The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-12

majority rule would crush the min
orIty. and deprive the Individual OF his
rights, and Patrick Henry exclaimed
that clva strife would result in such a
government when majority ruling In
enc section Of the country would seek
to opprsss minority existing in anoth-
er, AS far back as Governor John Win
throp. OF the Massachusetts, colony, his
words have come down. that the good
Of a community are mong the few and
the wise are the least OF these and alone
at for rulcrsh;p.' And all over the
pages OF the highest literature OF Amer
lea the same royalist aspiration proves
that /, is the most generous, the least
self-seeklng patriotism in an American
to be a royalist.
The adoption OF Republican con-
stltution even in 1857 was done with
suspicion by manN OF the states, and the
majority made express reservations to
withdraw II the constitution should
prove inimical TO their interests. II was
accepted with this understanding. yet
when the Southern states attempted to
practice their rights on constitutional
grounds the majority rule, which had
brought the fracture about in 1861 by
tha, oppression of which Patrick Hen
ry prophesied in l7SL again overrun
the constitution to prevent them exer-
cising this right.
From l5S7 those who did not APP
prove OF republic. considering them
selves cheated in the same manner as
had been the kings OF France and Spain.
by the proverblal bad faith Of the Re
pnblioans. proceeded with their plan Of
empire in Louisiana. james Blen-
nerhassett became chief OF the order
to which Colonel Aaron Burr Joined
himself little later. and even so late
as 1910, when the Chevalier lie Bond de
st. Hllaire, general in the French i'm
perial service, but then in America, as
the head Of this Aryan order OF st.
George, was urging Napoleon I. to make
use OF the royal sentiment in the United
States and Canada, as may be seen in
recently published letters in the Rech-
erches Historiques, Quebec. 1897. by the
Colonel Faucher de St. Maurice.
Many OF this order from the South
ern states Joined Macmillan in 1865,
who had been officers in the eonfeder-
ate service. expecting to realize their
hopes Of an imperial and honest gov
ernment at last. And these hopes have
not been abandoned. The patriotic de-
sign Of freeing this faction-t tortured
PEOPLE from the greed of spectators,
trusts. dishonest demagogues and un-
principled and irresponsible majorities
is yet ardent, and the royalists have
extended in number. courage and activ-
ity among all classes Of thinking and
right-minded men.
In the approaching year the Aryan
Order Of st. George Of the Holy Roman
Empire in America will seize the oppor-
tunity to celebrate at Richmond. the
anniversary Of the proclamation by Sir
William Berkeley, the governor in l649,
Of King Charles H., as King Of Virgin
Ia Cromwell then ruled in England.
The celebration is to take the form OF
planting in one OF the public squares
Of Richmond a sapling derived from
an acorn Of the Royal Oak at Boscobel.
England, same beneath which King
Charles II. sought safety after the bat
tie Of Worcester. A feature Of this eel
ebration is that committee win be
deputized to invite the present Queen
Mary to send her son. Prince Robert
Cheir apparent to the throne Of Amer
ica) to represent his ancestor. Charles
H.. proclaimed as king Of Virginia in
1s49.
in addition to this the Yellow Rose
chapter Of the Aryan Order Of ST..
George is resolved to issue a call to all
Of the colonial societies. universities,
ancient American organizations. foreign
societies British, German, Italian. Aus
trian) in the United States to unite on
the program Of royallst party under
this candidacy. 50 that the country may
be free from party turmoils, and the
people be protected by an established
Independent and all-representing mon
archy. so that they may enjoy their in
dividual rights and the fruit Of their
labors in peace and tranquility; so that
they may have an honest government,
with a princely family in whom they
may not be ashamed at the head Of this