The Irish standard., 1893-11-18


contempt that No a. MT g NJ Il,
They know that our society being purely II
Catholic We must keep il - Nundberles.
81 Is are members 81 various other co. III!
cietiee, irish and otherwise, and we unln ne
ole with Professionals with g much free
dom, and just q much friendsh' p and g /.
love exist between us, as i We were all
Catholics. !. s..
i. And Why not? Some g onr best Irish I
patriots were Professionals; some OF onrs
moss trusted leaders were Of the same
percussion, aud we honored and respected
them Just as much as If they were Cath.
|olics. lss.a4
Then why oil this war about religion,
and who is making it? We are not. u
we cannot convince those in error by e.
tablished truths and facts, and bring.
them over to the only true fold in man
ner similar to the way st. Patrick con-
verted our forefathers, we will use no
stronger means TO do it. The A. O. =.
holds tlose holy and golden traditions
locked up in its sanctuary and will pre-
serve them % long as fragmentary fab
rio Of the banner that is now floating
over it holds intact.
Ia that sanctuary moro traditions are
carefully stored away. The history and
the suffering Of her people, and what
thew endured for faith add fatherfand;
the trials, troubles and fluctuations OF
people that are scattered all over the sur
face of God mighty footstool, are care
fully slowed away, a. it wsre, in the ia
bernacleof the Ancient Order OF Hl0er-
mans and wor ,hippsd at the shrine OF
friendship, unity and true Christian ;
charity by over 10oOo0 members OF the
Irish race in America.
The A. o. n. is today . strong pillar OF
the Church, without being antagon1stlo
to any other church, creed or race e1tans'
t. benefits it's members in every sphere
Of life. 1t buriea the dead and cares tor
those whom the ravaees Of death leave
IN poverty.
Does the A. r. A. do thiss No, gentle
reader, it does not; nor does it intend to.
It has no beuevolence or charity, and,
instead of love for mankind,i it has hatred
for all, save its own particular sect. Its
monozraa represents to the uninitlated
an American society. Bat American it
is not. Any society that tries by mis-
representation and lies to deprive any
portion of American citizens OF their
constitutional rightsis un-American, un-
.triotic and unmanly. The word pa
rriotlc is in the slang of the day "guy,"
and instead Of patriotic it is meant for
Protestant. Surely the wild rawlings OF
these creatures cannot be taken seri-
Iously. What harm can they do? The
. .ciety is new, and before it gets much
older it will crumble to pieces like 9th
ere that have preceded it. 1t is not
nineteenth century organization. There
fore, it should with all the other Know
Nothing and fraudulent organizations be
consigned to oblivion. . .--~..-s
Ballots or bullets, lie their war cry.
What are things coming to? Every body
| knows that they cannot do much with
ballots, for not one twentieth OF them
are citizens; the great majority are only
fanatics who have lately crossed the At
lantic or the border, and they make more
| noise than if they had say in our at
fairs or our institut Gus. The institu-
ton they are most interested in is the
Catholic Church. Well, they ought to
know enough by. this time to les that
alone. Every time that they. think they
are doing her harm they are doing her q
vast amount of good. A church that
has bfaved and roughed the incessant
storms of nineteen centuries, q church
founded by Christ Himself on the rock
of Peter, can we'll: afford today to laugh
in the face of few intolerant bigots who
have the good of their pockets at heart
much more than the good and welfare Of
! American institutions.
With bullets they can even do less
than they can with ballots. They never
were known to have great deal of cour-
age unless they were twenty to one or
thereabouts, and their character as SOL
diers is already known in America. It
can be easily seen how much harm they
have done, not to those they intended to
injure. but to those they intended to
help. They were, il fact, the entering
wedge that split and defeated one Of our
large political organizations, and If they
keep on they will burst it to fragments;
aud they will then themselves be with