CHAPTER V. 



PERILS, —ROMANISM. 



The i^erils which threaten the nation and pecuharly 

 menace the West demand, for their adequate presenta- 

 tion, much more space than the narrow hmits of this 

 work allow. We can touch only salient points. 



ROMANISM. 



There are many who are disposed to attribute any fear 

 of Roman Catholicism in the United States to bigotry 

 or childishness. Such see nothing in the character and 

 attitude of Romanism that is liostile to our free institu- 

 tions, or find nothing portentous in its growth. Let us, 

 then, first, compare some of the fundamental principles 

 of our free institutions with those of the Roman Catholic 

 church. 



