usion, the
better it will be for us, for if the teachings of our Protestant
forefathers are right, and the teachings of Rome are wrong, the
quicker we can eradicate and stamp out these popish doctrines, the
better it will be for our posterity.

If this country is a home for those who love liberty, then the
influence of the priesthood of America is detrimental to the
fundamental principles of America, as Catholicism does not teach
patriotism and loyalty of country, as the burden of her teachings is,
"Loyalty to the Pope," and the Pope of Rome, who is at the head of
the Catholic Church; is a despot pure and simple--yea, he is worse
than a despot, as he rules his followers by a superstitious belief,
which teaches that not only the body of Rome's followers is subject
to the Pope's every whim, but the soul as well is directly under the
control of this despotic sovereign.

A Roman Catholic form of government is more despotic than a monarchy
which is ruled by an absolute despot, as these monarchs who have
absolute sway in the affairs of the state only are satisfied with
this absolutism, but not so with Catholicism, as she haunts her
followers to the grave and then demands of their surviving relatives
that homage be paid her in order to keep their dead out of the
regions of despair.

It matters not how strong we are in our endeavors to do right, the
commission of wrong under our nose will corrupt to a certain extent
the morals of the young, and I say without fear of contradiction that
the priestcraft of this and every other country are, as a whole, a
set of men whose morality is below par; however, I sincerely believe
that there are some few who are chaste, but I am sorry to say that
this class is greatly in the minority; and why should it be
otherwise, as the priesthood is composed of men who are mortal, and
the vow of celibacy which they must take before they enter the
priesthood is an unnatural and an unreasonable vow, and one which is
not kept sacred by one out of every fifty; thus you will see at once
that the priestcraft is a cancer upon the body of morality, for
whenever the young and rising generation learns that those who are
supposed to teach them in chastity and morality, are men who will
commit the very sins which they have been taught are heinous. Then,
what can you expect of future generations, and what must eventually
be the morals of a country which is controlled by the priestcraft?

We do not have to conf