The sun., 1897-04-13
THE so-CALLED MAYrLoWER Loo.
An Unconventional n Not 1rrevcrent View or
Certain Early Immigrants,

Certain Early Immigrants.
To THE EDITOR or THE SuS--Sir: When an
official OF the British Foreign Office Is asked why
he believes that Yankees arc the most cgregious
asses in the world. he points with pride to the
century's collection Of treaties by which wo have
been invariably tricked and bilkcd. II any
American citizen is laboring under the dousion
that the diplomats OF Great Britain treat our
diplomats with the high consideration which Is
bestowed upon tho highly trained and mentally
acute diplomats of France or Germany, let him
carefully read the books which tell OF the making
OF treaties between the first powers of Cont.
mental Europe and Great Britain, and then turn
to tho files OF our principal newspapers which
have followed the progress of the attempts to
clip the wings Of the American eagle with the
Anglo American" Arbitration treaty, and he
will note that VIC have been treated to penny
peep shows calculated to mako the groundlings
roar. Tho" gold brick" treaty was worked up
very carefully, with select corps OF cheap dinner
spouters on both sides Of the Atlantic, then fol-
lowed visitors from England with conversation
loZenges stamped with "Anglo-5axon brother
hood " tommy-rot.
up % With h0 the ners entire 70 Strength the com
the aeESGr Of % the sOcsled % leg Of the
which sent a lot Of North country pcasants and
to prepare buildings and hsh flakes for q larger
colony arranged to follow the Mayhowor ad-
venturers. With the laundering and founder
ing usual with British diplomats. who never
deceive anybody save our own beloved political
numskulls, they have cooked up the May
flower documents scheme, believing that a
majority Of the inhabitants of our country are
descended from the. early English settlers Of
Massachusetts. and are as loyal to the
England are In the habit of vociferating amid
chorus Of Ear! ear! brarvoi"
But alas, and alack-a-day! q majority Of the
citizens Of Massachusetts and eycry other State
do not care a straw for the Mayfower docu.
ments. which by right should 20 to tho Right
Rev. DR.. Lawrence, Bishop Of tho Protestant
Episcopal Church IN Massachusetts, who by
% don Il the OF Of the doeesS %
King James !. included all Virginia, from the
present maritime provinces to Georgia The
Maynower documents which are coming over
have been read by many distinguished Ameri-
cans who visited Lambeth palace, and they
grim Fathers, who arc popularly supposed to
have emigrated to America for the purpose OF
' founding Church without Bishop and .
State without King, were in truth, commu-
loyal subjects of the silly son of Mary, Queen OF
Scots. The first settlers Of Massachusetts were
nohl5 specimens of seventeenth century Eng
lshmen, who have Jared badly at the hands OF
modern historians and orators. who represent
the soup maigre of Calvinism. whereas they
were lusty lot OF healthy and sane mon and
women full of good animal spirits. who sought
the New World to better their fortunes, and
tossed of their jorams Of punch and tankards Of
the water. From AngloSaxon brotherhoods,
from the crafts Of Tory treaty makers and the
wtles Of the devil, good Lord deliver US!
NEW YORK. April 2. @. WILFRED PKARcl