Protestant Defense of Persecution
By Editor
The world is witnessing now among Protestants what it has so long condemned in Roman Catholicism, a justification of those who persecuted in the past. Roman Catholics either justify the deeds of the persecutors, or belie or repudiate the history concerning them. We noted last week that President Blanchard is doing the same thing as regards the Puritans. He condemns some of the history which reflects upon them, and justifies the deeds concerning which there can be no doubt. The Advance, of Chicago, seems to approve Mr. Blanchard's arguments. Well, it is upon just such arguments, principles, and precedents that Sunday laws are based, to which "Protestants" as a general thing are committed. They will need Rome's methods and sophistries to do her work.