Gough, A.P.W. ?: San Francisco, California to William J. Onahan: Chicago, Illinois, 1893 March 1

In discussing the question of the Temporal Power of the Pope with a friend, Daniel McCann, Gough asks why Roman Catholics, powerful as they are, can't make those who call Catholics "Romanists", and those "Italian and French robbers" who call them "the Catholic party" understand that they are both Roman and Catholic, that it was the Fathers of the Church that made Rome the center of Christendom. Had there been the expected manhood among the large majority of French Catholics, the small number of butchers could not have controlled the first Revolution, and had the Catholics maintained their right since McMahon's retirement, they could not have been trampled as they were by Free Masons and know-nothings. Catholics could have prevented England's "offer" to provide a living for the last and retired Pope. Why did not the Know Nothing threat to tear down the Catholic Cathedral of New York succeed? Because Archbishop John Hughes took the correct method to prevent it. It is high time to teach all non-Catholics that, Roman Catholics are one, and Roman, and as one in securing the independence of the Pope; that Catholics of the world will not permit the State to interfere with their rights; that any destruction to Catholic property must be paid for; and that the non-Catholic world can no longer have any excuse for (not) knowing all about Catholic doctrine. He calls for a Universal Catholic Union to restore the Temporal power of the Pope.