main object,
for if she can control the officials, she will see that such laws are
passed as will enable her to coil her slimy self about the vitals of
Protestant America, and just as long as the Protestant denominations
allow themselves to be made Protestant simpletons of, just that long
Catholicism will fool Protestant hosts by offering the "vote bait" to
the politician.

Whenever Protestantism learns that she has a common cause to
champion, and a common enemy to fight, then we will have an "American
party" on one side, and a "Catholic party" on the other, and when
this time comes, Catholicism will be deprived of her cudgel of
deception, and will have to fight her battles without the assistance
of "_Protestant partisan fools_," and will cease to believe that she
belongs to either this or that political party. Protestantism is a
band of American patriots, and should only have the welfare of
Protestantism at heart.

Catholicism, if left alone without the assistance of Protestant
votes, could not turn a wheel in the affairs of this country, but by
permitting Romanism to make Protestantism believe in one of two
political parties thus dividing the Protestant votes, Catholicism is
allowed to hold the balance of power and dictate terms to a
Protestant country.

Shame, eternal shame upon the hosts of Protestantism for permitting
themselves to be made fools of by the Romish Church, as this is
exactly what the hosts of Protestantism are allowing Catholicism to
do with her!

Now, I know whereof I speak, as I have been on the inside of politics
in our large cities, and especially in the City of St. Louis, and
Catholicism's scheme is always to allow the cities to elect a
Protestant mayor, but they always endeavor to elect the other
officials.

Oh, could I but whisper into the ears of every Protestant in America
and make them understand what I know of the cunning and deception of
Catholicism I would march an army of Protestants to the polls at our
elections that would represent a mighty army of patriotism; but just
so long as Protestantism permits Catholicism to make her believe that
it is necessary to have two or more political parties, just that long
we will have partisan block-heads, and as long as this state of
affairs exists, just that long the cunning schemes of Catholicism
will be able to control the balance of power, which will disgrace the
fair name of Protestant America.

I solemnly declare that there never has