p. 800 | Religion and Politics by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 22, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 50.

Religion and Politics.

By Editor

The present political campaign, which is being waged more or less fiercely throughout the country, has a strong religious element involved in it. The American Protective Association, with some reason for their charges, but with papal measures for their methods, are bringing strong pressure to bear in many quarters. The Boston Republic, a Catholic sheet, thus puts it:—

"The A. P. A. has lately drawn more particular attention to itself, and it clearly will be a potent factor in the fall elections. The Republicans have chosen to ally themselves with the bigots. Let them reap the full benefit of their unholy alliance. The Democratic party will not tolerate bigotry. The democracy of Missouri, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Ohio has set the pace, and the Democratic conventions in other States will follow their lead. The issue will be clearly marked. The Republican party, on the one side, must stand for bigotry and religious proscription. Against them will be arranged the Democratic party with an anti A. P. A. platform. Which party will be the gainer in the end? There can be no doubt in any intelligent and unprejudiced mind."

Let the voter understand, whichever side he is on, that it is not a battle between Christian freedom and religious tyranny; it is a battle between religious parties, with the same spirit actuating each. In the Christian's battle for religious liberty and against religious tyranny, his weapons "are not carnal."