Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-21
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The peace of New York and of the whole
country has recently been disturbed by
two secret factions of foreign origin, in
whose quarrels Americans have no more
interest than they have in the jealousies
between China and Japan. The Orange
men are a pi ofessed secret society, model
ed after the most approved form OF the
"Scottish rite" so called, pretending to be
very religious and all that and their OPP
poncnts, the Irish Papists, are blind, fanatic
supporters Of Jesuitism, from which Mason
ry itself is but n copy. These two iac-
tions, instead of leaving their old world
feuds behind on arriving upon our shores,
and becoming out and out Americans as
they pretend to do, bring their feuds with
them; force them into our politics, and
make our chief city their battle ground.
The strife seems to be which party shall
get possession OF the offices and plumber OF
the city and the Americans seem to have
but little choice lefl except to decide which
faction they will serve.
The Jesuit party ofthe city, like Masonry,
although but small minority of the peo-
pie has managed to get most Of the offices
into their own hands; and thus having the
authority on their side, they ordered their
opponents, the Orangeinen, not to appear
i'm procession, as they intended to do. inc
nativc-A Americans thus saw their own city
government made use of as the instrument
of one foreign secret society to put down
another foreign secret society, the result OF
which was the loss Of blood and treasure
with no possible advantage to society
Such is ono Of the first fruits of the fail
ure of our war administration to assert and
maintain American character during the
war. Though the war was largely oc-
casuned by the presence of foreign voters
on our soil, thus rendering settlement
with these foreign voters necessary i'll or
der to insure u proper settlement OF tho
war, yet not only was nothing done in that
direction, but on the contrary, the Seward
Stanton administration absolutely took ac-
tive measures to favor the introduction oi
foreigners among us, until one might sup
pose that it was for preparing our country
for new batch Of Foreigners that the war
had been conducted.
Following the general current of Federal
management. our own State authorities at
the late alterations Of our constitution. took
no measures to prevent the possible ralan-
itv uf the asccndency, at no very remote
period of the foreign vote among us; bat
quite to the contrary. the hands of the peo-
pie have been 80 tied up by altering th"
constitution that no measures can he taken
against the increasing foreign vote tor
many wears to come. il indeed ever.
We have seen in these disturbances ia
New York, that number OF Irish Papists,
under the lead of few Jesuts. not num-
bering altogether more than one quarter
part of the inhabitants, have managed l."
get three-fourths of the offices and the en-
tire management of the city into their
hands and we know that the secret socie
ties of Vermont constitute One-tiith, and
probably one-fourth, or more, of our voting
population, and why, therefore, may not
these secret societies rule the state as well
AS Jesuts rule New York?
Masonry is as much Il foreign secret So
ciety as Orangeism is. or as Jesuitism is. 1t
did not originate under our institutions; is
no natural part Of their growth, and is
wholly foreign and inimical to them.
Neither Orangci>m, Jesuitism or Masonry
can he of any use to our institutions; nor
can native Americans accomplish any good
end through their instrumentality. Re-
member Knownothngism ! Its native
American principles were good, and on
that ground it deserved success but in an
evil hour it resortcd TO the mean and
sneaking undcrhanded ways of secret as
Sociation and from that moment il became
doomed. 1t was not its principles that
killed il; but the means it resnrted 10 to
carry those principles out.
II Americans and American institutions
are to be restored to the control of their
own country, it must be done openly, fair
ly, manfully, above board, and not by an
unworthy resort to the very Wn-American
practices of secret association. CON-