St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-15
"IT's ENGLISH. We KNOW.
A Correspondents Reflections over
the Anglo Colonial society Formed
Saturday Night.

Correspondents Reflections over
the Anglo Colonial society Formed
Saturday night.
To the Editor of the Globe:
Under the above caption the Clio BE to-day
gives an account of the deliberations of the
Anglo Colonial club, and if it would not be
out of place for one who unfortunately is not
eligible for membership to offer his congratu-
tons to the gentlemen who are forming the
club, | would like to be permitted to do so in
our columns. 1t is certainly refreshing in
these degenerate times when we are
surrounded by all sorts of bumptious
pretenSioDs TO see these gentlemen go back to
first principles. What delicious flavor of
George Ill. there is about the name anglo
ColonIal;" where is your boasle American
flag now with its thirty-eght stars signifying
thirty EIGHT states? We are only a colony.
Twenty gentlemen who have, through all
trials and temptations preserved their right
TO British citizenship, re 5ognize the truth
aud dare to tell it, They believe with Car
lyle, mo lie can last forever" and SO they
tell US to our teeth we are but colony. This
power of seeing things as they are and
acting according TO their convictions
seems to be the salient point about these
gentlemen. Look, for ms tanse, at the rule
regarding Americans, that hated race. AS
one gentleman Remarked: 1.-The club would
get along much better without American
MEMBERS" The typical Am .rican. with his
contempt for shams, including kings
and queens, his keen sense OF
the ridiculous, and his love of
fair play would never do for a member
not to speak of the frightful results that
might follow from the Introduction of brains
into the club. But again these gentlemen
show the compreheusiveness of their minds
when they decide to let Americans be MEM
Oers by courtesy upon the pawn nt of
;,;ti iaI, hot
Americans will be permitted to pay the bills
Oh. shade of George the Third, surely you
were there in the midst of them. Taxation
without representation, your darling hobby, is
still alive and glowing in the hearts of these,
your faithful followers. Thare is one point
though which does not seem as clear as most
OF the decisions of the club. 1t doesn't have
the same clear ring, making no uncertain or
false sound which is so conspicuous in the
balance of the proceedings. In deciding on
the eligibility of Irishmen we ind that only
the fright sort will be permitted. Now this
is hardly fair; the gen tlemen should tell us
what constitutes the right sort of
lrishman. Should he wear mutton
chop whiskers? OF course he must forswear
dynamite, but must he also forswear all love
for Ireland and all sympathy with her
struggles? Must he after having come to
America and found home and happiness
which the queen God bless her. couldn't pro-
vide, have kept himself free from all the con-
Eliminating American influences? Suca can
be found here. If necessary, | will give the
committee on membership list OF names,
but warn them they will have to reduce the
imitation fees, for most of the might soil
that l know have failed so far to do more
than negotiate loans from their perverted
neighborS. / trust that the GLOBE will con-
Tinue to keep the public informed OF the
Anglo-Colonial club they are modest, these
gentlemen, and if permitted would hide their
light under a bushel, and so deprive the on L
side world of mnch information and amuse-
ment Respectfully,
THOMAS D. O'BRIEN.