The Power of the Pope in Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippine Islands.
It makes my heart sick when I realize that the Government of the
United States has spent hundreds of millions of dollars upon the
Islands of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands, and, after
all, these Islands are still in the grasp and the filthy embrace of
the Vatican at Rome.
Not only fabulous amounts of money have been spent by the United
States upon these Islands, but hundreds of our noble boys in blue
have given up their lives in battle and by the scourge of disease,
and still Catholicism has absolute sway in these far-away countries.
These islands have been under the immediate control of Popery for
hundreds of years, but when the Government of the United States took
charge of them, their inhabitants had advanced no further in
intellectuality and the freedom of free men than they were centuries
ago.
It may sound strange to the average reader when I declare that all of
the lives lost and all of the money expended by the United States
upon Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands was brought about by
the tyrannical rule of Rome, for it was by her abominations that Cuba
rebelled, which was the prime cause of the interference by the
government of the United States; therefore you can readily see why it
is that I claim that Catholicism is to blame for the part that the
government of the United States took in the affairs of these
countries, and what puzzles me so much is why the government of the
United States still permits Catholicism to control the destinies of
these countries, when the officials of this government know full well
that had it not been for abhorrent Catholicism that Cuba would never
have rebelled and that Porto Rico would have been satisfied, and that
the Philippine Islands would not to-day belong to the United States;
but, instead of this government trying to remedy the great wrong
done to the inhabitants of these countries, it went right ahead and
allowed the bone of contention to remain, and to-day finds this
government not only permitting Catholicism to continue to practice
her abominations in these countries, but this government is
instrumental in sending Catholic teachers over to these countries,
when, if this country would do its whole duty, it would not permit
Catholicism to take any part in the affairs of these countries.
Archbishop Chapelle was shipped to the Philippine Islands with all
the pomp of a ruler, and so was Archbishop J.J. Harty, whom I am
personally acquainted with, and whom I have been on intimate terms
with for a number of years, and this man Harty is to-day in the
Philippine Islands ruling with the same tyrannical hand that has
characterized Romanism for centuries past, and whose rule is only
symbolic to ruin, as the interests of the inhabitants of these
countries are never considered, as it is Rome's ambition and only
desire to keep them under the heel of perpetual tyranny.
We would like to know why Archbishop Chapelle should be given the
best stateroom in a transport ship sailing for Manila, while our
pure-blooded, honest, sincere Protestant boys who wear the blue were
huddled together like so many cattle.
Ah, this is the reason: Archbishop Chapelle is an emissary of the
Pope of Rome and stands ready at all times to serve the wishes and
obey the orders of that Italian pontiff, and our officials were aware
of this fact and they did not want to stir up the Catholic officials
for fear of losing a few votes, as both of our old parties have sunk
so low into the quagmire of filth that they would allow their country
to sink to the level of Romish abominations if they thought by so
doing they could control the Catholic vote for either party.
Was one of your boys on this transport ship? Was your kith and kin
aboard this vessel that showed this ungodly discrimination between
the soldier boy who wrung a poor mother's heart by leaving the
parental fireside? If such was the case, you can vividly see the
injustice done to these brave lads in favor of this Archbishop
Chapelle, as these boys were on their way to this terrible land of
disease and death to help plant the emblem of liberty upon the
ramparts of these far-away Islands, and this same Archbishop Chapelle
was on his way to destroy the influence of these boys' mission.
The time is not far distant until the Protestant world will wake up
to the realization that they have been humbled before this Italian
pontiff for the simple reason that our officials are willing to cater
to Catholicism in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands for the
sake of votes.
We do not care whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, this
chapter should fire your blood to the fullest extent, for I am
telling you truths, and if you have got the common decency of the
most ignorant liberty-loving American you will right now make a
resolve that Protestant America must redeem her pledge to Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippine Islands to liberate them not only from the
hardships placed upon them by a foreign nation, but liberate them
from the bonds of Catholicism, which not only binds the body, but
chains the soul with the fetters of ignorance and superstition.
When it became known that the government of the United States was to
interfere in the affairs of Cuba, the Catholic Church put all of her
machinery to work immediately in order to fool Uncle Sam and cajole
him into dealing only with the government of Spain, which would
permit Catholicism to exist in these Islands, and the pages of
history only tell us too well how successfully she laid her plans, as
to-day we have the awful spectacle of beholding the government of the
United States playing the part of "protector," while she is quietly
aiding the identical institution which caused the misery in these
far-away countries.
What I tell you in this chapter is true, as I was a Catholic priest
and was on the inside of the workings of Catholicism at that time,
and what I relate is not guess work nor imagination, but it is plain,
unvarnished and unadulterated truths, and the American people will
sooner or later wake up to the realization of these awful truths, for
just so long as the United States permits Catholicism to control the
destinies of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands, just that
long turmoil and misery will remain in these tropical regions, for
Catholicism has sworn by all of her imaginary saints that
Protestantism shall never rule these countries, and so far she has
carried out her threat truly and well, as Protestantism to-day has no
more control over the inhabitants of these islands than she did
before the damnable creed of the Pope was molested by the appearance
of Dewey's guns at Manila.
Can you expect these countries to grow in greatness, and can you
expect the inhabitants of these countries to become giants in
intellect when they practice the cungerings of Catholicism?
We want to give the reader an insight in this chapter to what
Catholicism practices in this country and in other countries that are
not near so densely ignorant as Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine
Islands, and then you can have an idea of what the inhabitants of
these countries may expect in the way of advancement from
Catholicism, and what I will repeat is the abominations that I have
helped to practice myself for thirty years; therefore I know whereof
I speak and no man dare dispute.
We will take a Catholic cemetery, for instance, and in order that the
ground may be sanctified and fit to receive the dead bodies of those
who believe in the Catholic faith a bishop must sanctify this earth
and consecrate it before it is fit to conceal the body of one of the
Pope's followers.
Our Savior has declared that "From earth we came, and to earth we
shall return," and there was no proviso made that before we should
return to earth that it would have to be consecrated by a human
being, as any man or woman of intelligence knows full well that what
the Lord our God has made cannot be improved upon by the idiotic
chant and superstitious rant of a Catholic bishop.
It matters not how godly nor how piously a Protestant may have lived,
Catholicism teaches that it is an abomination to bury a Protestant in
a Catholic cemetery, and one of her laws is that to bury a heretic
(which means Protestant) in a Catholic cemetery is unlawful, and the
Catholic Popes instruct that the remains of any Protestant buried in
a Catholic cemetery shall, if they can be distinguished, be removed,
and if they can not be distinguished, that the cemetery shall be
cleansed by sprinkling holy water over the ground, and bear in mind
that this holy water is to receive its cleansing power from some
priest or bishop, who perhaps is as immoral as hell.
In Canada, some time since, the laws of that country forcibly
effected the burial of a Protestant in a Catholic cemetery, and the
bishop of that diocese, by the name of Bourget, declared that portion
of the cemetery as "_desecrated and filthy_" and forbade any priest
to step his foot upon the ground.
Now, do you expect an institution which teaches such doctrines to
elevate a nation above their own doctrine? If you do, you are
expecting something unreasonable, and if the inhabitants of Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands are not to be elevated above
such abominations can the future hold anything for them but misery?
There is but one thing that beats a bishop's consecration of a
graveyard, and that is money, and money only; but a few dollars will
turn the trick and will open up the ground in a Catholic cemetery for
a heretic, and enough money will turn the entire cemetery into a
Protestant graveyard.
In the City of St. Louis there is a Catholic cemetery called
"Calvary," and lots twelve feet square are sold at from $50 to $1,000
each. A lot was bought by a Protestant whose son died and who was
baptized in his last hour by a Catholic nurse. While his people were
Protestants, they consented, since he had been baptized into the
Catholic Church, that they would give him a Catholic burial, and a
priest by the name of Ward performed the ceremony. Now, bear in mind
that the father of this young man had bought a lot large enough for
his whole family to be buried there, when they should die, as he, of
course, wanted his entire family to be buried together, but the
Catholic Church would not consent to consecrate any part of that lot
but the grave in which the young man was buried that was baptized on
his death bed, simply because the remainder of the family were
Protestants; but for money they consecrated a portion of this lot,
four feet wide and six and one-half feet long, but the remainder of
this lot was not consecrated, therefore you will see that money in
the Catholic Church has as much power to consecrate the earth as doth
the bishopric and priestcraft.
Ah, what abominations! but still this Government expects Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippine Islands to be elevated to the standard of
manhood and womanhood by this class of ghouls.
Now, if we could halt with the recital of only a few abominations, my
task, perhaps, would not be so disgusting, but had I the endurance to
live on, until I were a thousand years old, and could write what I
know and have experienced in the ranks of Catholicism, I would be
unable to portray to the reader all of her abominations.
The Catholic Church is a church of show and glamor, and of
nonsensical doctrines, and not a church of God and of holy worship.
Many believe that Catholicism has taught all of her cungerings for
centuries past, and this is the case, but bear in mind, that
Catholicism often has to have new "fakes," in order to make the money
slide out of the pockets of their "dupes" more easily, so they get up
new intrigues and modern shows for this purpose, and the fake that
works the best is the one that they work the hardest, as I solemnly
declare that the Catholic Church as a whole is a money proposition
upon the part of those who teach her abominations, and I further
declare that it is a "graft" conceived by minds that are more cunning
and deceptive than any class of men upon the face of the whole earth.
The Catholic Church changes its form of worship like cheap chop
houses change their bills of fare, as they are after "suckers," and
if one bait will not get them, they throw out another, and the pomp
and show of the church is to catch the eye and not to save the soul.
Not long since, the Catholic Church, with singular devotion, turned
its attention to the five wounds of Christ, and immediately after
giving these five wounds their solicitous attention, they bade their
followers to have recourse to the sacred heart of Jesus, and in
hundreds of Catholic Churches you will find to-day a statue made in
the likeness of Christ, with a heart attached over the breast, and
this heart is illuminated by electricity or candle, and the followers
of Catholicism absolutely worship this mechanism of man, and it has
proven a great drawing card, and you can rest assured that
Catholicism is pushing the scheme along good and hard, and "The St.
Anthony Bread Box" hoax is another scheme that is not very old, but
which the Catholic Church has found to be another great paying
investment, and they are working "St. Anthony" for all that he is
worth.
Now, can any man or woman of intelligence believe that the
inhabitants of these islands can ever expect to become men and women
of affairs--men and women of individuality--and men and women of
intellectuality? If you can give a rational reason why these
countries should ever expect to be elevated to the standard of
greatness under such influences and under the tutelage of such an
institution, then the road to greatness must be a very easy one to
travel.
The Catholic Church is conducted on about the same principle as Dun's
and Bradstreet's mercantile agencies, as they go into the minutest
detail to keep record of the affairs of the country, so that they may
know the weakest as well as the strongest points of their creed, so
that they may at all times be prepared to exercise the greatest
influence at the proper time, and what makes this creed so dangerous,
is that they impress upon their dupes that the church is "eternal
law," and they hold out the crown of glory on high as a reward for
following their doctrine, and this is the most dangerous and damnable
scheme ever perpetrated by mortal, for when you force a man or woman
to believe that you hold in your hands their future destiny, you have
them to the point where you can force them to do your bidding, and
this is exactly what Catholicism does to her followers, and this is
the reason why Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands can never
expect to go higher in the scale of morality and intellectuality
than they are at the present time, if the Government of the United
States permits this troop of ghouls to continue to be their masters.
We believe that we have in this chapter made, it plain to the reader
why the influence of Catholicism should be remotely removed from
these islands, and if I am right, the Government of the United States
is everlastingly wrong in permitting Catholicism to retain her hold
upon the throats of the inhabitants of these islands, and I
undoubtedly am right, as I know whereof I speak, as I have trod the
deceptive road of Catholicism for the past thirty years, and I dare
not tell in this book all that I know of her cunning in regard to
these far-away countries, as I would have to use language so plain
that I could not expect this volume to pass through the mails, as the
priestcraft in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands are an
immoral set, as a whole, and treat the female population of these
islands in a manner that breeds immorality from generation to
generation, and the awful part of this immorality is that those who
commit it with the priestcraft do not consider that it is a wrong, as
they have been taught that it is no sin to do as the priestcraft
demands, therefore it is ten thousand times worse than if the sin was
committed with the knowledge of the fact that it was a sin, as the
mother or father who is aware of the fact that they are sinners will
not teach their offspring to commit the sins that they are guilty of,
but when they are not aware of the fact that they are committing a
sin, of course, they allow their children to believe that their
actions are in harmony with the teachings of God, therefore this
damnable practice goes on and on, from generation to generation, and
this is why the morals, intelligence and progress of Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippine Islands, are to-day on the same plane of depravity
as they were centuries ago, and no one is to blame for this carnality
and debauchery of the inhabitants of these islands but the Roman
Catholic Church, and until the Government of the United States shall
declare and back up her declaration by Protestant manhood, the
inhabitants of these islands will never know of the beauties of
chastity and morality and the wonderful blessings that are held in
store for them by embracing Protestantism.
May the Lord of Hosts hasten the day when the eyes of those who rule
in Protestant America may be opened to the awful sins they are
committing, by allowing Romanism to hover over these islands with her
vulturous and carnivorous appetite of depravity, and may the time
soon come when the Government of the United States shall proclaim to
the Vatican at Rome that this veil of abomination shall be lifted
from the inhabitants of these islands; and when this is done, the
goddess of liberty that has made Protestant America what she is
to-day, will hover over these far-away islands of the sea, and new
life will pulsate in the veins of these Romish-ridden countries.
[Illustration: "SAVE THE GIRLS"!
"Batter down the Convent doors of Catholicism and
the civilized world will stand amazed."]