The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-01
RED MEN HAVE
A POW-WOW
At Seaside, Where il Pleasant Time
Was Had Though Nature
FrOWned.
AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS MADE
On the history and Objects Of the Order. by
Judgs L. l. Cleveland Cause Of
Freedom Nufsed by It's
Authors

Notwithstanding natures frownIng
aspect on Sunday, about 400 Red Men
and their friends boarded the special
train at o'clock for the picnic grounds
at Seaside. No stops were made and
the run was accomplished In forty min
utes. Upon arrival at the pavilion, af-
ter music by the band the principal
exercises Of the day were commenced.
Judge A. a. Cleveland. the acknowledg-
cd orator Of Pythianism and the Red
Men, delivered the address OF the day.
Judge Cleveland said:
The first authentic account Of the
origin of the order shows that Il WAS
founded In 1885 or t7CG. under the title
~ the Sons ~ Liberty In 1865. Eng
land. not content with having. In 1860.
passed the navigation act, compelling
the American colonies 60 ship their
staples to England. and forcing them
to purchase all their supplies from the
mother country. passed another act.
kuu Au nH the stamp act which pro-
yidcd that no document was legal with
out stamp. and also levied "A tax on
an paper and ycllum used In the col
unirs About the same time the quar-
tcrinR act was passed. 4 standing
army was ordered for the colonies, and
the people were compelled to provide
the troops not only with quarters. but
also with bedding. nrcwood drinks
soap. and candles As soon as the
troops arrived there was great excite
mont among the colonists. who felt
that the presence of these troops was
"a mcnarc to the libcray NJ the people,
Secret meetings We're held which pres
emily took the form of regularly Or
ganiEcd meetings, which. In turn, re
solved themselves into secret society,
styled by it's members the Sons OF
Liberty The motto ~ this organiza-
ton was Freedom The existence Of
this society was well known In Eng
land. Tor Colonel Isaac Barre, who was
u member NJ parliament, and who OPP
posed the passage of the stamp act in
q speech February G. 1865. referred to
hts party as the Sons Of Liberty
Finally came Thursday. December IL.
ii1S. More thnn 1000 people had gath
cred In the old South Church. The
meeting had been called on account OF
the arrival OF three vessels loaded with
tea. Addresses were made by Samuel
Adams Young. Roe. Quincy. and 9TH
ers II was resolved that the ten should
to the governor to induce him to order
the return Of the vessels. They We're
very successful Then Samuel Adams
arose and said.
This meeting can do nothing more
70 save the country
From all parts of the church rang
out the watchword uf the Sons of Lib
crty--
Precedent Frcedomr
THE cry was taken up outside, A
war-whoop was sounded, and band
" bout 80 men disguised as Indians APP
pcared. hurried to the harbor. sprang
aboard the tea ship, and threw 3i2
chests OF tea into the water. AS oliver
Wendell Holmes has written:
The storm broke loose, but first of
all the Boston teaput bubbled'
About this time the society OF the
Sons Of Liberty changed its name into
the Sons Of st. Tarmina,' and after
the Revolutionary War seems to have
died But when, in 1852 the proposition
was made TO elect a president and con-
gress for life. the Sons OF Liberty
revived and their war cry was heard
again in the cause OF freedom, In
1889, the society was divided into thir-
teen tribes and still retained the In
dian forms, ceremonies and costumes
which were necessary during the ear
lier struggle for freedom of this coun-
try Every candidate for membership
was required to be 'vouched for;' that
he was true republican and firmly at
tached to the constitution Of the Unit
ed States The society also adopted
the word Friendship as its watchword.
In 1889 and 1890, dispute arose be-
tween the United States government
and the Creek Indians, and Colonel
MARCUS Willett was sent to bring
about settlement of the difficulty,
which he accomplished (as he says on
page H. of the Military Actions Of Col,
Wllett,' in the congressional library,
solely by the aid Of the Tamlna So
oety; they entered into n treaty of
peace with Washington, the beloved
sachem OF the IS fires
"One act of the Tammany Society,
as il was called in lSOS. should be re-
membered ever with gratitude by the
American people. During the war of
the Revolution the British prison ships
at Wauubout were crowded with pris-
oners, and from inhuman treatment,
lack of food, and the ravages of dis
ease II, 500 perished and their bones
were permitted to bleach upon the
shores. Repeated calls had been made
to congress to give these remains de-