PINCHING THE YELLOW PUP'S TAIL.

NZ Truth, Issue 56, 14 July 1906, Page 1

PINCHING THE YELLOW PUP'S TAIL.

That nasty sectarian animal, the Yellow Pup has unbared his fangs and claws at quiet, sleepy little Nelson, above all, places m the world, and is yelping with all his might for ber-lood and ber-rains. The Yellow Pups fangs have been filed down a lot since the wave of humanitarianism, arising from the decay of dogma, pushed the aggressive kerristianity which served God by sacrificing man, into the background. But the pup, comparatively harmless as he now is, has lost none of his ancient, thirst for Catholic gore, or his worship of that royal Dutch libertine and humbug, William of Orange. The Nelson branch of the Loyal Orange Lodge would dearly relish the head of Pope Pius IX. "on a charger." Failing that, a ragout of cardinals would be accepted as a gift from the most loving God. And, iailings stewed Cardinal, what so succulent morsel for the savage sectary as a wwifljMd Roman Catholic Prime Minister ? Which is our way of announcing the glad tidings of great joy that the Nelson yellow bellies are clamoring for the political assassination of Sir Joseph Ward. Says the "Nelson Evening Mail" (7 : 7 : '06) : A meeting of the Loyal Orange Lodge was held on Thursday evening, when a good number of brethren were present. It was decided to hold a demonstration at the Church of Christ, Waimea-street, tomorrow evening, and to ask all other Lodges to co-operate to send a petition to the Governor to protest against Sir J. G. Ward being appointed Premier of this colony. The members of the Lodge intend to hold a social in the Druids' Hall on July 11 to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, to which all visiting Orangemen are cordially invited. The Battle of the Boyne ! What exactly good is to be gained by perpetrating in such ways the evil memories of the bloody triumph of the tweedledee of Protestantism over the tweedledum of Romanism by the humiliation of King Jamie at the hands of Dutch Bill? Such things belong to the eons old reign of crude and cruel superstition masquerading as holy religion. The history of religious controversy is a brutal and bloody history. Let us strive to forget it. In the golden age of humanity, now brightly dawning upon the world, Catholic and Protestant, as bitter enemies; will disappear. They will join hands and work for the good of man. Mr Seddon was a Humanist first, a Protestant second. Did our Roman Catholic, neighbors howl for his politically butchered carcase? Sir Joseph W f ard w.puld probaW^ desorUi* himself as a Humanist, lik^ Mr ii»f!iißj»n~a Humanist first, a Roman Gitfholip ficcondv Aje Protestan«toless 'than'CaWoficsl It would Ma «o; As far as the Orange sec--1ii»B is concerned it certainly is soj ■I?hen Sir Joseph Ward ■ s,o >f^ Jpxgete iff hat is due from him as tfh^|ea<l of a Ri»at Protestant State antf*permits i Meiarian bias to guide ibis minister- \ isMl. actions , he will commit, political Bwuude. Only soft-headed-children, •rangemen, a,nd brainless 4>ols can •m l»tguiled by slimy, sebarjan Thugs Jfcte [crediting Sir Joseph ViUi : such aia, jjqaane prosrarnme as to jict as poUUmX catspaw for the Church of mkiftk h» is a private mer/ber. ' l^t tho Yellow Pup is hot content ,wi;to barking at a strjon^ man, who ma bit back. It must 1 n^ds tdckle a jronng, inoffensive gdrl. , Queen Ena of ifpain has incurred the blast's hatred ■?] fey changing pn* set of 1 highly speciilai*i,T« Christian ideas for Inother set. ! ,ffhe following advertiseme«j appeared 'ft the "Nelson Evening I^-i!^ 5 fgtamSWS OHAPEI^, WaMxea-street.— isr4'« Pay, at 6,80 l&n. — Orange .' Demonstration. Address by Mr. Jos. : J. Franklyn, Sufejept : F ;• That in--7 famous Bomish Oath impofed upon the \ Girl Princess.^ L,O.L. m ■ Begalja, / Come early to eaoure a wati ! ' 'J- - •-■ - : ■■'.-"' : : ■'■■.■■['•■■ ',• -■ ',' -

'Had Princess Ena been a Roman Ca-; .tholiC by birth and had she left the .Catholic camp, for the Protestant/ camp as a preliminary to marrying a;' Protestant prince, does any one sup? 1 pose that the Yellow Pup would hav^ snarled his disapproval '■?■ there have been long-winded speeches and articles about ihe hypocrisy revealed by these sudden conversions", so obyiously induoed by ulterior motives ? Devil a bit of it ! What is sauc« for the Catholic > goose is 'by ■no means .sauce for the Protestant gander/ < Even Mr J, J. Fratiklyn, 'in interesting letter to .the' "Nelson/Evening Mail," is con^rained to poipt out that the talk about Rome's enqroaehments on the political . freedom of countries that long ago shook^ off her yoke, is idle talk, /^ As thf letter J9oints a sound mor a;V wfj repi^duce it m its entitetry, m^ : <^y(^t^^^^ at the ''abnormal^^ slate 1 : bf m'ipd can evolve both such a letter -ahtf a .frenzy of ;rage : 'at poor little Ena's. harmless device to get a ci owned husband.: ' To those who!;value the religious fireedom enjoyed by Protestant Britain 'the intimation m a recent issue of yotir 'journal re the abnormal growth of Romanism in 'America is somewhat interesting, especially as it is to the. best avajlable information, on the subject;. Of course,. we a*e not m (the dark Concerning Romib's usual methods. of keeping ',' up their end " r ? h'etiqe these . seemingly innocent fragments of news should be carefully weighed before being' accepted. Xhe fol^p^^og culled from an Australian j periodical may; be . timely :— "lt,. is a mistake to^uppose that Some is making vast 1 etridef'and is m a fail/ way to conquer the wod^. On the contrary, she is everywhere ; losing ground with- thA masses of the people, In America it is estimated that Roman Catholicism has Josf something' like •20,000,000 of its adherents. In Canada it 'is calculated that/there are- now, as the result of the znofement,, inaugurated by Ohiniquy, over 80,000 French Canadian ' Protestants. In ilurope there is a remarkable movement known as 'Lou von fiom,'i or away from /Borne. ■ Th'g movement originated m; Catholic 4pstria, and its exploits are set forth by John A.. Bain, M.A., m his bopk *T& New Reformation. ' 4, The case of B.oheniia is (jited, where between 1898 arid 1904' n0 less than ; '.Ss,ooo Roman Catholics openly jp'inejci Protestant churiches. In Belgium, wh^oh is perhaps the raos^pronounced Rojnan Catholic State m Eutope, there is oye .Protestant body numbering 10,000 personSj almost all of whom are-con-verts from /Roman Catholicism. In Fiance the situation is we.ll known, and of it, it is sufficient /to sayilhat- whole villages have seceded tcf Protestantism^ and m Paris alone are 105/Protesta!jitf;.Qhuroheßi" : Now, Sir, I trust the fpiMgoing- will suffice to satisfy your readers (whb'ma^be alarmed by Rome's free adver tisemen^s)/ that ' a. decaying caiis^ needs a/large and. continuous bolster. 1 .'■/ . V*-'^"':X"* r „' "'.'■« ; \ Sir jJ oseph ; Ward can afford to smil^ at th^nlachin^atijjns. of thftNelson .Qr4 angemen and their brethren through-^ ■^ii^ln^W'ntryr^ieo^g'in "the c6h4' sciousn^ss of his pwri political jnteg-j idfy, aM firmiy~basetl f oiti-the" will of the people, there is no earthly reason why he should not carty on the work: pf his late great chief to 'still highelr and nobler levels. As Chief of the State he will be called upon to serve the Whole State. His private religious convictions are his own propertjf; no sane person would wish to disturb , them. As Prime Minister of Nejv Zealand he. must have no religious bias. It will be for him to accept the attitude of Mr Seddon towards the social needs and aspirations of the people : that of the conscious and conscientious Humanist. As for Queen Ena, she is likely to prove just as good a wife and mother as a Catholic as we should have expected of her ha<i she retained the Protestant opinions with which she was equipped m hoi: childhood. The object of the 'Nels<jjn snufflebusters is to stir up strife. TJieir love of God is so vast that i* leaves m their shriyelled-up bodies no rjbom for the love of man. In Queen l))lizabel/h's days they would have taken part with their own pious hands In the disembowelling of Catholics, ffo-day they are comparatively 'impojtent, but let the people beware les<; fanatic fools plunge, them back into j dark ages. [