St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-02-15
ANOTHER A. P. A. LECTURE.
The Patriotic Address Of r. n. Dunbar
of Massachusetts,.

preme sergeant at arms Of the Amer.
ican Protective Association, address
ed large audience at Music Hall last
Tuesday evening on the subject. The
A. P. A. and Romanism Compared
In introducing him Capt. E. L. How
ey said he had fought not only in the
war OF the rebellion, but in the reyo.
lutionary war, in fact he was a leader
at the battle OF Concord. Music
was furnished for the occasion by
the Banner orchestra and the Impe-
rial Quartette. A symposium Of Mr..
Dunbar's address follows
stand before you tonight to make a
declaration. often find bad eggs 10
greet me, but | do not fear il here. be-
cause never found anything that came
from Vermont that was not new and
fresh. | propose to speak the truth and
shall De very glad il do.
Now my Roman Catholic friends that
may be here, am the best friend Of any
laymember among you. The A. 2. A. is
the best friend YOU have in America to-
day. am not here to attack any or
ganization.
know | am an American from the
crown of my head TO the sole of my foot
My genealogy tells me that | am de-
scendent of Rev. Thomas Dunbar who
came to America in 1920. so that on my
fathers side | am an American. My
mother was a Bigelow and on her side
am gieat-great-grandson of the reyo-
luton. So was in both Concord fights.
A word about the second fight.
At Concord there was body OF the
despised blackguards in need OF encour-
agement and train was hired and tick
cts furnished Tor $50 OF the A. p. AS TO
go from Boston to Concord. We found
500 would want to go. so more cars and
tickets were furnished. When the time
came 1900 strong werein the ranks. The
daily papers (they never wait to hear
our side) said that little boys hid in the
bushes and threw pebbles at us as we
passed on our way home, but | have
brought one of the pebbles that hit one of
our members in the neck, Il guess you
would call it a rock), and piece of glass
and shutter through which those pebbles
were thrown. The daily papers are so
Romanized that bishopor priest sits at
the elbow of every editor. They have all
the space they want, but it is hard for a
Protestant to get eight lines. I thank
God that St. Johnsbury has men that are
not afraid of anything.
We are to have daily paper in Boston,
which would have started before this,
but it has been difficult work getting a
building and floor space. The paper will
not start until sure of succeeding as the
best paper ever published in America.
Forty-fve thousand dollars has been
paid in already, and we shall start the
paper about April /. Friend Clark will
sell 1000 copies in St. Johnsbury.
One of our principles is that man born
in any country, anywhere in the world
that cssa come to America and not try tQ
foreignize America and not run down the
little red schoolhouse Is an American"
The A. P A. is not a political body
The time has come when you and must
not be led by the nose. Fight for men
and not for any party that will be in.
furious to our institutions. Every Amer.
lean citizen should be member of the A
PA.
We believe in the taxation of all prop.
ertv. The church that has to struggle to
pay its pastor and other expenses better
hire pastor for little less money and
pay tax on property that the large and
wealthy churches of our large cities NAV
pay for what they have.
We believe in less importation of for
eigners. III had my way there should
be job for every American now here.
There was time when there were two
Jobs for every man; now there are five
men for every job. Let every man in this
country get a job first before we invite
any more over from Italy, France, Ger
man, England and elsewhere. Our work
ing classes must receive fair pay for a
fair days work, no matter what the
corporations may say. No party by pay
ing for naturalization papers should buy
any mans vote. We want men in our
legislatures that will legislate for the
whole country. We know what we
want.
1t has been stated that the A. P. A. had
2,750 900 members, but we now number
100000, are organized in all but five
states in the union and have spread
through the South.
We are charged with being alarmed
when there is no danger. Many say there
is no danger. Rome has been here so
many years and has done no harm. They
have been like the turtle, reaching out
head, tail and legs, but when they asked
for division Of state money for school
fund and were met by the Hydra headed
monster, the A. P. A., she drew into her
shell.
The birth ofAbraham Lincoln occurred
sc years ago, and this month gives us
the birthday Of Washington, one the
father of his country, the OF her the savior.
Both men were educated in our public
schools. Lincoln, when pursued by the
bull, fled to the haystack, and as he gain
ed on the animal, got hold of it's tail.
When it beloved with pain he said, "Bel-
low, you old fool, who started this fight ?"
A few months ago another leader was
born with long strides the A, Z. A. has
advanced. Its struggle forexistence was
made as Lincoln's for the haystack, and
when it got hold OF the tail OF the Papal
bull it twisted his tail and made him bel
low.
Two of our best speakers have address
ed you, and | can't say anything but
what you have already heard. | wish to
rouse the people of St. Johnsbury to more
aggressive work along this line At the
beginning of our civil war the North
said there was no danger, and would do