The Irish standard., 1894-02-03
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1894.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1894.
ANCIENT ORDER OF B1Gors.
The new organizations that have lately
grown up like mushrooms throughout
this country assume high sounding
names. The latest of them to make it's
bow before the public is the Ancient
Order of Loyal Americans. Though only
month old, having sprung into exist
ence at Lansing, Mich, during the
Christmas holidays. it assumes the title
of ''ancient" and proclaims it's patriotism
in loud tones. Its principles plainly in
dictate that it's projectors are wolves in
sleeps clothing, and that they assume
the name Of loyalists to deceive their real
character Among the objects set forth
by this pseudo patriotic league are the
following: The equal legal and political
rights Of all loyal Americans, and the
prosecution as traitors of all armed forces
not recognized by the col stltution.
These oath bound conspirators feign to
believe that the American government is
incapable of doing equal handed justice
to all it's citizens, and OF protecting itself
from domestic traitors, without the aid
and assistance of secret societies, such as
the one they have organized. The founder
of the order is one D. A. Reynolds, who
according to report "has SO far lacked
prominence in his native state, and his
careless dress and appearance would not
stamp him az born leader" His native
state is presumably Michigan, though
we are strongly inclined to believe that
he is q native of Ulster, or that his pre-"
genitors were from that dark Irish prov
ince where bigotry reigus. His name ie
indicative of Orange origin. In the
troublous times Of '98 in Ireland man
,f his uane figured conspicuously as a
government informer who succeeded in
bringing worthy men to the scaffold for
attempting to overthrow British despot-
ism in that misgoverned island. The
REYNOLDS of Ireland we're associated with
Orangeism, and we believe this Michigan
patriot is q devoted follower ofthe Dutch
king whose memory is celebrated on the
twelfth day of July with noise of fife and
drum. I'LL s"e"@t
IT seems to us from a careful reading
OF the declarations of this new league of
bipots that it is antagonistic to American
ideas, and that it has borrowed part Of
it's name from the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians to which it covertly alludes as
"traitors of armed force" Tie fact that
the Hibernian Rifles of Chicago have
been recently made the Seventh Infantry
brigade of the Illinois National Guards
is sufficient evidence that the Ancient
Order of Hibernians is not considered
traitorous in that state. 1t was only the
other day that the secretary of the Illl-
nois Board of Worlds Fair Commission
ers presented to Col. Colby of the Hibsr
MAN Rifles the Irish flag which aoated
from the Illinois building on Irish day
ut the Columbian fair. The Ancient
Order Of Loyal Americans is traitorous
and foreign organization that will never
be honored as the Hibernian Rifles of
Chicago have been by the great state Of
Illinois.
The A. o. L. A. intends to initiate the
A. o. HI. by adopting semi-military
form Of organization Ito encourage pa
triotism and to rekindle the spirit OF
1776," as if that spirit had grown cold in
the breasts of true Americans Desert
ers from their quasi military order will
be tried in executive session and strait
ors will be court martialed and expelled"
The members will wear 90 most eugges-
tive regalia that will tickle the vanity OF
human nature and tend to intensity the
love of human freedom"
Without consulting him these Eichi- |
Gan patriots elected Rev. Myron Reed,
~ Denver, their chaplain, and call him
:yspptist preacher, which he e not. He
ia nongngationalist minister Of broad
y;,,wai sho Is sternly opposed to all secret
,r,R.anizg stions Of 9 politic- religious ma
ttilr< sndk % has already oondemned the
ss.{,lef known u the ~ q. Hel
, . lilly wiz refuse the honor conferred
a NV Mn w and his gang n
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