THE AMERCAN. T DEFENDS THE A. P. A A LUCID EXPLANATION OF ITS ORI CIN, AIM AND METHODS. X rrriUi and t:litithf Artit I bj thf Ke. Jamm II. Dunn, In tlir ( bi 1 sra, M., Tclniih and No Institution tbst civLllztulon ever gave btrtU to has challenged so much ftttcotlon, gtven rise to no much com Bient, excited o much opititlon or called forth o much abuse and titujiei fttlon a the American I'roiootlve As sociation. Why U this? U It 0khkhJ to law and order. In it 'antagonistic to reform" I it un-American, un-patrlo- tier" It it an enemy to progress, equal Ity, civil and roligloui liberty? If I may judge froi" what some of Its critic nay of it, republican institutions are certainly menaced, and unless some thing in done and that ctecdlly to check the progress of that organization and destroy it, our liberties will bo de stroyed. But uro the charge brought ao-alnst the order well founded? To this point I desire to call the attention Ot your reader. With reference to the American Pro tective Association 1 think I know as much about Its origin, Its ulms, Its principles and method as any person outside of the order 1 likely to know I am in receipt weekly of aomo twenty five different patriotic paper. The principle of the association I have carefully examlnod, a well as con Versed with some of it highest oflleor in the country. I have also read the discussions pro and con concerning it in the newspaper, and made myself familiar with it method and its opera tions la different part of the land. All this 1 felt in duty bound to do before, a a public teacher, I was justified in determining that It wa the frlond or the foe of Amorican Institutions After thus carefully studying the subject I would say to thowo who rail against it and demand it overthrow, and a some do call for the punUbtnent of its member, with Camallol on an other occasion, "Refrain frox these men, and let them alone; for if this course or this work bo of maji lv will como to nought; but If it lp of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lost happily je be found fighting against God." (1.) A to its origin. Some of its critics, like the New York Times, say "it was started some eight year ago in Dost jd. But somehow it d id not thrive well in the shadow of Dunker 11111, and when it died its projectors carried it out west," Dobs, president of the A. R. U. says it was started some three years ago in an oflloe in Wall street, New York, by some railroad magnates for the purpose of breaking up the labor unions. Others again say It originated with Orangemen and Cana dians, and still others that It was founded by Englishmen for the purpose of breaking up the Irish Home Rule organizations in this country. Now the truth Is the order hsd its birth out in Iowa over six years ago. Now, why was it organized? What condition of affairs called forth the movement and led to its phenomenal growth? Why is it that its ranks are being increased not only by thce whom we call the com mon people, but also by tho more in telligent classes of the community? Surely there must have been something peculiar in the condition of things to have produced such a movement as this. History is full of great movements, great unrit-inga of the people, great up heavlngs of popular opinion, and back of them there have been some causes. The responsibility for the organiza tion of the A. P. A. rests upon the Roman Catholio hierarchy in America, not for what that church had done or taught 300 years ago, but for what that church through its hierarchy was doing in the United S'ates in this Nineteenth century and in these later days. Id 1S52 that hierarchy while in council assem bled in Baltimore declared that the mission of the church in this country was "to make America Catholic." As late as 1889, Archbishop Ireland in the Roman Carbolic congress at Baltimore in eloquent and burning words en thused the assembled thousands by de claring that the mission of Romanists in this country was "to make America Catholic," and only a few weeks ago Archbishop Satolli said in New York, "What we have done for other nations, we will do for America." A few years ago some liberty-loving citizens seeing that the trend of things was to the fulfillment of Rome's predic tion, that she had already taken the outposts of republicanism, that our great cities, with few exceptions she had captured, and by her agents she had to a great extent manipulated the press and secured, if not for its advocacy, its silence; for the American encyclo pedia she had revised the history of her , intrigues and persecutions; and to suit her wishes our great dictionary had been mutilated in its definitions, just as the iruths of history she had sup pressed and perverted, in our text books; and 'ad made terms with party leaders so as to secure grants of land and money and annual subsidies in the shape of charities. Seeing how the church through her hierarchy thus menaced our liberties and national In titutions, Including our fre school vote in. to overthrow wnlon she wa exerting every force at her command, iine true loyal American formed what 1 termed the American Protee tlve Association. I will brl. fly refer to some of the criticism against it (1 ) Keliglou discrimination. The enemies of the order bring the charge on this, Kiylng it is un-American and unconstitutional to vote against a man because of hi religion. Such critic must either be ignorant of the const I tutlon of tho country on the right of American citizens, else they are play Ing the Jesuit. Are they ignorant of the fact that congress for year voted airalnst Mormons on account of their religion, and that finally congress, by solemn statute, made polygamy a crime, notwithstanding polygamy was a funda mental dogma of the Mormon church? The people of Utah and Arizona have boon voving for these many year to ep the Mormons out of oflicv solely on account of their religion. Why have not the clerical critics of the A. P. A. denounced such conduct? Are these critics also ignorant of the fact that the United States supreme court has de cided that the laws of one of our states disfranchising Mormon is constitu tional on the theory that the man who takes the oath the Mormons are re quired to take, cannot be a good citizen? If the argument of the critics a to Catholics is sound, then this partisan hostility to the Mormons and the con gressional legislation against them and this supreme court decision is unconsti tutional. It will not do for the critics to answer that polygamy is not a re ligion, but an otTenso against modern civilization, because if they do, then thoy must allow the American Protec tive Association to stand on like ground and reply that Romanism is not a re ligion it is polities, at least the Roman ism to which they object, that is a sys tem of the darkest political Intrigue and despotism, cloaking itself to avoid attack under the sacred name of re ligion. I know that some of the Protestant clerical upholders of Romanism say it is not a political system, but a religious sect. This only shows how little they know of the system. That Romanism Is a political system, despotlo in its or ganization, anti-American, anti-repub lican, antl-everythlng that is meant by freedom of speech, freedom of con science, freedom of the press, and especially free schools, must be appar ent to every unprejudiced student of that system. Romanism does not ac knowledge the right of the people to govern, but claims lor itself the su preme right to govern all people and all rulers by divine right. It does not tolorate the liberty of the press, it takes advantage indeed of our liberty of the press to use its own press again t our liberty, but it proclaims in the thunders of the Vatican, and with a oico which it pronounces infallible and unchangeable that "it is a liberty never sufficiently to be execrated and detested." It does not tolerate liberty of conscience nor liberty of opinion. The one is denounced by the sovereign pontiff as "a most pestilential error," and the other "a pest most of all others to be dreaded in a state." Now these are political tenets, not religious, yet they are held and taught by the hierarchy in close union with the church's faith. Let the hierarchy separate these, or if they cannot or will not, then let the hierarchy cease to whine about religious persecution. (2.) But it is said the A. P. A. is un- American. What is American? What is Americanism? I believe America stands for liberty of speech, free politi cal action, non-interference with reli gious convictions, entire separation of church and state, freedom of the press, free schools, a free people, government of the people, by the people and for the people. Americanism I take it to mean loyally to American institutions (irres pective of nativity) opposition to for- ign intervention in American affairs. Now in the light of this definition, examine the principles of the American Protective Association. The principles as adopted by that association, and set forth in the declarations of its supreme councils, and I challenge any one to deny their thorough Americanism. Here are the principles summarized: Restriction of immigration, an educa tional qualification for suffrage, one general non-sectarian free public school system, no appropriation of public fund or puDiic property to sectarian pur poses, taxation of all property not owned and controlled by the public, public official inspection of all scholastic and reformatory institutions, the elec tion to office of only such as owe their primal civil allegiance to their coun try's constitution and flag. What is there un-American about this? Any citizen who is of good moral character who approves of these principles is eligible to membership re gardless of his place of blrtb, his creed, or his party affiliations. What is there prescriptive about this? If it is un American to desire an honest ballot and correct count, that our public school system should continue unimpaired to do its work of education for all, that church and state should continue to re main separate and distinct, that the stars and stripes alone 6bould receive the unqualified allegiance of all whom they shelter and protect, that crlmlcal and pauper immigration be stopped, that every voter should be able to read and write in the languageof the nation, then the A. P. A. is un-American. But it is unconstitutional it U said by it critic. It discriminate they say against the religion of the Roman Catholic citizen. I have already shown that the A. P. A. i not opposed to him on account of hi religion. It clerical defumer know that neither in Massa chusetts nor elsewhere in the United States do men vote against Rjman!-U on tho ground that they believe in the immaculate conception, transubstantia lion, purgatory, extreme unctloa, or any other similar doctrine, but because they are being led by the hierarchy to use their office and exercise their suf frage to further the interest of the church and not the country. These defamers of the A. P. A. and apologist for Romanist have nothing to say about the well-known and unde niable fact to which we have already alluded, that the papal hierarchy aim to overthrow our civil institutions, founded upon the will of the people, and to reconstruct and found them ujb the will of the pope. They seem to be Ignorant of the fact, or if they know it, they suppress it, viz., that Pope Leo XIII exhorts all Catholics to take an active part in all municipal affairs and elections, and to make themselves felt, as active elements in daily political llfo, and to do all in their power to cause the constitutions of states and legist tares to be modelled in the principles of the true church. When the nation's safety is thus menaced, her institutions imperilled and an organization springs up to protect what has boon purchased by blood, is it sane for any one to claim that it is un constitutional? The order denies no person his political and religious lib erty. To perpetuate this liberty is one of its cardinal principles. The fact is It is only by misrepresenting its prin ciples and objects that a plea can be made against its constitutionality. No such plea can be made so long as facts and truths are adhered to. The order never has, so say its authorized expounders and I believe them and does not now, deny any one the sacred privilege of worshipping God In any manner he may choo. e. The critics of the A. P. A. ought to go to the root of the matter. The a ver age citizen looks with disgust and alarm at the condition of things in the nation Re knows it is the veriest bosh to deny that Roman Catholics In this country have not been claiming and also getting more than they are justly entitled to in proportion to their population. There is not a large city in the land, unless per haps it is Philadelphia, that is not under bondage to the Roman church, and where 00 per cent, of the offices, especially the high salaried, are not filled by the members of that church, Even Dr. Washington Gladden, who has so roundly condemned the A. P. A. about whicn fie Knows little or nothing if he had been honest would have found plenty of material out of which to frame an indictment against that church, and grounds for such an organization as the A. P. A. for he says: "For one I confess that I cannot look with complacency upon the atti tude of some of the Roman Catholic leaders toward the public schools, and their attempts to use the municipal machinery for their own pui poses, when they have the power, are not re assuring." Ah, Dr. Gladden, as well as every other clerical apologist who says religion has no place In American politics, must be blind indeed if they do not know that the most marvellous political machine ia the world today is the Roman church, and there is not a politician in the country w ho dare antagonize it. No other church as such takes any part in politics, but the church of Rome does, and maintains, as is well known, a perpetual lobby at Washington, and so successful has been that lobbying, that for years the Ro man Catholic sect numbering less than 8,000,000, has been getting nearly two thirds of all government appropriation for Indian education, and all other re ligious sects and those of no religion, numbering together 55,000,000, get but little over one-third. Such being the case, what folly to talk about the A. P. A. dragging religion Jicto politics. Religion has already got control of politics and the mission of the A. P. A. is to drive her out of politics, and place her in the holy and supreme realm where she properly belongs. A few words as to its methods: It is a secret society, and as such naturally comes in for all the condemnation that falls to the lot of any secret society. It is clear, however, that unless such a society is treasonable or dangerous to the safety and peace of a community, by its principles or methods, it has a right to exist. There is nothing in law or common justice to prevent men from combining in organization for any definite object, and maintaining their meetings, plans and deliberations in secret if they so choose. Much as we may think that secrecy is an unfortunate adjunct to any politi cal movement, if there are citizens of this free republic who think differently, they have an inalienable right to do so, and form any secret society they please, and I am free to confess that if a socret society is in place at all, it is in place against the plottlngs of that hoary secret society, which the Encyclopedia Brlttanlca say "whoso hilt is at Rome and whose point i everywhere." Strange isn't it that many of those who denounce the A. P. A. because it is a secret order, have nothing to say about the order of the Jesuits, the most in famous and crime-stained organization that this planet has ever seen; an order which exists today unhampered by law In these states, and yet has been driven out of almost every state in Europe and Spanish America. Why is it that men can swallow the Clan na-Gaela, the Hibernians, the Foresters, the Knights of St. John and heaven knows ho many more, and yet make such a wry face on the appearance of the Ameri can Protective Association? Why is it that they expend ail their energies in denouncing the A. P. A. and have nothing but honeyed words for the "auxiliaries of the church." Toe critics make much also of the documents which they say are issued by the A. P. A. There is no question but that many connected with the order have done and said foolish things, and that there are sime lecturers in the field who are fomenting religious in tolerance that they may gain thereby. But the fact that injudicious words and deeds in some places accompany this movement is no more argument against It than many a fool and fanatic has taken it upon himself to advance the cause of religion or religious liberty, by methods any other than commend able. Had these critics taken such steps as every honest person would have taken who desired to discuss a subject fairly, the steps that I took, viz., to write to the official authorities of the organizations as .to the authenticity of said documents, they would have learned what I learned, that the organ ization had no more to do with the preparation and circulation of such fake documents than they had, and ought not therefore to be held resnon- sible for them. But again it is said, the members of the order have to take oath never to trade with, nor to employ a Roman Catholic. Those who ought to know tell me this is not so. People leave out qualifying words, and garble sentences quite often to suit their purpose. know members of the order that do employ Roman Catholics and trade with Roman Catholics. I say I know this. But let us look on the other side. Let us go into any Catholic home in this city that employs help, and let us see how things stand. How many Pro testants do you suppose you would find? Very few I venture to say. And sup pose you Investigate the firms and es tablishments employing help. I know not how it may be in Chelsea, but I know of Roman Catholic firms in Bos ton, Lynn and Cambridge where Cath olio help, and that only, are employed; the proprietors say they must look out for their "own people" first. The facts are, wherever Roman Cath olics como into the control of manufac turing establishments they weed out Protestant employees and substitute Catholics, and whenever they are elected or appointed to office, they re' move wherever possible all Protestant clerks and fill their places with their own creed, and now when the tables are being turned, and their own dearly beloved boycott is threatened to be used against them, they whine and whine, and cry out bigotry. While the A. P. A., though founded in honesty and erected upon patriotism, like all other immense regenerative organizations is liable to err, and doubtle.-s has erred, yet no unpreju diced observant of its history will gain say the fact that to that organization, the people in many sections of the country are indebted for many of the official reforms that have taken place in the last two or three years. Truly, if a tree may be judged by its fruits, the A. P. 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