The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-15

Warrington special to the New York Herald.
The following address by President
Edwin Cowles, Of the o. A. u, has been
Issued secretly to the Order, with the fol.
lowing Endorsement in red ink on the last
page: "ThiS address Is only for membera
Of the Order, to be in charge Of the Pres
ident, Secretary, and Treasurer, and not
for general distribution. The copies sent
are to be in custody Of the officers Of the
Councils, to be read before Councils.
They can be loaned confdentially to
members, II desired. They are 10 be
considered as part Of the secret books Of
the Order" II will be remembered that
the "seuate" Of the Order closed It's an
nual session yesterday in Warrington,
which city is to be the future headquar.
ters Of the fraternity.
To he Members Of the Order Of de American
Union:
BRorHERs-The Senate at It's last an.
nual meeting, held in Cleveland, Ohio,
Sept. 4 and 5, having honored me BY
electing me It's President, requested, by
resolution, that should prepare an ad-'
dress to be read before each Legislature
and Council Of the Order. Agreeably TO
that request, have the honor TO issue
the following address In as brief and con.
cise manner rs possible, giving you an
account OF the doings Of that meeting,
submitting the platform we have adopted,
showing the danger the future OF our
country is under from Romish encroach.
ments, detailing the plan Of operations
agreed upon, stating the encouraging
prospect we now have OF our noble Order
being extended into every State in the
Union, and showing by the programme
adopted how we can save our beloved
country from the danger Of Romish dom.
ination in the future:
The meeting OF the Senate was per-
iectly harmonious in It's action, the min
utes OF which have been printed and sent
to the different Legislatures and Councils.
The present Constitution was amended by
striking out the clause allowing the SEN
ate officers 10 become ex.officlo life mem
bers Of that body, the objection TO it being
that in the course Of time life members
would soon outnumber the regular mem
beers, saying nothing Of the policy OF such
life membership being wrong in princi-
pie.
The Coustit ulion was also amended by
striking out the clause levying per
capita tax on new members Of the Sen
ate. 1t was seen that when the members
Of the Order multiply and reach up into
the tens and perhaps hundreds Of thous.
ands the amount OF revenue coming in
would be far in excess OF the needs Of the
Senate, and, in lieu OF a per capita tar, the
system has been adopted in the amend
ment Of levying an assessment on each
Legislature TO pay the estimated expen-
ses OF the Senate. The Constitution, "a
amended, has bGen submitted TO the sew
eral Legislatures for ratification. The
following platform Of principles was un-
animously adopted, which submit to
you for your approval:
/. Fayoring an amendment to the
National Constitution forever forbidding
any appropriation Of public money, prop.
erty, or credit for the benefit, directly or
Indirectly, Of any institution under sec.
tartan control.
q Favoring an amendment TO the
National Constitution forever forbidding
any special legislation for the benefit Of
any one religious sect.
3. Favoring an amendment 10 the
National Constitution requiring all
church property to be held by trustees, to
be com posed OF the members OF the con.
gregation, society, or institution owning
or using the same.
4. Fayoring an amendment 10 the Nat.
ional Constitution requiring all property,
including that owned by ecclesiastical
bodies, to be taxed, with the exception Of
public property and cemeteries.
s. Fayoring compulsory education.
6. To maintain and enforce universal,
unsectarian free.school system.
Z. To resist all organized ecclesiastical
interference In civil affairs.
Now, brothers, TO arrive directly at the
point, need only to call your attention
10 the alarming increase in our country
OF the most intolerant OF all religious
scots, the Roman Catholics, whose history
ia written in blood, and Is embodied in
these words,-ambitiou, persecution, sup.
erstition, intolerance, inquisition, Jesuit
ism, and priestcraft: Eighty.aeven years
ago they numbered In this country only
one in l3l Of our population; thiriy-sey-
en- years sgo (1Si0) they had increased to
one 10 eighteen Of our population, TWEEN
ty.seven years ago( 1850 they numbered
one in eleven; seventeen years ago (lSG0)
they had grown to one in nine; in 1870
their increase reached to one in seven Of
our population; and in 1880, three years
hence, they will undoubtedly number one.
fifth or one.sixth OF our population.
The great so-called draft riot Of 1868
in New York was in reality RomiSh
mob which hung and burned inoffensiye
colored men and Quilted and burned a
Protestant Orphan Asylum. The Phila.
delphia Native American riot, so.called,
was caused by party OF Irish Catholics
attacking peaceable meeting Of Native
Americans. They were driven away
first and second time, but when the
third attack was made it resulted in the
Natives carrying the war into ireland by
burning the houses Of the Irish, and two
Of their churches. I do not Justify the
doiugs OF the Natives on that occasion,
but l will say that the Irish had no one
TO blame but themselves for that affair,
for they commenced the attacks in the
most unproyoked manner. The Mollie
Mcguire organizations are composed en-
tirely Of Irish, and their innumerable
murders and riots are familiar to you all.
The riot In Pittsburgh was carried on
mainly by the lower order OF Romanists,
1 have thus given a few instances Of
Romish mobs against civil and religious
liberty, sufficient to show the animus OF
the deyotees OF that Church, II the
Romish Church should gain the political
power in this country in the future, all
these examples Of fragrant outrages will
be multiplied a thousandfold; especially
so If the Papal Court should ever be
moved over here. Many Of you, perhaps,
will accept this last statement with some
degree Of incredulily. But there is a
great possibility that the Pope may move
his quarters TO this country In the course
Of time. There lie no doubt, at the rate
Of progress BY our country, during the
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