, 1875-12-16

man who will 10 Tho frat will not brfi,ate, uudnr
IArnrne ctrrrHetAncer. to rnHort 10 tito rrcoHfi.
70 faF M Tho publsc has ANY intn,f't in th:a
fnAltcf. 1t seams to centTn npon statement nf
Tie pntllrhed tattnr. that tharo i8 10 a1istenta
secret autt-sectarlsn order which uIlt 10 tulbL
exert 1oteilt Inu' ncn in the next Presidential
e'ccton, Tho con[ittnllat tettcr written Ly mo
tn Dir. tsfns did incidentally refer Il, the exat.
enco Of al order of thus DESCRIPTION, lrnn,
any actual terpoi al knowfedrn. but upnn tbs
st1cuBth Of c0nmoH rufnor. aud n certAip IN
forrnation tun1tattrd to Inc. tho conGdatl,a nn-
tnra OF Which f*It under obligations 10 teApcct.
~ Any sucret political "nntl-Ca,i,olit" otder,
here or csawbere hut every man OF ordinary
tbtc'lI iu hew Jcrsoy 10 aware, from pub
!ieh"d reports, Of tho exlhteuce u! All ersior-tho
cnslea AmeF'cao Mcch.n'es-"h'c!', wh,'c right
, excluding partisan rotltlcs IRON III counc,.r.
haa Al 'sa cardinal prlucsf le hostility to al,
hcctasian interference in political a1alrs. md
rsnecIa!ly 70 ali atsemr "a to dts'oteerato cur
lnb,in-sct'eol syttcm. have been told. and
belcys. that this 01aar, stimulated BY tho
tntoient stlomp.s Of the Romau,atn IN Nsw
JeFsey, 0blo ana elss4hefr, 10 convert our pdb.
lin roformauriex, established and naaintatut d
bY the pubic moneya. Into re, tartan
"sSt'u'o",: snS .:,. With alt.," aoDfos TO, tons's
year Or t~o, gforu ranidly In NON mbe1ah'p, snd
ia htill growing in numbers and intlucuco. Why
euou'd tla staltmeuts Of tbore fsctH royuke
nnch Tremendous ontbnrat uf horror frntn The
HGa3oClhLtC HeH9FHpfFAE JihF9 tHGT DOT tIt
months psrstttod In saying That tllo,e way som.
orRanizhLuD OF thtA sort Did They not believe
their own doclatatopA when they made then 7
But nv letter did not etnte. aud it In not trnc,
that this Older "exista within the Republican
lasty," OF ~ In any way, u to any cxtou.,
controlled by Republican toIl.lc.nnt." Ii
Ia composed. ~ understand it, Of buth Re-
pub9lcans and Dcmonalb. and Of men of all
rellBIons btlie!s, whose common bond uf unon
10 Tho dct ftnnatlon to lI cbrrye our institutions
NHt tAf fh%F. tIHf1 Af,<1t AID Hin
rel all avRtefsons uDon tho educational ayrsem
WHICH Ii the only snre source Of pute and en-
lightcbed government.
Tho published ioster advises Dir. DI.ine to be-.
done TO ~ my letter, waas Of it7 mvht a no
suggest to Mr. Dalno that 1t would DO Wcla fur
him to Inquire bv whst dsreputAb.e means tho
cdi Or Of sho Mdine Standard obtained porseu-
1lon Of his p1sAse corIespondenco; but 70.
npcclfully aubmit that nebnuy IL Responsible lnr
,ils huRgtrtit II tut mvself, and thnt tho public
chn haye no possible interest III tile mater.
! am not called upon to engage III any dncus.
sion OF the Question Of tho CONF at,bil..y OF Eo-
ctct 400, ,otltB NTH repuhl.chn foim Of govern
jeet,ons on this point como With poor grace
IRON thu otgsna Ut pnrtv which is largely t., H.
trolIcd by the secret hociory Of St. launany.-
tocess which, by its henchmcn. oply ono week
ago elected air. her. ~ Speaker Of tho House U!
Representatives. and 90 pared tho way. as it
horcs, for Gov. T,Iucn'H nomination for
President III 1876. Aud may add ior mr.
eelf,-it anybody cares 10 know nv nnin.
ion, that, holding our FREQ iost.tutions
to be intstimsbls precious. and believing
with Dfsraell that The highest duty Of the moi
cru Christian citlzen ts to encourage. by liberal,
hon-scctarian education, the development aud
u,llftthg OF Ills Individual fel1owr, rather tnau
to oxpsud tlis strength in building mp creeds aud
Ry1tep,s, / conarl.r all aesuc.ations, whether
secret or open, to bo deEsus,b.e which look to
klG pTcBetYa len OF these institutions. aud the
reno. al of oil burdens aud restraints which ln-
pede tile elevation or prevent the utmost rohbi-
Bio growth Of every individual man-ot what
over nationality, Or creed. or coIor--nhom lhey
mny in any wise influence or Affect. Worry truly
yuurn, JOIN !. Fo5TEu.