Electors of the Basses Pyrénées,—The struggle begins; the banners are unfolded. On which side should good Catholics and simple and honest folks range themselves? Under the banner of the Republic?
No; for it is this Republic whose dead weight lies upon our unhappy country, and crushes out its life.
Who suppressed the catechism and prayers in our public schools?
Who has driven God from the army?
Who has driven the priest from the bedside of the sick and of the dying?
Who established the anti-Christian and immoral law of divorce?
Who, not content with paganizing France, has robbed her of her fortune and her glory?
Who for the last ten years has augmented by milliards the debt of France?
Who dishonours the armies of France by making them the Armies of the Republic?
Who has left us in all Europe without a single alliance?