The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-11-29

Makes a Speech.
AT meeting of Council No. 1. Az. A.
of the State of Maine, held last evening"
the following preamble and resolutions
were adopted:
Whereas, The conduct of E. II. DUN par
National Sergeant at Arms of the a mefl-
can Protective Association, and the en-
tire twelve hundred" at the recent
second concord fight" reflected lustre
upon themselves, and glory upon our
cause, which is the cause of the entire
American people, the Catholic lalty IN
cluded, as they will see in the eno, IN
maintaining by purely defensive meas,
ures, not only Justlnaple legaiiy anu
morally, but rendered their Imperative
duty as American patriots. equally with
the glorious defense which our fath-
ers Of Concord made, IN common Win
Others upon the bloody field of Licking
ton; a cause which is no other than the
maintenance of the constitutional rlgnt OF
the people to the freedom of speech" and
"the right of the people peaceably to as
sem ble''; a cause, immortallzed by more
than century OF history so glorious that
1t is unrivaled among nations in all the
ages, and illustrated by the example of
heroes of every political party that ever
existed in this greatest OF nations. a
cause which is no less an lrrepress1 Die
conflict than the conflict between. freedom
and slavery, but as part OF the same
cause to which the prophetic words or
Lincoln that house divided against
itself cannot stand,p is proclaimed again
in Lincoln's own words when he said,
II see q very dark cloud on the horizon,
and that dark cloud is coming from
Rome. 1t is filled with tears OF blood"
And Whereas, The return of the
"twelve hundred" was triumphant WILD
out stain upon their banners, as IS be-
coming patriotic and law abiding Ameri-
cans, therefore, 80
Resolved by Council No. of Maine A.
PA. That in behalf of our Order in
the daughter State of the glorious Com
monwealth of Massachusetts, we con-
graduate our friends and make our &C
acknowledgements to them for their no bic
example of GOODNESS and forbearance I'M
| der circumstances which might we'll have
| provoked "A retaliation, which they had
| full power to 1ntllct.
Resolved. That copy of these resolu-
| tions be sent TO e. Fl. Dunbar and the
| twelve hundred.
President of Council No. 1. of Maine
A.P..A
| In support Of the resolution, L. b. Den
nett said, "That the principle involved
| in discussing the event which recently
| hanpev1ed in ConcGrd in our mother
State. is constitutional question, and
purely A american, aud THAT to Il thorough
| ig Democratic aid Republican audience,
| like this asse.. bled here, nothing need
| h, said UPON the resolution itself to com
piend it, net only to mem bers of our order,
but to the American public.
/ Cnly Roman despotism objects.
= The event ciearly pToclaims TO all our
citizeus the fact so well known to US,
| that there is Il great aud growing power
in our country, audacious and deter
| mined and undrr supreme command,
which aims al the entire and absolute
suhversion of all freedom.
That power confronts lis AS an enemy.
| | do NOS fear, but despise it. The idea
which inspires me is the necessity OF
| Immediate rather than deferred acton of
! TIE American people.
| J. recall the warning utterances OF those
statesmen who saw the dark cloud OF
slavery gathering upon the political hor-
iZou long years before it burst upon our
country. tearing i in its rage, and well
nigh destroying not only It's unity, ou'
its liberty.
I recall the bitter and cruel political,
social and business ostracism OF the meu
| who gave the warning. we'll remenlb bel
| The Indifference with which it WAS gen
crafty received.
ss But that great chapter in the history
of this. the greatest Of nations, has been
| closed in glory. III is now high time tc
turn our faces towards, and look square
! ly in the eye the next greatest enemy
our country has ever mad.
Roman laity and their masters, the Ro-
! man hierarchy.
The poor are the victims of system oil
supernatura,sm which at once deceives
and controls them; a system succinctly-
and UNANIMOUSLY portrayed by the Eng
lsh historian, Macau:ay. when he says,
"The polity Of the Church of Rome is
| the yery masterpiece OF human wisdom.
The experience of twelve hundred event
full years, the ingenuity aud patient
care of forty generations OF states
men. have improved that polity &c
such perfection. That among the contrlv
ances which have been devised for de-
ceiv;ng and controlling mankind 1t oc
cupies the highest place"
When Macaulay wrote papal suprema-
cy was the culminatlon OF power, now
papal infallibility rs an article of faith
| has immeasureably siren gthened the
nerves of Roman power. Between the
Roman hierarchy which Macaulay de
scribes it'll such truth and power, and
the laity, Wish 70 make d just ant
| charitable distinction.
\ } AC Atohi"H 4N-'J'
I when educated in our public schools, ar
good citizens; brave, patriotic, generous
fender-hearted, and when left tt
themselves, we'll disposed towards GU
constitution, laws and institutions
whose profession from thegdespotism ant
the consequent hardships of the oil
world, they have sought and received
with gratitude, and which they wonlt
be only too willing to defend and per
perual, were they not the victims of ;
vicious and degrading system OF super
naturalism, which cursed them in thu
Old World, and now pursues them il
the New. =.
4 These laymen of the papal ecclesiasti
| cism are not willingly our enemies. no
are we their enemies, bnt their friends
We do not deny them our country a
their asylum in their distress but w
must and will preserve the asylum. it
self. 1t is for their interest, as well a
ours, to do this.
We say to them do as we do, and hav
done from the days when our father
first cut the venerable pines of our for
ests for their rude log cabins, send you
children to our public schools. The