| Show ACCEPT NOT THE FALSEHOOD about the clota close of lat last year there appeared in an olahs teal a alleged encyclical letter ot of pope leo XIII to the jet jesuits patriarchs patriarch primates arch bishops anil and other ordinaries in pence peace and communion with the apostolic bee so of the entire world the letter which consists of a little less es than a thousand words begins with a 8 olalee explaining pla ining its purpose for the temporal reign of the future popes in the land discovered by christopher colum hub bum known as ai the united states of america and concludes as aa follows follow given at st petr peers ap rome borne on the of december 1891 the fifteenth year of our pontificate leo XIII pope despite the eviden evidences bes of fraud and forgery in the clauses quoted evidences which would at once be noti by any one familiar with the catholic church ch and its officers and system of church government goern ment there were eve many who were deceived by the document and in rabid buti anti catholic circles it made of at furore the fact that tte tone was altogether treasonable and its teaching ridiculed and the constitution laws and government Kovero ment of the and affected to at dolve Clit catholics holics from all allegiance thereto seemed to make no na difference difre reime an t the degree of authenticity accorded it by those who wished t believe it all such abut their eyen to the inconsistencies it contained the absurdity of the set forth and the all important fact that whatever charges may have been made heretofore against aBai nat the CAt holte church it ba bail ii never been accused or deemed capable of such idiocy as aa this document would have established other papers papera were found gullible enough or malicious enough to reproduce the article and notably among certain second rate and narrow minded sectarian journals it has baa received extensive circulation at the time of its first appearance a non mormon friend brought it to the far pub publication libation abat then there wai a desperate dek effort under wy here to erect a mighty bug a hoo fabricated out of ft a union of church and state our friend who was too sensible to credit any such euch non sense as aa the utah malcontents tried to conjure with was nevertheless inclined to think there might be something Bom ething in this catholic scheme at any rate he be concluded in reply to the edl edi tord unwillingness to circulate so BO trana parent a falsity you have a chance to show that it if as a your enemies auert the have such plans plane of temporal conquest and theocratic supremacy they are not without numerous nume rou rout and distinguished company we deell ned to use the doicu mouton on those or any other terms until our doubts as aa to tta its authenticity could be removed recently the sakne article published in ID another paper has hag been agath handed banded in with the request that it be used to in the NEWS and commented upon the former part of the request to hi again denied the latter part IR in herewith acceded to for having pro pre dented it to the chief officers of the catholic church in this city we are able to pronounce the whole thing a base and stupid forgery false falee from beginning to end and to warn against giving it respect or credence tho the takes up u p the cudgel to in this cam solely in the int internet orest of truth and fairness for it known knowe how swiftly a R lie will travel if jet alone sione much more if reasonably ageo and how readily the most moat outrageous false falsehood bood will be accepted if uttered against an unpopular person party or neomle the occasion occa Bion is ie not inopportune for the advice that before acard according ing belief to stories affecting the good name and well being of others and the more sensational these theae stories the more necessary necea eary the precaution it it 14 always well to verify them from those most affected or from their friends it will not do to depend zoo coo much huoh on the impartiality of a confessed or convicted enemy it la is not always alway safe to rely even on hla his truthfulness truthful new |
