Below is an example of the anti-Catholic rhetoric that spewed from the pages of this publication on29 July 1854.
Things Which Roman Catholic Priests and all True Roman Catholics Hate.
Providence, July 22, 1854
1. They HATE our Republic and are trying to overthrow it.
2. They HATE the American Eagle, and it offends them beyond endurance to see it worn as an ornament by Americans.
3. They HATE our Flag, as it manifest by their grossly insulting it.
4. They HATE the liberty of conscience.
5. They HATE the liberty of the Press.
6. They HATE the liberty of speech.
7. They HATE our Common School system.
8. They HATE the Bible and would blot it out of existence if they could!
9. The Priests HATE married life, and yet by them is fulfilled the Scripture, to wit: ‘more are the children of the desolate, than the children of the married wife.’
10. They HATE Protestants and are sworn to exterminate them from our country and the earth.
11. They HATE the name of WASHINGTON, because he was a Republican and Protestant. 12. They HATE all rulers that do not swear allegiance to the Pope of Rome.
13. They HATE to be ruled by Americans and say ‘WE WILL NOT BE RULED BY THEM!’
14. They HATE to support their own paupers and they are left to be supported by the tax paying Americans.
15. They HATE, above all, the ‘Know-Nothings,’ who are determined to rid this country from their accursed power.