Crossing the Border? –Part 2
TimeWatch Editorial
February 13, 2016
In the spring of 1852, a number of Bishops gathered for a meeting at Buffalo, New York. One of the matters that rose to the surface was the transfer of Irish Catholics to the United States of America. This plan was not just for the convenience of the immigrants’ welfare, but the motivation ran much deeper than that. The objective was a population transfer, a change of neighborhood, in fact a complete change of the ethnic and religious composition of the Nation. Listen to how this was described at that meeting in Buffalo.
"We are determined, to take possession of the United States and rule them; but we cannot do that without acting secretly and with the utmost wisdom. If our plans are known, they will surely be defeated. ..Silently and patiently, we must mass our Roman Catholics in the great cities of the United States, remembering that the vote of a poor journeyman, though he be covered with rags, has as much weight in the scale of power as the millionaire Astor, and that if we have two votes against his one, he will become as powerless as an oyster. Let us then multiply our votes; let us call our poor but faithful Irish Catholics from every corner of the world, and gather them into the very hearts of those proud citadels which the Yankees are so rapidly building under the names of Washington, New York, Boston, Chicago, Buffalo, Albany, Troy, Cincinnati, etc. Under the shadows of those great cities, the Americans consider themselves a giant and unconquerable race. They look upon the poor Irish Catholic people with supreme contempt, as only fit to dig their canals, sweep their streets and work in their kitchens. Let no one awake those sleeping lions, today. Let us pray God that they may sleep and dream their sweet dreams, a few years more. How sad will their awakening be, when with our out-numbering votes, we will turn them forever, from every position of honor, power and profit!” Charles Chiniquy, Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, The Wickliffe Press, Protestant truth Society, Wickliffe Avenue, 104 Hendon Lane, Finchley, London, N3, 1885, p. 373.
It was clearly stated there in Buffalo, what the real objective of supporting the immigration of Irish Catholics was. The process was consistent, gradual and successful. A careful assessment of the nation today will reveal that. Listen to how their plan continues.
“What will those hypocritical and godless sons and daughters of the fanatical Pilgrim Fathers say, when not a single judge, not a single teacher, not a single policeman, will be elected if he be not a devoted Irish Roman Catholic? What will those so-called giants think of their matchless shrewdness and ability, when not a single Senator or member of congress will be chosen, if he be not submitted to our holy father the Pope! What a sad figure those Protestant Yankees will cut when we will not only elect the President, but fill and command the armies, man the navies and hold the keys of the public treasury? It will then be time for our faithful Irish people to give up their grog shops, in order to become the judges and governors of the land. Then, our poor and humble mechanics will leave their damp ditches and muddy streets, to rule the cities in all their departments, for the stately mansion of Mayor to the more humble, though not less noble position of teacher.” Charles Chiniquy, Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, The Wickliffe Press, Protestant truth Society, Wickliffe Avenue, 104 Hendon Lane, Finchley, London, N3, 1885, p. 373.
Clearly then, the influx of Catholics across the Mexican border can only solidify the plan already at work. This is why Pope Francis, the Bishops and the entire organization support the continual crossings from Mexico.
Cameron A. Bowen
