The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-01-03

| Chesapeake Tue, no. 81, az annapolis: /.
at is true thaSpur Order does not exact |
of its mcmbersllIe practice OF religious
creed but it dos expect an adherence to
the moral terets which form its ground /
work: and lie Who fails in this fails in
his obligations 70 the Order and il his
duty to his brethen.
Our Order teaeEes freedom; freedom
Of soul, freedom from the bond of sci
lishness, and disregard for our fellow
men. for a true red man permits no
servile bands of ,,ncharitablcness to bind
him, OF prevents INN recognizing
brother in distrcss-he permits mo
selfish motives to restrain the generous
impulse of q noble decd lie permits
none Of the conventonalities OF social
life TO close his eyes when the sign OF
distress attracts his attention, he Is free
to act, and in the practice OF the princl
pies Of Redmanship daGes to exercise
that freedom. Our Order teaches friend
ship. without which our Efforts would be
in vain, duty may demand, but friendship
impeis us to perform our mutual obliSa-
tions, and all through life, our path VIII
lie Il pleasant one il surrounded by the
flowers of friendship. and the pillows OF
the dark waters OF death passes forever
terrorS. if we enter them Soothed ana
guided by the ministration OF friendly
hand. Firm as the Alps around whose
peaks the storm god ofIsln thunder
speaks is friendship-in veal or Mos., Y.
warns the heart with genial glow, up
holds the right, condemns the wrong,
defends the weak against the strong, nor
ialters when dark sorrows frown, but
gathers strength us years roll on. Our
Order teaches charity, without which
we are but sounding brass or tinklng
cymbal.' as the speaking book Of the
S:"at Spirit declares, hot that charity
which is confined to the giving Of gifts.
but that sentiment which may be termed
charity of thought, by which we are
enabled to forgive our enemies, to en-
courage and assist an trring brother to
regain the path of rectitudc, to do unto
others as we would that they should do
unto Us: to practice self-denial when
another can be benefited thereby. 1t is
sometimes made the subject Of objection
to organizations similar to ours. that our
efforts claiming them AS we DO, to lie for
the benefit of mankind. are confined to
comparatively few, and not directed to
the relief Of the world at large. | answer
this objection by saying in brief that the
Improved Order of Red Men. goes not in
pursuit of a chimerical phantom. nor is
its pathway lit by the visionary glare of
an ''iSniS fatuulS." It desires to do Il
good work, but that work must be a
practical one. We know the means at
our command, but We know also that
those means cannot relieve the world at
large. or aid the thousandth part of the
victims of want and distress. We. there
fore. unfuri no Quixotic banner under
which to wander in savage bands i'll
search of destitution when we have
ample opportunity to cApcnd our limited
means upon objects equally needed, al
though nearer home. Mutual relief is
the leading object OF Our utilization, and
We exclude no worthy man from our fold,
who chooses to avail himself of the OPP
portunity We offer linn to enter. And to
those who apply the word prescription.
or exclusion to orr charities. permit me
10 say that there are ample means locked
up iii bank vauitS-stockS. bonds, and
surplus wealth Of every description, to
relieve the want and misery of this world
ten times over, awaiting the inclinations
of its owners, upon whom Heaven has
SlioWered with prot,se hand its hounties,
to do So. JAY DEE.