The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-27
patriotic Order Sons Of America
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psmphle4 se4ainz forth tn pnnelples q be
Order. from which yos ear g1ele- 4 jos ses
proper 70 give a. sxtendsS Dossee-
Ia The pamphlet ne find The Objee4s Of
The Order stated a. foil0Es:
The order hzs for it. ot5sets TIE ipeuiez,
Goa d pare Americas psinesPlsr zSd rsssf-
eaee for American irsiitsii0nss the epitsTz-
,sOs Of maternal affection among ArnsflezH
freeasen. the opposition V foreign inteffeT
~see ssth State Interests ~ the Dnslnc Siaiss
az America. ard 10 zny form Of Orgsoszed
disregard Of American izEs and customs the
preservation Of the Constitution d the I Ditsc
siz.ss- and fss zdyzsees0sEt Of oar free psb-
he SCHOOL syssem- lts immsdizte hsDezts are
hone heneyolenee, the care q IT, sex the
burial u IL dad, the protection Of and a.
sis;zses 70 Al connected VIII 4 who may ne
~ need
We sud in the pamPbIea also the fol-
Ioxing:
AHy white male person shall be eligible %
DernLers5jp IN the Order who u d goa
moral character, sixteen year. 81 zge. bora 90
The syil or Sifbin The jurisdiction Ofthe United
S.z,ss; = h@lseser IN the exiEtsncs Of 81
,,ysiae Eeiux. %, ,osSd 70 t@s unI0D Of Chsreh
aud sLzte. zed 70 Inc interference q sny
foreign poEes. directly Or indirectly. ~ The
zf.irs u this government
We are pT0seTiptiYe. not for prose 1piion
,ake. bat 70 preserye harmony 10 our ranks,
and 10 preserve the character Of our Order a.
instituted by its ~ise ard thoughtful onziiA-
tori.
We can zee 10 reason for the existence
az .ueb an grder 10 Ameriea. If the real
obieet II the organization Is the incubation
Of pure American principle and reference
for American institutions, why restrict
membership TO nztige-bOrn PersOns? 1t
/, the foreign-born that need this inculea-
lion far more than the native, and If we
you'd assimilate them and make them good
citizens. indocsrinated with pure American
urioe1pIe. and imhued with reverence for
American institutions, they should BE- taken
int sOeietiez having there purposes 10 Fie~'
not shut out. Thousands Of forcigU-b'rn
citizens live 10 every state, and thousands
more are coming. Toassimilate them with
the people would be the part Of wisdom
If they are shut out, they are forced to
association with themselves, and classes are
thus OFgsDized.
In al the history Of our country for
eigpers have been distinguished for their
loye Of liberty. Among the iifty-six sign
ers Of the Declaration Of Independence
eighf we're foreign-bOrn. Matthew Thorn
ton Of New Hampshire was born 10 Ire
land Francis Lewis Of New York in Eng
land. John WifberspoOn Of New jersey 10
Scotland. Burton Gwinnet Of Georgia IN
England, and four Of the nine signers from
Pennsylvania were foreign-born-Robert
Morris in England, james Smith in Ire
land. George Taylor in ireland aud james
WiIson 10 Scotland.
10 the war for Independence number
Of distinguished military and naval heroes
were foreign born-Gcn. Thaddeus Kosci-
uszko, Of Poland, an aid-de-camp TO Gen.
Washington; Gen. Lafayette, Of France,
who shed iIis blood at Brandywine; Gen.
Pulaski, PolaDder, who was killed in bat
tie at Savannah; Baron DeKalb, Prusslan,
who was moytally wounded at Salem, and
who before expiring said, "This is the
death have always longed for, the death
Of a soldier fighting for the rights OF man;
Gen. Richard Montgomery, born IN Ire
land, who fell at Quebec; Commodore Paul
Jones. q native Of Scotland, the first 10 I'M
furl the banner Of the republic on the Del
aware, and who captured sixteen prizes in
six weeks; Count D'Estaing and Count
Rochaubean. DeGrasse and others. These
are but a few, but the history Of the strug-
zle for American independence and the
second war Of independence is full Of deeds
Of daring, bravery and patriotism by for
eign.born citizens, while some Of the dis
tinguished Federal Generals in the late war
we're foreign-born.
Many Of our most industrious citizens
and wost patriotic as well as most learned,
are forejgp-borp. They did not become 50
by ostracisp, but BY ASSOCIATION and assim-
ilation. Aud pray who are the patives ?
We are all Of foreign descent Columbus
found only Indians when he discovered
America, and the ancestors Of every native,
except the Indians, were foreigners.
The order, we take it, Is secret one.
There Is nothing secret about American
principles, and close Oath-bonpd societies
must have some other object than the
spread Of patriotism and reverence for
| American institutions.
! There il no fear Of a union Of church
and state, aud foreigners who come TO this
country are as honestly opposed to it as
the oldest native born citizen. Nor need
there beaay alarm concerning public schools
or organized disregard Of American laws
and CUSTOMS. The spread of this very
''Patrioiie Order Sons Of America, " is more
threatening to the peace and order Of so
ciety than all the imaginary evils threaten
4 ing from foreign influence.
/ We do cot believe that any considerable
number of the citizens Of Westminster
would join such an order II they fully
realized its scope, and no man ought
10 ally bjmself with any organization with
out first investigating its objects and pur-
poses.
The care Of the sick, burial Of the dead
and other features are fully covered BY
other societies of universal existence and
without proscriptiye features.
i looks, to us, more like modified
form of sAmericanism," commonly called
"Know- Nothipgjsm," which spread owe