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Vol. 13, No. 50
Aftermath Comments on the Great Tria! in Augusta, Georgia
IT may serve a good purpose, if I give to
you, in the plainest, simplest way, some of
the leading facts in my five year combat in
the Federal Courts, with the Roman Catholic
Hierarchy.
If, in doing so, repetitions of what has
already been said, should occur, you must
make allowances for the peculiar nature of
the case, and excuse me.
Six years ago, after a confidential talk of
an advisory nature with one of the most
prominent clergymen of my own church (the
Baptist), I published in the Magazine, a
pectus of a series of articles, in which I pro
posed to demonstrate, that the Roman Cath
olic Hierarchy constituted the deadliest
menace to American institutions, and to
Christian civilization.
Upon the appearance of this prospectus, I
was notified, from New York, under the di
rect inspiration of Cardinal Gibbons and the
present Cardinal John Farley, that, if I
should publish such a series of articles as was
outlined in the prospectus, I would be boy
cotted by the American News Company, and
destroyed, if it was in the power of the Ro
man church to effect my ruin.
In great excitement, the Business Manager,
the late Jas. Lanier, brought me the letter
while I was at work on the first chapter of
that series which now make up the book which
bears the name, “The Roman Catholic Hier
archy.”
My reply to the threat of these arrogant
Roman cardinals would hardly be fit to
print, but the substance of it you may guess
at, from what followed.
