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The subject here discussed is a most vital one, and deserves a fuller consid- eration than our time on Thanksgiving Day would permit us to give it. With more time for discussion, many points could have been more carefully elaborated. II 111 m Tiree Essentials to Natioial Perpetuity aiil Poier. II 'fKXT : " T/icn the chief en pt a in mine and mid unto him, Ti'll i)ic,(ir/ thou a Ihman? He said, Yea. Ami /he chief aip/aiii (tiiswrrcu', With n (jrcat ,wm obtained I thiti freedom. A nd Paul said, lint I iuasfree born." —Acts 'i'l : 27, 28. » The Apostle Paul rejoiced in the privilege of his Roman citizenship, lie had informed the Tribune that he was a native of Tarsus, and in answer to the question, " Art thou a Roman ?" he answered, " Yea." The Tribune informs him that by a great price he had obtained that privilege, and Paul replied, "But I was free born." He was a Roman citizen in virtue of his birth. The city of Tarsus seems to have been endowed with the privileges of a free city by Augustus Cii'sar. The free cities were accustomed to use their own laws, to be exempt from Roman guards, and to select their own magistrates. They were oblige.? simply to recognize the supremacy of the government and to give aid in time of war. Possibly this privilege was conferred upon some of Paul's ancestors as the reward of distinguished military services, but of this we are not sure. It is enough to know that he was " free born," and that he iiighly prized his privileges. So ought we to appreciate the blessing of citi- zenship in America. It is an honor to be prized and a privilege to be exercised. If the eminent Apostle felt a just iNTiinnucrioN. prido in knowing tlmt ho was a Roman citizen, should not any man to-day feol prouder in Baying, I am an American citizen? Ho who wears worthily the badge of American citizenship is greater tlian he who wore tlie crown of the CiDsars. Let every citizen of this Uepublic see to it that ho does not misuse his high privilege, or lightly esteem the honor of American citizenship. #( U( uUl not nerican ncrican 1 of tho I it that Jem tho Kll ^11 1, -A FREE BALLOT. AMONd tho c88ontial8 to National Perpetuity and Tower of which wo shall speak, in the fiiHt plaee, ia a KuKE Ww- lOT We do not regard tlie ri-ht of 8nlTraj;e as an em-n- tial, inherent, fundamental right of humanity. As a nuit- ter of fact, this right is controlled l.y tho Constitution ot the general (iovornment and by the laws of theseveral States. Discrimination has been made against women, against aliens who have not been naturalized, against minors, and against those who are insane. The State an.l the general (rovern- mont thus illustrate their right to declare wlio shall and who shall not exercise this privilege. It is a privilege which ought to bo greatly aiiprcciated, and which oughtal- ways to be rightly exercised. We would like to sec a law passed making the exercise of the right of suffrage obliga- tory It ought not to be left to the option and convenience of individual citizens. If voters were taxed an amount in proportion to the value of their property, which tax would be remitted when they discharged the duty of voting, we would have fewer inllucntial citizens who do not take the trouble either to register or to vote. Such men do not de- serve to have good government. Were it not that the innocent suffer with the guilty, wo should be glad to see these indif- ferent citizens paying tribute, as we all now are doing, to the men who graciously condescend to control public affairs in this city. Many of our intelligent and wealthy citizens are largely to blame for the condition of municipal affairs which we now see, and which gives us merite.l reproach throughout the civilized world. A Film: n.\r.LOT. Tho frootloni of tlio ballot nmy also bo ilestroyed by ignorance. Wc ahoiiid bo gliid to soo ii property or iin in- tolligonco (luiilitication lieforo tiio right to voto should bo couforrotl. Tho tontloiicy of the timo, wo know, is toward tho extension of tlie right of suffrage on tho other side of tho Atlantic ; but notwithstanding tliis tendency, we are free to say that we would rather eco this right cir- cumscribed than enlarged. A man who will not take tho trouble, in this enlightened ago and country, to learn to read ought not to have tiio right to cast a ballot. Ex- cept a man can read the Constitution of \\\o United States and the ballot whicii ho is about to cast he ought to have no ballot in his hand. It was not a little amusing, althougli altogether saddening, during our last municipal election, to sec men carefully coached before going into tho booth, and to SCO tho paster which their instructors wished them to voto separated from otlicr pasters and stowed away careful- ly in their hats because thoy were unable to read a single name printed thereon. In some instances, some odorous fluid was poured upon the pastor which they were instruct- ed to vote so that they might bo able to separate it from the others. Thus their noses rendered them a service when ignorance blinded their eyes. These arc tho men who to- day are your rulers, citizens of New York. In some States, as we shall hereafter see, there is even now an intelligence qualification. The qualification on which we now insist might throw out large numbers of ig- norant black men in the South, and almost equally large numbers of equally ignorant white men, some in the South and some in tho North. But the country can afford to do without the votes of such men. The freedom of the ballot may also be prevented by polit- ical bossism. This tendency may work in two ways. In one case it may be the bossism of the opposite party which practically disfranchises large numbers of ignorant and A FUF.K Ti ALLOT ) destroyed by lorty or im in- iroto flliould 1)0 now, is toward ) otlicr side of iidency, wo ivro this riglit cir- will not tai<o uiitry, to learn a ballot. Ex- 3 United States 3 ought to havo using, although ipal election, to tiio booth, and wished them to d away careful- to read a single , sonio odorous y were instruct- jparato it from n a service when men who to- k. e, there is even :iualiflcation on numbers of ig- )8t equally largo [we in the South 3an afford to do ivented by polit- two ways. In site party which f ignorant and timid voters. That thousands of eolorcd inin are pra(fti<uil- ly (lisfranchiHed, no one familiar with tho facts will deny. Wlu'ther they ought to have received the l)all»,t when they did iH a ([uestion which we will not here discuss; l)ur that now they ought to ex(U'ciso that right is a statement which no unprejudiced man will attempt to deny. It is a crime against the (-onstitution and u ('ritne against the liberty of the I{epubli(! when large numbers of men are in this way through business threats, through social ostracism, and through danger to limi) and life prevented from exercising the rights of suffrage. If it took all the power of tho na- tioiud government to enforc(( Amendments to the Constitu- tion, I should say, " fiot them bo enforced, so long as they are laws of the laiul," Are white men afraid of the suprem- acy of black men if tliey have their rights ? Surely thoy will not make so humiliating a confession. I ask no favors for the black man. I demand for him justice. Where is the boasted chivalry of the South ? Where is tho manliness, where the Christianity of this nation ? Daro wo longer treat our black l)rother so un- fairly i* In the name of honesty, maniiiie(<*i, expediency and Christianity, I demand justice for tho Negro. But political bossism operates in another way to destroy the freedom of tho ballot : It may cause a party to make nominations which tho best men in the party cannot endorse. They must, therefore, either vote with the other party or lose their vote entirely. 1'hore are times when a party should rise as one man to repudiate the methods of its leaders. I must say that I give the Republicans of Pennsylvania great honor that they had the courage so to do. When a man who, in the opinion of many, was the tool of another who, in their opinion, had not a clear polit- ical record, became a candidate for the highest office in the State, the members of that party rose in their majesty and defeated him in a State where their majority is usually almost 10 A FREE BALLOT. overwhelming. There is a marked difference between the Republican and Democratic parties. In this city, when a man was renominated for the highest municipal othce a man who was spoken of in several of the papers almost daily, and in at least one pulpit, as "a self-confessed criminal (this language is not mine, I only (i«otc it) his party rose in its majority and re-elected him. In Pennsylvania, he man was repudiated by his party ; in New York City, the man is re-elected by his party with an increased ma3ority Political parties must have their leaders; we are not ioiniug in a senseless outcry against political leaders. All men who have to do with earthly affairs know that every great enterprise must have leaders; but there are eaders and leaders; and a Free Hallot will insist upon leaders who are worthy of the honors which their fellow-cit.zens thus confer upon them. The late Gen. Hancock gave us a noble phrase when he spoke of "a Free Ballot and a fan- count." Unfortunately, this idea has remained m certain sections largely a matter of sentiment ; unfortunately it has not been reduced to actual experience. Thous^inds in our country to-day who have a right, according to the law of the land, to cast a ballot, are practically disfranchised, ihp question of suilrage we know is not yet permanently settled. It ought to receive now fuller and freer discussion than it has hitherto had. Originally, the Constitution of the United States left each State to regulate the franchise for its own citizens ; but the 14th Amendment took a step in advance, declaring that "No State shall make or enforce any law wl.ich shall abridge the privileges and immun;tie8 of the citizens of the United States." The loth Amend- ment adds, "The right of citizens of the T nited States to vote shall not be abridged by the United States, nor by any State on account of race, or color, or previous condition of servitude." Who will affirm that this Amendment is not violated in every State and national election ? Such 5rence between the 1 this city, when a municipal ottice, a papers almost daily, confessed criminal" 3 it) his party rose I Pennsylvania, the [ew York City, the noreased majority, eaders ; we are not litical leaders. All rs know that every it there are leaders insist upon leaders their fellow-citizens . Hancock gave us a ;e Ballot and a fair ! remained in certain unfortunately it has Thousands in our iing to the law of the disfranchised, Thp permanently settled, ir discussion than it Constitution of the ate the franchise for [ment took a step in liall make or enforce eges and immunities ' The loth Amend- of the United States Jnited States, nor by , or previous condition this Amendment is onal election ? Such A FREE BALLOT. 11 violation is now practically accepted without much discus- sion. Again I ask : Are white men afraid of the supremacy of black men ? Do tliey not dare give black men an e(|ual chance in this country 't Is this not the land of the free ? Is this not supposed to be the home of the brave ? What right have we to put upon the bla(!k man any race disa- bilities which we refuse to accept for ourselves ? Let there be one rule for all. Men are to be judged not by color but by character. The race question applies to the North as well as to the South. Great race questions have to be met and settled in this city of New York every time an election is held. If men may be practically disfranchised in one part of the country on account of race, why may they not be disfranchised in another part of the country for the same reason ? It is still the prerogative of the State, with the exception made by the loth Amendment, to determine who shall enjoy the franchise. In their Constitutions, the dif- ferent States are to a large extent uniform in regulating the conditions in which the suffrage shall be exercised. In some Western States, the franchise is given to those who have resided in the State for a given time, say one year or more, but have not as yet become citizens in the strict sense. In Connecticut and Massachusetts a rudimentary education is required of the voter, while for many years in Rhode Island, a property qualification was essential to the right of suffrage. In 1879, Massachusetts passed a law which gave women a right to take part in all town matters and to exercise the right of voting at the election of school officers. Similar privileges have been accorded to women in other States. The right to vote ought to be much more highly esteemed than it is by the average American citizen, and should be exercised in the fear of God and with the determination to use tiiis power in the light of intelligence and conscience. A Feek Ballot is one of the pillars of ^5j A FREE BALLOT our national fabric. To displace it would be to i"^P«"Hne Structure If the government is to remain stable, men mrt betble to cast'a Fukk BA.LOxandit must be coun ed Toast. The ballot-box is the Ark of the Covenant o the Ame an Hepublic, and the man who tampers with it p "ityl-ikes a blow at the heart of American liberty, and •it the sacred interests of humanity. , • ^- , AFKKKBAU.OTmaybc prevented also by ecclesnistieal despotism. We believe that ministers have a ^Jg^; ^^ ;^^'^. dut es and privileges of other citizens of the United States , btTeSisdenoiuinations ought not, as suc^. o appear Katzer of Wisconsin, said in substance at a ^oe- -b o meeting, that whoever would not vote against he Bennett raw^e would regard as personally and officially an enemy ;Ti;e Roman Catholic Cluirch, he went beyond his rights ^r^i^ling ecclesiastical despotism to iiiter^i. w.h e rights of suffrage of American citizens. Of tin. we shall speak more fully later. to imperil fne n stable, men list be counted ivenant of the ipers with its in liberty, and y ecclesiasticiil right to all the United States ; uch, to appear atholic Bishop I recent publio ist the Bennett sially an enemy yond his rights Lerfere with the »f this we shall II.— A FBEE SCHOOL. No intelligent American will deny that the Ku?:e Sciiooi. is another essential to the perpetuity of our nation. This is not the time nor place for going into details as to what is to be taught in the public school ; hut we may say, in gen- eral, that its object is to fit American citizens for the dis- charge of their duties as citizens. The State must protect itself and guard against, dangers to its existence and proper functions. It is very certain that sectarian education ought not to be given in public schools, or in any way at the ex- pense of public funds. Tlicrc are, however, certain great moral principles which will be admitted by Gentile and Jew, by Protestant and Romanist, by atheist and believer alike. Those great principles of ethics can be taught in our public schools. All will agree that a life of truthful- ness rather than of falsehood, and a life of purity rather than of vice, is to be commended, and the principles which lead to such a life can be taught without doing violence to any man's conscience. Such a work on ethics might be prepared for use in our public schools which would receive the endorsement of all intelligent men and women in our community. We do not insist upon the retention of the Bible in the pul)lic schools ; read in the perfunctory manner in which it is often read, the reading is of little value. We insist upon an entire separation of distinctive religious instruc- tion from secular study in our public school. This is the only tenable position for us to take against the Romanist on the one side and tlie secularist on the other. Religious L 11 ^1 FRKK SCIIODL. education can be cared for by the various churches, and to them this duty belongs ; but every one who is to be a citi- zen needs a sutbcient amount of general instruction to enable him to perform his duties as such, lie must be sutliciently instructed to be competent to enact and enforce hiws for tiie protection of the community ; to understand tlie nature and rights of property ; and to carry on and develop all forms of industry. Such an education as this, the public school can give, and must give if it is true to its highest purposes. In a government like ours which is '« of the people, by the people, and for the people, the gain of such an education as this cannot be over-estimated. Can any better system of education be substituted for that now enjoyed by 'the American people? We are opposed even to the technical and professional education of citizens at the expense of the community as a whole. Whether our Normal Schools and Free Colleges should continue to be supported by the State, is a question to which opposing answers can well be given. My own thought is, that only rudimentary education is the function of the State ; that the community has no more right to be taxed that young men and women may have technical and professional educa- tion as they enter their social and business careers, than if the community were taxed to furnish each young man or woman with a capital of hundreds of dollars. If we take the position here assumed in regard to the public school, it does not seem possible that any one can urge a reasonable objection against it. ,, ^n ^ ^t But we must acknowlege the fact that the Church of Home is the deadly foe of the public school system. We have no desire here to say anything unkind nor unfair against that Church, and so long as she confines herself to the teaching of religion, we shall not utter a sing e word aeainst her. As religionists, we have no criticism to make ou our Roman Catholic citizens; but when they become ihurches, ami to 3 is to be a uiti- iiistructiou to . lie must be :iiict and enforce ; to ujulerstaml carry on and ducation as this, if it is true to ;e ours which is ;he people," the 3 over-estimated, istituted for that We are opposed ;ation of citizens e. Whether our [ continue to be which opposing gilt is, that only ■ the State ; that axed that young rofessional educa- s careers, than if h young man or lars. If we take le public school, urge a reasonable ,t the Church of lool system. We ikind nor unfair ionfines herself to ter a single word 1 criticism to make when they become A FREE sanooL. 15 politicians, and endeavor to destroy American institutions, wo have a right to raise our voices against them, and thousands of American (citizens will raise their voices with authority against their present intrusions and usurpations. That no one may think I am speaking without authority, I shall, at this point, quote from distinguished ecclesiastics in that Church in proof of all the statements that I shall make. Hear what the late Pope lias said : " The people are not the source of civil power." — Piv.f IX., Eve. 39. " The T?omish Church and ner ecclesiastics have a right to immunity from civil law ' — Pnta IX., Enc. 30. "Education outside thj control of the Roman Catholic Church is a damnable heresy." — Pope's^ SyUnhis. " The Homish ('hurch has a right to exercise its author- ity witliout having any limits set to it by the civil power." —Pins IX., Enc. 10. " The Romish Church has a right to interfere in the discipline of the public schools, and in the arrangement of the studies of the public schools, and in the choice of teachers for these schools." — Pope Pins IX., Enc. 45. "Public schools open to all children for the education of the young should be under tiie control of the Romish Church, and should nor, be subject to the civil power, nor made to conform to the opinions of the age." — Pope Pius IX., Enc. 47. Similar statements from the present Pope, Leo XIII., could be given also. Monsignor Capel, a very distinguished Roman Catholic, said : " I am pursuing a careful study of your school system. The result is there is going to be a tight. There are a good many Catholics in this country. * * Your school sjjs- tem is inadequate for them and they are going to leave it. Suppose the Church should send out a command to start schools in every parish, to establish and support parochial schools and send all Catholics to them. * * It can be 16 A FREE SCHOOL. done by the utterance of a word as sharp as the click of a trigger." Listen now to Archbishop Perciie, of New Orleans : "Our public scliool system * * is emphatically a social plague. It is no system of education at all, but the simple and direct negation of such, since it excludes all creed, without which education * * is impossible. Tlie public school system is not imperfect only, it ia also vicious. * * Your very blood would curdle in your veins at the bare recital, * * of tiie scandals of which they are the scene." (pp. O-l and '.>'> J. of F.) Listen, also, to another authority of the Komish Church, Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati : " On this subject we have no new instruction to give. The declarations of the Holy Mother church have been of late years so numerous and clear tliat there is nothing for a Catholic but to obey them or renounce his religion. * He that will not hear the church, let.iiim be to thee as a hea- then and a j)ublican.' * * Where Catholic schools can be established it is a sin to send Catholic children to other schools. * * God grant that our fellow citizens may see, before it is too late, how this method of rearing children (that is in public schools) is helping the desolating march of dislionesty and every immorality through the land." (pp. 82 and 83, J. of F.) Our friend Dr. C. 0. Brown, in his admirable tract en- titled " The Public Schools and Their Foes," says : " Now as to the significance of this world-wide move- ment ; what does it mean here in America? What is its bearing on our cherished free-school system? It means first of all that the Catholic authorities are preparing the way and withdrawing Catholic children as rapidly as possi- ble. Hundreds of thousands have already been withdrawn, and the work is to go on, if they can have their way, until not a Catholic child remains in the public schools. How is this to be done? By that tremendous enginery of Rome, the power of the keys. Absolution is to be denied — is now as far as prudent being denied — to parents who refuse to take their children out of the public schools. Hear the decree of the synod held in Louisville, October 22, 1879 ; ) as the click of a New Orleans : ia emphatically a tion at all, but the iico it excludes all 8 impossible. Tlie ily, it i3 also vicious, in your veins at the which they are the he Komish Church, istruction to give, ■ch have been of late e is nothing for a his religion. *He e to thee as a hea- holic schools can be c children to other w citizens may see, if rearing children desolating march irough the land." admirable tract en- ''oes," says : world-wide move- erica? What is its system? It means are preparing the as rapidly as possi- iy been withdrawn, ,ve their wa}', until blic schools. How enginery of Rome, i to be denied — is parents who refuse schools. Hear the October 22, 1879 ; .1 FRRK SCHOOL. 17 Absolution IS to bo denied to parents or guardians who presume to send their children under niiu" years old to a public school in ,1 place where there exists a Catholic school. Archbishop (Jilmnre. of Cleveland, in his Lenten pastoral of lS,;j, devoted largely to education, says: <If parents either through contempt for the priest or disregard tor the laws of the church, or for trilling reasons, refuse to send their children to a Catholi school, then in such cases lorize confessors to refuse the sacraments to such parents as thus despise the laws of the church and (lisol)ey the command of both priest and bishops " "Bishop Uosecrans said, in 187:5. 'The faithful are re- quired byconforMiiiig to the words of Christ's Vicegerent (the pope) tlieir head and the head of all the faithful, to l)reak down these schools, by doing their bounden duty,' etc. But lest you should say, 'these are subordinate's,' hearken now to the wor.ls of the I'ope. the ' infallible ' head of the Roman church, he says: "['he Roman church' lias the right to interfere in the discipline of the public schoos and in the choice of the teachers of these public schools. Public schools open to all children, for the edu- cation of the youiiir, should be under the control of the Roman church and should not be subject to the civil power, nor made to conform to the opinions of the age.'" (Encyclicals A LV and A LVIl.) ^ Dr. Brown further adds : " Americans are not easily disturbed. They are slow to arouse to a great danger. But when such utterances as these, which I have quoted this evening, are fairly before them, they wake up. When they hear the authorities of Uome, coolly projiosing to sell our school proi)erty nnder the hammer and to be themselves the purchasers, they will want to know about that. When they hear our schools assailed by the vilest calumnies and epithets, they will en- quire whence the slander proceeds. When they hear the highest Roman authorities declaring that all education be- longs to their church and that it is the duty of Catholics to break aown our public schools, to the end that their church may control education in this country, — they will be angry The masses of the people will soon comprehend the breadth and the significance of this movement against 18 A FREE SCHOOL. our schoola. Then let the power wliich has invadca our civil rights, to iissiiil the schools, bo (|uick to withdraw to its own spiritual domain ! Americans are long-sufTering; but there is one thing tlicy will not tolonite : tlicv will not endun^ eccilesiastical interference with our civil rights. What would become of American liberties if the views, which I have this evening (juoted, could become operative in this land ? Where would be our lil)erties if every Pro- testant clergyman was endowed with power to order his people what to do and what not to do, on pain of losing their souls, as Catholic priests order their Hocks ? Where will be our liberties when the right, claimed l)y the Pope, to interfere in all the affairs of our puljlic schools, ia once admitted?" " If Leo XIII. ia testing this matter, of his supremacy over millions of our citizens, liy this movement on our schools, it is well that we are coming to understaml it. Why did Father Ilecker say in 1870, ' there is, ere long, to be a state religion in this country and that state religion is to be Roman Catholic?' What mean sucli utterances? What is their bearing on this simultaneous movement against our schools throughout the land ? Let each free American citizen draw his own conclusions. "The third plenary council of Baltimore (1885). Iti its decree on 'ways and means of promoting j)arochial schools.' says: ' Let priests love their schools * * Let them teach the catechism and Bible histor- themselves.' But the prime doctrine of that 'Catechism ' is thcsuiirenuicy of the Pope on earth. That is taught to all who learn the catechism. Listen then to one of the utterancesof Pius IX. jind see if it is ])roper teaching for those who are being trained for citizenship in a country where freedom of speech and worship are the very sheet-anchor of our liberties. January 1, 1870, Cardinal Antonelli for Pius IX. wrote the bishop of Nicaragua that 'freedom of education and wor- ship are both contrary to the laws of God and the church." "We must press another question which will disclose another reason why we can never consent to a division of the fund. Rome asks the state to hand over to her mil- lions of dollars from the public fund for tcuchiiig purposes. When a person applies for a vucancy in the teaching force has invadca our to withdraw to 3 loiij;j-8ufT('ring; ;e : they will not our civil rijflits. es if the views, )ooonio operative ies if every Pro- ber to order his I pain of losinj; llocks ? Where led l)y the I'oi)e, schools, is once )f his supremacy ovement on our ) understand it. TO is, ere long, to ,t state religion is sucli utterances ? neous movement ? Let each free IS. ore (1885), in its larochial schools.' * * Let them themselves.' But I thesuiirenuicy of II who learn the rancesof Pius IX. e who are being fi'eedomof s{)eech of our liberties, 'ius IX. wrote the lucation and wor- )f God and the Inch will disclose , to a division of over to her mil- tciichiiig purposes, he teaching force A FRKK SCHOOL. 10 I: of our schools, his record and capacity are examined. lie must stand or fall l)y the record. INnne has been in the tcacliJMg business a long time. What is lu-r re<'()r(i ? Ire- land has been under her tutelage for centuries. What is the )erceiitage of illiteracy in Ireland ? Portugal has been largely subject to Roiue for centuries. What of propor- tionate inteiligeiice and ignoraiu'e there ? What of Spain? What of Hrazil ^ What of .Mexico ^ What of our own New Mexico, where, until a few years ago, b'omi' had been undisturbed iu her school tea(!liing 't Aew .Mexico, after three <;enturies of b'ornish teaching, reported in 1880 sixty per cent, of her populatioji over ten years old who could neither read nor write. Even tliat represented a very rapid improvement over the rejioit of Ls^o, on whicdi the 'agent in chiu-ge of statistics of education ' remarks : ' The change in New .Mexicu) mny be safely attributed to the establish- ment of common schools.'" When the common schools come there is great improvenu'nt at once. (Compend. 10th census. II, lO.'K) I.'ome's record as a .school teacher does not warrant her (iemand for millions of our scliool money. Compare with New Mexico the States where Catholicism has not been permitted to control education— where the public school has jirevailed." Dr. Hrown also calls attention to the fact that near Dubuque, Iowa, there are public schools in which text books are used which are filled with the distinctive teach- ing of the Iioman church, Imoks with this prayer: "Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.— Amen." And catecliisms with lessons "on coiitirmation," and other instructions to show that the Catholic (duinth is the only true church, with instruction regarding i)ower to grant indulgence and other abominable teachings of the Uoman church. What must American citizens think of such usur{)ations P Are we still to sleep on while our sacred rights are tiius trampled on by these sisters and priests ? I have given these quotations in full from recognized authorities in the Eoman church. I might have made '20 ,1 /•7.' /■;/•; scifodL them vory .nu.-h fuller Btill, The Uwi Ik that it ia now .le- crml that tlir in.l.lic hcI.ooIs, so fur as tl.c li.inan cluurli is .■oncenu-l. slmll pni.Mi.'ally 1..' .Icstroyi'.l. If Ho.na.usts insist upon lakin- thnr .-luMron out of t!.o i.ul.lic sclmols. we should ho g\m\ to havo thorn insist also on taking teach- ers wlio aro Wonuinisis out of their plaees in the puhlio sehools. On the contmrv, they take the uttnost pains, „sin.r overy available means, to get Catholic, teachers into our schools, an.l. as is clearly shown by the last quotation „uule, thev en.leavor to sniu^Rle in their Cate.-hisni and to have it tauKht in s.'liools supi.orte.l by public; money. I am no alarmist, l)ut the time has come wiien we must recoKuizo these facts and sound a warning to all our citizens. Presi- dent r.rant wisely said at Des xMoinos, Iowa, in IHTC : " If we are to have another contest in the near future of onr national existence, I predict that the dividing line wi 1 m'tbo Mason and Dixon's, but it will be between patriot- is,n and intelligence on the one side and superstition and ambition and ignorance on tlie other. "Encourage free schools. and resolve that not one dollar appropriated to them shall be applied to tlie H'|i;Po'; « any sectarian school, resolve that any child m the and may got a common-school education, unmixed with atlieis- tic," pagan or sectarian teachings. Kc^'P the «»'";;f i)";' state forever sei.arate.' (Speech before Army of e - nessec isrc) It was he who lirst proposed a constitu- tional' amendment, directly forbidding -'<-h jibiises as we have examined tliis evening. President <-f>''f'' ™ monument has just been dedicated, was also ' alar ned when he wrote, in his letter of m^cepta.icc duly 1^, IHhU, 'It would be dangon.ns to our institutions to apply any portion of the revenue of the Nation or of the State to ho up ort of sectarian schools.' Lafayette, that noble spirited son of France, himself a Romanist was 'alarmed long years before either when he said, 'If the liberties of o American people are ever destroyed they will fall by the hands of the Uomish clergy.' "-0«/- Couniry. is that it ia nowde- tlif Kimiin cliiirt'li )Vih1. If lloniiiiiists f the piiblit; soliooU, iilso on takiiif,' teach- liiccrt in till! i)iil)lii! the utmost pains, .tholii' teachers into y tlie hi8t quotation L«ir Catecliisin and to public; money. I am en we must reco{,Mii7.o our citizens. I'rcsi- lowa, in IHTC: in the near future of the dividing line will 1 l)c between iKitriot- ii\d superstition and A Fllh'h' sciioui.. Wlnit relifTfiousljody dare interfere with the pulilic school system which has been so lonj,' reco^MUzed as one of the in- stitutions ol' this iieimlilic:-' Shall ij,'norant foreii,'ners, from ignorant Woiuish countries, tlius destroy distinctive Amer- ican institutions? Against Homanists as fellow citizens, I have no won! of criticism to oiler ; but against IJomanisin as a system, in the name of all that is American, I say let us lift up our voices ; let us close against it every door, and determine that this country consecratc(l lotig ago to freedom by the blood of our fathers and more lately by the blood of fathers, brothers and sons, shall stand for freedom even though to jjreserve it blood must be shed again. vo that not one dollar icd to the support of iiy (diild in the land unmixed with atheis- \.WY the church and lefore Army of Ten- proposed a constitu- ig such abuses as we idi-nt (iartield, whose , was also ' alarmed ' 3ptrtiicc duly \'i, IHSU, titutions to apply any or of the State to the jtte, that noble spirited it, was ' alarmed ' long If the liberties of the 1 they will fall by the • Counlry. Ill,- A FREE CHURCH, By a FuKic Cnuncir, wonioim iiclmn'li tlmt hIiiiII bo free to worHliip (ind iicconliiij^ to tlio (lictatcs of coiiscit'tK-o without tlic iiili'rft'rt'ti({i of iiiiy civil auliiority. 'I'lic union of cliiircli and Sluti' iuis l)ei'n i)r()(lu(;tiv(' of iiarni in cvory country in tlio world whoro such union iixi.sts or Iuih existed Tho separation helwccn cliuicli and State in Kiif^land must come al)out before nuiuy years sball [)ass. vMready the Chureh of England is diweHtablisbed in Ireland, and tho Church of Seotland must shortly be disestablisiied in Scotland. It is a gross injustice that non-eonforniists in Enghind must support tlu'ir own ciiurches by voluntary olTerings, and at tiio sanio time bo tithed for tho support of a church in whose jirineiples tliey do not believe. The horrible condition of what (ieneral IJootli calls "the sub- merged Tenth " shows that the Churcli of Kiigland is not making good use of its enormous wealth and great prestige in that relation. This country has shown the jjossibility of maintaining a free state alongside of a free church. For this object our Haptist fathers suffered fines, imprison- ments and personal violence again ami again in this coun- try. They were at one time almost the only defeiulers of tlio separation of church and State. This doctrine which is now considered as distinctively American was at one time almost exclusively Jiaptist. Many of the Puritans who tied from persecution had no distinct conception of true religious liberty. They desired liberty for themselves and they were willing to inflict punishment upon all who dilTered from them. One has only to remember that in 1651, Dr. John Clarke, Obadiah Holmes and James UURCH, irch that gliiill bo free ictiiti'S of coiiscii'in'o iiitliority. 'I'lic union ;tivo of liiirni in every ti exists or liiva oxinted il Stiitc^ in KnijliUHl hIiuH [Kisa. Already islied in Ireland, and y be disestabliHlied in it non-e.onforniista in liiireheH liy voluntary lied for the support of ilo not believe. The Jootb rails " the sub- rch of Kngland is not 1th and great prestige iliown the possibility le of a free chureh. Ifered fines, iniprison- iiil again in this eoun- the only defenders of This doctrine which \nieric'an was at one faiiy of the Puritans listinct conception of liberty for themselves ishment upon all who ly to remember that \ Holmes uud James .1 FllKK cilifif'U. Crandall Knffered almost nntoM tortures because thoy re- fused in the exercise of their Christian liberty to recognise the authority of tlu! State. We know that Clarke was find £'H), Holmes £'M) and Crandall ITt. Should they refuse to pay they were to bo horsewhipped at sight. Clarke stood stripped at the whip- ping-post till the sight so moved a kind-hearted gentle- man that he olTeredasumof moneyto save hitn from the tor- ture. * ♦ * i^incroft assorts that he was whi|)ped "unmer- cifully," and Cov. Jenks says, " that for some days, if not some weeks, ho could not rest except upon his knoes and el I tows." Dr. Taylor thus describes the treatment meted out to the Maptist ministers in Virginia: they "were fined, pelted, beaten, imprisoned, poisoned and hunted with dogs ; their congregations were assaulted and dispersed ; the solenin ordinance of Maptism was rudely interrupted, both administrators and canclidates being plunged and hold beneath the wattT till nearly dead ; they suffered mock trials, and even in Courts of .Justice, were subjected to in- dignities not unlike those inllicted by tho infamous Jef- freys." At (!ul|)epper our fathers suffered persecution beyond description. (Jlay, Pickett and the Craigs are names which shine undimnied by time in Baptist history. On the very spot where stood the prison which held the heroic Ire- land, and through whose iron gates he preached the gospel to the people, there is now a Baptist niciting-house in which the word of God is proclaimed to those whose religious liberty was obtained at the price of blood. We know also that Roger Williams endured exposures and sufferings that are now almost inconceivable inhisdetermina- tion to secure for himself and for tlie world, tho priceless boon of soul liberty. Wo are now confronted with opposite doc- trines concerning the relation of the church and the State. We have a section of the Protestant Episcopal Church in- 24 A ruEE riiuRC'ii. sisting upon appropriating for that body the namo " Ihe American Churcli." We arc glad to believe that this de- sire applies to only a part of that clnircli. The name, should it bo adopted, would be simply a misnomer. Tlu-re cannot be in this Republic such a body as the American Church. What does such language mean ? Certainly nothing which can receive the endorsement of sound common sense or fraternal Christian feeling. Hut we have the Church of Home going still further. The recent election in th c State of Wisconsin shows that that church made a determined effort as a cliurch to control the State for its own purposes. The issue was there distinctly made between Americanism and foreignism, between Romanism and Protestantism, be- tween a free State or a Stat e under the control of the church. Governor Hoar was the candidate of all friends of the Amer- ican system of education. He insisted upon Home Rule, not Rome Rule; upon an American and not an Italian educa- tion. All questions of tariff and political economy, and matters of that sort were entirely set aside. He discusse.l nothing that was purely and solely a party issue ; but he canvassed the State on liehalf of the public schools, and he urged the need of an American education for every American citizen. He well knew that in large portions of the country, children were growing up to manhood ignor- ant of the language and laws of the country. He knew that in a little time these ignorant boys would bo voters and vir- tually law-makers. He knew that tliis rapidly growing population was non-American in language, non-American in sympathy, and would be non-American in its exercise of the suffrage. . ^ ^ ^t t Under this impulse, he made his campaign on behalf of the school-house and the rights and duties of American citizenship. His judgment and his conscience were in the issue, but it is supposed that he is beaten ; it is feared that the friends of ignorance and fanaticism have triumphed. _-;r»«i«t5S'--- ly the name " The ■iieve that this do- Tho name, should lor. Tlu-re cannot Americiin Church. linly nothing which common sense or lave the Church of Blcction in the State made a determined or its own purposes, itwecn Americanism i1 Protestantism, be- )ntrol of the church, friends oftheAmer- d upon Home Kule, not an Italian educa- itical economy, and .side. He discussed party issue ; but he public schools, and education for every ; in large portions of ) to manhood ignor- mtry. He knew that lid bo voters and vir- his rapidly growing ;uage, non-American ican in its exercise of impaign on behalf cf duties of American Miscience were in the ten ; it is feared that sm liave triumphed. A FREE CIIURCIT. 25 There is a bare possibility that, by a recent discovery, the legislature may have a majority of one which will preserve the Bennett Law. It would seem that no intelligent American citizen, apart from all party question, can for a moment doubt that that law is a desirable piece of legisla- tion. Who can doubt that the English language should be maintained as the language of this (sountry ? Who can douljt that our public schools should be taught in the use of the English tongue? Are we to continue to give men the ballot without requiring them to road the language of our country? Are we to permit such men to reverse the legislation of past generations? Shall they be allowed to strike down all that is distinctively American, and to Europeanize this land? Helieve me, the present outlook is not hopeful. Believe me, that the jdan is to secure a division of the school fund and to give IJoman Catholics and others the opportunity of teaching their distinctive dogmas at the expense of the State. It is a serious mat- ter when the majority of Germans are willing to follow the lead of Lutheran and Roman teachers going along such a line as this. It is a serious matter when the Pope of Rome can determine who shall be Mayor of a city. Gover- nor of a State, and, perluips. President of the United States. It is a serious matter for all Americans to consider when the laws issuing from the Vatican are to determine the decision of great national questions in the American Republic. It is a serious matter when a so-called mission- ary organization in Washington under the direction of the Roman Church is practically a system of lobbyists to secure money from the public treasury for the support of Roman Catholic schools among the Indians. We do not wonder that the venerable Bishop Coxe should use sucii strong language ae tlie following quotation con- tains : "It makes my soul burn," said Bishop Coxe, in closing, • 1 26 A FREE CnURCIT " when I read the action of the United States Senators who hist winter appropriated $400,000 for Romish missions among our Indians, and $150,000 for other denominations, saying that the Romisli were the best. 'I'he action of tliose Senators was infamons. If they think Romish missions are the best, all I would Siiy is, look at ILiyti." What has tlie Church of Rome to show in the way of the improvement of the people among whom it labors to justify it in its claims to give education to Americsm citizens ? To what country will it tnrii as a proof of the beneficent effects of its years of domination ? Every country in wliicli it is dominant is ignorant, poor, and vicious. Tiiis statement can be abundantly justified by historical references. The Chicago iHter-Ocean, Nov. 1, has the following sig- nificant fact from Berlin, Wis. : "The Polish priest at Berlin, which has the largest Cath- olic church in the State, has distributed the following cir- cular letter in (Jerman to his people who are ignorant enough to believe it : "'The time is not far when the Roman churches, by or- der of the Pope, will refu.se to pay the school taxes, and sooner than pay the agent or collector, put a bullet through his breast. This order can come at any time from Rome, and it will come so suddenly as the pulling of the trigger of a gun, and, of course, this will be obeyed, as it comes from God Almighty.'" This man took his cue and part of his language from Monsignor Capel, whom we have already quoted. The Herald and Presbyter givis us the following as illus- strating the same unpatriotic purpose : " ' You are Catholics first and Americans afterward.' So said a Roman priest in Chicago to his flock recently. This suggests that if a man is a 'Catholic first' — that is, owes his civil ami spiritual allegiance to Rome — what business has he with American citizenship at any time ? " Fatiu'r Walker of New York says : " The public schools are godless, and they who send their children to them cannot expect the mercy of God. I would 7. id States Senators who for Homish missions other denominations, 'I'he aetion of tliose k Romish missions are :ayti." how in the way of ilie lOm it labors to justify nericiiu citizens ? To : the beneficent effects ountry in wiiicli it is ous. Tiiis statement cal references, has the following sig- 1 has the largest Cath- ted the following cir- ple who are ignorant jman chnrches, by or- 3hool taxes, and sooner a bullet tlirough his time from Kome, and ig of the trigger of a ^ed, as it comes from )f his language from ady quoted. the following as illus- ricans afterward.' So 3 flock recently. This a first' — that is, owes liome — what l)usincss my time ? " lid they who send their ercy of God. I would A FREE CnURGIT. 27 as soon administer the sacrament to a dog as to such a Catholic." Bishop Coxe further says as illustrative of the point that I now make : "For 400 years," said Bishop Coxe, "has the name of Christ been known upon this island, and for 400 years have the people been in the hands of the Romish church, and yet I was informed upon good authority that two-thirds of the men who packed the cathedrals were heathen, devil- worshipers, voudooists and cannibals, who worshiped there within the very walls of the cathedrals their heathen god, Voudoo. " The belief of the lower class Ilaytiens, the bishop said, IS that there are two devils, the black one and the white one. By baptizing a child it is made proof against the wiles of the white devil, but to protect it from the black one, a sacrifice must be made to Voudoo. So, some time before the Ist of January, a child is taken and fattened, and then, about New Year's day, it is sacrificed to Voudoo, and its ilesh is eaten by those taking part in the ceremony. This is supposed to propitiate their heathen god. One president of the island, in trying to put a stop to these performaiujes, had eighteen men shot, but he was shortly obliged to leave in order to save himself from the fury of the people." Again I say that I have no unkind feeling toward Rom- anists as fellow citizens. I would take from them none of their rights ; but by the grace of God I shall not permit them to take from us our rights. We have come into con- flict with them on American soil, and in every such con- flict they have been beaten. The moment the issue is fairly joined, their non-American, medieval, and Italian ideas must go to the wall. The danger is that they shall steal a march upon us unawares. To be fore-warned in this case is to be fore-armed. A recent writer in the Horn- iletic Review reminds us that they came into conflict with us in the early history of America when the South was largely held by the Spaniards and the French. There was at the A FRF.K CHURCH. siimo time a great Catholic Empire stretching uver tlie North. Jesuit explorers had " built a chain of forts from the St. Lawrence to tlie Ohio, and claimtd all the West for Prance and the Mother Church." At that same time, France, .S[)ain, Austria and Poland were united in a league against Prussia, and a part of the liope was the extinction of Protestantism in America. Then it was that Kngland came to the help of Frederick. And this writer adds that (iod raised up William Pitt, a linure of solitary grandeur, to be His instrument to throw the whole force of England on the side of Frederick and to make possible the victory of llossbach and the Germany of to-day. It was Pitt who carved out a British Empire from India. It was Pitt who met Louis XIV on the Heights of Abraham and put an end to the dreams of a I-'rench Empire in America. Once more did the dream of a Catholic Empire in this Wesicrn world emanate from the brains and stir the hearts of European Romanists. In the dark days of '02 and 'G3, when we were struggling for national life, were violent hands laid upon a sister re- public in the name of the Roman church. We have no fear of the Roman church if only Protestants will be alive to their duty. Romanists feel the necessity of speaking some patriotic words, hence their recent utterances in the Catholic Congress at Boston. To-day, if eitlur the Meth- odist or Baptist denomination were counted according to the methods of computation employed in the Roman church, it v/ould outnumber the ifoman church. But that Church moves as a unit. It is a tremendous machine. It is a two-edged sword whose point, as Joseph Cook has said, is everywhere and whose hilt is in the Vatican. We go a step further than even some Baptists would fol- low. We claim entire separation between church and State. The Bai)tist and the American principle carried to its practical application would so separate between church trctchinj; uvcr the chain of forts from iiiiitu all the West At that saiiiu tiiue, ; united in a Icaguo was the extinction was that Knglanil lis writer adds that solitary grandeur, lo force of Englaiul possible the victory ^•. It was Pitt who a. It was l*itt wlio luiin and put an end luerica. Once more tliis Wesicrn world liearts of European I we were struggling id upon II sister re- irch. We have no ;estants will be alive 3cessity of speaking it utterances in the if either the Meth- )unted according to ed in the IJonian n church. But that ludous machine. It as Joseph Cook has in the Vatican. 3 Baptists would fol- etween church and principle carried to ate between church .1 FBEE cnrnrn. so and State that cliurch property would not be free from taxation. ^Ve have no riglit to tax atheists for the supjiort of Christian cliiirches We know that they receive bone- fits from them, but we still insist that the churches will gain vastly liy standing aloof from the State. This is the logical oiiteonie of our position, and for one. I am quite prepared to press the priii('i|)le to this extreme. This is to be one of lht> live subjects for discussion for the next five years. It is already upon us. Let us meet it in the spirit of an enligliti'iied jiatriotisin, and in a common love for what is right. 'Plie subject is too grave to be left to mere sentimentalizing. New York Hcrahl says : "Church property should not be free. The church building should pay for the protection of the law ((uite as much as tbe comitiiig-houso or dwelling of the private gentleman," The New York Indvpendcnf quotes the above and adds : "This is simply just. There is no suflicient reason why cliurcb projierty should be exempted from all taxation, and therel)y an increased tax-burden be imposed upon other tax-paying jiroperty." We atlirm that no consistent TJomanist can be a loyal citizen of the American Ii'epublic. Doubtless there are loyal Romanists but their American loyalty is at the expense of their ecclesiastical consistency. When a Rom- anist takes the oath of allegiance to our Constitution in hecoming an American citizen he does so with mental re- servations. He must do so. His lirst allegiance is to the Pope, who is himself the subject of a foreign government. Cavour gave us a fine phrase when he spoke of " a free church in a free state ; " and a greater than Cavour lias said, " Render, therefore, unto Caesar the things which are Ctesar's, and unto (rod the things which are God's." 80 STATEMENTS. STATEMENTS. Thiit it may dourly be seen that wo have not exiigger- ated tho spirit or too strongly uccoiitiiatod tiie moiiiods of tlie Uomisii Cliiircli as a i)olitical system vigorously at war with the genius of Aniericiiii institutions, we append tiio following statoments, which speak for themselves : Voice of tlie Ciirdiiiiils. " Stand by the Ciitholic schools."— C'cn't/Z/iai McVlo^kcy. " We iinisl tiike part in elections." — Qtrdinal AfcCloKkey. " Tlic Ciitccliisni alone is esseutiiil for the education of the people." — Carditiiil Antonelli. "The church alone is endowed with the power to educate the j'oung." — CiirdiKnl Mt'Clonkcy. "The comiiion scliool system of the United Stales is the worst in the world." — Cardinal Manniii;/. "A ripe knowledge of the Catechism, minus Massacliusetts educa- tion, is preferable to her education, minus the Catechism." — Cardi- nal AntiinelU. " We must take part in the elections. Move in solid mass in every State against the party pledged to sustain the integrity of the public schools." — Cardinal .VcCl'inkei/. " Uationalism, or rather Atlieism, of the State consists in the exclu- sion from the civil governnieiil of a religioiis influence ; above all, that of the Church of Jesus Christ, or, in otlier words, the separation of the State from thi; Church, absolute independence of the State with regard to the Church, which means the oppression of the Church by the Slate "—Cardinal Maaninr/. Voice of tlie Councils. "All who maintain the liberty of the press, Sit Anathema" (Let them ba damned).— Gr«^oj;v. '^'^J. "'"' Pin^, \^M. "■ Those who a8,sert the liberty of conscience and of religious wor- ship. Sit Anathema." — Pins, 1864. " All who advocate the liberty of speech. Sit Anatliema." — Sylla- bus, Marnh, 1851 ; Prop, btxuc, Encyclical, 1864. h — ^1 igger- )(1,S of t war d tlic L-ople." lite iLe orst in educa- -Cardi- a every public ! exclu- Dve all, ijiratiou e State Church x" (Let us wor- ■Sylla- ill I STATEMENTS. 81 " All who Insist that marriage not sacramentally contracted has binding force, Sit Anathema "—I hid. Prop. Ixxiii. " All who maintain that in countries culled Catholic, the free exer- else of of otiier religions may laudably be allowed, Sit Anathema."— Ihid. Prop. Irviii. " All who assert that the Pope ouRht to come to terms with prog- ress, liberalism, and modern civilization. Sit Anathema." — Ibid, Prop. Ixxt. The Second Plenary Council of Baltimore, 1S60. ascribed to the pub- lic schools "that corruption of morals which we have to deplore in tlioso of tender years." The Second Provincial Conncilof Orer/on, 1881, said that " swearing, cursing, and profane expressions are distinctive marks of public school children." The Sacred Congregation of Propaganda, in its instructions to the American Risliops. 1875, iissigns as a reason why the Roman Catho- lic Church is hostile to the public schools, that "teachers indiscrimi- nately of every s<-t are employed, who are left free to sow errors and the seeds of vice in tender minds." Voice of Romish Priests. " The public schools have produced nothing but a godless genera- tion of thieves and blackguards."- Pncs/ Sehaner. •' Uidess you suppress the public school system as at present con- ducted, it will prove the damnation of this comnvy."- Father Walker. " I frankly confess that the Catholics stand before the country as the enemies of the public fichoo]s."~ Father Phelan. "You ((Catholics) mtibt refuse to give a vote for any man who is not for free denominational education."— i^'-tMer Boylan. " These so-called public schools are not public schools, but infldel and sectarian. Catholic parents who send their children to such schools are guilty of m(u-tal sin."-7?««. Dr. Frul. '• The duty of all loyal, God fearing. Christian men (Koman Catho- lics) then, I repeat it, is to make common cause against this common {oe."—FatJier Oleason, of Oakland, Cal. •• When the State steps in and assumes the role of school teacher, then there is tlie invasion of the individual right, the invasion of the domestic rights of the church, and the invasion of the divine rights. STA rEMExrs. The public school is subversive of the rights of the iiKlividiml, sub- versive of the rights of liie family, suliverslve of tlie lij^lits of re- ligion, subver.sive of the divine rights of God himself." —Jiev- Failier McUarthi/. Tlie Voice of Sttitcsiiicn. Daniel Wcljster once siiid, "The public schools are a preveutive of anarchy, piiuperisiii, vice iind crime." " Keep your iiiiiids open to the hglit, and your scliools brigh j historic atul divine Innh." -ChenKi: " Leave tlie matter of religion to the family altar, llie eliurch and tlie private school siipporled entirely by private contribution. Keep the Slate and llie (•hurcli forever separate. " — U. S. (Irani. " In a country where the oriranic law, like ours, proclaims absolute freedom of religion, we have no riglit to appropriate any of tlie pub- lic money or land to sectaiian scliools," — Df.rter A. Jfairkins. " Uesolved, That universal education is a necessity of our Govern- ment, and that the American free school system should be main- tained and preserved as a safe-guard of American liberty." — Ameiiean PaHy Platform. " It seems to me that this (.school) (piestion ought to be s "'jd in some definite and comprehensive way, and the only settlemt..' that can be final is the complete victory for Non-8eetarian Schools. I am sure this will be demanded by llie American people at all liuzards, and at any cost." — James G. Blaine. liml, sub- htH of re- f." -liev- irevcntivo righ iiirdi 1111(1 )ii. Keep s absolute f tlic pub- It. ir Goveru- I be miuii- ■Atnerican ••' .'d in iiiL..' that >ls. I am I Imzards, ^> l*j n k' H^..