthly banner
enrolled, in united phalanx to go forward, forward in his single
service.Whichcorpswillfirstmarshallitselfforaction?Whichwill
befirstinthefield?Whichwillpressforwardwithmostzealforthe
honoroftheadvance,forthepostofdanger?Whichinthebattle
willbemostinearnesttocarryforwardthestandardsoftruthand
plant them upon the battlements of papal darkness? Will any
shrinkbackforfear?Willanybedeterredfromunholyjealousyof
itsneighbor?Willanyindulgeinunchristian,ignoblesuspicionof
its brethren? What cause have any for fear, or jealousy, or
suspicion?Thisenterpriseasksnosacrificeofsectarianprinciple;
itdemandsnosurrenderofconscientiouspredilectionofeachto
its own modes and forms; but it does ask the sacrifice of petty
prejudice; it does demand the surrender of those miserable
jealousies and envyings which more or less belong to some of
everysect,whentheylearnthegreatersuccessofanother,asif
thevictoryofonewerenotthevictoryofall.
Andwhataretheweaponsofthiswarfare?
clvii
The Bible, the Tract, the lnfant school, the Sunday school, the
commonschool forall classes,theacademyforall classes,the
college and university for all classes, a free press for the
discussionofallquestions.
These, all these, are weapons of Protestantism, weapons
unknowntoPopery!Yes,allunknowntogenuinePopery!
Let no one be deceived by the Popish apings of Protestant
institutions. The Popish seminary has little in common with the
Protestantseminarybutthename.ltisbutthesheep'sskinthat
coversthewolfsback;theteethandtheclawsarenotevenwell
concealedbeneath.Withtheweaponswehavenamed,andwith
ourEducationsocieties, Theological seminaries,and Missionary
societies, we need no new organization, no Anti-Popery union.
But we must use our arms, and not rest satisfied with the
possessionofthem.Theymustbefurbishedanew,andwemust
prepareourselvesforavigorouswarfare.Wemustbestirring,if
wemeanindeedtobevictorious.Notamomentistobelost.The
enemy knows well the importance of the present instant. Hear
whathesays,"Wemustmakehaste,themomentsareprecious.-
lFTHEPROTESTANTSECTSAREBEFOREHANDWlTHUS,lT
WlLLBEDlFFlCULTTODESTROYTHElRlNFLUENCE."
Ought not this acknowledgment of the enemy to quicken and
clviii
encourage to instant effort. And again writes a Catholic
Missionary, "zeal for error is always hot, particularly among the
Methodists,whomnothingcanturnfromtheirtrack,andwhoheap
absurdityuponabsurdity.lshoulddespair,iflshouldseethissect
buildingachurchinmyneighborhood."
WillnotourMethodistbrethrentakethishint?
CHAPTERXll.
ThepoliticaldutyofAmericancitizensatthiscrisis.
lN my last number l deemed it a duty to warn the Christian
communityagainstthetemptationtowhichtheywereexposed,in
guarding against the political dangers arising from Popery, of
leavingtheirpropersphereofaction,anddegradingthemselvesto
acommonpoliticalinterest.Thisisasnareintowhichtheymight
easilyfall,andintowhich,ifPoperycouldinviteorforcethem,it
mightkeepajubilee,foritstriumphwouldbesure.Thepropensity
to resist by unlawful means the encroachments of an enemy,
because that enemy uses such means against us, belongs to
humannature.Weareveryapttothink,intheirritationofbeing
attacked, that we may lawfully hurl back the darts of a foe,
whatevermaybetheircharacter;thatwemay"fighttheDevilwith
fire,"insteadofthemilder,yetmoreeffectiveweaponof"theLord
rebukethee."ThesamespiritofChristianitywhichforbidsusto
clix
return railing for railing, and persecutionforpersecution, forbids
theuseofunlawfulorevenofdoubtfulmeansofdefence,merely
because an enemy uses them to attack us. lf Popery, (as is
unblushingly the case,) organizes itself at our elections, if it
interferes politically and sells itself to this or that political
demagogue or party, it should be remembered, that this is
notoriouslythetruecharacterofPopery.ltisitsnature.ltcannot
actotherwise. lntrigueis its appropriate business.Butall thisis
foreign to Christianity. Christianity must not enter the political
arenawithPopery,norbemailedinPopisharmor.Theweapons
and stratagems of Popery suit not with the simplicity and
frankness of Christianity. Like David with the armor of Saul, it
would sink beneath the ill fitting covering, before the Philistine.
Yes! Popery will be an overmatch for any Christian who fights
behindanyothershieldthanthatofFaith,orusesanyothersword
thantheswordofthespiritofTruth.
Butwhilstdeprecatingaunionofreligioussectstoactpolitically
against Popery, l must not be misunderstood as recommending
no political opposition to Popery by the American community. l
have endeavored to rouse Protestants to a renewed and more
vigorous use of their religious weapons in their moral war with
Popery,butlamnotunmindfulofanotherduty,thepoliticalduty,
whichthedoublecharacterofPoperymakesitnecessarytourge
clx
upon Amercan citizens, with equal force,-the imperious duty of
defendingthedistinctiveprinciplesofourcivilgovernment.ltmust
be sufficiently manifest to every republican citizen that the civil
polity of Popery is in direct opposition to all which he deems
sacredingovernment.HemustperceivethatPoperycannotfrom
its very nature tolerate any of those civil rights which are the
peculiar boast of Americans. Should Popery increase but for a
littletimelonger
in this country with the alarming rapidity with which, as authentic
statisticstestify,itisadvancingatthepresenttime,(anditmustnotbe
forgotten that despotism in Europe, in its desperate struggles for
existence,islendingitspowerfulaidtotheenterprise,)wemayevenin
this generation learn by sad experience what common sagacity and
ordinary research might now teach, in time to arrest the evil, that
Poperycannottolerateourformofgovernmentinanyofitsessential
principles.
Poperydoesnotacknowledgetherightofthepeopletogovern;
butclaimsforitselfthesupremerighttogovernallpeopleandall
rulersbydivineright.
lt does not tolerate the Liberty of the Press; it takes advantage
indeedofourlibertyofthepresstouseitsownpressagainstour
liberty;butitproclaimsinthethundersoftheVatican,andwitha
voicewhichitpronouncesinfallibleandunchangeable,thatitisa
clxi
liberty"neversufficientlytobeexecratedanddetested."
ltdoesnottoleratelibertyofconsciencenorlibertyofopinion.The
oneisdenouncedbytheSovereignPontiffas"amostpestilential
error,"andtheother,"apestofallothersmosttobedreadedina
state."ltisnotresponsibletothepeopleinitsfinancialmatters.lt
taxesatwill,andisaccountabletononebutitself.Nowtheseare
politicaltenetsheldbyPapistsincloseunionwiththeirreligious
belief,yetthesearenotreligiousbutciviltenets;theybelongto
despoticgovernment.Consciencecannotbepleadedagainstour
dealing politically with them. They are separable from religious
belief; and if Papists will separate them, and repudiate these
noxious principles, and teach and act accordingly, the political
duty of exposing and opposing Papists, on the ground of the
enmityoftheirpoliticaltenetstoourrepublicangovernment,will
cease.Butcantheydo it?lftheycan,itbehovesthemto doit
withoutdelay.lftheycannot,orwillnot,letthemnotcomplainof
religiouspersecution,orofreligiousintolerance,ifthisrepublican
people,whenitshallwaketoasenseofthedangerthatthreatens
itsblood-boughtinstitutions,shallrallytotheirdefencewithsome
show of indignation. Let them not whine about religious
oppression, if the democracy turns its searching eye upon this
secret treason to the state, and shall in future scrutinize with
somethingofsuspicion,theprofessionsofthoseforeignfriends,
clxii
who are so ready to rush to a fraternal embrace. Let them not
raisethecryofreligiousproscription,ifAmericanrepublicansshall
stamp an indelible brand upon the liveried slaves of a foreign
despot,theservileadorersoftheir"goodEmperor,"
theAustrianconspirators,whonowshelteredbehindtheshieldofour
religiousliberty,dreamofsecurity,whilesappingthefoundationsofour
civilgovernment.
LetnoforeignHolyAlliancepresume,orcongratulateitself,upon
the hitherto unsuspicious and generous toleration of its secret
agentsinthiscountry.
Americamay,foratime,sleepsoundly,asinnocenceiswontto
sleep, unsuspicious of hostile attack; but if any foreign power,
jealousoftheincreasingstrengthoftheembryogiant,sendsits
serpentstolurkwithinhiscradle,letsuchpresumptionbeassured
thatthewakingenergiesoftheinfantarenottobedespised,that
oncehavinggraspedhisfoes,hewillneitherbetemptedfromhis
holdbyadmirationoftheirpaintedandgildedcovering,norbyfear
ofthefatalembraceoftheirtreacherousfolds.
THEMASKTHROWNASlDE.
AchargeofhostilitytoAmericaninstitutions,againstanysector
classinthecommunity,isaveryseriousone,andonlyrequires
clxiii
evidencetosupportit,todrawuponallitsdoingsthewatchfuleye
ofAmericanfreemen.lsitasked,whatevidenceshouldyouthink
sufficiently strong to substantiate the charge? l answer, the
general principles of the sect would be sufficient, but its own
declarationsofhostilitywouldcertainlysubstantiatethecharge.lf
aPresbyterianjournal,incommentingonthetrialoftheriotersat
Charlestown, should make remarks like the following, the
evidencewoulddoubtlessbeconsideredcomplete:
"Asystemofgovernmentwhichadmitsafeelingofalarminthe
executionofthelawsfromthevengeanceofthemob,whichMr.
Austin" (the prosecuting attorney,) "distinctly allows to be the
case-a vengeance exhibited by letterstothe publicofficers and
threatstothepublicauthorities-maybeveryfineintheory,veryfit
forimitationonthepartofthosewhoseekthepowerofthemobin
contradistinctiontojusticeandthepublicinterest,butitisnotofa
naturetoinvitethereflectingpartoftheworld,andshowsatleast
thatithasevils. A publicofficerinEngland,whowouldpublicly
avowsuchafearofexecutinghisdutyandcarryingintoeffectthe
lawoftherealm,oughtandwouldbethrustoutofofficebypublic
opinion. This one fact is condemnation OF THE SYSTEM OF
AMERlCANlNSTlTUTlONS,confirmedlatelybynumerousother
proofs."
clxiv
Now, could hostility to our institutions be more strongly
expressed?andwerePresbyteriansoranyotherProtestantsect,
thusboldlytoavowitspoliticalantipathies,everypoliticaljournal
wouldseizeuponthisevidenceoftreason,andtrumpetitthrough
thewholecountry.Whythenaretheynowsilent?Thistreasonis
actuallyuttered,norisitlesshumiliating,orlessdangerousthatit
isflunginourfacesbyasetofforeignersintheemploymentand
payofaforeigngovernment,insteadofnativecitizens.Thevery
wordslhavequotedarefromtheCatholicTelegraph,aRoman
Catholic journal, edited and published at Cincinnati. Let it be
borneinmindtoo,thataCatholicjournalisunderthesupervision
of the Bishops, who exercise a rigid censorship over it, that it
speakstheauthorizedsentimentsofthesect,andweshallthen
perceivesomethingoftheimportancetobeattachedtotheseanti-
republican declarations. They are indeed a precious, an
invaluable testimonial to the People, of the duplicity of their
professedfriends.Everywhereinthelandhitherto,Papistshave
beenloudestinprofessionsofattachmenttoAmericanrepublican
institutions. They have now thrown off the mask. They
unblushinglydeclare,that"oursystemofgovernment,thoughvery
fineintheory,isnotofanaturetoinvitethereflectingpartofthe
world,"inshort,thatitisanexperimentthathasfailed:that"American
institutionsstandcondemnedbyasinglefactinthetrialinBoston,and
clxv
by numerous other proofs." And what has brought out this precious
confession; what has occurred to make it a fit time to lay aside the
disguise in which they have till now deceived the democracy of the
country?Whathasproducedthissuddenrevolutionintheiropinionof
ourformofgovernment?Letuslookintothismatter.
A body of native citizens is excited to indignation by rumors,
(whethertrueorfalsealtersnotthecase,)thatanactoffoulplay,
suchasthehistoryofthosenuisances,(convents,)inallcountries
have abundantly furnished, had occurred in the Charlestown
nunnery.Thismob,insteadofbeingmetwitheffortstoappeaseit
byimmediateexplanation,aswould havebeenthecaseinany
Protestant seminaryintheland,(forProtestantshavenosecret
mysteriesintheirdiscipline,)thismob,lsay,iskeptfordaysinan
excited state by mysterious manoeuvering, on the part of the
Catholics, and by irritating threats from the Superior of the
Convent,that,20,000 foreignersundertheorders oftheBishop
wouldtakevengeanceuponthecitizens,iftheydaredtocommit
anyinjuryupontheConvent,andthisthreatwasutteredinsightof
Bunker'shill.Underthisprovocationtheoutragewascommitted.
Andisitamatterofsurprise?lknowofnoonewhojustifiesthe
illegal violenceinburningthe Convent, but l unhesitatingly say,
thatthefeelingofindignationwhichanimatedthepopulace,wasa
justandproperfeeling.ltwasrousedbythebelief,thatayoung
clxvi
andhelplessfemalehadbeenillegallyandcruellyabductedfrom
herfriends,andsubjectedtoasecrettyrannicalpunishment.The
feeling, l say under this belief, was not only honorable to the
Charlestownians, but had they viewed such an outrage with
indifference, they would have shown themselves unworthy of
American citizens. Their error, (and it cannot be defended,
however it may be palliated by the gross insult which they
received,)consistedinsufferingtheirjustindignationtoflowinan
illegal channel, and instead of rallying round the laws, and
strengtheningthembyastrongexpressionofpublicopinionata
special meeting of citizens, they leaped the bounds of law and
committed a crime which the Papists are trying every possible
means to cause to react in their favor. But allowing that no
palliating circumstances attended the act of the rioters, that no
excusecouldbepleadedforthemasactingundertheimpulseof
the most stinging insult that could be given to any people by a
foreigner; what have these acts to do with our "system of
government," or with "American institutions?" ln England,
forsooth, they manage things better. There are never riots in
England! London, Manchester, Bristol, l suppose were never
agitatedbyriots!Paris,Lyons,Marseilles,Nismes,St.Petersburg,
Brussels,Frankfort,Rome,Constantinople,noneoftheseplaces
under various systems of government, are ever witnesses to
clxvii
riots!!ButthisPopishenemytoourinstitutionsmaysay,itisnot
the
,thattellsagainstthegovernment.lndeed,andwhowrotetheletters?
lsitquitecertainthattheywerenottheproductionofsomeJesuittofan
anexcitementwhichwassolikelytobeturnedtotheadvantageofhis
schemes? Threatening letters are much in use in a certain Catholic
countrycalledlreland,underamonarchicalsystemofgovernment.But
suppose these letters were not written by Jesuits, but were the
productionofsomewicked,orthoughtlessperson,whatthen?lsour
formofgovernmentthecauseofthewritingofanonymousthreatening
letters? Would any other form of government prevent this evil of so
alarmingmagnitudeintheeyesoftheCatholicTelegraph?Canitbe
preventedinEngland,orinanyotherformofgovernmentintheworld?
Yes,thereisonegovernmentwhichcouldprobablypreventit.ltisone
inwhichthelnquisitionisestablished,andbymeansofwhich,aidedby
theconfessional,all thatisconsiderednecessaryforthegoodofthe
church,couldbebroughttolight,orrathertotheearsofthosemost
interestedinknowingallsecretsthatbearupontheirownpower.riot
butthethreateningletterssenttotheprosecutingattorneytointimidate
himinhisduty
Howsoonweshallbepreparedforsuchachangeofgovernment
tosuitthedesignsofthesebusy,foreignemissaries,dependson
the continuance of the character for sagacity, intelligence, and
virtueoftheAmericanpeople.
clxviii
Whatever doubts some may have hitherto had in regard to the
existenceofaforeignconspiracyinthecountry,lthinkthecaseis
nowbecometooplaintoneedfurtherproof.lndeedsoboldare
theseforeignemissariesintheutteranceoftheiranti-republican
dogmas,sounblushingintheirattacksuponourinstitutions,that
weareoftenledtoexclaimwhatdoesthismean?Arethesemen
fools, or madmen? or are they so strong in their support from
abroad, that they feel secure in bearding American freemen in
their own homes? The latter supposition alone satisfactorily
explainstheirconduct.Austriaisnowplayingadesperategame
againstliberty,forthesafetyofherownthrone,andforthatofher
allies. lt is the last hazard, and her object is gained if she can
destroytheinfluenceofourprosperityuponthepeopleofEurope,
aprosperitythenaturalresultofourpopularfreeinstitutions;and
thislatterobjectiseffectedifbyanymeans,nomatterhow,riot
anddisordercanbeproducedinthiscountry,tobepointedatas
theeffectofrepublicangovernment.Americans!Friendsofliberty;
Friendsoforder;examinethissubject,anddecidewithyourusual
sagacityanddiscretion.Youhaveabusy,acrafty,apowerful,a
dangeroussetofforeignleaders,controllingandcommandinga
foreign population, ignorant and infatuated, intermixed with your
ownpopulation,andwhoatasinglesignalfromthePopeorfrom
Metternichwhenthecauseofdespotismshall requirethedeed,
clxix
canspreaddisorderandriotthroughallyourborders.
Shrinknot,Americans,fromlookingatthetruth.Youmayboastofyour
peaceandprosperity,youholdthembothatthismoment,atthemercy
ofAustria!Shehasadisciplinedbandofforeignersinthemidstofyou,
whoinanyseasonofexcitement,shecanmaketofillyourstreetsand
dwellings with fear and confusion. She may not think it prudent or
expedient just now to exercise her power, but she has the power,
through Popish priests, who hold in check, at their pleasure, the
elements of discord, and whose favor you are compelled humbly to
conciliate as the price of your tranquillity. And this power is daily
increasing,notmerelybyforeignimmigration,andforeignmoney,but,
with the deepest shame be it spoken, by the assistance, direct and
indirect,ofProtestantRepublicanAmericans,who,withafacilitymost
marvellous,fallintoeverysnareandpleasantbaitedtrapthatPopery
spreadsforthem.
*** As the last sheet was printing, an article of intelligence was
received, bearing importantly on the subject of this volume.
Bishop England, the busy Jesuit, whom l have had occasion
beforetonotice,hasjustputforthanaddresstohisDiocese,at
Charleston,onhisreturnfromEurope,fromwhichwemakethe
followingextracts
"Duringmyabsencelhavenotbeennegligentoftheconcernsof
this Diocese.lhaveendeavoredtointerestinitsbehalf several
clxx
eminentanddignifiedpersonageswhom1hadthegoodfortune
tomeet;andhavecontinuedtoimpresswithaconvictionofthe
propriety of continuing their generous aid, the administration of
those societies from which it has previously received valuable
succor. ln Paris and at Lyons l have conversed with those
excellent men who manage the affairs of the Association for
propagating the Faith. This year their grant to this Diocese has
been larger than usual. l have also had opportunities of
communication with some of the Council which administers the
Austrian Association; they continue to feel an interest in our
concerns.ThePropagandainRome,thoughgreatlyembarrassed,
owingtotheformerplunderofitsfundsbyrapaciousinfidels,has
thisyearcontributedtoourextraordinaryexpenditure;ashasthe
holyfatherhimself,inthekindestmanner,fromthescantystock
whichconstituteshisprivateallowance;butwhichheeconomizes
totheutmostforthepurposeofbeingabletodevotethesavings
toworksofpiety,ofcharity,andofliterature."
"Theprelatesof theChurchof lreland,areready,asfar as our
hierarchy shall require their co-operation, to give to them their
best exertions in selecting and forwarding from amongst the
numerousaspirantsto the sacred ministry that are found inthe
island of saints, (lreland,) a sufficient number of those properly
qualified to supply our deficiencies. l have had very many
clxxi
applications, and accepted a few, who, l trust, have been
judiciouslyselected."
We have here additional confirmation, if any were wanted, that in
countries where Church and State are closely united, and where
consequently every religious association, (totally unlike our religious
associations, which have no connection with the government,) is
directly connected with political objects, there is a great and special
effortmakingtoeffectcertainobjectsintheUnitedStates.Wehaveno
lessthanthreegreatsocieties,all formedtooperateonthiscountry.
THEYsayreligiously,butletAmericans,whoknowthatAustriamakes
nomovementwhichisnotintendedforpoliticaleffect,judgewhether
religious benevolence towards this benighted land, or a deeper and
more earthly feeling of political self-preservation prompts her
"continuedfeelingofinterestinourconcerns."
TheMostPowerfulManlnTheWorldTHESUPERlORGENERAL
(THEBLACKPOPE)-PeterHansKolvenbach-
NotesontheAdvancementby2007
HlSTORlC WARNlNGS TO AMERlCANS CONCERNlNG
ROMANCATHOLlClSM
Until1870,thePopesruledtheirstateslikeanyothermonarch.
TheBibleteaches(inRevelation17)thattheywillcertainlyregain
this temporal power. They have regained much of it already.
clxxii
Therefore, the warnings below should be heeded. They are not
groundsforchildishcrueltyorhatredoftheCatholicpeople.They
arewarningsagainsta wickedSYSTEMofreligionandpolitics.
TheChristianreaderwillignorethesewarningstohisorherown
peril,inthislife,andattheJudgmentSeatofChrist.
ALEXANDERHAMlLTON:"...theymayaswellestablishPoperyin
NewYorkandtheothercoloniesastheydidinCanada.Theyhad
norighttodo ittherethanhere. Yourlives,yourproperty,your
religion, are all at stake." ("Full Vindication of the Measures of
Congress")
Catholicism was seen to be incompatible with Republican
government. ln 1787, Alexander Hamilton urged the New York
StateassemblytoallowCatholicsfullvotingrightsbasedonthe
factthattheyhadlittlepowerremaininginEurope.Yet,ascanbe
seenbythequotesbelow,"toleration"forCatholicsinvotingrights
never meant to these founding fathers that U.S. citizens should
cease,orhadtocease,fromwarningagainstthesystem.
JOHNADAMS(1735-1826):JohnAdamswasthe2ndPresident,
the 1st Vice President, and a signer of the Declaration of
lndependence.Hewrites:
"ldonotlikethereappearanceoftheJesuits....Shallwenothave
regularswarmsofthemhere,inasmanydisguisesasonlyaking
clxxiii
of the Gypsies can assume, dressed as printers, publishers,
writersandschoolmasters?lfevertherewasabodyofmenwho
merited damnation on earth and in Hell, it is this society of
Loyola's. Nevertheless, we are compelled by our system of
religious toleration to offer them an asylum." (Letter to Thomas
Jefferson,May5,1816)
"DoyouthinkaProtestantPopedomisannihilatedinAmerica?Do
you recollect, or have you ever attended to the ecclesiastical
Strifes in Maryland Pennsylvania, New York, and every part of
NewEngland?
WhatamercyitisthatthesePeoplecannotwhipandcrop,and
pilloryandroast,ASYETintheU.S.!lftheycouldtheywould."
(LettertoThomasJefferson,18May1817)
"DoyouknowthatTheGeneraloftheJesuitsandconsequently
allhisHostshavetheirEyesonthisCountry?"(LettertoThomas
Jefferson,18May1817)
"Can afreegovernment possibly exist with the Roman Catholic
religion?"(LettertoThomasJefferson,May19,1821)
SAMUELF.B.MORSE:ldonothavethespaceortimeinthis
issue topresent acasefor Lincoln against Catholicismand the
Jesuits.Therefore,lwillsimplymentionLincoln'sfriend,S.F.B.
clxxiv
Morse.Morsewasapremillennialist.Hewastheinventorofthe
telegraph and the Morse Code. His book "Foreign Conspiracy
againsttheLibertiesoftheUnitedStates"(1835)followsthelogic
ofFrederickSchlegelofAustriawhodeclaredthatmonarchyand
Catholicismareinseparable.
Hisbookstates:
"Theauthorundertakestoshow-thataconspiracyagainsttheliberties
of this Republic is now in full action, under the direction of the wily
Prince Metternich of Austria, who knowing the impossibility of
obliterating this troublesome example of a great and free nation by
force of arms, is attempting to accomplish his object through the
agencyofanarmyofJesuits.
Thisarrayoffactsandargumentsgoingtoprovetheexistenceof
suchaconspiracy,willastonishanymanwhoopensbookwiththe
sameincredulityaswedid."
JOSEPHS.VANDYKE("Popery:TheFoeoftheChurchandof
theRepublic,"PeoplesPublishing,1871):Althoughwecouldcode
from scores of late 19th century works that issue warnings to
AmericansagainstCatholicism,lwillclosethissectionwithsome
quotesfromJosephS.VanDyke:
"Thedeepinterestawakenedintheheartsofmanybythepresent
clxxv
condition and reawakenedenergies of the Papal Church, is our
apology for presuming to call the attention of the public to
Popery'sinveteratehostilitytocivilandreligiousliberty...
Romehasneveryieldedherrighttotemporalrule.
The unparalleled efforts now made to extend her influence are
instigatedbythehopeofsecuringcontrolinthepoliticalworld.We
need, therefore, a reaffirmation of the lesson written in the
struggles of thirteen centuries, that Romanism is the ally of
despotism...."
"...Romanistsareaimingatpowerinthiscountry...Theaspirations
ofthePapacyinall countriesduringitsentirehistoryofthirteen
centurieshavebeentobecomedominantinthestate.Andwecan
scarcelyhopethataninfallibleChurchwillchangeitscharacterat
thislateday.
lfthepowerforwhichtheytoilsoarduouslyisacquired,therecan
be no doubt the results...our free Bible, free schools, and free
presswillbethingsofthepast.
PossiblysomeProtestantswithasmileofcontemptmayaffirm,
'Romanism,atleastinthiscountry,isafriendofliberty.'Letthem
point,however,tothecountryorthetimeinwhichPoperyhasnot
opposedawillofirontoallfreeinstitutions.ACatholicpaperinSt.
clxxvi
Louis said, not many years since: 'We are not advocates of
religioustolerationexceptincasesofnecessity.'"
"Factslikethese,andnumerousotherswhichmightbeadduced,
makeitbuttoopainfullyevidentthatthereismorethanan idle
boastintheassertionofthe'CatholicWorld,' that'Thequestion
puttousafewyearssincewithasmileofincredulityandpity,'Do
you believe that this country will ever become Catholic?' is
changedintothequestion,'Howsoondoyouthinkitwillcometo
pass?'
Soon, very soon, we reply, if statistics be true...The Bishop of
Cincinnatisaid,in1866:'Effectualplansareinoperationtogive
usthecompletevictoryoverProtestantism.'
Another bishop affirms: 'Notwithstanding the Government of the
United States has thought fit to adopt a complete indifference
towardsallreligions,yet,thetimeiscomingwhentheCatholics
willhavetheascendancy.'"
"lfPapistsconqueredRome,whymaytheynotconquerAmerica?
lsitsoutterlyimpossiblethatthenextgenerationshouldwitness
thesupremacyofRomanismthatwecanaffordtofoldourarmsin
ease?Possessingthebalanceofpowerbetweenthetwopolitical
parties,demandingfavorablelegislationas
clxxvii
thecondition of support, andwieldingpolitical power insome of our
largest cities, Popery is a foe whose giant strength it is folly to
underestimate...Under the banner of civil liberty Rome may possibly
binduponusthefettersofspiritualdespotism."
"Tyrants, the more effectually to secure power, have ever
professedsupremeregardforman'shighestinterests."
"ThattheRomanChurchisnothinglessthanaconspiracyagainst
liberty,personalandnational,civilandreligious,wefirmlybelieve.
Beingthetwinsistertodespotism,sheeverhasbeen,andisnow,
mostbitterlyhostiletofreedomofconscience,freedomofpress..."
"[Jesuits] pretend to love our from of government, to laud our
liberty,andtowishforusafutureofsuccess....atthisverytime,
Father Hecker dares to stand before an audience of American
freemen, and affirm, 'We Catholics are the truest, the best, the
onlyfirmfriendsofcivilliberty,whichisthegiftofourChurchto
theworld."
"The 'Catholic World' (endorsed by the highest dignitaries of
Rome,includingthePopehimself),intheleadingarticleofJuly,
1870,entitled'TheCatholicoftheNineteenthCentury,'assertsin
unmistakablelanguagethesupremedutyofthePapiststoobey
the commands of the Pope, and seek, in every way, and
especially by means of the ballot, to render the Papal policy
clxxviii
effectiveinthiscountry."
"NorhasRomanismshownlesshostilitytoanotherprincipleofour
national life, the separation of Church and State...Almost every
Popeforthelastthousandyearshaspronouncedita'damnable
heresy.' Schleigel, a member of the Leopold Foundation, in
lecturing to the crowned heads of Europe with the design of
showingthemutualsupportswhichPoperyandmonarchylendto
and receive from each other, said: - 'Church and State must
alwaysbeunited,anditisessentialtotheexistenceofeachthata
Popebeattheheadoftheone,andanEmperorattheheadof
the other...Protestantism and Republicanism is the cause and
source of all the discords, and disorders and wars of Europe.'
(Vol.iii.Lect.17,p.286.)...ltmustcertainlybeevidenttoeveryone
ofourfellow-citizensthatwheretheprinciplesandspiritofPopery
attainfullpower,Republicanismmustsoonperish..."
"The'CatholicWorld,'amonthlymagazinepublishedinNewYork,
actuallyhasthehardihoodtoaffirm(June,1870)thatCatholicism
ha sever shown itself the guardian of civilization, the friend of
liberty,theadvocateofRepublicanformsofgovernment....Andthe
sameperiodicaldenounces,inunmeasuredterms,thecivilization
ofthepresentday,defendstheCrusades,advocatesthedogma
of lnfallibility....Does warmth of devotion to the cause of
clxxix
Republicanismsuchasthisenkindleaflameonliberty'saltar?Do
we broil our beefsteak by the glowing fires of an artic iceberg?
Shallweentrustthecausewelovetothehandsofitsenemies?"
"TheJesuitorder,whichhasbeenrevivedandinspiredwithnew
energy,isstrainingeverynervetoenlargeitsnumbersandsecure
a controlling influence in legislation, especially in these United
States, with the hope of ultimately bringing them under Papal
domination.Truetotheirprinciples-deceitfulalways-theylaud
the liberty of our country while forging the weapons for its
destruction."
"'The Shepherdof theValley,' aCatholic paperpublishedin St.
Louis,withtheapprobationofthearchbishop,says:'Wesaythat
the temporal punishment of heresy is a mere question of
expediency. Where we abstain from persecuting them, they are
wellawarethatitismerelybecausewecannotdoso;orthinkthat
bydoingsoweshouldinjurethecausethatwewishtoserve....lf
theCatholicsevergain-whichtheysurelywilldo-animmense
numericalmajority,religiousfreedominthiscountryisatanend.
Sosayourenemies,sowebelieve.'"
TODAY:CATHOLlClSMlNMODERN,AMERlCANPOLlTlCS
As we pray and strive to save unborn babies, we must not
foolishly endanger the lives of the children out of the womb by
clxxx
empoweringRomeinthisnation.ltshouldbeobvioustoeveryone
today(regardlessofcampaignplatformsandpromises)thatboth
the DemocraticandRepublican parties are friends of mammoth
government, homosexuality, and abortion. They are also in bed
withRomanCatholicism,whichisnofriendtotruereligiousorcivil
liberties. ln fact, as we shall see, Catholicism is so seductively
entrenchedinAmericanpoliticsthateventheso-called"farright"
and third party platforms are often infested with loyal papists.
Thus, with subtle, Jesuit maneuvering, regardless of who is
elected,Romeultimatelywinsthepowertocontinueherassault
onliberty.
The reason for this state of affairs is largely due to the now
commonbeliefthat"tolerance"meansthatpeoplearenolonger
allowedtohaveany degreeofDlSTRUSTbasedonaperson's
associations or religious beliefs. People ARE encouraged to
stereotypeChristianfundamentalistsandpaintthemasNazis,etc.
Yet,itisconsidereda"hatecrime"tobesuspiciousofpeoplewho
areloyalpapists(orMuslims),andcallattentiontothefactthatthe
RomanCatholicChurchhasnevergivenupitsclaimthatithas
therighttoruletheearthspiritually,politicallyandtemporally.But
thestagemustbesetforRevelation17.AndunlessGodallows
usatemporaryrevivalinthiscountry(afundamentalawakening
ofcommonsenseandloveforBibletruth),thecountryisdestined
clxxxi
foraRomanCatholiccontrolleddespotism.
Let us now notice the degree of Roman Catholic saturation in
modern politics. To fully understand thislist, please slowly read
thehistoricwarningsinthefirstpartofthisnewsletter.
TOMRlDGE:Themostrecentstartoshineforthepapalthroneis
TomRidge,aRomanCatholicfromPennsylvania:"Heattended
local Catholic schools before winning a scholarship to Harvard
UniversityfromwherehegraduatedwithadegreeinGovernment
Studies in 1967....he refused to follow the Roman Catholic
Church's doctrine on abortion, supporting a limited form of
abortionrights...."(BBCNews,Nov.25,2002)
SomelayCatholicswantedRidgeexcommunicatedforbreaking
hispromisesconcerningabortionwhenhewaselectedgovernor.
However, the Catholic CLERGY opposed the movement.
President Bush has appointed Ridge to be the new "homeland
securitychief"tosavethenationfrom"terrorism":
"Head of Homeland Security - First Day as New Anti-Terror
Chief....Ridge's office will be steps away from President Bush's.
Hewillbeoneoftheselectfewofficialsparticipatingintop-level
warcouncilmeetingseverydayasheoverseesdomesticefforts
topreventterroristactions.Bushandhisnewhomelandsecurity
chief have been political and personal friends for more than 20
clxxxii
years..."(ABCNews,Oct.8,2002)
ThepowernewlyplacedinthehandsofRidgetotrampleoverthe
Constitutionin the name of security isbaffling to the mind. ls it
really possible, after the bloody history of the Roman
lNQUlSlTlON, that such power could be given to a Roman
Catholic without a national outcry? Let us pray the Lord will
converthimtolibertypreservingChristianity(1Timothy2:1-2).
PAT BUCHANAN: Pat Buchanan (b. 1938) is a devout Roman
Catholic.HewasaReformPartypresidentialcandidatein2000.
TheUSTaxpayersParty(nowConstitutionParty)intendedhimto
runastheir1996nominee,butBuchananstayedwiththeGOP.
HehasbeenassociatedwiththeCatholicCampaignforAmerica
organization. His loyalty to Rome may be seen in the following
interview:
"WhatkindofCatholicareyou?' [Buchanan:]'AbelievingCatholic,a
practicing Catholic and a PAPlST. l think John Paul ll is a singular
leaderofourtime.He'simmenselyattractiveandcharismatic,butmore
thanthat,hespeaksoutwithasenseofauthorityandmoralcourage.l
thinkhe'sagenuinelygreatman,reallyagiftofGodtotheChurch."
("OurSundayVisitor,"August28,1988)
ln1996,"CatholicFamilyNews"wrote:
clxxxiii
"As a faithful son of Holy Mother Church, Pat Buchanan has
drawn extensively from these immortal papal encyclicals. They
formtheverybedrockforhispoliticalagenda."(May,1996)
ALANKEYES:ln1995,KeyesbecamethefirstblackRepublican
presidentialcandidate.HeisadevoutRomanCatholic.Hecalls
the separation of church and state a "misinterpretation of the
Constitution."ButwhatdoesKeyesmeanby"church"?Catholics
have never believed in the separation of church and state! Our
Constitution was written to hinder their efforts at producing a
Roman Catholic "statechurch"inAmerica.Wedonotside with
atheists.TheConstitutionwasnotintendedtoprohibitthepublic
exerciseandexpressionofChristianity.However,wearenotso
gullibleastojoinhandswithRomanCatholicsinsettingthestage
forRevelation17.ln2000,theConstitutionPartyinvitedKeyesto
join their efforts: "We warmly invite Ambassador Keyes, and all
those who love liberty and justice, to join with us in building a
party that will unreservedly work towards the restoration of our
belovedrepublic."Noticethefollowingnewsreport:
"AsformerUSAmbassadorAlanKeyescontinueshiscampaign
for the Republican presidential nomination, there are overtures
fromtheConstitutionPartybeckoningtheformerambassadorto
breakwiththeGOP.'USAToday'reportedMondaythatKeyes'is
clxxxiv
ready to join the Constitution Party' if Republican Party
presumptive presidential nominee George W. Bush 'chooses a
runningmatewhodoes notoppose abortion.' ConstitutionParty
candidate Howard Phillips reportedly 'is ready to step aside' if
Keyes decides to run on his party's platform. Phillips, who
describeshimselfasa'close' friendofKeyes,says,'l'mopento
discussing anything he (Keyes) would want to do..."
(CNSNews.com,May23,2000)
Callmealiteralist,butltakepeopleaccordingtotheirprofession.
What do DEVOUT Catholics have in common with our
Constitution?lftheypubliclystatethattheydisagreewithRome,
and repudiate their doctrines in the area of civil and religious
liberty,thenthatisonething.Buttojustpretendthatthereisno
contradiction between Rome and the Constitution is insanity.
Madness is often fashionable. l do not believe that Catholics
shouldbepersecuted.Yet,thisdoesnotmeanthatlmustagree
withthem.ltalsodoesn'tmeanthatlmustignorethattheyarea
politicalentityheadquarteredinRomewithadesiretoregainlost
powerinspiritualandcivilaffairs.Toignorecommonsenseand
the Bible (Revelation 17) to appear "tolerant" is foolish and
irresponsible.
JOSEPHSOBRAN:JosephSobranwasborninMichiganin1946.
clxxxv
He is a devout Catholic. He was invited to join the staff of
Buckley'sNationalReview.Hewasnominatedunanimouslytobe
the Constitution Party's Vice Presidential candidate (he later
resigned). Although conservative, he is no friend to truth if it
happenstobenegativeagainstthepopes.Hewrites:
"The scandal of pedophile priests and systematic coverup by
bishopsthreatenstobetheworstscandaltheChurchhasfacedin
centuries,maybetheworstsincetheReformation.lt'sfarworse
than some of the old malicious lies of scurrilous anti-Catholic
literature." (thewandererpress.com, 3-28-02) On another
occasion,Sorbanobserved:
"What is startling is the perpetual passion of anti-Catholicism.
You'd think that by now people who reject Catholicism would
calmly ignore its teachings as old and irrelevant superstitions.
After all, the Church has none of her old political power,
adherenceisnowtotallyvoluntary,andshehasenoughtrouble
gettingherownchildrentolistentoher."(Catholiclnsight.com)
CatholicwriterMalachiMartinwouldhavedisagreed(see"TheKeysof
This Blood"). Before his death, Martin was working on what he said
wouldbehismostimportantbook.ltwasentitled"Primacy:Howthe
lnstitutional Roman Catholic Church became a Creature of the New
WorldOrder."TheVaticantakesanaggressivestanceattheUnited
clxxxvi
Nationsindebatesandinternationalconferences:
"[Bushstated]'Thepositionofmyadministrationwillbeveryclear
and firm: America supports permanent observer status for the
Holy See.'...The Vatican, classified as a nonmember state with
permanent observer status, has many of the same rights and
privileges as the 188 countries that are full U.N.
members."("USAToday,"May26,2000)
The Vatican is the only religious group provided this special
standing.OtherdenominationalgroupsaretreatedasNGOs.
KElTH FOURNlER Keith Fournier is a Roman Catholic deacon
andlawyer.Heistheauthorof"AHouseUnited:Evangelicalsand
CatholicsTogether."Hewrites:
"Some Christians question his [the current Pope's] position as
successortoSaintPeter-ldonot.Othersquestionhistheology-
ldonot.ButnoonecanquestionhisloveforJesusChristand
deep commitment to proclaiming the gospel. l believe he is the
leading evangelical Christian in the world."("Evangelical
Catholics")
HewastheexecutivedirectoroftheAmericanCenterforLawand
Justice. The ACLJ has been the "religious liberty" arm of the
Christian Coalition. Like Keyes, Fournier, as a devout Catholic,
clxxxvii
maintains:
"The wall of separation between church and state that was
erected by secular humanists and other enemies of religious
freedomhastocomedown."("LawandJustice")
l continue to remind the reader that what Rome means by
"religiousliberty"isnotthesameaswhatearlyBaptistsbelieved
whentheylaboredforthefirstamendment.
TheChristianCoalitionestablishedtheCatholicAlliancein1995.
ln1996,Fournierbecamethefirstpresident.Heisalsopresident
ofLiberty,LifeandFamilylnstitute.
PAULWEYRlCH:ln1977,Weyrich(aCatholicdeacon)became
the president of the Free Congress Research and Education
Foundation. He is the founding president of the Heritage
Foundation.Hewaspresentedthe1998AmericanPatriotAward
fromConcernedWomenforAmerica,September1998.Namedby
Regardie's Magazine as "One of the 100 most powerful
Washingtonians,"inJanuary1990.
OTHERS: The traditional, Christian, conservative view of the
Roman Catholic Church has always been that until it publicly
changesitsdoctrinesandbringsforthfruitsmeetforrepentance
(itwillnotSlNCERELYdosoaccordingtoRevelation17)itisa
clxxxviii
greatthreattoreligiousandcivilliberties.
Phyllis Schlafly (of Eagle Forum), Catholic activist William
Bennett, William F. Buckley (editor of "National Review"), and
many other Roman Catholics are working hard to reshape this
traditionalviewpoint.Theyhavelargelysucceeded.
Letussoundthealarm.
Source:http://www.historicist.com/articles2/historicwarnings.htm
THE
SECRET
TERRORlSTS
The United States is in more danger today than she has ever
been. A secret terrorist organization has been workingwithin to
destroy America, its Constitution, and everything for which she
stands. This book gives all the details, and shows how far this
terroristorganizationhasbeenabletoprogressinthedestruction
ofAmerica.
CHAPTER1-TARGET:AMERlCA
TheUnitedStatesmustsoonfacethemostdeadlyenemyitwill
ever have to face. This enemy is not only the usual military
clxxxix
enemy,butithastheorganizationandthecapabilityformassive
espionageandclandestineoperationswithintheUnitedStates.lt
usesafacadethatisvirtuallyperfecttohideitsoperations.lnfact,
right now, this enemy is working secretly to undermine the
principlesthatmadethiscountrythegreatestnationintheworld.
Thisenemyhasinfiltratedthehighestlevelsanddepartmentsof
theU.S.government,andposesanextremedangertoAmerica.
Let us look at a little history and understand the methods this
enemyhasusedinthepastandhowitissecretlyworkingtoday.
Europewasfinallyatrest.TheNapoleonicWarswerenowover,
havinglastednearly20years.ThebrilliantandcraftyNapoleon
had spread Europe with the blood of her noblest sons. At long
last, there was peace. ln the aftermath, European sovereigns
convened a general council in Vienna, Austria in 1814. This
council hascometobeknownas theCongressofVienna.The
Congresscontinueditsproceedingsforoneyear,endingin1815.
TheCongressofViennawasablackconspiracyagainstPopular
Governmentsatwhichthe'highcontractingparties'announcedat
itsclosethattheyhadformeda'holyalliance.'Thiswasacloak
under which they masked to deceive the people. The particular
business of the Congress of Verona, it developed, was the
RATlFlCATlON of Article Six of the Congress of Vienna, which
cxc
was in short, a promise to prevent or destroy Popular
Governmentswhereverfound,andtoreestablishmonarchywhere
ithadbeensetaside.
The'highcontractingparties'ofthiscompact,whichwereRussia,
Prussia,[Germany],Austria,andPopePiusVll,kingofthePapal
States,enteredintoasecrettreatytodoso.BurkeMcCarty,The
Suppressed Truth About the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln,
AryaVartaPublishing,1924,p.7.
Accordingto McCarty, the Congress of Vienna formed theHoly
Alliance, whose primary goal was the destruction of all popular
governments. Popular governments are those where the
governmentallowsits
subjects to enjoy certain inalienable rights. Can you think of any
popular governments that were establishing themselves in the world
and granting their citizens certain inalienable rights around the year
1815?
SenatorRobertL.Owenplacedin theCongressional Record of
April 25, 1916 the following statement, which shows clearly he
thoughttheprimarytargetofthe"HolyAlliancewas theUnited
States.
TheHolyAlliancehavingdestroyedpopulargovernmentinSpain,
cxci
and in ltaly, had well-laid plans also to destroy popular
government in the American Colonies which had revolted from
Spain and Portugal in Central and South America under the
influenceofthesuccessfulexampleoftheUnitedStates.
ltwasbecauseofthisconspiracyagainsttheAmericanRepublics
by the European monarchies that the great English statesman,
Canning,calledtheattentionofourgovernmenttoit.lbid.pp.9,
10.(emphasisadded).
SenatorOwenunderstoodfromtheCongressofViennathatthe
united monarchies of Europe would seek to destroy the great
Americanrepublicanditsblood-boughtfreedoms.
Senator Owen was not the only one who knew about this
conspiracy against American freedom and the constitution. ln
1894,R.W.Thompson,AmericanSecretaryoftheNavy,wrote,
The sovereigns of the 'Holy Alliance' hadmassed large armies,
andsoonenteredintoapledgetodevotethemtothesuppression
ofalluprisingsofthepeopleinfavoroffreegovernment;andhe
[Pope Pius Vll] desired to devote the Jesuits, supported by his
pontificalpower,totheaccomplishmentofthatend.Heknewhow
faithfullytheywouldapplythemselvestothatwork,andhencehe
counseled them, in his decree of restoration, to strictly observe
the 'useful advices and salutary counsels' whereby Loyola had
cxcii
made absolution the cornerstone of the society. R.W.
Thompson,TheFootprintsoftheJesuits,HuntandEaton,1894,
p.251.
Thompsonpinpointedexactlywhowouldbetheagentsusedby
the monarchs of Europe to destroy the republic of America,
namely, the Jesuits of Rome! Since 1815 there has been a
continualassaultonAmericabytheJesuitstotrytodestroythe
constitutionalrightsofthisgreatnation.
ThefamousinventoroftheMorseCode,SamuelB.Morse,also
wroteofthissinisterplotagainsttheUnitedStates.
The author undertakes to show that a conspiracy against the
libertiesofthisRepublicisnowinfullaction,underthedirectionof
the wily Prince Metternich of Austria, who knowing the
impossibility of obliterating this troublesome example of a great
andfreenationbyforceofarms,isattemptingtoaccomplishhis
objectthroughtheagencyofanarmyofJesuits.Thearrayoffacts
andargumentsgoingtoprovetheexistenceofsuchaconspiracy,
will astonish any man who opens the book with the same
incredulity as we did. Samuel B. Morse, Foreign Conspiracy
AgainsttheLibertiesoftheUnitedStates,CrockerandBrewster,
1835,Preface.
The array of books written that detail the sinister plots of the
cxciii
Congress of Vienna and the Jesuits against the American
Republic are numerous. That this conspiracy has raged since
1815isafactofhistory.Wewillshowthatthisconspiracyisinfull
forcetodayandthatitisthereasonAmericaishavingsomany
problems at the present time and is so close to losing her
freedoms.
MostpeopleknowverylittleaboutthePope'sJesuits.Thereasonfor
this is that they are a very secretive society. ln order to understand
what the Order of the Jesuits is, please consider the following
quotation.
Throughout Christendom, Protestantism was menaced by
formidablefoes.ThefirsttriumphsoftheReformationpast,Rome
summoned new forces, hoping to accomplish its destruction. At
this time the order of the Jesuits was created, the most cruel,
unscrupulous,andpowerfulofallthechampionsofpopery.Cutoff
from earthly ties and human interests, dead to the claims of
natural affection, reason and conscience wholly silenced, they
knew no rule, no tie, but that of their order, and no duty but to
extenditspower.ThegospelofChristhadenableditsadherents
to meet danger and endure suffering, undismayed by cold,
hunger,toil,andpoverty,toupholdthebanneroftruthinfaceof
the rack, the dungeon, and the stake. To combat these forces,
Jesuitism inspired its followers with a fanaticism that enabled
cxciv
themtoendurelikedangers,andtoopposetothepoweroftruth
all theweaponsofdeception. Therewasnocrimetoogreatfor
them tocommit,nodeceptiontoo baseforthem topractice,no
disguise too difficult for them to assume. Vowed to perpetual
povertyandhumility,itwastheirstudiedaimtosecurewealthand
power,tobedevotedtotheoverthrowofProtestantism,andthe
re-establishmentofthepapalsupremacy.
Whenappearingasmembersoftheirorder,theyworeagarbof
sanctity,visitingprisonsandhospitals,ministeringtothesickand
thepoor,professingtohaverenouncedtheworld,andbearingthe
sacrednameofJesus,whowentaboutdoinggood.Butunderthis
blameless exterior the most criminal and deadly purposes were
oftenconcealed.ltwasafundamentalprincipleoftheorderthat
the end justifies the means. By this code, lying, theft, perjury,
assassination,werenotonlypardonablebutcommendable,when
theyservedtheinterestsofthechurch.Undervariousdisguises
theJesuitsworkedtheirwayintoofficesofstate,climbinguptobe
thecounselorsofkings,andshapingthepolicyofnations.They
became servants to act as spies upon their masters. They
established colleges for the sons of princes and nobles, and
schools for the common people; and the children of Protestant
parents were drawn into an observance of popish rites. All the
outwardpompanddisplayoftheRomishworshipwasbroughtto
cxcv
bear to confuse the mind and dazzle and captivate the
imagination,andthusthelibertyforwhichthefathershadtoiled
and bled was betrayed by the sons. The Jesuits rapidly spread
themselvesoverEurope,andwherevertheywent,therefollowed
a revival of popery. E. G. White, The Great Controversy, pp.
234,235,PacificPressPublishingAssn.,1911.
The Jesuits function like the Papacy's secret world-wide police.
They are very secretive and go to great lengths to keep their
operationssecret. They tell no onethat they are Jesuits. To all
outsideappearances,theyappearasnormalpeople.
Onelastauthorwillbecitedhere.
TheyareJesuits.Thissocietyofmen,afterexertingtheirtyranny
forupwardsoftwohundredyears,atlengthbecamesoformidable
totheworld,threateningtheentiresubversionofallsocialorder,
thateventhePope,whosedevotedsubjectstheyare,andmust
be,bythevowoftheirsociety,wascompelledtodissolvethem.
[PopeClementsuppressedtheJesuitOrderin1773.]
They had not been suppressed, however, for fifty years, before
the waning influence of Popery and Despotism required their
useful labors, to resist the light of Democratic liberty, and the
Pope [Pius Vll] simultaneously with the formation of the Holy
Alliance,[1815]revivedtheorderoftheJesuitsinalltheirpower.
cxcvi
AnddoAmericansneedtobetoldwhatJesuitsare?.theyareasecret
society,asortofMasonicorder,withsuperaddedfeaturesofrevolting
odiousness, and a thousand times more dangerous. They are not
merely priests, or of one religious creed; they are merchants, and
lawyers, andeditors, andmen of any profession, having no outward
badgebywhichtoberecognized;theyareaboutinall yoursociety.
Theycanassumeanycharacter,thatofangelsoflight,orministersof
darkness, to accomplish their one great end. They are all educated
men,preparedandsworntostartatanymoment,andinanydirection,
andforanyservice,commandedbythegeneraloftheirorder,boundto
nofamily,community,orcountry,bytheordinarytieswhichbindmen;
andsoldforlifetothecauseoftheRomanPontiff.J.WayneLaurens,
TheCrisisin America: ortheEnemies ofAmerica Unmasked, G.D.
Miller,1855,pp.265-267.
lgnatiusLoyolafoundedtheJesuitOrderinthe1540s.ltsposition
intheRomanCatholicChurchwassolidifiedduringtheCouncilof
Trent, which ran from 1546 to 1563. The Council of Trent was
convenedwithonegreatgoalinmind:howtostoptheProtestant
Reformation.TheReformationbeganin1517whenMartinLuther,
the fearless German friar, nailed 95 theses on the door of the
Wittenburgchapel.Thesetheseschallenged,amongotherthings,
theheinousdoctrineofindulgencestaughtbyRomethatdeclared
a man could save himself and loved ones by dropping enough
coinsintotheCatholicChurch'scoffers.
cxcvii
Luther'sgreatteachingsthattheBibleonlyisthestandardforall
doctrine and practice, and that a person is justified before God
throughfaithinJesusChristalone,sentthrillsthroughthehearts
of thousands throughout Europe and shock waves through the
hallsoftheVatican.
Thus, the Council of Trent was convened to counter the
Reformation;henceitisknownastheCounterReformation,and
theJesuitswouldbethechieftoolsofRometoundoanddestroy
everytraceofProtestantismwhereveritwasfound.
America's two greatest documents, the Declaration of
lndependence and the Constitution, are filled with Protestant
declarationsthatareabsolutelyintolerabletotheJesuitsofRome.
Does it surprise you that the Vatican condemns the founding
documentsoftheUnitedStates?
The Vatican condemned the Declaration of lndependence as
wickedness and called the Constitution of the United States a
SatanicDocument.AvroManhattan,TheDollarandtheVatican,
OzarkBookPublishers,1988,p.26.
HereispartoftheJesuitOath.
ldofurtherpromiseanddeclare,thatlwillhavenoopinionorwill
ofmyown,oranymentalreservationwhatever,evenasacorpse
cxcviii
orcadaver,butwillunhesitatinglyobeyeachandeverycommand
thatlmayreceivefrommysuperiorsintheMilitiaofthePope.l
furthermore promise and declare that l will, when opportunity
presents, make and wage relentless war, secretly or openly,
againstallheretics,ProtestantsandLiberals,aslamdirectedto
do,toextirpateandexterminatethemfromthefaceofthewhole
earth;andthatlwillspareneitherage,sexorcondition;andthatl
will hang, burn, waste, boil, flay, strangle and bury alive these
infamous heretics, rip up the stomachs and the wombs of their
womenandcrushtheirinfantsheadsagainstthewalls,inorderto
annihilate forever their execrable race. That when the same
cannotbedoneopenly,lwillsecretlyusethepoisonedcup,the
strangulating cord, the steel of theponiardor the leaden bullet,
regardlessofthehonor,rank,dignity,orauthorityofthepersonor
persons,whatevermaybetheirconditioninlife,eitherpublicor
private,aslatanytimemaybedirectedsotodobyanyagentof
thePopeorSuperioroftheBrotherhoodoftheHolyFaith,ofthe
Society of Jesus. Edwin A. Sherman, The Engineer Corps of
Hell;orRome'sSapper'sandMiners,PrivateSubscription,1883,
pp.118-124.
To think that a person would concur with such an abominable oath
defies reason.One could notevenimaginea more despicableoath.
Thewordhereticintheabovequotereferstoanyonewhodisagrees
cxcix
withthepope.
lnaletterfromJohnAdamstothenPresidentThomasJefferson
abouttheJesuitsweread,
Shall we not have regular swarms of them here, in as many
disguisesasonlyakingofthegypsiescanassume,dressedas
painters,publishers,writersandschoolmasters?lfevertherewas
abodyofmenwhomeritedeternaldamnationonearthandinhell
itisthisSocietyofLoyola's[theJesuits].GeorgeReimer,The
NewJesuits,Little,Brown,andCo.,1971,p.14.
NapoleonBonapartemadethisstatement:
TheJesuitsareamilitaryorganization,notareligiousorder.Their
chief is a general of an army, not the mere father abbot of a
monastery.Andtheaimofthisorganizationis:POWER.Powerin
its most despotic exercise. Absolute power, universal power,
power to control the world by the volition of a single man.
Jesuitism is the most absolute of despotisms; and at the same
timethegreatestandmostenormousofabuses..
The general of the Jesuits insists on being master, sovereign,
overthesovereign.WherevertheJesuitsareadmittedtheywillbe
masters, cost whatitmay.Theirsocietyisbynaturedictatorial,
and therefore it is the irreconcilable enemy of all constituted
cc
authority. Every act, every crime, however atrocious, is a
meritorious work, if committed for the interest of the Society of
Jesuits, or by the order of the general. General Montholon,
MemorialoftheCaptivityofNapoleonatSt.Helena,pp.62,174.
There was no disguise they could not assume, and therefore,
there was no place into which they could not penetrate. They
couldenterunheardtheclosetoftheMonarch,ortheCabinetof
theStatesman.TheycouldsitunseeninconvocationorGeneral
Assembly, and mingle unsuspected in the deliberations and
debates.
There was no tongue they could not speak, and no creed they
could not profess, and thus there was no people among whom
they might not sojourn, and no church whose membership they
might not enter and whose functions they might not discharge.
TheycouldexecratethePopewiththeLutheran,andswearthe
SolemnLeaguewiththeCovenantor.J.A.Wylie,TheHistoryof
Protestantism,Vol.ll,p.412.(quotedinSydneyHunter,lsAlberto
forReal?,ChickPublications,page13.)
lnthelightofthesestatements,severalquestionsarise.Sincethe
Jesuits began a direct assault on America in 1815 and nothing
stands in their way, then are the policies carried out today in
America under the control of this despot of Rome? Have the
cci
assassinations of certain presidents, like Abraham Lincoln,
William McKinley, James Garfield, and William Henry Harrison,
been Jesuit inspired? Have the atrocities, like Waco, Oklahoma
City, and the destruction of the Twin Towers in New York City
been planned behind the walls of the Vatican? What about our
preciousConstitutionandtheBillofRightsthathavecomeunder
such unrelenting attack in the past few decades? ls this the
ultimateprizeoftheJesuitstoannihilateourpreciousfreedoms
thatwerepurchasedat sogreatacost? Followingchapterswill
analyzesomeoftheseverysoberingquestions.
As if the Congress of Vienna was not clear enough as to the
objectivesoftheEuropeanmonarchsandtheJesuitOrder,there
weretwomoreCongressesthatwereconvened.
ThefirstofthesewasheldatVeronain1822.DuringthisCongress,it
wasdecidedthatAmericawouldbethetargetofJesuitemissariesand
thatAmericawastobedestroyedatall costs.Everyprincipleofthe
ConstitutionwastobedissolvedandnewJesuiticalprincipleswereto
beputintoplaceinordertoexaltthePapacytodominioninAmerica.
TheothermeetingwasheldinChieri,ltalyin1825.Hereiswhat
wasdecidedthere.
ln1825,someelevenyearsaftertherevivaloftheJesuitOrder,a
secret meeting of leading Jesuits was held at their College of
ccii
ChierinearTurin,inNorthernltaly.Atthatgathering,planswere
discussed for the advancement of Papal power, world-wide, for
thedestabilizingofgovernmentswhostoodinthewayandforthe
crushingofalloppositiontoJesuitschemesandambitions.
"Whatweaimat,istheEmpireoftheWorld.
"Wemustgivethem[thegreatmenofearth]tounderstandthat
the cause of evil, the bad leaven, will remain as long as
Protestantism shall exist, that Protestantism must therefore be
utterlyabolished.
Hereticsaretheenemiesthatweareboundtoexterminate.
"Then the Bible that serpent which with head erect and eyes
flashing threatens us with its venom while it trails along the
ground, shall be changedintoa rod assoon as we are able to
seize it. Hector Macpherson, The Jesuits in History, Ozark
BookPublishers,1997,appendix.
ThegoalofChieriisclear;destroyProtestantismatanycost,and
restorethetemporalpowerofthePapacyWORLDWlDE.Aswe
watch John Paul ll traversing the globe and being accepted
worldwideasthe"manofpeace,wecanseehowwelltheJesuit
plan,institutedatChieri,isworking.
Thesethreemeetings,atVienna,Verona,andChieri,wereheld
cciii
withasmuchsecrecy as possible. However,onemanattended
thefirsttwomeetingsthatwouldnotbesilenced.Britishforeign
ministerGeorgeCanningcontactedtheU.S.governmenttowarn
themthatthemonarchsofEuropewereplanningtodestroythe
freeinstitutionsofAmerica.
ltwasbecauseofthisconspiracyagainsttheAmericanRepublics
by the European monarchies that the great English statesman
Canning, called the attention of our government to it, and our
statesmenthen,includingThomasJefferson,whowasstillliving
atthattime,tookanactiveparttobringaboutthedeclarationby
PresidentMonroeinhisnextannualmessagetotheCongressof
theUnitedStatesthattheUnitedStateswouldregarditasanact
of hostility to the government of the United States and an
unfriendly act, if this coalition, or if any power of Europe ever
undertooktoestablishupontheAmericancontinentanycontrolof
anyAmericanrepublic,ortoacquireanyterritorialrights.
Thisistheso-calledMonroeDoctrine.Thethreatunderthesecret
treatyofVeronatosuppresspopulargovernmentintheAmerican
republicsisthebasisoftheMonroeDoctrine.Thissecrettreaty
setsforthclearlytheconflictbetweenmonarchialgovernmentand
popular government, and the government of the few as against
thegovernmentofthemany.BurkeMcCarty,TheSuppressed
cciv
TruthAbouttheAssassinationofAbrahamLincoln,page10.
The Monroe Doctrine was America's response to the Jesuit's
CongressofViennaandVerona.Americawouldconsideritanact
of war if any European nation sought colonial expansion in the
westernhemisphere.
TheJesuitshavebeenablesecretlytoattackandinfiltrateAmericato
accomplish exactly what the Monroe Doctrine was stated to protect
against.
Theyhavebeenabletogetawaywithitbecauseitwasdonewith
theutmostsecrecyandunderthefacadeofbeingachurch.
ln a letter to President Monroe, Thomas Jefferson made the
followingobservations:
Thequestionpresentedbythelettersyouhavesenttome,isthe
most momentous which has ever been offered to my
contemplationsincethatoflndependence.Thatmadeusanation,
thissetsourcompassandpointsthecoursewhichwearetosteer
through the ocean of time opening on us. And never could we
embarkonitundercircumstancesmoreauspicious.Ourfirstand
fundamentalmaximshouldbe,nevertoentangleourselvesinthe
broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to
intermeddle with cis-Atlantic affairs. America, North and South,
ccv
hasasetofinterestsdistinctfromthoseofEurope,andpeculiarly
her own. She should therefore have a system of her own,
separateandapartfromthatofEurope.Whilethelastislaboring
tobecomethedomicileofdespotism,ourendeavorshouldsurely
be, to make our hemisphere that of freedom. [We must be]
declaringourprotestagainsttheatrociousviolationsoftherights
ofnations,bytheinterferenceofanyoneintheinternalaffairsof
another,soflagitiouslybegunbyBonaparte,andnowcontinued
bytheequallylawlessAlliance,callingitselfHoly.
Wewilloppose,withallofourmeans,theforcibleinterpositionof
any other power. The question now proposed involves
consequences so lasting, and effects so decisive of our future
destinies,astorekindlealltheinterestlhaveheretoforefelton
suchoccasions,andtoinducemetothehazardofopinions,which
willproveonlymywishtocontributestillmymitetowardsanything
whichmaybeuseful toourcountry.Archives,MountHolyoke
College.
Jefferson saw this as a great crisis in America's young history
becausethewilyandsinisterJesuitshadbeenorderedtotarget
America'sdestruction.
The Monroe Doctrine challenged any advance on America by
Europe.However,Monroedidnotreallyunderstandthatthecrafty
ccvi
Jesuits would not initially use the force of arms to gain their
objectives. They would use cunning, craftiness, and utmost
secrecy.Theywouldappealtomen'sbasestpoints.Theywould
planttheiragentsinpositionsofwealthandpowerandthenuse
their influence to gain their great prize the subversion and
destruction of every Protestant principle as outlined in the
ConstitutionoftheUnitedStates.
TheVatican
JesuitGlobal
Conspiracy
byDr.RonaldCooke
PREFACE
ThisisthefourthinaseriesofbookletsontheVaticaninthe
Westernworldtoday.lnthisbookletwetrytosketchtherolethat
theVaticanplaysinworldpoliticstodayandthegoalandplanit
has for the world. We also look at the enormous financial
resources
ccvii
thattheVaticanpossessesandthebillionsmorewhichareatits
disposal.
We also look at the part that the Jesuits play in helping to
implement
thegoaloftheVatican.lnourtravelsandteachingwefind
that there is almost a total blackout concerning the sinster
aspirations
oftheVaticanandtheJesuits.Menwhopurporttowriteon
thegreatconspiracythatisouttocontroltheworldnotonlynever
mentiontheVatican,butiftheydo,theymaketheVaticanoutto
be
thetargetoftheconspiracyratherthantheoriginatorofthe
conspiracy.
ltisobvioustoanyonewhoisevenremotelyinterestedinthe
Vaticanconspiracythattimeshavecertainlychangedtheattitudes
of Protestant Christians toward the Jesuits. The word "Jesuit"
used
ccviii
toconjureupinthemindsofthosewhohearditamalevolentand
satanicrictus.Buttimeshavechanged.TodayJesuitsare
accordedreverenceandrespectinallsegmentsofwestern
society,andyes,evenallowedbackintoEasternsocietyafter
beingbannedfromcountrieslikeChinaforalmostthirtyyears.
FormerPresidentNixonusedaJesuittowritehisspeeches.
Jesuitsareleadinglightsinthemodernirenicdialogueofthe
ecumenical movement so that at least in the United States an
aura
ofrespectabilitynowsurroundstheworkingsoftheJesuits.Notall
AmericansorevenallAmericanRomanCatholicsareimpressed
withtheJesuits,buttheplansoftheVaticanHierarchyare
proceedingalongclearlydefinedlinesnomatterwhethersome
RomanCatholicsmayapproveornot.TheVaticanandtheJesuits
havethesamegoalinmind.Theyarebothworkingtobringthe
worldtothefeetoftheRomanPontiff.TheJesuitshavebeen
ccix
backingtheMarxistsinsometroublespotsoftheworld,especially
inLatinAmerica.ThePopewantstoretaintheclose
backingheenjoysfrommenlikeRonaldReagan;therefore,he
iv
pretendedtoreprimandtheJesuitsforworkingwiththeMarxists
in
CentralAmerica.Aswewillseelater,theMarxistsinCentral
America,asinNorthernlreland,allhavegoodRomanCatholic
credentials.
WhatmostpeopledonotrealizeisthattheJesuitsaretheC.l.A.
oftheVatican.Thatis,justasWashingtonoftenseemstoconflict
with,anddisavowsomeofthecovertactivitiesoftheC.l.A
especiallywhentheyaregoingtoproveembarrassing,sothe
Vaticanfromtimetotimewillappeartodisavowtheactivitiesof
the
Jesuits.lnactualityjustasWashingtonmanytimessecretlyhopes
forthesuccessofsomeclandestineoperationoftheC.l.A.
ccx
althoughpubliclydisavowinganyknowledgeofit,sotheVatican
hopesforthesuccessoftheJesuitswhilepubliclyreprimanding
themtoappeasethosewhoaredisturbedbytheirintrigue.
SoalthoughtheremayappeartobefrictionbetweentheJesuits
andtheVatican,thefrictionhasnothingwhatsoevertodowith
MarxismperseastheAmericannewsmediaconstantlyaffirms,it
hastodowiththepossiblebreakofsomeoftheMarxistswiththe
Vaticanpowerstructure,whichmightoccurincountrieslike
Nicaragua.TheVaticanlostCubabecauseitmisjudgedFidel
Castro,whoatonetimewasafaithfulsonoftheChurch.ltdoes
notwanttomakethesamemistakeagainwithErnestoCardenal
andhisRomanCatholichenchmeninNicaragua.Sothe
preemptivemovesofthePopeinCentralAmericatodayare
primarilyself-serving.ThePoperealizesthatmuchgovernmental
controlwillbelostinCentralAmericaifthe"church"doesnotgo
alongwiththeMarxistliberationmovementsfomentedby"church"
ccxi
leaders.OntheotherhandifthePopeappearstosupportthe
Marxistliberationmovementsopenly,hewilllosethesupportof
theUnitedStatesinLatinAmerica.SothepresentPopegivesthe
impressionthatheisagainstMarxismbycallingupontheJesuits
togetoutofpoliticsinLatinAmericaandbysummoningthe
BrazilianliberationtheologianLeonardoBofftoRomeforan
investigation.
Thesemovesandothers,whichthepresentPopeismaking,get
mixedreviewsintheU.S.press,butasYalluppointsoutinhis
recentbook,lNGOD'SNAME,thisPopecametotheVaticanwith
theattitude"businessasusual,"meaningthatallthecorruption
whichtheformerPope,whowasmurdered,wanted
V
cleanedup,wouldcontinue.
ThepresentPopeisamasterpolitician,sohehasspokenout
againstMarxismtoretainthesupportoftheUnitedStatesin
ccxii
Poland.ltisplainlyapartofhisoverallstrategy,astrategywhich
hasalwaysplayedbothendsagainstthemiddle.ThePopebacks
theMarxist-orientedliberationmovementsofLatinAmericatothe
hiltaslongastheyremainsubservienttotheoverallgoalsofthe
Vatican.ltwastoreinforcethissubserviencethathemetwiththe
Jesuits.
TheVaticanrealizesthatithaslostoutcompletelyinmostof
LatinAmericaifitdoesnotbacktheMarxistrevolutionaries,99%
of whom are Roman Catholics. So when the Pope visited the
area,
healludedtothestrugglesforjusticeandhumanrights,which
weregoingoninthatpartoftheworld.However,sincetheUnited
StateslookswithconcernontheMarxistrevolutionaries,thePope
hassinceshiftedcourseagainandpretendedtoreprimandthe
clergy,whowere,andare,involvedinthisregion.
TheC.l.A.ofthepapacyarewithoutadoubttheJesuits.They
ccxiii
areworkingnightanddaytofurthertheglobalaspirationsofthe
Vatican.Theirzealandpersistenceareasgreatastheyeverwere
eventhoughtheyenjoymuchmorerespectabilitythantheyonce
did.WetrytoshowwithdocumentedevidencethattheVatican-
Jesuit intrigue, far from being a "Protestant myth," is a
contemporary
phenomenon,whichisstillfunctioninginthelatterhalf
ofthetwentieth-century.
RonaldCooke
ManahathSchoolofTheology
Hollidaysburg,Pennsylvania
1985
vi
CONTENTS
TheJesuitsinHistory.....................................................................9
TheJesuitsToday........................................................................17
ccxiv
AFinancialEmpireSecondtoNone............................................27
TheConspiracyofMisdirection....................................................33
ConcludingRemarks....................................................................45
vii
THEJESUlTSlNHlSTORY
ThetruechurchoftheLordJesusChristhassufferedreproach
andenduredpersecutioninalmosteveryagesinceStephenwas
martyred.lntheearlyyearsofthechurchtoconfessChristinvited
persecutionandmartyrdom.Astheyearsrolledbyandthechurch
gainedmorepower,itwasnotlonguntilthechurchwasdoingthe
persecutinginsteadofbeingpersecuted.
Augustine was one of the first, but certainly not the last, to
advocate
thenecessityofforcetoextirpateerror.AsFarrarpoints
out:"HiswritingsbecametheBibleoftheinquisition."1Sofrom
thenon,inquisitorialmethodsbecamepartandparcelofRome's
ccxv
intrigues although stridently denied by some contemporary
writers.
MartinLutherwasusedofGodtosetforththeliberatingdoctrine
ofjustificationbyfaithinthefinishedworkofChristandsodealta
deathblowtoRomanCatholicism.ForthisgreatBiblicaldoctrine
destroys completely the whole-sacramentarian-good-works-
priestly
enterpriseknownasRomanCatholicism.SincethetimeofLuther
the Roman institution has been working day and night to
overthrow
BibleProtestantismandreturnthe"separatedbrethren"totheone
truefoldtheVatican.Nogreaterefforthasbeenmadethanthat
made by the Jesuits. The Society of Jesus, founded by Loyola,
has
beenattheoriginofmanyconspiraciesdirectedagainst
Protestantism.Theyaredocumentedconspiracies,notfigmentsof
anoveractiveimagination.Soitisnothingshortofamazingwhen
ccxvi
Gary Allen, who claims to be an authority in the field of
conspiracy,
callsinPedroArrupetosubstantiatehisthesisthataconspiracy
exists.AtthetimethatAllenwrotetenyearsago,PedroArrupe
wastheheadoftheJesuits.
TheJesuitsarefamousinhistoryfortheirconspiracies,intrigues,
assassinations,andtheirundyinghatredoftheProtestant
Reformation.PedroArrupewastheheadofanorganizationwhich
everywellinformedProtestantknowswasthemainforcebehind
theCounterReformation.TheCounter-Reformationsoughtby
everymeans,fairorfoul,tooverthrowandundotheworkofthe
gloriousProtestantReformation.
lftherewerenootherreasontobeagainsttheJesuitsbutthis,
thattheyattemptedwhereverpossibletostoporhinderthetrue
-9-
workofrevivalandgospelenlightenmentinthechurch,itwould
be
ccxvii
morethanenough.Buttherearemanymorereasonsthanthis.So
foranyoneclaimingtobeknowledgeableinthefieldofconspiracy
toalignhimselfwiththeheadoftheJesuitsisasevereblow,to
say
theleast,tohiscredibility.Yetthousandsoffundamentaland
conservativepreachersspeakconstantlyaboutAllen's"lnsider"
conspiracywithoutoncestoppingtoconsidertheworkofthe
Jesuitsandtheirsponsor,theVatican.
TheJesuitsweresoevilthattheywerefearedevenbyRoman
Catholickings!MacPhersonnotes:
The(Roman)CatholickingofPortugalsays:itcannotbe
butthatthelicentiousnessintroducedbytheJesuits,ofwhich
thethreeleadingfeaturesarefalsehood,murderandperjury,
deprivethelawsoftheirpower,destroythesubmissionof
subjects,allowindividualsthelibertyofkilling,calumniating,
lying,andforswearingthemselvesastheiradvantagemay
ccxviii
dictate.2
McKinleyaddshistestimonytothatofMacPherson.
Thissocietywhichhasdaredtoappropriatetoitselfthe
Name,whichisaboveeveryname,bycallingitself,"The
OrderofJesus,"deservedratherfromthenatureofitsdoctrines
andfromtheworkithasdoneintheworldtobecalled
theOrderofSatan.3
Eventhesecularhistorian,W.E.Lunt,whosetextwasusedfor
yearsinAmericancollegesanduniversities,recognizedthe
conspiraciesoftheJesuits.
lnthisdevelopmenttheEnglishCatholicshadnosmall
part...Theywerenotaseriouspoliticalmenaceuntil1580
whentwoJesuitscametoEnglandandbegantoplotwiththe
Spanishambassador...toplaceMaryonthethrone.Fromthat
timeCatholicplotswerecontinuallybeinghatched.Somehad
astheirmethodarebellionaidedbyforeigninvasionwhile
ccxix
otherssoughttheirobjectbythesimplemodeofElizabeth's
assassination.Noneoftheplotssucceeded...
Walsingham...laidbaretheplots....andarrestedseveralof
theconspirators.4
-10-
TheJesuitsactuallybecamesopowerfulandoverbearingthat
theyweredisbandedbynoneotherthanthepopehimself.ln1773
Ganganelli,whosucceededClementXlll,issuedapapalbullin
whichhedeclaredthemsuppressedandextinctandtheirstatutes
annulled.Theyremainedsuppressedforfortyyears,butin1814
PiusVllissuedabullsolemnlyrestablishingthesocietyunderthe
constitutionsof"St.lgnatius."
Thefactthatthesocietywasheldinsuchdisreputeevenbyits
owninstitutioniscertainlynotmuchofarecommendationforits
evilpractices.Yet,themanwhoheadedthissocietywhenGary
Allenwrotehisbook,"NONEDARECALLlTCONSPlRACY,"was
ccxx
called in by Allen to corroborate the fact that an international
conspiracy
exists.ltisobviousthatitisveryeasytopostulatea
Bilderberger,lnsider,orTrilateralisttypeofconspiracywithout
generatinganyanimosityamongthegeneralpublic.Everyoneand
anyonecanidentifyagainstafewrichevilmenlurkinginthe
shadowsandworkingtotakeovertheworld.Buttoidentify
religiousmenasconspiratorscausesmillionsofpeopletobridlein
angeranddisbelief.
ltisobviousthatveryfewpeopleknowanythingaboutthe
Jesuitstoday.Letuslookattheorganizationthatlgnatiusof
Loyola brought into being. There were several steps through
which
everywell-trainedJesuitwastopassbeforehewasgraduated
fromhistraining.
1.TheSpiritualExercises.
Thesewereundertakenwiththeobjectofinducingamongother
ccxxi
thingsastateofcompletesubjectionofthewill.5
2.lfthetraineepassedthefirsttest,hewasinvitedtobecomea
novice.
Fromthistimeon,heisexcludedfromallearthlyfriendsandis
tohavenowillofhisownastohisfuture.Heistoputhimselfin
the
handsofhisdirectorastheinterpreterofheaventowardhim.
Completeobedienceisthethingthatisabsolutelyrequired.His
consciencemustneverassertitselfinoppositiontohissuperiors.
Newman notes: "Absolute destruction of individual will and
conscience
isaimedatandtoagreatextentaccomplished."6
Cananyoneimagineabetterbaseuponwhichtobuildaglobal
conspiracythancompleteandunquestioningobedience?lnevery
smallconspiracyaboutwhichdetailscanbestudied,oneofthe
-11-
primarygoalsistogeteachconspiratortogivehisunquestioning
ccxxii
andcompleteobediencetotheplan.
TheNovitiateusuallylaststwoyears.lfthenoviceisfoundto
possesstheright qualities, heisaccepted as a Scholar. Notice
the
weedingoutprocessthatcontinuesallthroughtheentireprogram.
Onlythemostdedicatedmakeitthroughtothefinalstagesofthe
Society.
TheScholarnowundergoesaprotractedcourseoftrainingin
variousbranchesofknowledge.Attentionispaidtothecultivation
ofasoundphysicalmake-up.lftheScholarisabletomeetthe
requirementsofthisstage,hebecomesaCoadjutor.Thosewho
attainthisrankaretodevotethemselveswholeheartedlytothe
advancementofthesociety.Theyserveaspriests,missionaries,
teachersandbusinessmenforthesociety.
Thenextrungontheecclesiasticalladderisagroupcalledthe
Professed.Thesearecomposedofasmallproportionofthe
ccxxiii
Coadjutorswhohaveprovedthemselvesandhavebeentestedas
to their complete trustworthiness regarding the aims of the
society.
ltisfromthisgrouptheofficersofthesocietyaredrawn.Theyare
theoneswhoareentrustedwithitssecrets.Watchcareisanother
importantpartofthesociety.Eachmemberincludingthegeneral
is
responsibletoanother,andaccordingtoNewman:
towhomhemustregularlymakeconfessionofhisinmost
thoughts,andwhoisrequiredtoexercizeawatchcareover
himandtoreporteverydeviationfromrectitude,accordingto
thestandardsofthebody.7
TheaimoftheOrderwas,accordingtolgnatius,thepromotion
ofthegreatergloryofGod.AccordingtoNewman:
ThegreatergloryofGodwasidentifiedbytheminthemost
absolutewaywiththeworldwideandundisputeddominionof
theRomanCatholicChurch.8
ccxxiv
ThemethodsoftheOrderarewellknown.lnmostcasesthe
Jesuitsdenythechargesagainstthem.Butithasbeencharged
thattheyinfiltrateintoplacesofpowerusingastheirwatchword,
thephrase"theendjustifiesthemeans."Thefactthattheydeny
suchactionsshouldnotcauseanysurprisesincethatispartand
parceloftheirmethodofoperation.
-12-
Theirethicalsystemallowsallkindsofloopholesbywhichto
escapeanysituationthatmightcauseembarrassmenttothe
SocietyortotheRomanCatholicChurch.Thesocietydidopenly
defend their recommendation that tyrants should be
assassinated.9
Their doctrine of Probabilism, although rejected by some
members,
neverthelesssecuredpapalrecognition.Theirabilitytoescape
responsibilitybythemethodof"directingtheintention"also
demonstratesthatthephrase"theendjustifiesthemeans,"
ccxxv
althoughneverappearingintheirwritings,isthereintheirpurpose
asplainasday.
Anotherequallyobjectionabledoctrinewastheirteachingon
mentalreservationorrestriction,wherebyone,withoutburdento
hisconscience,mighttelladownrightlieprovidedthewordor
clausethatwouldmakeittrueisinhismind.
Thus,oneaccusedofhavingcommittedacertainactlastweek
inacertainplacemayswearthathewasnotthere,reservingthe
statement"thismorning."10TheSecretlnstructions,supposedto
be
thefrankdirectionsofthegeneralstotheprovincialsandothers
involvingunscrupulouscommands,cannolongerbeused.The
genuinenessofthedocumenthasbeendeniedbythesociety.lt
wasfirstpublishedin1612,and,ifnotgenuine,wasprobablythe
production of the ex-Jesuit Hieronymus Zaorowski.11 However,
as
Newmancogentlyreasons:
ccxxvi
TherepudiationoftheworkbytheSocietyis,ofcourse,no
conclusive evidence of its spuriousness. lt has been the
consistent
policyofthesocietyfromthebeginningtodenyeverything
disadvantageoustothechurchortoitself.12
ThesupremeendasnotedabovewasthegreatergloryofGod.
Soanysuperiorcandeclareanend,howeverdiabolical,toinvolve
thegreatergloryofGod,andcommandhisinferiortouseany
meanswhateverfortheaccomplishmentofthisend,including,as
Newmanpointsout:"deceit,theft,andevenmurder;andthe
inferiormustunquestioninglyobey."13
HodgealsopointsoutinhisworkthenotorietywhichtheJesuits
attainedthroughtheirprincipleofmentalreservation.
Thedoctrinethatthecharacterofanactdependedsolely-
13-
ontheintention.lftheintentionbegood,theactisgood;
ccxxvii
whetheritbefalsehood,perjury,murder,oranyotherconceivable
crime.PascalquotestheJesuitmoralistEscobaras
layingdownthegeneralprinciple,"thatpromisesarenot
bindingunlesstherewasanintentionofkeepingthem,atthe
timetheyweremade."Onthesameprinciple,thattheintention
determinesthecharacteroftheact,themurderofHenry
lll,in1589;ofthePrinceofOrangein1584;ofHenrylV,of
Francein1610;andespeciallythemassacresonthefeastof
St.Bartholomew,werealljustified,.14
GordonLiddy,whowasalsoeducatedbytheJesuits,usedthe
sametypeofreasoningforjustifyinghispartintheNixon
Watergate scandal. lt is very significant that Liddy, who now
claims
hedoesnotbelieveinGod,neverthelessusesthevarious
definitionsoftheRomanmoraliststojustifymurder.
ltisthesamerationalebywhichlwaswillingtoobeyan
ccxxviii
ordertokillJackAnderson.Butlwoulddosoonlyaftersatisfying
myselfthatitwas:(a)anorderfromlegitimateauthority;
(b)aquestionofmalumprohibitum;and(c)arationalresponse
totheproblem.15
OnceweallowthereasoningoftheJesuitstoprevail,then
murderbecomesaviablemeansofpolicyifwefeelthatitis
necessary.ltistragicthatmanyfundamentalandevangelical
Christiansagreewiththistvpeofreasoningtoday,showingthat
Jesuiticalcasuistryhasmadevaststridessincethesixteenth
century.
Webelieveincapitalpunishment.Wedonotbelieve,however,
thatanymanhastherighttobejudge,juryandexecutioner.Once
allowthistypeofthinking,andTomasTorquemadaandthe
lnquisitionwillnotbefaraway.
TheJesuitswerewellreceivedinltalyandinPortugalatfirst.
HoweverinSpain,CharlesVwasopposedtotheirmethodsand
ccxxix
to
theirideasofpapalabsolutism.LeadingRomanCatholicSpanish
theologianssuchasMelchiorCanusdenouncedthemasthe
forerunnersofanti-ChristforetoldbytheApostleinllTimothy3:2.
lnFrancetheymetwithoppositionbutfinallygainedafoothold
andpermissiontoestablishacollegeatClermont.lnLyons,their
-14-
presenceandpreachingresultedintheburningofthebooksand
churchesoftheHuguenots.ltisprobablethattheMassacreofSt.
Bartholomew's Day was due in some measure to their
influence.16
lnEngland,TrevelyansaysoftheJesuitsthattheirpolicyaimed
"at
theoverthrowoftheexistingregimeandtheforcibleextirpationof
Protestantism."17Alikeliergrouptooriginateaglobalconspiracy
wouldindeedbedifficulttofind.Theirzealknewnobounds.They
wereandaretheheartandsouloftheCounter-Reformation.As
ccxxx
Newman,thegreatSouthernBaptistHistorian,pointsout:
ThechiefmeansthatwereusedbytheCounter-Reformation
fromthistimeonward(1541)weretheCouncilofTrent,
TheSocietyofJesus,andthelnquisition...Thesemeansof
fortifyingthechurchandrepressingheresyarecloselyinterlinked.
TheCouncilofTrent,especiallyinitslaterandmore
importantphases,andtheestablishmentandworkingofthe
lnquisition,likethepolicyofthepapacyingeneral,weredue
toJesuitinfluence.18
SoforsomeonetocallinPedroArrupetocommentonthe
possibleexistenceofaconspiracyislikecallinginAdolfHitlerto
commentonthepossibleexistenceofNazism.ltisbettertogo
with known facts about conspiracy than to hint at hidden
conspiracies
whichmaynotevenexist.
TheJesuitswereindefatigableintheireffortstorestore
ccxxxi
RomanismtoitsformergloryintheareaswhereProtestantism
hadgainedafoothold.VonRanketellsofthereturnoftheidolatry
ofRomanismtopartsofGermany.
lnCologneitwasagainanhonortoweartheRosary.Relics
wereoncemorehelduptopublicreverenceinTreves,where
formanyyearsnoonehadventuredtoexhibitthem...the
youthoflngolstadtbelongingtotheJesuitschoolwalked...ona
pilgrimage...inordertobestrengthenedfortheirconfirmation
"bythedewthatdroppedfromthetombofSt.Wal-purgis."19
TheJesuitswerethefirsteffectivecounteractionagainstthe
progressofProtestantismthattheRomanCatholicChurchwas
abletowage.YetfewProtestantsthen,andnow,failtorealizethe
-15-
eternalissueswhichareatstakeinthisbattle.Graceand
idolatrousworksaremutuallyexclusive.Errorisonlydefeatedby
theproclamationofthetruth.ltisneverdefeatedbycompromise,
ccxxxii
half-truths,orafailuretorecognizeitsexistence.
REFERENCES
1.Farrar,F.W.Historyoflnterpretation,BakerBookHouse,
Reprint,p.235
2. MacPherson, Hector, The Jesuits in History, Edinburgh,
Scotland.
1914,pp.104-105
3.Ash,McKinley,TheAntichrist,Blackwood,N.J.p.91
4.Lunt,W.E.,HistoryofEngland,p.378
5.Newman,AlbertHenry,AManualofChurchHistory,Vol.ll,
Philadelphia,1947,p.369
6.lbid.,p.370
7.lbid.,p.371
8.lbid.,p.372
9.loccit.
10.lbid.,p.372
ccxxxiii
11.loc.cit
12.lbid.,p.378
13.lbid.,p.379
14.Hodge,Charles,SystematicTheology,Vol.lll,N.Y.1873,pp.
445-446
15.Liddy,G.Gordon,Will,DellPub.Co.1981,p.291
16.Newman,p.381
17.Trevelyan,G.M.,HistoryofEngland,Volll.,Doubleday,N.Y.
1953,p.158
18.Newman,p.355
19.VonRanke,Leopold,HistoryofthePopes,Volll,Collier,N.Y.
1901,p.23
-16-
THEJESUlTSTODAY
ManyAmericans,ofcourse,whilepayinghalf-heartedattention
tosuchhistoricalmattersareconvincedthatalthoughtheremay
ccxxxiv
besomemisdeedsinhistory,theJesuitsofthepresenthave
changed.OthersseemtobelievethattheintrigueoftheJesuitsis
neededtodaytocounteractthecommunistmenace.
G.GordonLiddyofWatergatefamewastaughtbytheJesuits,
andnowheredoesheapologizefortheirteachingsorforhis
philosophyoflifewhichisbasedontheJesuitteachingthatthe
endjustifiesthemeans.lnfact,heunashamedlyadvocatesthis
teachingastheonlywaythatAmericacansurvive.
lnhisautobiographyhestates:
Fordhamwasafeastforthemindandachallengetothe
spirit.Tobeginwith,itwasstillundertheabsolutecontrolof
theJesuits...AsmuchaslhadadmiredtheGermanBenedictines,
ladmiredtheJesuitsmore...
TheSocietyofJesuswassomethingspecialtheshock
troopoftheCatholicChurch.1
HegoesontosaythatHeinrichHimmleruseditasthemodelfor
ccxxxv
hisdreadedblack-uniformedSSinHitler'sGermanyandthatthe
SS swore a special oath of loyalty to the Fuhrer, just as the
highest
orderoftheJesuitssworeaspecialoathofloyaltytothePope.
Liddysayslateronthat"justasldo,JohnSiricabelievestheend
justifiesthemeans."2
TheJesuitsobviouslyhavegainedrespectabilityinourtime.
They have come a long way since John Adams, the second
President
oftheUnitedStates,wroteinalettertoThomasJefferson:"lf
evertherewasabodyofmenwhomeritedeternaldamnationon
earthandinHell,itisthisSocietyofLoyola."3
JohnG.Schmitz,whoranforPresidentontheAmericanParty
ticketafewyearsago,waseducatedbytheJesuits.Hiseducation
bytheJesuitswasputforwardassomethinginhisfavorrather
thanaliability.HealsowrotetheforewordtoGaryAllen'sbook,
"NONEDARECALLlTCONSPlRACY."Soweliveinremarkable
ccxxxvi
timeswhenJesuittrainedleaderscanwriteaboutconspiracyand
beacceptednotonlybythegeneralpublic,butby
-17-
professedconservativeProtestantChristianity.
JerryBrown,theGovernorofCalifornia,whohastwicesought
thepresidentialnomination,wasalsoeducatedbytheJesuits.
Again,thiswasnotsomethingconsideredaliability,ratheritwas
advertisedasproofofhismoralfiberandstrengthofcharacter.
TimescertainlyhavechangedinAmerica.
HarryReasoner,ashewassigningoffhisnationallytelevised
newscastafewyearsago,alsodemonstratedhowfartheJesuits
havecomeingainingcompleteacceptanceintheUnitedStates.
HetoldajokeaboutthreeordersintheRomanCatholicChurch.lt
went something like this. The Dominicans, the Franciscans and
the
JesuitswereallarguingaboutwhichorderGodlovedthemost.
ccxxxvii
Theywentdowntothealtarandweretoldthattheywouldreceive
theanswerthenextday.Whentheywentbackthenextday,there
wasanoteonthealtarwhichsaid,"lloveyouallequally."Signed,
God,S.J.Harrysignedoffchucklingtohimself.Whilewecan
appreciateajoke,wedonotconsidertheJesuitsalaughing
matter.ForiftheBibleistrue,andwebelieveitis,thentheJesuit
ideaofsalvationbyworks,masses,andceremonieshasled
millions,andisstillleadingmillions,toalosteternity.
Tothosewhocherishbiblicaltruthandthefreedomtopreach
the true Gospel, the rise of the Jesuits to a place of complete
acceptance
andindeedpowerintheUnitedStatestodaydoesnot
bode well for the future of this great land. Everything that
Protestant
Americansholddearwillbeforfeitedifthesemenevergainthe
ascendancyinthisland.
ThegreatestproofofallthattheJesuitshaveindeedgained
ccxxxviii
completerespectabilityintheUnitedStatestodayisthestartling
factthatamanclaimingtooutlinetheglobalshadowyconspiracy
thatthreatenstheworldshouldcallintheleaderoftheJesuitsto
substantiateandcorroboratehisthesis.Nooneinformedinthe
areaofchurchhistorywouldeverdosuchathingunlesshe
believedthatthetimehadcomewhentheJesuitswerenolonger
suspectthemselves.Apparently,GaryAllenbelievesthatthistime
hasarrived.MillionsofconservativelyorientedAmericanswho
agreewithAllenareeithertotallyignorantofthehistoricalrecord
or
believethattheJesuitshavechanged.ltcanbesaidwithoutfear
ofcontradictionthatwhetherornotoneagreeswiththeideaofa
JesuitConspiracy,noProtestantwhohasstudiedchurchhistory
wouldevercallintheleaderoftheJesuitsto
-18-
corroboratehisviewofconspiracy.
ccxxxix
TheJesuitshavenotonlygainedcompleterespectabilityinthe
UnitedStatestoday,buttheyhavealsogainedgreatpower.They
ownacontrollinginterestintheBankofAmericaaswellasother
financialinterests.TheyarethusabletoinfluenceRomanCatholic
politicianstoservetheendsoftheRomanCatholicChurchmore
vigorously.(WewilllookattheVatican'svastfinancialempirein
moredetailinthenextchapter.)
TheJesuitswereinvolvedinintrigueatthehighestlevelsofthe
UnitedStatesgovernment.DuringtheadministrationofJohnF.
Kennedy,theJesuitshadaccesstothemostpowerfulofficeinthe
world.TheRev.JamesVizzard,anAmericanJesuitwhoserved
as
alaborlobbyistinWashington,disclosedthatin1963hewas
havinglunchwithanotherJesuit,RogerVekemans,aBelgian
priestonassignmenttoChile,whenaWhiteHousecarpicked
VekemansupandtookhimtoameetingwithPresidentKennedy,
ccxl
AttorneyGeneralRobertKennedy,andC.l.A.DirectorJohnMc-
Cone,certainlythreeofthemostpowerfulmenintheworldatthat
time.
Vizzardsaid:"Rogercamebackwithabigsmileonhisface
andsaid,'lgot$10million$5millionovertfromAlD(Agency
forlnternationalDevelopment)and$5millioncovertfromthe
C.l.A.'"4
Sincethattimesomeotherinvestigationshaveshownthatthere
wasaRomanCatholicbishoponthepayrolloftheC.l.A.in
Vietnamaslateas1971,thatmillionsofdollarsweresentbythe
U.S.governmenttohelptheJesuitsinChile,acountrythenbeset
byassassinationsandintrigueandstillembroiledinmurderand
mayhem,andatthiswritingstillcontrolledbyaRomanCatholic
military dictatorship. Only the tip of the iceberg has ever been
seen.ltisobviousthatthesubjectofJesuitintrigueintheC.l.A.
has so far never been explored in any depth whatsoever. Licio
Gelli whom some writers believe is the man who helps hold
ccxli
togethertheVaticanconspiracy,whichisouttocontroltheworld,
has strong links with the C.l.A. He is called ll BurattinacoThe
Puppetmaster. Yallop says of him, "Gelli was the puppetmaster
with a few thousand strings. The strings appear to have led
everywhere, totheheart of the Vatican, to the White House,to
presidentialpalacesinawiderangeofcountries."5
GelliwasthemanwhoboughtExocetMissilesfromFrancefor
Argentina in its war with Britain. Yallop says that the Vatican
indirectly
fundedCellithroughCalviandtheBiancoAmbrosiano.
GelliwasanhonoredguestatReagan'spresidentialinauguration.
Gelli,ofcourse,hasstrongtieswithMicheleSindona.Heisthe
headofP2,themysteriousorganizationfoundedinltalywhich
functionsinArgentina,Venezuela,Paraguay,France,Portugal,
Nicaragua,Switzerland,andtheUnitedStates.ltinterlockswith
the Mafia in ltaly, Cuba and the United States and also with
military
regimesinSouthAmerica,andalsowiththeC.l.A.andreaches
ccxlii
rightintotheheartoftheVatican.6
SothetentaclesoftheVaticanpowerstructurespreadworldwide.
Mencomeandgo,buttheorganizationsofthepapacyperpetuate
themselvesandhavedonesoformorethanathousand
years, making the Vatican the source of the most formidable
intrigue
inworldhistory.WhenYallopsoughttofindoutaboutthe
mysteriousdeathofPopeJohnPaul,hesaidthat:
Thefactthatmenandwomenlivingwithintheheartofthe
RomanCatholicChurch(VaticanCity)cannotspeakopenly
andbeidentified,isaneloquentcommentonthestateof
affairswithintheVatican.7
ThePopehascalledfortheJesuitstoceasefromtheirintriguein
CentralAmerica.OnMarch2,1982,overonehundredJesuit
Provincial Superiors, the leaders of the Order, were called to
Rome
fordiscussionswith"Father"PaoloDezza,themanthePopehad
ccxliii
appointedtooverseetheOrderin1981.
TheJesuitswereaccusedbythePopehimselfofengagingin
"political activism under the guise of religious duties."8 ln the
same
articletheJesuitswerereportedtobe"oneoftheprimarygroups
controllingbothextremesinCentralAmerica."9
So the Jesuits are still in the thick of the murders and
assassinations
whicharebeingcarriedoutbybothsidesinthewarinEl
Salvador.ThePope,likeothersbeforehim,istryingtocurbtheir
zealtokeepallfactionsinthewarsubservienttoRome.
WiththeriseofthedeathsquadslikethoseinUlster,thefocusof
worldopinionisforcingthePopetodosomethingtoatleastgive
theimpressionthatheisnotinfavorofthemurdersandkillingsin
ElSalvador.ButthehighdegreeofJesuitinvolvement
-20-
withtheextremistsonbothsidesoftheconflictinElSalvadoris
ccxliv
nowamatterofpublicrecord.
TheExtremistsonbothsidesofthisconflictareRoman
Catholics.RomanCatholicMarxistsarefightingRomanCatholic
conservatives.Thechurchischartingacoursethatwillenableit
to
identifywithwhoeverwinsintheend.TheActingArchbishopsaid
recently,"Thelefthaslostitsstruggleagainstthegovernmentand
thereforetheinfluentialchurchheremuststayinaneutral,centrist
position."10TheactingArchbishopmadethisstatementafterthe
killingof3Marxistnuns,10Marxistpriests,andtheassassination
ofMarxistArchbishopOscarA.Romero.ltwasafterthisreignof
terrorbytheRomanCatholicconservativesthatthe"influential
churchwithdrewtoitsneutral,centristposition."ltisobviousthat
theconservativewingofRomanism,whichhasalarge
representationamongtheNorthAmericanclergy,isbackingthe
right-wingfightersinElSalvador.However,somelocalRoman
ccxlv
CatholicleadersarecallingfortheUnitedStatestobackoffinEl
Salvador.SoitlookslikeanothercapitulationtoMarxismis
shapingupinCentralAmerica.
LatinAmericasitsonaveritablepowerkegbecauseRomanism,
whichhasbeenentrenchedthereforfourhundredyears,hasnot
broughtascintillaoffreedomorjusticetotheoppressedmillions
wholivebelowtheborderoftheUnitedStatesandwellbelowthe
abject poverty line. Romanism has managed to keep the
multiplied
millionsinsuchastateofmiserableexistencethatwehaveno
hesitationinsayingthatifAmericansrebelledagainstGeorgelll
forhisrepression,theywouldhaverebelledlongagoagainst
almosteverygovernmentinLatinAmerica.
lnsteadtheUnitedStatesbolsterstherepressionofRomeall
overLatinAmerica,pavingthewayfortheinevitablerevolution
and"liberation"promisedbytheMarxists.ltistimetheUnited
ccxlvi
StatesstoppedidentifyingwithRomanism.Butwhilethemassive
propagandamachineofRomechurnsoutitsslantedcoverageof
thenews,publicopinionintheUnitedStateswillenableRometo
keepitsstrangleholdonthepeopleeitherbyrepressivefascist
governments as in Chile or repressive Marxists government
dictatorships
asinNicaragua.Notonlythat,buttheVaticanwantsthe
U.S.tofundthe"rebuilding"ofthisregionwhilethe"church"
retainscontroloverthepeople.
EdAsnerhasbeenblastedbymanyintheU.S.forhisstand
-21-
againstU.S.involvementinElSalvador.Asner,ofcourse,wasthe
popular Hollywood actor in several recent television series. He
was
houndedintosilencebybeinglabelledaCommunistorleftistor
worseifthatwerepossible.Whatwasitthatbroughtdownthe
wrathofalargesectionoftheAmericanpublicuponEdAsner?
ccxlvii
Simply because he spoke out on the situation in El Salvador.
What
isthesituationinElSalvadorthatAsnerdeplores?ltisthe
conservativeRomanCatholicdeathsquadsmassacringhundreds
ofciviliansundertheguiseofeliminatingleftists.ltisamazingthe
leftiststhatareintheworldtoday.Everyonewhoopposes
Romanismisaleftist,MarxistorCommunist.Thepossibilityofa
ProtestantChristianopposingRomeissoremotetodaythat
apparentlyitissafetolabeleveryonewhoopposesRomanismas
a
leftist.(Afewyearsagooneconservativewestcoastcommentator
evencalledPaisleyacommunist.)
ThisisthepropagandathatAsnerwaschallenging,thatanyone
whoopposesthetotalitarianpovertyandignorance-producing
regimesofLatinAmericatodaymustbealeftist.Thereareleftists
to be sure who challenge Rome's 400 year reign of terror and
extreme
ccxlviii
poverty,andthesadthingthatshouldbenotedbutneveris,
isthattherearefewAmericanswhowouldnothavechallenged
suchregimeslong,longago!!Thepoorpeonsgroundintothedirt
forcenturieslooktotheU.S.toliberatethem,andalltheygetin
returnisthebackingoftherottentyrannicaldictatorshipsbythe
powerfulU.S.government,amerelackeyoftheRomanCatholic
lobby in Washington. So they turn to whoever will help them in
their
struggleforsomesemblanceoffreedom.ltisoneofthegreat
tragedies of our times that the only choice left to the people of
Latin
AmericainmanycasesisbetweenRomanismononesideand
Marxismontheother,andtheMarxismevenistheJesuitbrand.
TheyarenevergiventhechoiceofchoosingneitherRomanism
nor
MarxismbutProtestantism.Protestantismhasbecomesoweak
andhasbeenbetrayedbysomanylily-liveredcompromisersthat
ccxlix
thereisnoviablechoicelefttomanyofthepeoplesoftheworld.
Yetwhentheworldisexamined,Protestantcountrieswithbutfew
exceptionsaretheonlyoneswhereevenasemblanceoffreedom
remains.
SisterAnnGormly,associatedirectoroftheU.S.Catholic
MissionAssociation,incommentingonsomeoftheallegations
madeagainsttheSandinistagovernmentinNicaraguasaid,"l
-22-
hearofnolimitationstotheworkofthechurchinNicaragua."She
also said that it is good to have four churchmen in high
government
postsinNicaragua.11Soalthoughtherearemanyuncertain
soundsemanatingfromNicaragua,theVaticanisdeeply
embroiled in the present government, and no amount of
doubletalk
candispelthefactthatatleastfoursonsofthe"church"have
thehighestpostsintheSandinistagovernment.
ccl
We certainly do not try to play down the fact that there are
apparently
deepriftsbetweensomelocalpriestsandnunswhoside
withthepoorandbelievein"liberationtheology"andthepresent
Pope,whoisopposedtothem.Butthebottomlineisloyalty.lfthe
leftistleaningclergyandpoliticalleaderspromisetoremainloyal
to
theVaticaninalltheirintrigues,thenthePopewilloverlooktheir
MarxistideologyevenasaformerPopeoverlookedtheNazi
ideologyofHitlerandhishenchmen.
OnemodernwritercommentingonthesituationinNicaragua
said:
ThemajortargetoftheU.S.istheSandinistagovernmentof
Nicaragua,whichisnowconsideredaMarxistregime.The
truth of the matter is that there are more Jesuits and
Jesuitcontrolled
individualsintheSandinistagovernmentthanthere
ccli
areindividualsinthewholeofNicaraguawhohavegone
beyondthefirstchapterofMarx'sCapital.12
The same writer went on to note that it is difficult to tell the
difference
betweenAndropovandaJesuit,especiallywhenthe
"JesuitiswearingaredAndropovTshirt."13lnotherwordsthe
"leftist"regimeisverydefinitelyandverycloselyintertwinedwith
RomanCatholicismingeneralandtheJesuitsinparticular.The
guruoftheSandinistarevolutionisErnestoCardenal,aTrappist
Monk;theforeignministerisE'Escoto,aMaryknollpriest;andthe
brains behind the whole operation, Fernando Cardenal, is a
Jesuit.
Whenthesethree"Marxist"RomanCatholicclergymenjoinforces
withthestrongmanDanielOrtego,whopreachesabouta
revolutionarybeingaChristianandvice-versa,itisindeeddifficult
toescapetheblanketofJesuitcasuistrywhichseemstocoverthe
revolutioninNicaragua.
cclii
lfwearetobelievetheNewSolidaritypaper,whichtakesa
definiteRomanCatholicstance,thereisnotmuchhopeforthe
liberationofNicaraguafromthehandsoftheVatican-Jesuit-
-23-
connection. For this paper states that the man the U.S. is
grooming
toreplacetheSandinistas,EdenPastora,whoisnowbuildinga
baseofoperationsinHonduras,isJesuit-controlledhimself.So
thateveniftheSandinistaswereremovedtomorrow,another
Jesuit-controlledmanwouldbeinstalled,thistimewiththehelpof
theC.l.A.andtheU.S.government.
Where the Jesuits end and the Marxists begin is certainly a
difficult
questiontoanswer,butonethingiscertainasofthiswriting:
theJesuitsareincontrolofNicaragua.AllthebanksofNicaragua
were nationalized when the Sandinistas took over except the
Ambriosano
ccliii
Group.Thisgroupmysteriouslyescapednationalization.
The reason being, of course, that the Ambrosiano Group is
controlled
bytheVatican.
TheVaticanhaskeptthepeopleinCentralAmericainignorance
andmiseryforfourcenturies.ltisintheinterestoftheVaticanto
keepitsstrangleholdonthesenations.Theyaredoingsoeither
by
thedeathsquadsinElSalvadorortheJesuitMarxistsin
Nicaragua, but they are maintaining their hold over the people.
The
U.S.asaProtestantcountrycouldbringsomepressuretobear,
whichcouldreallyliberatethepeoplefrombothwarringfactions,
butalas,nosuchpressureiseverbroughttobearontheVatican.
lnsteadtheU.S.seemstobecomemoreandmorethelackeyof
theVatican,andthepowerthatkeepstherottenstatusquoin
placeinLatinAmerica.
ccliv
Aclassicexampleoftheirfailuretoupholdtheonetrulyfree
government in Central America was seen in the case of Rios
Montt
inGuatamala.RiosMonttwasacharismaticProtestant.Hehad
hislimitations,tobesure,buthewasbeginningtobringsomereal
libertytothepeopleofGuatamala.Asfaraswecanascertainthe
RomanCatholicchurchbegantoagitateforhisremoval.Weonly
pickedupsmallitemsofnewshereandthere,butwedidreadthat
some"leaders"inGuatamalawereconcernedthatunlesshewas
removed,hewasgoingtocauseacivilwarinGuatamala.One
itemalsospokeofthefactthatanti-catholicfeelingwasbeing
generatedbyhisfanaticalformofChristianity.(Allthisisthesame
oldJesuitlineweareseeinginCanadaandtheU.S.tdoay.That
is,nooneshouldsayanythingagainstthePopeorRoman
Catholicism.Aswearetypingthesepageswereadthatseveral
people have been arrested in Canada for distributing "anti-
catholic"
cclv
literature.lmagine,ifyoucan,get-
-24-
tingarrestedinaso-calledfreecountryforpassingoutliterature
of
atheologicalnature.TrulythefreedomsoftheProtestant
ReformationarebeingseriouslyabridgedrightnowinNorth
America.)Monttwasdeposed,andtheVaticanreturnedtopower
in
Guatamala with the tacit approval of the C.l.A. Protestant
Americans
betterwakeup!
TheVaticanisthecenterofaneverendingwebofconspiracy.lt
is working day and night to bring the world to the feet of the
Roman
pontiff.TheVaticanoctopushastentaclesreachingintoalmost
everygovernmentcircleonearth.WhentheRedChineseneeded
theoff-shoreoildrillingexpertiseoftheUnitedStates(noother
cclvi
country possesses it) a bargain was struck so that the Jesuits
were
onceagainallowedintoChina.Surelysuchamoveisalmost
incrediblewhenviewedinthelightofthefactthatAmericaisstill
anoverwhelminglyProtestantnationatleastinthenumerical
make-upofherpopulation.
TheVaticanworksincessantlyatbuildingbridgesoverwhichits
plansmaybeputintooperation.PedroArrupe,thentheheadof
the
Jesuits,wasthemanthatPopePaulVlsenttoMoscowin1971.
Hemetwiththecommuniststotrytogetthethenrepressive
governmentofCzechoslovakiatorelaxherrepressivepolicies.
WhenhereturnedfromMoscowhestatedthathesawsignsof
relaxationofreligiouspersecutioninRussia.(BillyGrahamcame
backwiththesameline.)Arrupewasimmediatelychallengedby
theDirectorofLithuanianCatholicAid,CasimirPugevicus,who
saidthatArrupe'sstatementwasa"timeservingSovietmaneuver
cclvii
usedinordertocreateafalseimpression."14ltisobviousthatthe
Vatican wants a soft line taken toward Communist Russia
because
the ultimate goal of the one world church envisaged by the
Vatican
isthetotalabsorptionofallintotheonetruefoldofRomanism.
BibleProtestantismistheonlyfaiththatcannevercapitulateto
Romanism.Romanismwithitsabilitytoabsorbfalsereligionsinto
its fold will become the cage of every unclean bird. But it can
never
absorbBibleProtestantismbecausethedifferencebetweenthe
twoisofsuchanaturethatunionisspirituallyandecclesiastically
impossible.Thisisthereasonbiblicallyignorantnewsmenspeak
ofthebigotryofthebible-believingfundamentalistsofourtimes;
theydonotrealizetheeternaldifferencethatexistsbetweenvital
biblicalChristiantyontheonehandandall
-25-
cclviii
falsereligionsontheother.SoBibleProtestantismmustultimately
bethetargetofeveryconspiracy,andthetargetofthefinal
apostateconglomerate.
REFERENCES
1.LiddyG.Gordon,Will,DellPubl.Co.,1981,p.54
2.lbid.,p.383
3.CanadianRevivalist,Nov./Dec,1981,p.4
4.ChurchandState,Vol.28,No.8,p.3
5.Yallop,David,lNGOD'SNAME,BantamBooks,N.Y.,N.Y.,
1984,p.313
6.lbid.,p.117
7.lbid.,p.X
8.Small,Gretchen,NewSolidarity,March8,1982,p.3
9.loccit.
10.APNewsRelease
11.U.S.NEWS&WORLDREPORT,Sept.3,1984,p.46
cclix
12.NewSolidarity,April25,1983,p.6
13.loccit.
14. Martin, Malachi, The Final Conclave, Stein and Day, N.Y.,
1978,
p.86
-26-
AFlNANClALEMPlRESECONDTONONE
Wheneveranyonewritesonconspiracymoneyisalwaysgivena
prominentplace.lnthisregardtheVaticancertainlydoesnottake
abackseattoanyone.ThewealthoftheVatican,aswewillsee,
is
sovastthatinallprobabilityitstrueworthwillneverbeknown.
Wearegoingtoexamineinsomedetailwhatvariouswriters,
whohavetriedtoresearchthewealthoftheVatican,havesaid.
SeveralofthesewritersaremembersoftheRomanCatholic
church.ltissurelyinterestingtoeveryProtestantthatwhenPope
PaulbroughthisentouragefromMilantotheVatican,theywere
cclx
dubbedbyRomanCatholicwritersastheMilanMafia.1
ltisnotwithintheboundsofthisstudytoexaminetheMafiain
detail.ButtheCosaNostra,theFamily,orTheMafiaarea100%
RomanCatholicoutfit.TheyoriginatedinSicilywhereMichele
Sindonawasalsoborn.Theycontrolvastholdingsinltalyand
North America. They have gone what they call "legit" in many
enterprises
andwereabletoclosedownanentirecheeseplantin
Wisconsin.TheydidthistoestablishamonopolyinthePizza
business.Thisincidentmadethenationalnews.Businessmen
cameinandbroughtthecheesefactory.Aftertheyboughtit,they
closeditdown.ltwasonlylaterthatMafiainvolvementwas
discovered.Asfarasweknow,thefactory,whichemployedmost
ofthetown'sworkforce,isstillcloseddownasofthiswriting.
ltisinterestingtonoticethetimingofthemovebytheMafiato
controlthecheeseandpizzabusinessintheUnitedStates.
cclxi
Panatella,aVaticancontrolledcompanydealingmainlyinflour
andpasta,losttwoandahalfmilliondollarsjustpriortotheMafia
takeoverandrequiredfinancingof4.8milliondollarstokeepit
afloat.
Martindisclosesthatbythelatesixtiesboththelnstitutefor
Religious Words (whose assets were conservatively put at 3
billion
dollars)andtheSpecialAdministrationofHolySeePropertywere
invested in every sector of ltalian industry and commerce. He
went
ontosay,"Ontheboardsofdirectorsofcompaniesinwhichthe
VaticanhadaninteresttherealwayssataVatican'family'man,
somebodylikeMassimoSpadaorLuigiMennini."2
-27-
MartinalsopointedoutthattheSpecialAdministrationofHolySee
Property,whichwasrunbycompetentlaybankers,wasadvised
byJ.P.Morgan,HambrosBrothersofLondon,andthe
cclxii
RothschildsofParis.
OstlingrecountsthestoryofBoys'Town,aRomanCatholic
charity.
BoysTownnowhasaworthofwellover$200million,including
asecuritiesportfoliovalued(veryconservatively)at
$157million.Althoughtheinterestonsuchanesteggisample
tooperatetheTown,itstillspendsmillionstosendthetraditional
tearjerkerfundappealsto34millionpeopleandraises
nearly$18millionayear.ThismeansBoysTownhasabout
threetimestheendowmentofNotreDameUniversity,raises
moremoneythantheGreaterNewYorkUnitedFund,and
wouldrank372ndinassetsontheFortune500ififwerea
businesscorporation.Allthisfor700boys.3
Allthiscametolightaftermuchdiggingbyaweeklynewspaper
inOmaha,Nebraska.
AccordingtoLoBello,aRomanCatholicjournalist,theVaticanis
cclxiii
theonlysovereignstatethatneverpublishesabudget.Hewas
accusedofexaggerationinhisestimatesofVaticanwealth,but
sufficeittosay,thewealthoftheVaticanmustbeimmense,fora
simplehonestdisclosureofitsholdings,iftheydonotconstitute
greatwealth,wouldlaytorestallthe"extravagant"estimatesof
variouswriters,butsuchadisclosurehasnotbeenforthcoming.
TheSindonadebacle,whichtheVaticansoughttohidefromthe
generalpublic,resultedinalossofclosetoonebilliondollars.Yet
theVaticancarriedonasbefore,demonstratingitsreservoirof
financial reserves as nothing else could. Very few companies
could
sustainsuchalossandcarryonwithoutsomuchasawhisper.
(Chrysler Corporation lost half a billion and would have gone
under
butfortheU.S.government.)
ThefinancialtentaclesoftheVaticanreachintonumerousbanks
indifferentcountries.YallopsaysthattheRothschildsinParis
cclxiv
havebeendoingbusinesswiththeVaticansinceearlyinthe19th
century.4Hegoesontopointoutthat,"CreditSuisse,Hambros,
MorganGuaranty,BankersTrust,ChaseManhattan,and
ContinentallllinoisamongothersbecameVaticanpartners."5
-28-
ThisfinancialempirewhichfinancestheVaticanconspiracyis
filledwithmurderandmayhem.Yallopstates,"Themurderof
Luciano-Pope John Paul l was to stop him from removing
Marcinkus
whowasthefoundationholdingupCalvi,Sindona,and
Celli."6WhenthedusthadclearedfromJohnPaul'smysterious
death,itleftinitsaftermathaseriesofmurders,assassinations
and "suicides" that only the Mafia could match for cold
bloodedness.
OfthemainplayersinthesceneonlyMarcinkusandCelli
stillremainincontrol.Yalloprecountsindetaileachoneofthe
murdersand"suicides,"andhispages,whichareverydifficultto
cclxv
refute,makegrimreading.Hisbook,lNGOD'SNAME,"merits
closereadingbyallwhoareconcernedaboutfreedom.
Becauseofthecriticismthatnodisclosureisevermadeofits
wealth,theVaticanhasinrecentyearstriedtoreformsomeofits
monetarypolicies,butmuchstillremainstobedone.Noestimate
canbegivenoftheimmensewealthoftheVatican,butonecan
getsomeglimpsesofthemulti-billiondollarenterprisethrough
variousworksthathaveappearedinrecentyears.
Ostling,inhiswork,"SecrecyinTheChurch,"writtenfromthe
standpoint of one sympathetic to the Church, does give some
interesting
insightsintothewealthofthePapacy.
HerecountsthatthelateBishopJamesA.Pike(aconvertfrom
RomanismtoEpiscopalianism)wrotewhathecallsasensational
articleinwhichhesaidthattheJesuitshadacontrollinginterestin
theBankofAmerica,thenation'slargest,andthattheyearned
cclxvi
250milliondollarsayearfromtheirinvestments(aquarterofa
billion).HegoesontosaythattheJesuits"sputtered,butthey
havenevermadeafullaccountingoftheirholdings."7Gollin,a
freelancewriterwhotriedtoresearchPapalwealth,figuredthe
securitiesandcommercialpropertiesoftheDiocesesoftheU.S.
atalmost"onebilliondollars."8NinoLoBelloput"theAmerican
Jesuit'sannualincomeat$250million."HeclaimsthatallCatholic
unitsintheU.S.andCanadacombinedhaveassetsofmorethan
$80billionandanannualincomeofnearly$12.5billion."9
lt was none other than Cardinal Vagnozzi who observed
concerning
theVatican'sfinances:
ltwouldtakeacombinationoftheKGB,theC.l.A.andlnterpol
toobtainjustaninklingofhowmuchandwherethe
moniesare.10
-29-
cclxvii
AccordingtothisCardinalthreeofthemostpowerfulagenciesin
theworldcouldonlyobtainaninklingofhowmuchtheVaticanis
worth.Yalloppointsoutthatthe"VaticanboughtintoGeneral
Motors,Shell,GulfOil,GeneralElectric,BethlehemSteel,lBM
andTWA."Hewentontosaythat"theVicarofChristhad
acquiredanewunofficialtitle:ChairmanoftheBoard."11
TheVaticanalsoacquired"controllinginterestincompanies,in
fieldsofinsurance,steel,financing,flourandspaghetti,industry,
cement and real estate."12 lt owns sections of downtown
Montreal,
Canada,sectionsofMexicoCityinMexico,manyofthemajor
hotelsinltaly,blocksofrealestateontheChampsD'Elyseein
Paris,theWatergateareainWashington,D.C.,realestateinNew
YorkCity,andtheentiresatellitecityofLomasVerdesinMexico.
Thisisonlythetipoftheiceberg,formuchoftheVatican'swealth
ishiddeninholdingcompaniessothatitisdifficulttocomeeven
cclxviii
closeinanestimateofitsvastwealth.ltisinterestingtoobserve
alsothatPopeJohnPaul,whowasmurderedintheVatican,
intended to reform the Vatican's finances. Yallop in his work
claims
thatthiscouldhavebeenoneofahalfdozenreasonswhyhewas
murderedrightintheVatican.Anotherveryinterestingfactisthat
PopeJohnPaulconfessedtoFatherDezza.EventhePopehasa
prelatetowhomheconfesses,andpoorPopeJohnPaulforsome
reasonchosetheheadoftheJesuitsashis"FatherConfessor."lf
foranyreasonhechosetoconfidesomeofhisproposedchanges
toDezza,hemayhaveunwittinglysealedhisowndeathwarrant.
MalachiMartin,formerJesuitprofessoratthePontificalBiblical
lnstituteinRome,inhisnewbook,"RlCHCHURCHPOOR
CHURCH,"putsthewealthofthe"church"at300billiondollars.
HepointsoutthattheVaticanisthe:
largestsinglestockholderintheworldwithabout$20billion
cclxix
dollarstraceablyinvested(butmuchmoreuntraceably
invested)withgolddepositsexceedingthoseofmostmedium
sizedcountries,andwithaworldwiderealestateoperation.13
Hegoesontosayinanotherplace:
alistofthecompaniesandbanksinltalyandabroadinwhich
-30-
theVaticanacquiredacontrollinginterestbeforetheoutbreak
ofWorldWarll,whenaddedtothelistofthoseinwhichit
acquiredaminorbutsubstantialinterest,wouldfillsomesixty
orseventypagesofthisbook.14
EvenMartin,whostillclasseshimselfasaRomanCatholic,is
appalled at the extent of the Vatican's wealth when contrasted
with
theimpoverishedmillionsofRomanCatholicsaroundtheworld.
ThepresentPopespeaksmuchabouteconomicjustice.Although
muchhasbeenwrittenaboutthepresentPopeinglowingterms,
cclxx
Yallopdoesnotsharetheinternationalnewsmen'saccolade.
Yallopstatescandidly:
thepapacyofJohnPaulllhasbeenacaseofbusinessas
usual.Thebusinesshasbenefittedimmeasurablynotonly
fromthemurderofAlbinoLuciana,butalsofromthemurders
thathavefollowedthatstrangelonelydeathintheVatican.15
Hegoesontosay:
Manymillionsofwordshavebeenwrittensincetheelectionof
KarolWojtylainattemptstoanalyzeandunderstandwhat
kindofmanheis.Ascanbeseen,heisthekindofmanwho
couldallowmenlikeVillot,Cody,Marcinkus,Mennini,De
StrobelandPolettotoremaininoffice.16
Headds:
"ltisapapacyofdoublestandards,oneforthePopeand
onefortherestofmankind.
"Therecanbenodefenseonthegroundsofignorance,
cclxxi
MarcinkusisdirectlyanswerabletothePope."17
-31-
REFERENCES
l.Martin,Malachi,THEFlNALCONCLAVE,SteinandDay,New
York,1978.p.18
2.lbid.,p.26
3.Ostling,Richard,SECRECYlNTHECHURCH,Harperand
Row,N.Y.1974,p.51
4.Yallop,David,lNGOD'SNAME,BantamBooks,N.Y.,N.Y.
1984,p97
5.loc.cit.
6.lbid.,p.103
7.Ostling,p.49
8.loc.cit.
9.lbid.,p.5010.Yallop,p.105
11.lbid.,p.99
cclxxii
12.lbid.,p.98
13. Martin, Malachi, RlCH CHURCH POOR CHURCH, G. P.
Putnam's
Sons,N.Y.,N.Y.1984,p.14
14.lbid.,p.40
15.Yallop,p.264
16.lbid,p.265
17.lbid.,p.264
-32-
THECONSPlRACYOFMlSDlRECTlON
Satanhasaplanforthisworld.Hisplanisdoomedtofailure,but
thatdoesnotmeanitistobetakenlightlyorthatitcannotaffect
menandnationsanddountoldharmbeforeitisfinallyfrustrated.
Dr.StuartMcBirnieretracedthestepsoftheApostlePaul's
missionaryjourneys.lnthosecitieswherethegreatApostlehad
establishedchurchesinthefirstcentury,thecauseofChristianity
cclxxiii
hasdisappeared.McBirnierecountedhownotonlywashenot
abletofindachurchofanykind,butinsomeinstanceshecould
notevenfindoneChristian.SoalthoughthegatesofHellwillnot
prevail against the Church of the Living Christ, some local
churches
dofoldupanddisappearundertheonslaughtofthedeviland
thisworld.
Satanhasbeenatworksincethefallofman.SohisSatanic
conspiracytodominatethisworldisofagelongduration.Satan's
primaryareaofoperationwesawinourfirststudyastheareaof
religion.OnlyGod'sbelievingremnantcanunderstandthisaspect
oftheconspiracy,andevenmanyofthemareatseaatthispoint.
Everyunsavedpersonthinksthatreligionisagoodthingwhenin
factonlyvitalbiblicalChristianityisagoodthing:everyother
religionisasataniccounterfeit.Satanisworkingtodeceivethe
nations.Heworksthroughindividuals.ltshouldbeobviousto
cclxxiv
everythinkingpersonthattherearepeopleworkingdayandnight
to overthrow vital biblical Christianity and many of these
individuals
are religious, even posing as "Christians." ln other words the
battle
we face is primarily a spiritual one. lt will not be defeated by
merely
legaleffortsorevenprotestsunlesstheprotestsarecenteredona
properinterpretationoftheWordofGod.
RomanismhasmadeunbelievableadvancesintheUnited
Statesinthelastonehundredyears.AsoneleadingRoman
Catholicspokesmansaid,"Wearelessthanonehundredyears
fromRum,RomanismandRebellion,referringtothesloganof
Americanpoliticiansatthecloseofthenineteenthcentury.(See
ourfirstbookletforfurtherdocumentation.)
GaryAlleninhisexaminationofconspiracyfailstocometo
-33-
cclxxv
grips with known historical conspiracies. For one reason or
another
heobviouslyignoresthedocumentedreligiousconspiraciesof
history.RomanCatholicconspiraciesarepartofthehistorical
record.Papalplotshavebeendiscovered,andtheconspirators
arrestedandbroughttotrialatvariousjuncturesofhistory.Father
ChiniquyportraysRomanistsasthemainplottersinthe
assassinationofAbrahamLincoln.SotheVaticanhasbeen
workingnightanddaytoshifttheburdenofconspiracyfromits
shoulders to some other group of conspirators. Since the
McCarthy
era,extremistgroupshavepaintedalmosteveryleaderinthe
UnitedStatesasCommunist,pro-communist,oraninsider.NO
ONEHASEVERLOOKEDATTHEPAPALlNTRlGUE,whichis
stillgoingontodayasithasforover1,000years.Whilemenhunt
forshadowyconspiratorsamongAmerica'sleaders,whoevidence
no continuity whatsoever, Romanism, with a continuity in
cclxxvi
conspiracy
unparalleledinthehistoryofman,continuestoflourishand
tocalltheshotsintheareaofreligionandpolitics.
ltshouldbeobvioustoeveryBible-believerthatoneofthemain
tasksoftheSatanicconspiracyistodirectthosewhoareseeking
todiscovertheconspiracyandalertChristianstoittosomeother
apparentculprit.Thiswetermtheconspiracyofmisdirection.
Misdirectioniswrittenlargeinthefieldofconspiracy.
Weseethisconspiracyofmisdirectionfocusedinfourmain
areas.
1.TowardtheMasons
The Masons have become a favorite whipping boy for
conspiratorialists
writingonthegreatglobalconspiracy.Whilewedonot
approveoftheMasons,wedonotbelievetheRomanCatholic
propaganda put out against the Masons. Yallop postulates a
secret
cclxxvii
MasonicConspiracyagainsttheVaticaninhiswork,"lNGOD'S
NAME."MicheleSindonaisalsolinkedtotheMasonsbyYallop,
Martin,andotherwriters.SindonacameoutofSicily,thereputed
homeoftheMafiabutisregardedasaMasonbyMartin.Heis
certainlyamanofmystery.ButtotrytolinkhimtotheMasonic
LodgeandhintatsomehiddenconspiracybytheMasonsto
destroytheRomanCatholicChurchthroughfinancial
embezzlementismorefictionthanfact.ltistruethatSindonawas
linkedtothelossofalmostonebilliondollars,whichtheVatican
financialempiresustained,andthatheatonetimewasaclose
-34-
friendofPopePaul.AccordingtoNewsweekhewasthebrains
behind
anintricategroupofholdingcompanies(and)hecontrolleda
chainofhotels,agiantmultinationalreal-estateoperation,
severalindustrialfirmsinEuropeandAmerica,halfadozen
cclxxviii
banks.RumorhaditthathewasthePope'schieffinancial
adviser,oralternatively,theMafia'snumberonebanker.1
WhenPopePaulrealizedtheamountofmoneyinvolvedinthe
Sindonascandal,hesaidthatSindonawasinthe"handsof
unknownpowers,"hintingatsomedarksuper-conspiracyagainst
thePapacy.ForitisabeliefofmanyRomanCatholicsandeven
some"Protestant"writers,thatthegreatconspiracyisnotdirected
byRomebutisdirectedatRome.AtleastMalachiMartinseems
to
indicateasmuchinhiswork.Hetellsthat:
Montini(wholaterbecamePopePaul)hadknownthatoverin
theQuirinal...andwithintheVaticanbehindPacelli'sback,
thereweremenandwomenwhodealteverydayinmillionsof
churchdollarsthe"PatrimonyofSt.Peter"buyingwar
andsellingpeacedowntheriver,cynicallyscandalously....
MontinicouldalmostseeaSatanicrictusbehind
cclxxix
thewholeaffair.2
MartinalsopointsoutthatlateintheSindonascandal,"ltisnow
reportedtoPaulthatMicheleSindonaisamemberoftheMasonic
order."3BeforethewholeaffairwithSindonawasover,Paulwas
to
feelthatSindonawasashadowyfigurebehindsomegreat
conspiracyagainstthePapacy.
RomanCatholicwriters,ofcourse,donotbelieveinaRoman
Catholicconspiracy.SotheyareconstantlyprofferingMasonryor
someotherBilderbergerorTri-lateralistconspiracyasthereal
one.SomeconservativeProtestants,whodonotknowtheir
Bibles, have taken up the cry of the Roman Catholic
conspiratorialists.
ButtotrytolinkMicheleSindonatosomeconspiracy
againstthepapacyisadifficulttask.Forthefewthingsthatwedo
knowabouthisearlyeducationshowthathewaseducatedbythe
Jesuits.Alsohisbankfailures,whiledefinitelyaffectingthe
cclxxx
Vatican,alsoaffectedhim.TheVaticannotonlylostmillions,but
MicheleSindonalostsomuchthathewaswipedout.SoifSin-
-35-
dona was in the hands of "unknown powers," they must have
been
unknowntohimtoo,fortheycertainlydesertedhimwhenhe
neededafriend.Thepowers,whichseemtobeconnectedwith
Sindona,weretheMafia.Forthemaingovernmentwitness
againsthim,GiorgioAmbroscoli,whohadbeenappointedto
liquidatetheSindonacontrolledbanksinltaly,waskilledinMilan.
Noonewaseverchargedwiththecrime.
SindonahadtofleetoAmericawhereafteranotherbankfailure
hewasarrestedandbroughttotrialandsentencedtofiveyears
on"65countsofconspiracy,fraudandperjury."4Thetruththat
mustbegraspedinthiswholeSindonascenarioisthatSindona,
who drew a lot of attention to the Vatican, is now out of
commission
cclxxxi
andthoroughlydiscredited.ButtheVaticanisstillthere,
directingwould-beconspiracyhuntersawayfromtheVatican
conspiracytolnsider,Bilderbergerorothershadowyconspiracies.
TheenduringnatureoftheVaticanpowerbasemakesitaprime
suspectinthefieldofconspiracy.
MicheleSindonawasatonetimeoneofthemostpowerfulmen
inltaly.HewasalsocloselyidentifiedwithVaticanfinances.lt
seemstousthatthereismuchmoresubstancetotheassertion
thatSindonawasprobably"donein"bytheVaticaninsteadof
vice-versa.Sindonawasabouttobeinvestigatedbytheltalian
government.Themansenttoinvestigatehisbank,whounearthed
manythings,someofthemprobablynotcomplimentarytothe
Vatican,wasmurderedforhistrouble.Yallopbelievesthathewas
murderedbytheMafia.HoweveritappearsobviousthatSindona
hadnowbecomeaverypossibleinternationalembarrassmentto
theVatican,andhehimselfmaintainedthathefledtotheUnited
cclxxxii
statestoescapebeingmurdered.
Afterarrivinghere,eventhebankthatheownedintheUnited
Stateswentunder.Againtheonlypoweronearthabletobring
banksdowninanyoneoffiftycountriesistheVatican.ltnotonly
wieldsgreatfinancialcloutbuthashundredsofdedicated
devoteesinpowerfulpositionsinbanksandfinancialinstitutions,
whichitdoesnotevencontrol,tohelpfulfilitsplans.Sindonawent
down,down,downwithoutafriendtohelp.Hisfinancial fortune
for
themostpartdisappearedalmostovernight.Yallopbelievesthat
SindonaisasuspectbehindthemurderofPopeJohnPaull.lt
seemsthatSindonaforallhismysteryreallyhadlittleornoclout
atallintheend.Hejustwenttojail.AsHammer
-36-
points out in his book, "THE VATlCAN CONNECTlON," the
Roman
CatholicNewYorkpoliceman,wholinkedtheVaticantotheMafia
cclxxxiii
andtoabilliondollarcounterfeitscam,whennothingwasever
done to bring the culprits to justice, said he had finally realized
that
ifyouarepowerfulenough,youarebeyondthereachofthelaw.
Sindonawasnotthatpowerful!
HammersaysofCoffey,theNewYorklrishAmericanRoman
Catholicpoliceman,whohadtrackedthelinksoftheMafiaright
intotheheartoftheVaticaninabilliondollarcounterfeitscheme
sovastthatfewwouldbelieveit:
Therehadbeenmonthsofploddingalongtwistedand
tangledpathwaysthatseemedtobeleadingnowhere,and
momentsofstartlingbreakthroughanddiscovery...Oftenduring
thoseyearsasthescopeofthehuntanditsconsequence
becameclear,hehadbeenconvincedthatthiswaswhathe
hadbeenborntodo,thatthiswouldbethecapstoneofhis
career.Andnowitwasover,endednotwiththeglitteringvictories
cclxxxiv
hehadforeseenbutonasourandcynicalnote.HE
COULDNOLONGERDENYWHATHEHADNOTWANTED
TOBELlEVE:THEREAREPEOPLESOPOWERFULAND
SOHlGHLYPLACEDTHATTHEYARElMPERVlOUSTO
THELAW,ANDTHATSOClETY'SRULESANDCODESDO
NOTAPPLYTOTHEM.5(emphasisours)
ThemainlessonthatHammer'sbookteachesisthatitiseasier
tobringdownthePresidentoftheUnitedStatesthanacrookin
theVatican.
Whentheinvestigationended,Aronwald,whowastestifying
beforeaSenatesub-committeeinWashingtonsaid:
Becauseofseriousallegationsthathadbeenmadewithrespect
tosomeoneintheVaticanalthoughthenameoftheindividual
wasnevergiven,theDepartmentofJusticemade
contactswiththeVaticanandobtainedtheircooperation...As
aresultofourvisitandaresultofthecooperationofthe
cclxxxv
Vatican,wewereabletoconcludethattherewasnosubstance
totheallegationthatanyonewithintheVaticanwas
cuipablyinvolvedinthisscheme.6
-37-
lnotherwords,therewasacompletewhitewashofthewhole
investigation.Sowhiletherealcriminalsgofree,lessermenare
prosecutedandsenttojail.MicheleSindonawasoneoftheones
whowenttojail.Soalthoughafinancialwizard,insomewayshe
provedtobequitevulnerableintheendwhiletheVaticanmenroll
onwithoutbattinganeye,clearedofallculpability.
ThechargesagainstSindonawerealsothesameasthosemade
againstNogara,thefinancialwizardwhoputtheVaticanonthe
mapfinancially.Nogarawasthebrainsbehindthereorganization
ofthewholefinancialstructureoftheVaticanin1929.He
succeededinmovingtheVaticanfortunesfrommillionstobillions
beforeheretiredin1958.However,hewasinvestigatedonthe
cclxxxvi
chargesthathewasaMasonandbelongedtoasecretmasonic
society and was secretly conspiring against the Vatican. The
same
oldstorytrottedoutagainstSindonaandalsowrittenlargein
modernbooksdealingwithConspiracy.(SeeYallop,Allen,and
Bowenforcorroboration.)
NotonlywasNogaranotaMasonicman,noraconspirator
againstthe"church,"hewasoneofthemostloyalhardworking
sonsofthe"church"thatltalyeverproduced.Notonlywashenot
outtoruintheVatican,hehelpeditontosuchfinancialsuccess
thatitnowhasbecomeoneoftherichestorganizationsonearth.
When the investigation was completed by the Vatican loyalists,
the
taciturnNogarawascompletelyexoneratedofallchargesagainst
him,andtherecordshowedthathewascompletelytrustworthy,a
loyalsonoftheVaticanineveryrespect.Yettheserumorsand
charges persist in every generation and are still being made
cclxxxvii
today.
We believe that the reason we hear of "secret Masonic
conspiracies"
istokeeptheideaofamockconspiracybeforethe
peopletokeepthemfromseeingtherealthing.Thesewriterslack
onethingintheirwritingsonconspiracy,andthatisanin-depth
exegesisofRevelation17-18.TheyfocusattentionontheMasons
todrawawayattentionfromtheVaticanandtocreatesympathy
for
thePopeandPapacy,whoarethenconsideredvictimsofthe
conspiracyratherthanthebrainsbehindit.2.Thesecondtheory
thatweseewrittenlargeincontemporaryworksisthelnsider
theory.Thatis,thatacertaingroupoffinanciersareatworkto
controltheworld.GaryAllen,ofcourse,postulatesthisideaasdo
otherslikeWilliamBowen.Allenstates:
-38-
lntheBolshevikRevolutionwehavesomeoftheworld'srichest
cclxxxviii
andmostpowerfulmenfinancingamovementwhichclaimsits
veryexistenceisbasedupontheconceptofstrippingoftheir
wealthmenliketheRothschilds,Rockefellers,Schiffs,
Warburgs,Morgans,andHarrimans,andMilners.But
obviouslythesemenhavenofearofinternationalcommunism.
ltisonlytoassumethatiftheyfinanceditanddonotfearit,it
mustbebecausetheycontrolit....Rememberthatfor150
yearsithasbeenstandardoperatingprocedureofthe
Rothschildsandtheiralliestocontrolbothsidesofevery
conflict.7
ltcertainlyiseasytodirectattentiontowardtheRothschilds
becauseoftheirgreatwealthandalsobecausetheyareJews.
WhatAllenfailstoseeisthateveryaccusationthatcanbemade
againsttheRothschildsandtheiralliescanalsobemadeagainst
theVaticanwithmuchmoreweight.TheRothschilds'wealth,
althoughimmense,isnotinthesameleaguewiththeVatican's.
cclxxxix
The tentacles of the Rothschilds do not reach into every
government
onearthwithanythingapproachingthesamedegreeasthe
Vatican's. The longevity of the alleged conspiracy of the
Rothschilds,
accordingtoAllenhimself,goesbackamere150years
again nothing in comparison to the Papacy whose global
ambitions
andintriguegobackmorethanathousandyears.
Againtheideaofoperatingonbothsidesofeverymajorconflict
with which Allen charges the Rothschilds can be seen in the
history
ofVaticanpowerpoliticswithfargreaterdocumentationtosupport
it.ltcanevenbeseenrightnowinCentralAmericaatthisvery
moment.TheVaticanisonbothsidesinElSalvadorand
Nicaragua,andtheintrigueoftheJesuitsonbothsidesofthe
conflictsiscausingsuchanuproarthatthePopetraveledthereto
ccxc
trytodefusetheembarrassingsituation.3.Thethirdideaofthe
conspiracythatfacesAmericais"Secularhumanism."William
Boweninhisbook,"GLOBALlSM-AMERlCA'SDEMlSE,"spends
much time and effort trying to pin America's troubles on the
secular
humanists.Thishasbecomeapopularthemewithother
conservativewritersaswell.Wewouldbethelasttodownplaythe
effectthatsecularhumanismhashadonAmerica,butwedonot
think that secular humanism is the global conspiracy that
confronts
theworld.
lnfactwebelievethattheflurryoversecularhumanismatthe
-39-
presenttimeisanothercaseofmisdirection.Therealconspiracy
is
muchmorecloselyknitandhasmuchclearergoals.Thedriftof
AmericafromherProtestantmooringsallowsthereligiousmento
ccxci
take over. We get tired of listening to those who speak of
America's
Judeo-Christianethic.AmericawasfoundeduponhistoricBible
Protestantism.AnyonewhohasstudiedearlyAmericanhistory
knows that her people were made up of the persecuted
Protestants
ofEuropewhofledhereforarefugeandbuiltthegreatestcountry
theworldhaseverseen.ltwasbuiltsolidlyonEnglish-Puritanism,
ScottishPresbyterianism,Scots-lrish-Presbyterianism,German
PietismandDutchCalvinism.AsforJewsandRomanCatholics,
they were almost unheard of in the early days of America. And
they
certainlyhadlittleornoinfluenceoutsideRhodelslandand
Maryland. Why do we never hear of this in any of the writings
which
conservativeswritetoday?YouwouldthinkthatAmericanliberties
came from the Jews and Roman Catholics. America is going
down
ccxcii
becausetheProtestantPuritanethicuponwhichshewasfounded
isbeingreplacednotbyasecularhumanismbutbyaneffetefalse
religionwhichwillnotmentionthepastbutwillpraisetheRoman
anti-christ.ThisisthecruxofAmerica'strouble.Godjudges
idolatry whether our half-baked modern Protestant Christian
writers
realize it or not. America is going down not from secular
humanism
norafalsepietismbutfromaloveaffairwithidolatryandfalse
religion.
ltisindeedverystrangethatwehearnothingaboutthe
lnquisitiontoday.lnreadingthe"STEALlNGOFAMERlCA,"we
notethatthesecularhumanistsaretheoneswehavetofear.
Whenillustrationsaredrawnofpersecutionsinthepast,mention
is
madeoftheearlyChristians,whowerethrowntothelionsinthe
Roman arena and of Christians, who were tortured under
ccxciii
Communism
inEasternEurope.
Variousphilosophersarenamedinrecentbooksasthecauseof
thedownfallofwesterncivilization.lnallthisplethoraofwriting
aboutthedemiseofAmericabecauseofcertainsinisterforces,no
mentionisevermadeofthelnquisitionwhichlasted500years.ls
thatnotpassingstrange?
WehearoftheHordesoftheFrenchRevolutionbutnottne
MassacreofSt.Bartholmew'sDay,carriedoutnotbyatheists,
secularhumanistsoratotalitarianstate,butbythoseclaimingto
bereligiousandbelongingtotheonlytrue"church."Secular
-40-
humanismismadeouttobetheunstoppableforcewhile
Romanism flourishes in America as never before. While
misguided
Protestantsstareat"SecularHumanism,"Romanismcontrolsthe
ccxciv
WhiteHouse,theC.l.A.,theF.B.l.,theCongress,andmostofthe
leadingpostsinthepresentReaganAdministration.Manhattan
observes:
TheexistenceofsuchanorganicallyorientedCatholicbody
wouldhavebeenamatterofconcernitself,butthefactthatit
enjoyedthepatronageofthemosteminentindividualsofthe
U.S.politicalintelligenceandmilitaryestablishment,made
theirpresenceoneofprofounddisquiet.Thelist,although
minimal,wasimpressive:fromGeneralAlexanderHaig,
SecretaryofState,(sincedeposed)toMr.Casey,headofthe
CentrallntelligenceAgency;fromD.ReganoftheU.S.
TreasurytoMr.AllenoftheNationalSecurity;fromMrs.
Kirkpatrick,UNO,toW.Clark,whoreplacedAllenin1982,to
W.S.Wilson,theU.S.envoyattheVaticanandaconvertto
Catholicism,andmanyothersinlessglamorousbutnonetheless
veryinfluentialpostsupanddowntheadministration.8
ccxcv
AsofthiswritingPresidentReaganhasappointedanambassador
totheVatican,andhehaspledgedthatifreelectedhe
wouldfightforthefamilyinthespiritofPopeJohnPaulll.So
VaticaninfluenceiswrittenlargeinAmericanpoliticstoday.(As
for
fightingforthefamily,thepapacyhasbeenthegreatestenemyof
thefamilyinmostRomanCatholiccountriesintheworld,grinding
thefamilyunderitstyrannicalheelalloverCentralAmerica,South
America,SouthernEurope,Eire,andwhereverithasbeen
entrenchedforcenturies.)
Theblackoutwhichhasbeenthrownoverthelnquisitionandthe
massacresandpersecutionsofRomanismapparentlyisno
accident.ConservativewritersapparentlybelievethattheUnited
StateshasnothingtofearfromtheVatican,andtherefore,they
seem to have tacitly agreed not to mention known historical
horrors
connectedwithRome'sglobalambitions.
ccxcvi
Theuseoftheword"Christian"todaybymanyofthesewriters,
whowouldalertustotheevilsthatconfrontus,isobviouslyan
omnibusterm.ltobviouslyincludesinitsmeaning,asusedtoday,
-41-
theunchristianreligionofRomanism.
SoinsavingAmericafromthesecularhumanistconspiracy,we
arebeingherdedalongwithRomanismtodothejob.Suchwriting
leavesalottobedesiredasfarastheBiblicalChristianis
concerned.OnehasonlytolookatanationwhereRomanism
holdsabsoluteswaytoseethattheVaticancanmatchanything
any secular state has ever produced in the way of suppression
and
more.
BiblicalChristians,keeptoyourBibles!Donotbemisledeven
bysinceremen,whohavenotdonetheirhomeworkinchurch
historynorapparentlyinBibleDoctrine.
ccxcvii
4.Thefourthideaputforwardtomisdirectusconcerningthe
GlobalConspiracyistheUsurperTheory.Thistheorylinksthe
Vatican to the conspiracy but maintains that the Pope is
kidnapped
orkilledandhisplacetakenbyanothermanwhoisaCommunist
oratheist.
Theideaiswrittenlargeincontemporaryworksalthoughitisnot
new.TheNovel,"THEJANUSPOPE,"isastoryaboutthereal
pope
beingkidnappedandaCommunistputinhisplace.Althoughthis
bookhassomeofthecharacterssayingnastythingsaboutthe
Vatican,theideathatthePopeisGod'srepresentativeorGod's
deputyisputforwardanumberoftimes.Sotheauthorapparently
viewsthepopeasChrist'svicaruponearth.
MalachiMartininhisbook,"THEFlNALCONCLAVE,"also
alludestothisideaofusurpation.Thenationalnewsmediaalso
gavelargecoveragetotheBulgarianConnectionintheirattempts
ccxcviii
toassassinate the Pope. So that the impression is given to the
unthinking
thattherealconspiracy,eventhoughitdoesinvolvethe
papacy,involvesitonlyasthetargetoftheintrigueandnotasthe
originatorofit.
DeanAlfordinhis"PROLEGOMENATOTHEREVELATlON"
pointsoutthatevenRomanCatholicexpositorsseethepapacyin
Revelation17and18.
FromJoachim'stime...men'smindevenWlTHlNTHE
ROMlSHCHURCH,becameaccustomedtotheideathatthe
apocalypticBabylonwasinsomesenseorothernotonly
PaganbutPAPALROME;andthatAntichristwastosit,
-42-
whetherasanusurperornot,onthethroneofthepapacy.9
(emphasisours)
JoachimwasAbbotofFloresinthe12thCentury.Hedenounced
ccxcix
evenbackthenthecorruptionoftheRomanclergy,theissueof
indulgences,thedeificationoftheRomanChurchandthe
Crusades.HesawintheRevelationthedescriptionofthePapacy
asMysteryBabylontheGreatandtheMotherofHarlotreligion.
Sowithsuchacrushingweighttodisposeof,itisnotsurprising
thattheideaofausurperupontheseatofthepapacyiswritten
largeincontemporarythought.Somethinghadtobedonetooffset
ProtestantsuspicionsofasecretcabalintheheartoftheVatican.
SoamassivepropagandaefforttoeducateProtestantsinthe
nicetiesofthepapacyandtheevilmachinationsofsomeother
shadowyconspiratorsouttodestroythisniceinstitutionhadtobe
launched.ThesadthingisthatapparentlymillionsofProtestants
haveboughtthisideawithoutevenasecondthought.Malachi
Martin,aformerJesuit,maystillimaginethattherearemany
Protestantswhobelieveinthissecretcabalintheheartofthe
Vatican,butinactualitytheirnumberisvery,verysmall.Byfarthe
ccc
majorityofmodernProtestantshaveswallowedtheVaticanline.
-43-
REFERENCES
1.Newsweek,Aug.20,1979,p.67
2.Martin,THEFlNALCONCLAVE,p.29
3.lbid.,p.64
4.Time,April7,1980,p.59
5.Hammer,Richard,THEVATlCANCONNECTlON,Charter
Books,N.Y.1982,p.309
6.ibid.,p.308
7.Allen,Gary,NONEDARECALLlTCONSPlRACY,Concord
Press,Rossmoor,California1971,pp73-75
8.Manhattan,Avro,THEVATlCAN-WASHlNGTON,MOSCOW
ALLlANCE,ChickPub.,1982,p.65
9. Alford, Henry, THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT, Vol. Vl,
Guardian
ccci
Press,GrandRapids,Mich.1976.,Reprint,p.246
-44-
CONCLUDlNGREMARKS
MalachiMartinsays:
FortoolongnowthoseinthehigherechelonsoftheChurch
havebeensuspectedofquiteworldlyaims:ofsecret-almost
cabalistic-designsontherights,liberties,andfreedomsof
ordinarypeople.ManyasinceremodernProtestantisstill
convincedthatthisistrue.1
MartinwasaformerJesuitprofessor.Heseemstowritefroma
veryopenviewpoint.Butinhisseriousandevenseverecriticisms
oftheVaticaninhisbooks,"THERlSEANDFALLOFTHE
ROMANCHURCH,and"RlCHCHURCHPOORCHURCH,"he
neveroncecriticizestheentityitself.Onlythingsaboutit,bad
thingstobesure,butnotthehistoricalrealityandtohimthe
trueandonlychurchinallofhistory.Martinisveryshrewd.His
cccii
open criticism of the church establishes him in the minds of
millions
asanenemyofthechurch.Heisfarfromit.Buttheideathatheis
a critical enemy gives much more weight to his writings in the
eyes
ofProtestants,thusenablinghimtostilllatentlypushtheideaof
thePopeasChrist'sVicaruponearthandtheRomanCatholic
Church,theonlytruechurchthatexists.
HiscontentionthatmanyasinceremodernProtestantstillis
convincedthatthereisacabal,anintriguebyafewpowerfulmen
totakeovertheworld,andthattheyarecenteredintheVatican,is
probablylesstruenowthanatanypointinProtestanthistory.We
wouldhavetosaythatVERYFEWmodernProtestantsevenview
thePapacyasotherthananotherdenomination,andevenfewer
stillseeanythingevenapproachingcabalisticdesignsonthepart
ofitsleadersastheforegoingpagesdemonstrate.Thepowerful
impactofpapalpropagandaisbeginningtoshowitselftogether
ccciii
withthealmosttotalapathyandindifferenceofmostmodern
Protestants to Bible lnterpretation. The complete failure of
anything
evenapproachingaProtestantsolidarityagainsttheobvious
encroachmentsofpapalteachingsinonceProtestantAmerica
provesthetruthoftheforegoingsentences.
ThecompleteignoranceandapathyofmostAmericanProtes-
-45-
tants to the Vatican designs on America is, to say the least,
disturbing.
Notonlythat,buteventhose,whoaresupposedtobeinformed
andevenwritebookstowarnAmericansaboutthe
dangerswhichthisnationfaces,neverevenmentionRomanism
muchlessexamineitsgoalsforAmerica.
WehearmuchaboutperversiontodayandofhowAmericawill
godownthetubesifthe"Gays"havetheirway.Butnooneever
mentionsdoctrinalperversion.Doctrinalperversionisalwaysthe
ccciv
forerunnerofsexualperversion.TheScripturesareclearatthis
point."EvenastheydidnotliketoretainGodintheirknowledge
Godgavethemoveruntoareprobatemindtodothosethings
whicharenotconvenient."TheScripturesteachclearlythatthe
wrath of God is revealed from heaven against those who hold
back
thetruthinunrighteousness.Doctrinalperversionleadstoidolatry
whichleadstosexualperversionaccordingtoRomansChapter
one.
WhenthePopeofRomepreachestheperverteddoctrinesof
Romanism,enforcedcelibacy,purgatory,Mariolatry,etc.,heisas
muchathreattoapureAmericaasanysexualpervertwho
clamoursfor"Gay"rights.Thisisthetruththatwemustseetoday
orperishasanation.lmpuredoctrinesofdemonsaffectasociety
morethantheimpureactionsofsomeofitsmembers.
Thenatureofourbattleisspiritual.WhentheBiblicaltruthsof
cccv
theWordofGodwithwhichevilisdefeatedarereplacedbythe
satanicdriveloffalsereligion,thatsocietywhichexperiencesthe
barrageofsatanicdriveliseverybitasbadoffasanysecular
humanistsociety.Secularhumanismisnottheonlyevilfacing
NorthAmerica!lnfact,NorthAmericahasfarmoretofearfrom
religiousidolatrythanithasfromsecularhumanists.
JerryFalwell,BillyGraham,FrancisSchaefferandRonald
Reaganareallworkingtodefeatthesecularhumanists.Butnone
ofthemevenhasonewordtosayaboutthereligiousidolatry
whichcursesAmerica.Apparently,itisallrightforthattoflourish.
lnotherwordsaslongasapersoncansayheisreligious,heis
notconsideredathreattothefreedomsthatmanyAmericansstill
holddear.
Wewouldhavetosaycandidly;thejudgmentofGodhasafar
greaterchanceoffallinguponAmericabecauseofidolatrousfalse
religionthanitdoesbecauseofsecularhumanism.Weop-
cccvi
-46-
posetheatheistichumanistswithoutreservation,butwedonot
believethatthisiswheretheheatofthebattleragesinAmerica
today.WebelievethatAmerica'sloveaffairwiththeGreatWhore
whositsontheTiberposesafargreaterthreattoAmerica's
freedomsthananyotherevilwhichAmericafacestoday.
WerecognizethepowerofCommunism.Werecognizethe
poweroflslam.Werecognizethepowerofsecularhumanism.We
alsorecognizethepowerofRomanism;andwewouldhavetosay
thatacandidlookatAmericatodaywillshowthatofthefourevils
mentioned, Romanism constitutes by far the biggest internal
threat
toAmericatodaythananyoftheothers.
AsAmericabecomesmoreandmoreidolatrous,shecomes
more and more under the indictment of the Second
Commandment.
God'swrathisrepeatedlypouredoutintheScripturesupon
cccvii
hischosenpeoplefortheiridolatry.(Thissinisnevermentioned
once by most modern writers.) ln the second commandment,
which
isnottaughtinRomanCatholicschools,Godisspokenofas
"visitingtheiniquityofthefathersuntothethirdandfourth
generationofthemthathateme,"afearfuljudgmentwhichour
modernwritersnevermentionandperhapsdonotevenbelieveis
actual. This judgmental visitation of God upon succeeding
generations
isbecauseoflDOLATRY,notatheismnorpornography.
ltisgreattomakeaccusationsagainsttheBilderbergersandthe
lnsidersandthellluminatibecausealmosteveryoneintheworld
canidentifyagainstsuchpeople.Theverycapabilityofbeingable
toidentifyagainstthem,webelieve,pointsuptheweaknessin
suchaccusations.AccordingtotheWordofGod,whichis
supposedtobethefinalauthorityforBibleProtestants,whenfalse
Christsandfalseprophetsarise,theonlyoneswhoarenot
cccviii
deceived areGod'select people.lnotherwords,aswepointed
out
inourfirstbooklet,thisworldofpeoplewillgoalongwithfalse
religion,theriseofMysteryBabylontheGreat,andwill worship
the
Anti-Christ.
ltisonlyGod'selectpeoplewhowillineverygenerationstand
againsttheencroachmentsofreligiousevil.Soiftheevilisso
identifiedthatmostoftheworldcanbeantagonistictowardit,itis
inallprobabilitynotthebeginning,middleorendofthefinal
apostateconglomerate,whichistoruletheearthandbethecage
ofEVERYUNCLEANbird.
TheVaticanhasbeenthecenterofevilanduncleannessnow
-47-
for more than a thousand years. lt was the Mother of the
lnquisition
whichtortured,persecutedandmartyredmultipliedmillionsof
cccix
preciousbelieversfor500years.Wilderstatesinhiscarefulstudy:
thattherecordsofhistoriansandmartyrologistsshowthatit
maybereasonabletoestimatethatfromfiftytosixty-eight
millionsofhumanbeingsdied,sufferedtorture,losttheir
possessions,orwereotherwisedevouredbytheRoman
CatholicChurchduringtheawfulyearsofthelnquisition.2
AccordingtoLlorente,theofficialrecorderforthelnquisition,until
hebecameabsolutelyrevulsedbyit,morethan300,000victims
wereimmolatedontheflamingfaggotsoftheSpanishlnquisition
alone.3lthasbeentheeffortofmodernRomanCatholicwritersto
trytoplaydownthelnquisitionandtodenyitsholocaust.Butthere
aremanyreputablehistorians,whorecountitsatrocitiesforthose
interestedinfindingoutthetruth.
WehaveatwovolumesetwhichdealswiththeSpanish
lnquisitors in Holland. The pages are filled with account after
account
cccx
oftortureandhorrorthatwouldmakeourearstingle.lttellsof
onemanwhoopposedthefalsedoctrinesofRome,whowasput
onaspitandslowlyroastedoveranopenfire.4
The Vatican not only has been the center of cruelty and
persecution,
ithasalsobeenthecenterofaneverendingspateoffalse
doctrineandpractice,whichiftheBibleistrue,willleadmostofits
adherentstoalosteternity.SothatthetrueBiblebeliever,whois
interested in the salvation of souls from sin and from eternal
death,
isimpelledtostandagainstthisonslaughtandtowarnthose
caughtupinit.
ThefactthattheVaticanisevilis,ofcourse,admittedbysome
RomanCatholicwriters.Theygointogreatdetailinhighlighting
someofitsancientandmodernevils.Butthebottomlineisthat
the
RomanCatholicChurchistheonlytruechurchinspiteoftheevils
cccxi
ofthelnquisition,thepersecutionsofthepast,andeventhe
heinouscrimesofsomeofthepopes.MalachiMartincriticizesthe
churchseverely.Butonemustbewaryinreadingsuchwritings.
WhenMartincriticizestheVatican,heiscriticizingitsfinancial
andseculardealings.Heisnotcriticizingitsdoctrinesand
teachings.Hepointsoutinhisbookonthedeclineofthechurch
thatitstartedtodeclinewhenitreceivedallthemoneyandland,
etc.fromConstantine;fromthenonastruggledevelopedbetween
itsspiritualmissionandmammon.Heevenhasinhislatestbooks
ideasonhowthechurchistoriditselfofitsfinancialempire,but
whathefailstosayisthatthereistobenorevisionofnorridding
itselfof,itserroneousdogmasandteachings.Thisisthecruxof
thewholematter.
TotheBiblebelievingProtestanteveniftheRomanCatholic
Churchdivesteditselfofeverydime(somethingthatwillnever
happen if Revelation 17 and 18 are true) it would still be a
cccxii
reservoir
ofevilanderror.ltsunscripturalteachingonPurgatoryisa
producerofgreatevilinseveralways.ltmakespeoplebelieve
they can buy their way out of trouble in the hereafter, thus
affecting
everythingtheydointhislife.ltalsodeceivesthemastothetrue
natureofeternitysothatthosewhodieexpectingtobuytheirway
outofpurgatorywillinsteadbelostforeverinthelakeoffirewith
nohopeofeverbeingreleased.
TheunscripturalteachinginherentintheMassisalsoaproducer
ofgreatevil.Millionsliveanyoldwaybutbelievethatby
takingaconsecratedwaferfromthehandsofsinfulman,theyare
receivingChrist.TheReformers,Puritans,andearlyMethodists
calledtheMassablasphemousfable.Theydidnotdothistobe
nasty. They did it because they believed that a proper
interpretation
oftheScripturesprovedthatChristdiedonceforallandhis
cccxiii
onceforaliofferingneverneededtoberepeated,foritwasfinal,
full,andsufficienttodealwiththeproblemofman'ssin.Noother
offeringwasneeded,andsonoothercouldeverbeoffered
especiallybysinfulmen.Theideathatsinfulmencouldoffera
sacrificeforsinstheyrightlybelievedconstitutedblasphemy.The
reasontheycalleditafablewasalsoestablishedfromScripture.
"Thisismybody"isobviouslyafigureofspeechandnottobe
takenliterally.Evenasthecup,whichistheNewTestamentinmy
blood,isalsoasimilarfigure.Nooneeverarguesfortheactual
cupbeingtheNewTestamentalthoughthousandshaveengaged
inthecontroversyovertheelements.
lt is a fable to assume that by the magic of a priest the bread
actually
becomestheactualbodyofChrist.ltisanegregiousfableto
say the least. Yet this blasphemous fable is foisted upon an
unsuspecting
Protestantpopulacealmostnightlyespeciallywhen
cccxiv
-49-
thePopegoesanywhereintheworldtoday.
Theunscripturalteachingofanenforcedcelibacyisalsopushed
uponusuntilwealmostvomit.Aswewritethesewords,thePope
isvisitingCanada.Wegethisfaceoneverytelevisionnews
programandhisspeechesineverynewspaper.lntheAltoona
Mirror,September10,1984,weweretoldthisaboutthePopein
Canada.
JohnPaulbeganhistwelvedaytourofCanadaonSunday
andfollowedhiscustomofgettingstraighttothepointon
controversialreligiousissuesbyreaffirmingtheCatholic(the
writerobviouslymeansRomanCatholic,andthereisaneternal
difference)Church'sstandthatpriestsandnunsmust
nevermarry.
Threethingsneedtobesaidaboutthisstatement.
1.TheBiblesaysthatanenforcedcelibacyisadoctrineof
cccxv
demons.lTimothy4:1-3.
NowtheSpiritspeaksexpresslythatinthelattertimessome
shalldepartfromthefaith,givingheedtoseducingspirits,and
doctrinesofdemons;speakingliesinhypocrisyhavingtheir
consciencesearedwithahotiron;FORBlDDlNGTO
MARRY....
SoaccordingtotheBiblethosewhoforbidotherstomarryare
a.departedfromthefaith.
b.heedingseducingspirits
c.teachingdoctrinesofdemons
d.speakinglies
e.inhypocrisy(notonlyliesyouseebuthypocriticalones)
f.havingtheirconsciencesearedwithahotiron.
WhatadevastingindictmentfromGod'sinspired,infallible,
inerrantandauthoritativeWord!
2.NoticeitisallrightforthePopetogorighttothepointoncon
cccxvi
troversialreligiousissues.LetanyProtestantsuchaslanPaisley,
dothesamething,andheisimmediatelycalledapreacherof
sectarianism,anarch-bigotorworse.NobodycallsthePope
anarchbigot,orPreacherofSectarianism,eventhoughhe
comesoutwithsomeofthemostbigotedsectarianstatements
-50-
thateverappearinourmodernnewspapers.
3. Just a few months ago seven Roman Catholic priests were
involved
inasexualscandalwithayoungwomaninCalifornia.News
abouttheincidentwassketchyasanythingdetrimentaltoRome's
goodimageseldomisconsiderednewsworthy.However,wedid
learnthefollowingfacts.Theyoungwomanwantedtobeanun.
She met with these priests who seduced her. She finally gave
birth
toababyinthePhilippineswherethepriestshadsentheronthe
pretextthatshewastherestudying.Theyhadpromisedher
cccxvii
money.Whenthemoneyfailedtocome,shefiledapaternitysuit
againstthesevensincetheyallapparentlywereinvolvedwithher.
Thefilingofthesuitiswhatbroughtthestoryintothenews.We
neverheardanotherthingaboutitexceptthattheRomanCatholic
spokesman in Los Angeles intimated that the girl was of low
morals
and that was why she got the priests involved with her. This
resulted
inasecondsuitfiledbythegirlfordefamationofcharacter.She
maintained that she was perfectly innocent of the charges and
that
shewentatthestarttobeanuningoodfaithandthatthereason
shesubmittedtoallsevenwasbecauseshewasundertheir
authority.Somuchforenforcedcelibacy!ltisindeedadoctrineof
demonsandtheproducerofanimmoralityinthemonasticsphere
thathasbeenlegendarysincetheMiddleAges.TheBibledoes
statethatapersondoesnothavetomarryifhedoesnotwantto,
cccxviii
butnoonehastherighttoenforcethatuponthosewhocannot
bearit,fortheScripturealsostatescategoricallythatitisbetterto
marrythantobeinaburningpassion.
Attheverytimethisstoryofthesevenpriestswastoldonceand
nevermentionedagain,thethreepartdrama,"CELEBRlTY,"was
bringshownonamajornetwork.Wedidnotseethethreeparts,
butwedidseetheendofthelastpartandgatheredthattheentire
pieceoffictionalpropagandawasdirectedagainstBible
Protestantism.Theyoungmanwhowasthecenterpieceofthis
dramawasaformerrapist,wholaterbecameaProtestant
evangelist. He was shown going kind of berserk. He shot his
friend
todeathforbeingahomosexual.(MakingoutProtestant
evangeliststobekillersinsteadofportrayingthesexualperverts
as
thosewhogoaroundkillingpeople,whichwouldbemuchcloser
to
cccxix
thetruth).Athistrialhewasstabbedtodeathbythewomanhe
hadformerlyrapedandleftfordead,whoapparentlyhadnotdied.
Sothiswholesorryshowwasawellorchestratedat-
-51-
tempttodenigrateProtestantevangelists.
WerecognizethatthereareunsavorycharactersinProtestant
circles,whomakemoneyofftheunsuspecting,butaretheythe
onlycircleswhereunsavorycharactersreside?Tolookatthe
modernHollywoodmovieindustrytheanswerisaresoundingyes.
ltiswellthenthattheactualeventsoflifehelptocounterbalance
thebigotedtrashofmodernHollywoodandthehypocritical
remarksofaPolishPope.
The enduring nature of Romanism is a sign that it is a
devilinspired
conspiracyinauniquesense.Aftersomeofthemostcruel
atrocitiesofhistory,combinedwiththegrossimmoralities,which
cccxx
havebeenpartandparcelofthewholesystem,ithasstill
managednotonlytosurvivebuttogrow.
CardinalManningsaid,"TheCatholicChurchiseitherthe
masterpieceofSatanortheKingdomofGod."CardinalNewman
declared,"EithertheChurchofRomeisthehouseofGodorthe
houseofSatan."5Accordingthentotwoofitsmostfamous
representativesourchoicesareverylimitedastotheoriginand
natureofRomanism.ltiseitherofGodorofSatan.
TotheBible-believingProtestant,GodisholyandHischurchis
alsoholy.WhentheoriginsoftheRomanCatholicchurchare
examined,theypointtoSatanratherthantoChrist.Martininhis
book, 'THE RlSE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN CHURCH,"
speaksof
the method used in electing popes. "Vicious enmities were
created.
Bloodwasshed.Livesweretaken."6Hegoesontosay:
AttheelectionofPopeDamasuslinA.D.366,thirty-seven
cccxxi
corpseslitteredtheenvironsoftheLiberianBasilicaaftera
fracasbetweenthefollowersofDamasusandhisarchrival,
Ursinus.7
HegoesintomuchgreaterdetaillateronandtellsaboutPope
Stephenbringinghisarchrivalbeforehimwithhiskneecaps
broken,hisbodywhipped,andhiseyescarvedout.Hefurther
elaborates:
Withinayear,PopeStephenwillhaveusedDukeDesiderius
togetChristophorus,Sergius,andGratiosusimprisoned,first
theireyescutout,thentheirlivesended.Hethenwill
-52-
turnonDesideriusandbyDecemberof771willencompass
hisruinanddeath.8
Martinagain:
ThehighpointinMarozia'scareercameattheendofher
verylonglifewhenshewasvisitedinherRomanprisonbyan
cccxxii
emperorwhohadjustseizedpossessionofthecityOttolll,a
successorofCharlemagne.Hehadonlyonereasonfor
visitingMaroziatolayhiseyesonthewomanwhowasthe
motherofapope,whomshehadconceivedbyanotherpope,
andwhowastheauntofathirdpope,thegrandmotherofa
fourthpope,andwiththehelpofherownmother,thecreator
ofninepopesineightyears,ofwhomtwohadbeenstrangled,
onesuffocatedwithacushion,andfourdeposedanddisposed
ofincircumstancesthathavenevercometopubliclight.9
SoreadsthepagesofMartin'sbook.Martinstillbelievesinthe
RomanCatholicChurch,butweaskthequestionhowcouldany
onebelievethattheRomanCultisthekingdomofGodafter
readinghisbookandafterstudyingchurchhistory?ltisabsolutely
inconceivable that the Holy Spirit of Truth has been connected
with
suchatrocities,crimes,errors,andintrigues,forcenturies.ltisa
cccxxiii
spiritualandmoralimpossibility.
NeverthelesstheVaticanhasalwaysshowngreatresiliencyand
adaptabilityinkeepingabreastofnationalandinternational
changes.ltisworkingtirelesslytowardonegoaltobringtheentire
worldtothefeetoftheRomanPontiff.Themethodsusedto
achievethisgoalhaveincludedanddoinclude(aswehaveseen
above)murder,massacre,Marxism,propaganda,irenicdialogue,
revolution, repression, assassination, education, kindness,
coercion,
brotherhood,charity,monasticism,enforcedcelibacy,Jesuit
casuistry,intrigue,financialthreatsandchicanery,andlastbut
certainly not least, a global conspiracy with an historical
continuity,
and loyal henchmen to see that it continues to endure,
unsurpassed
intheannalsofrecordedhistory.Theendsjustifythe
meansisnoemptyslogan,butthemodusoperandioftheglobal
cccxxiv
aspirationsoftheJesuitsandtheVatican.
AsthefinalstagesofthegreatSatanicreligiousconspiracy
breakupontheworld,Biblebelieversneedtowatchtheirreligious
-53-
affiliationandfellowship.AccordingtoRevelation18:4,someof
God'speoplearemixedupintheend-timeunholyamalgamof
Rome'sHarlotreligionandtheoneworldchurch.TheWordsays,
"Comeoutofher,mypeople,thatyoubenotpartakerofhersins,
andreceivenotofherplagues."TheoneWorldChurch,whichwill
bedominatedbyRomeandruledoverbythePope,isloomingon
thehorizon.ltmaybeyearsbeforeweseethefull-orbedpictureof
Mystery Babylon the Great in its final form, but every true
Biblebeliever
ineverygenerationstandsagainsttheRomanCatholic
institution,forheseesinitalltheseedsofthefinalapostate
conglomeratewhichisdescribedinRevelationchapters17-19.
cccxxv
cccxxvi

The Jesuit Conspiracy

Uploaded by

Document Information

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

The Jesuit Conspiracy

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

TheJesuitConspiracyAllRightsReservedbyJamesENance2014

You might also like