The Irish standard., 1896-05-16

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to abolish slavery and q here state, that
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her government these s tnlng 4
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ling tnat there need be n.
In this and genera that A - e
institutions or libert is or Us De u aanEel ID
from any form of rel;g ion. my purpose Pc
ing only to state as a truth OF history tll i
the people and the church which LOT i ag IS
have taken and upheld the emblem ~ rs Ine
ICnristian's hope Of walton, the cross, are.
people and achurch that ire more ne IN nar-
nnony with true democracy than any #otn mel
Church or people. I 1t is "a fact which no
candid reader Of history will deny that
Orangemen have ever been the abject tools
Of tyrants and the enemies 70 popular free
dom. Their origin was In Ireland, the place
Eof their birth, where they banded together
FLOR the purpose Of comm m0rating the
victory over their own country and cOsln-.
trymen ~ William, Prince Of Orange, a
tramp king. Dc the citizens Of this, our
| country, know what an Orangeman is? It
moi, u Will IN part, senli tighten them. They
are a body OF men banded together by an
oath as binding asst the ingenuity Of man
can desire, to support the British govern
ment under any and alt circumsta nces4
| They are the only thing on the face Of Gods
green earth that is a traitor to the pace OF
Tits birth, and 1t as impossible to find an
Orangeman that Isl a }true citizen OF our
glorious country as tit would be to change
the, falls OF st. Anthony and make the
waters rum the other way St.ll they pirate
of patriotism. Yes. they are very patriot
ic, but not to the United States, as all The
readers of this article will recall the tact
that a short time ago there was little I'M
pleasantnes5 between our country and Eng
land on the Venezuelan question. Did you
not read in the papers Of the part Canada
intended to take in case of war? Did you
not read of the thousands of Orangemen
who notified Their Canadian brethren that
they were ready and willing to go to their
assistance and fulfill their oath to protect
the government Of their lady queen; for
sake the country that has given them liv-
ing and fight for the country and govern
ment that they are oath bound to protects?
Yes, they are loyal. don't deny it, bul
not to this country of ours. \ The name OF
their lodge L.SO. T. In Ireland, England
and in all the British possessions truthful
~ means Loyal Orange Lodge, loyal to the
British government and followers OF Will:
lam, Prince Of Orange, a tramp king with
whom they traitors. to their country,
fought not for liberty, but TO enslave their
own countrymen. But III this glorious
country of ours the words Loyal Orange
Lodge must mean Loyal Orange Lars, fon
I hold that an Orangeman cannot be citi-
zen of the United States after taking the
oath necessary to become an Orangeman.
I will venture to say and in fact defy any
Orangeman in this country to give me the
proof Of one case where an Orangeman has
shown his patriotism to this country rom
the days of the Revolution until the date
of this article. It is something impossible,
for if he was patriotic and loyal to this
country he would be a perjured rascal to
his oath as an Orangeman. Still they
pirate of patriotism. Those Orangemen did
not wish to censure the courthouse COM
missioners, for the only flag those Orange
men would want on the courthouse would
be the Union Jack. The object Of the
whole Orange rabble is to try and prejudice
the minds of the native born American peo-
pile against the Roman Catholics Their
whole institution is~like i'll humor in the
blood that comes to the surface In the
diet and clothing with the spring. Are we
again in period of upheaval and b:gotry
which eighteen centuries of the teachings
Of Christianity with Its primal insistance
on the brotherhood of man In the father
hood of God, have not wholly eliminated,
breaks out in this running sore on the body
of our society? They follow the Irish Cath
olic with the poison OF the asp, the cunning
Of Mephistopheles and the treachery of Ju-
das Iscar:ot, but our fellow citizens of ma
tive birth know better that to believe us
capable of anything but the drmest and tru-
est loyalty and love for this our glorious
country Of freedom and adoption. We have
furnished a Barry, a Sheridan, Sherman,
Kearney and q host to command and
thousands in the rank and file from the
time of the Revolution until the present
day. Men who were never backward at
the call of this, our. country. And today
there is not an Irish Catholic in this coun-
try or ireland, but would think it an honor
and a privilege to fight, bleed, and die, II
need be, under the folds of our beautiful
only flag we are willing and ready to fight
for; it Is the only flag we would wish to
see on the courthouse, proudly floating in
the freedom of its nations breeze, and
don't think there is. an American citizen
in this city but would Ike to see two en-
blems together on the court house--that is
the ornament that looks like cross, the
emblem of all Christians salvation, and the
beautiful flag Of our country.
AMERICAN. 1
Z. 81 81
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