Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-05-29

/ an audience numbering several hundred u
sembled at Institute Hall to witness the pre-
entation of q Bible by Thomas NJ. Coleman
Esq, Of the Philadelphia Ledger, on behalf ,
the philanthropic proprietor OF that paper, M
Childs, to Mattahoon Tribe, No. ii, Improve
Order Of Red Men. The United Cornet Ban
was present and at intervals dlscoursed not onl
| good but appropriate music. The stage wa
occupied by members Of Mattahoon Tribe an
the speakers, and the bright regalia worn, PIT
sented to the audience an interesting and beat
tiful scene.
sacIem Z. A. Cambsrs presided and In fe,
words explaining the object ofthe meeting, ir
| troduced Mr. Coleman.
| After saying lie had no time TO prepare Al
( address to be delivered on the occasion, an
that his adoption into tile Order had beeO to
recent TO admit Of him talking Indian talk, h
would address himself TO the pale faces presen
| and continued: The question is often asked
Why the necessity Of 80 many secret organiza
! tions? | have found In my short history tia
belonging to these secret associations Is mos
excellent way Of killing time and keeping OH
of mischief believe more good men are mad
by these associations than by thousand other
might name. They are schools In which |
taught morality, and wero founded for the pur
pose Of caring for their members When care Il
most needed. But why so many secret asso
Citations? the question is asked. One organiza
ton would not satisfy all minds. The Me
chanics have u purpose, the Odd Fellows were
established principally for the benefit Of man
and the Red Men are "a. from being on leye
with the fighting Modocs We are Improved
Red Men and therefore are of a higher order
than the members of the tribe l have lust
named. Ii Is true we often scalp the pale faces
but this We do for their own good. We are
not wanderers over the face of the earth, nor
are We driven by either the government OF the
army, but are gathered together of our own
accord, for the purpose of helping and aiding
each other, and making all better citizens
THIS meeting ought TO convince the people that
there is uothing bad about these organizations
and that they aie social in their. character.
1t is necessary u seek company 10 pass pro-
fiiably ones leisure moments, and for this raa-
son alone Young men especially should Join
these societies, which would often be the means
of saving them from disgrace. This truth our
Order teaches. am often surpi ised 10 find
clergynien denouncing secret organizations on
the ground that they are opposed to the church.
No idea could be so erroneous as this, for all
our teachings tend to make us better citizens
and fiji us for the church. You can find moth
ing in uur obligations to conflict with either
orr country or the church, and | am inclined
TO think that all the opposition comes from
those who know nothing of us, Our societies
are moi bound 10 nor do they protect the I'M
| would like to bring before yyu the immense
amount OF good done by these societies, would
like to give you the statistics Of the sick who
have been buried by them IL not for our
secret societies thousands would have to find
praye. They arr, not composed of
wealthy men but are filled with those depen-
dent ,ipon their hard earnings, and when sick
ness oyertakes them would, were IL not for the
secret society. suffer for want of food and at
The speaker here instancel a case to illus.
trate the proposilion he had lust mt forth, and
poceeded: Allow me To saw IN onclusiou, that
il gives me great Measure TO present 10 this
Tribe on behalf III Mfr. George w. CbIlds. n
copy of the Holy Bible. Though he il still
among the pale faces he has a heart that SYM
pathizes with the Red Man. and particularly
with tribes like our own, that have for their
object The hest interests Of ali lis members. II
is unnecessary for me to speak of his liberality,
because wherever there has been need of help
his hand has always heen among the first to ex-
tend relief Therefore. 1 take great pleasure
In nresenting this Rible. because I know that Il
will be received in the same spirit that prompt
ed the gift, and that il will ever be cherished
us coming from one who seeks on proper OBJ
jeets to bestow the wealth that God has placed
in his hands.
Hon. Joshua Marin. Great Chief of Records
of the State Council, received the book on be.
half of the Trlhr. lie acknowledped the Gift
and was nrnfnunalv grateful tn its donor. hut
fell himself incana6ie 10 p,operly discharge the
duties inposrd ,,nnn him. This. lie said, is a
mer ed Off from, M DISTINGUISHED n plilantbrop-
isl AS is Mr.. Childs. That gentleman doubt
less knew the Order and knowing il was con-
iiden: that il was deserving. Mattaloun Tribe
is moi vel nine months old less than a great
moon, and now numbers over 100 useful citi-
zens Of WILMINGTON. not united by oaths but
by a simple word of honor as taught by the
ritual of the Order The benevolent am. chart-
able works of the Order were next referred to
and the attention it paid TO the sick, the dead
and the widow and orphan briefly noticed
nlica,ia' 81 81. 1''s Ian rnada VII,
will ind Trihe in almost every low, and
bamlat in ,I,is conptrv wifi a ,o,al membershin
nj Al 400 nr IN oon r,So ayncndad ,asI YEAR over
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paI M,, han ~, ,ho IN, runns,,, Of much oooJ
and merit the award If snch henefacio,s as
Geoige W. Childs, OF the Ledger, that great
paper and moral lever, which Is lifting up so
many Of the fallen, making good men better,
and laboring constantly to elevate them still
higher and Increase their happiness and re-
double their usefulness.
Mr.. Maris then ske,ched the history Of the
o lder from its incipiency, defended the abort
eines against the wholesale charges that arc
now made against him and believed the crimes Of
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