cal interests; that they labor only to reduce the
whole country to an abject submission to Rome, and are ready
to accomplish their aims by measures fatal to the peace of
France. It asserts that the priesthood forms a league as
rigorous as that over which the Guises ruled and against
which the Huguenots struggled; that the church has its
myriads of societies, committees, agents, an overflowing
treasury, the favor of the government, a single aim--an
infallible ruler. It calls upon the people, if they would be
free, to strike down the hydra that preys upon the state. The
policy of Bismarck, indeed, finds its best defense in the
condition of France. If the interference of the papal faction
proves so disastrous to the welfare of the French people, it
is plainly the interest of Germany to crush it forever by all
the resources of statesmanship. If the rule of papal Rome be
so intolerable to its friends, what might it not accomplish
in the dominions of its opponents? France may yet learn from
its neighbors over the Rhine the only path to freedom. What
it seems most to need is a Bismarck."

If in 1874, Mr. Lawrence, after making a thorough study of the
conditions of France, could so accurately prophecy what would happen
thirty years hence, the conditions at that time must have been indeed
very palpable, but no more so than they are in America to-day, as
Roman Catholicism within the past ten years has made greater strides
in strangling American liberties than she ever has in any twenty-five
years, before, as this creed of abominations has been losing its
hold upon not only the throats of France, but of Italy as well. As
she has made the effort of her life to plant the seeds of anarchy and
revolution in the bosom of her followers in the United States, in
order that she may at the proper time, and as soon as she believes
she is numerically strong enough to overcome by physical force, to
strike a blow that will paralyze every ambition of Protestantism in
this country.

Hundreds of the best and wisest men this country has ever known have
been for years warning the United States of her dangers from
Romanism, but it seems as though we will not heed the warning, but
bear in mind that unless this country does heed this warning and halt
the Czar of Darkness, we will live to see the time when we will have
to resort to arms to protect our Protestant interests.

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