The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-18

& IONA --HOuflSn Oi IFuinpclS was
made few days ago over the arrival at
Atchison ofthe great champion of beans,
old daddy Pomediddle. One windy
little fellow blew blast to the breezes
which said ''his popularity at home and
in the State is unbounded." Yes; very
popular. The people hail him by such
endearing and loving titles as "Old
1 Beans, "old subsidy "Old Scared
Conscience, .Old Tubagutz," etc. Ar'nt
tliese proof OF the peole's affection for
their Massachusetts, Senator, who comes
to visit them once in ''coor's age.
BY the way, we see that "Old Beans
has been adding new iaurels to his fame
by making a speech before an anti
secret society convention in Chicago.
He was severe on the secret orders gem
orally, and the Masons particularly.
Some of his friends call this his s'last
folly" and think it will hurt him. We
don't think it will hurt him much in
Kansas. The peopIe were some months
ago about as thoroughly Disguised with
him as they can be. Ills speech does
not even excite comment in Kansas, .ex-
cept an occasional sneer. Pomeroy is
making Ross popular by comparison.
Mr.. Pomeroy must know that his as
sertions that Masons and Odd Fellows
are opposed to American institutions =
"arc dangerous to liberty and to law !"
fare antngonistic TO the country; )" ETC.,
! etc, are ISLANDERS on thousands of the
best of his constituents, and wholly
without foundation in truth. IL is a
little strange that man holding the
position he does would stand up at this
day and age, aud in the face of the WELL
known history Of these Organizations,
make such grave charges. Was Wash
! ington opposed to American institu-
i tiOns? Were the thousands of Masons
and Odd Fellows who fought for the
preservation of the Government in the
recent war ''antagonistic to the coun-
try 2" Are these organizations not old
err than Ex-senator who ISLANDERS them,
and if they are enemies to the country
dangerous to liberty and to law"
would not the people have found it out
long ago? The Senator said she re-
garded man going into a lodge as
turning his back upon Christ" That's
pretty cool coming from man whom
half the people of Kansas believe is a
swindler and libertinc--a man who has
in the last eight years lined his pockets
with ill-begotten gains from the public
domain and other sources. So far as
our knowledge extends the very found
alton of these orders rests upon the
principles taught by the Savior, and no
man who does not believe ina Supreme
Ruler, and in mans accountability to
that ruler, can be Mason::or Odd Fell
| low. OF course the exercises in the
lodges do not take the form o religious
worship, but it will not do for bigOtted
churchmen to say these organizations
are opposed to christianity; that-to
use the language of Pomeroy-they
shave no Christi Thousands of the
most sincere christians III the country
belong to one or the other of these or
gapizations. TO quote from the point
/ ed remarks of the Topeka Common
tcealth: 'When this base calumuiator
shall have exemplified in his life one
thousandth part of the priceless and
heaven-born truths which Masonry and
Odd Fellowship inculcate, then there
will be some show of reason and con-
sistency in his apparent solicitude for
the interests of the SAVIOR"
We are glad this ''thank God that. i
am not as other men are" old hypocTite
has made this speech. We have long re-
garded him as the "foulest blotch" on
our fair name, and this speech will help
to play him out, consunlmation we
have wished for ever since the old cow
ard delivered up the Free State cannon
to the Border Ruffians atLawrence, and
ever since he played the dcmagogue so
successfully as to get into the Senate
from the proceeds of aid collected in the
name of a suffering people.
/ The following paragraph from the
LeavenwOrth Consereatiee expresses
'our view of the motives which. led to
this foolish speech, exactly: $50.
"Alcibiades was corrupt, Hbidinous,
lecherous, but gallant and witty citizen
of Athens. He carried his political
-eorruptions aud private debaucheries so
far that he was tie subject of universal
denunciation. While leading this life
and subjected to this denunciltion, he
appeared i'll the street one day with his
flvorite dog, the tail OF which had been
brutality cut off. 1t attracted universal
attention. a friend asked the gay Lo-
thario why he had his dogs tail cut of.
Alcibiades replied: TO give the peo-
pie something to talk about besides my
tcharaeter, crimes aud excesses.' And
he succeeded. Y
k4tWhen corrupt politicians advocate
moral reforms, such as the cnfranchise-
ment of women, and opposition to Sc
blades and his dog"