Later there was another extremist movement in this country. This group had as its targetnot Masons. but Catholics and certain nationals like the Irish. coming in from the Catholic areas of Europe. who were. by their numbers. changing the ethnic complexion of our society. These earlier nativist groups. feeling that they were being pressured out by the newly arriving immigrants. furnished many recruits for a new extremist movement. directed against the Catholics of the country. Again. the treachery doctrine was utilized. The argument was made that Catholics were involved in an insidious plot to hand the country over to the Pope.
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Catholics and certain nationals like the Irish are changing the ethnic complexion of society and are part of an insidious plot to hand the country over to the Pope.