Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1849-08-10


% those who have served long and arduous APP
e prenticeshlps, driving them from their home,
h and their business TO seek work elsewhere
y This is not to be tolerated--to be endured -
Europeans and other nations protect their me.
+ chanics, and can see no earthly reason WHY
y we should not do tho same thing, unless we
d wish 10 establish the fact that foreign mechan-
Il les are better men and workmen than oui own,
n and therefore better entitled to support. | do
not wish to be understood as saying we wage
d war against foreigners-fdr from it-but we are
determined to protect ourselves, and [ think
} every right feeling man will agree with me in
saying we are bound to do SO, and will lend US
his aid in carrying out our views.
n am an American in heart and feeling. |
: love my country and countrymen-I love her
= institutions-her hills, and valleys, and lakes,
and rivers-her name and fair fame. She is,
. and ever will be, if her men are true, the bea.
I con star Of the world. She has caused the
$ British lion twice to cover and bite the dust
J Briton claimed 10 be and was the mistress OF
this sea, until Uncle Sam came along and in
formed her she was prosiituted mistress and
: could reign no longer, and taught her obedi-
ence to his will. She demonstrated, but the
e young gentleman whipped her into submission
} and she sued for mercy, which was granted
Z Think you England, bloaied, pulled up England
, has forgotten this ! No. Has she ever failed
I to seek redress and revengel No. How is
she to accomplish her purposei Openly no,
she knows another thrashng is in store for her
IL she attempts it. How then is she 10 do il 7
! BY overrunning our country with her refuse
populaton-drving them into our workshops,
fields and So on-endeavoring, by her minions
to sway the north against the south on the
slave queslion-bring about civil war, and
with the assistance of foreign americans, over
throw this glorious Republic and make us her
slaves, by reducing us 10 level with her own
workingmen. have not time 10 enter upon
the merits Of this question here, and merely
) throw out these few ideas as food for thought.
1t is well known to you that one feature OF
our institution is to assist one another when in
sicln ness and distress. This was wisely adop-
ted, as the members of the order are aware that
to depend upon the cold charity OF the world, .
but that the hands of brothers will always be
10 assist them to The utmost extent of their
wants. he sick chamber is relieved of one
half its terors by the presence of some of the
members OF the order, and The desires, wants
and cravings Of the sick brother anticipated, al
most, by those who exercise a mothers care
and tenderness. After member rises from a
sick bed, he does SO with higher estimation
of the order than when first Frustrated. Much
good is therefore effected even by sickness, for
after receiving 60 much attention and kind con-
sideration, he deems it his duty to give the
same care to others who are laborng under in
disposition. Thus, you perceive, not only are
individuals benefited, but whole communities
are the gamers by the influences of the order,
as the lessons taught by the sick bed tend to
allay all the baser passions of man, and ava
ken all that is good within him, making him
kind, and gentle, humane and liberal, in all his
transactions with his fellow beings. The in
auence is felt far and near, and in the course
of time, when the order becomes more extended,
a decided improvement will be discovered in the
habits Of the people.
Should death clasp brother In his icy en-
brace, the members Of the order are bound to-
see that he meets with decent burial, and all
due respect paid to his remains. He is fol-
lowed to the grave by many mournful heart,
and his virtues treasured up as guide for our
future action. After the last sad rites ara per-
formed, if the departed brother has left widow
and orphan children, the Order Immediately takes
them under its charge. We have fund which
is devoted exclusively to the support of wild
ows and orphans, and can be reached by them
at all times when their circumstances require
it either in sickness or in health. ask every
American husband, let his circumstances be-
what they may, to contemplate this feature of
our Order-it is one of the purest and most
/ When man feels that his hour has come,
and his wife and children are standing around
his bed weeping heart scalding tears, what al
pleasure it must be to him to reflect that hel
leaves them in charge of those who will, in al
measure, supply his place. He calls mem
Der of the Order TO his side, and whi'sta smile
plays over his pallid features he says, | leave
them, brother, with confidence, in your charge,
knowing they cannot come TO want, and with
a blessing on the Order and his dear wife and
children, he dies in peace. Further, we are
obligated to take especial care that the orphans
are brought up in a manner calculated tol
make them good and intelligent ci.izens-to
see that they are properly educated and pre-
pared to fill the first and most responsible pc.
siilons in the Republic. As soon as we can