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Sue went A mer
it Is said that the jhhs pioiMwe to
Issue another bull Inviting heretic to
jolo tlu Catholic churchfor their
dollar.
YE Gotw! Chrl Manioc ami Adam
Wolf have fallen on each other' necks
and made up. What oilier evidence
do you want than thin that Home own
Wolf?
Chicago's new mayor has made
splendid selection w far. If there ha
been anything hut a patriotic American
apiHilnU'd, wo have not seen him. I.et
us hope that our broom will always bo
new. ,
AN admirer of Henry George has loft
him $20 000 with which to push his
tdnglo tax Idea, If omo rich friend
will leave a patriotic editor a like
Hiuount to show up the Intrigue of
Homo, we shall continue to believe the
Lord I on our side.
TliK Jier Own says If the Democrat
goeouth for a presidential candidate,
Hoko Smith would be a good man, and
add that he l "considerable of a man
for a Democrat." The Democrat
should not be misled. There are a
good many patriots still living 'in this
country.
Thkkk should be no longer any ques
tion In the mind of American citizen,
after reading the utterance of Arch
bishop Langevln, of Canada, a to who
hold supremo authority over and de
mand primary allegiance from the
Roman Catholic It is the Homan
Catholic church. There I no gain
saying that In the face of hi recent
utterances.
The hili r Drtan say the contest for
mayor of Kockford was au antl-A. P. A.
fight, that politic did not enter Into
the fight, and that the defeat of HutcV
in would moan the death of tho
order. Hutchln wa defeated by fifty
five votes. So we suppose the A. P. A.
will lay right down and d,e in Hook
ford. My! what a victory that was for
tho anti-A. P. A. crowd! They had
every paper published In Kockford with
them, every Homan Cat hoi to, every
man who favored running the town
wide open, tho Chicago papers the
dallies all favored their side, and their
candidate was the agetn of the great
est corporation In the city the Illinois
Central Railwayso It' a wonder ttiey
won at all.
C. C. Hitter, who camo to this
country in 1S04, and who secured a
position through the Influence of I.
Wilkes Booth, has given out the state
ment that the assassin, Booth, who
shot Abraham Lincoln, was not killed
by Boston Corbett, but that he escaped
to South America through hi and other
friends' help. He claim that the man
killed was Ed. Fuchs, an actor who re
sembled Booth. If Hitter' story i not
purely Imaginary, he should be stretch
ing hemp at sun-up tomorro mornirg.
It may be a scheme of the Homan
church to have some one impersonate
Booth, write a letter exonerating the
Jesuits, and acknowledge all the blame.
It would be like her.
Just think of It! Rosewater Is go
ing to make U9 ashamed to look our
family in the face. Wouldn't that be
awful! What a power that piece of a
man called Rosewater is! Why, be
impeached Judge Scott, he got his
brother at the head of the board of
public works, he defeated the fire and
police bill in hi mind. Poor old
Rosey! But don't let these reverses
prey on your mind, Hosey. You're man
enough to whip the A. P. A. yet, even
if part of your anatomy Is not in this
country. But say, Rosey, what are you?
Are you a Jew or a Bohemian? We
were talking with some Protestant
Bohemians one day and referred to
you as one of their people, an I, bless
jour life, Hosey! we thought they were
going to do u bodily harm before we
xuld apologize. A few days later a
prominent Jew came into our office and
began to berate and abuse you. We
remonstrated, and called his attention
to the fact that you were a brother Jew
that the Bohemians had said so and
people who were in the office thought
v that Jew had gone crazy because of his
yiolent denunciation of you. So, Rosey,
what are you? Don't be backward
what are you, an apostate Jew or a
Homan Bohemian?
STUNG HIM TO THE QUiCK.
The M-lf ctMifcau d llhelvr and jail
bird whodocn bulnc at Seventeenth
and Vnara under the alleged wm ie
plum of K. HivewaU r wh- real came
U 14 t be Konaer ha, after
four year of alienee, acknowlcdtf.Hj
throitga th column f hi detestable
and untruthful heel that there a
paHr !nt maha called TliE AMEHICA S.
Our reference to a charge which had
been made that he bad bn a rebel
f) fctung hlsn to the quick, and he
hastened U aure hi few reader that
he wa adjudged not guilty of the
charge. The edlt.tr of this paper doe
not doubt but what year ago lUse-waU-r
was able to find a court which
would clear hira of any charge, but ho
must remember that ho is now only
governor of Nebraska and Mayor of the
city of Omaha. Uu U not the judiciary
also. The editor of thl pa(er doe not
have a defietive memory. lie did not
deny that V.. Rosewater had been ad
Judged not guilty of being a rebel spy,
but he did neit remeiuinsr that tbi said
Rosewater had proved the falsity of the
charge. There have boon numerous
Instance of miscarriages of justice, and
while this may not be one of them.there
is a well defined opinion abroad in this
city '-hat a man an a rebel spy In lxty
three would bo more honorable than a
man who would deliberately attempt to
Insult the American flag In ninety-five.
Prikst Lemhkht in closing an ad
dress which he delivered to the Homan
Catholic in thl city said: "The Cath
olic church I the best friend of the
constitution. Put the papal decree
with the constitution and we can rule
tho world." Just exactly what the A.
P, A. propose to prevent your doing.
We have alway said that was the In
tention of your church, but this lathe
first time wo have seen a Romanist
houest enough to admit it. Our read
ers will find the canon law of the Ro
man church based on the papal de
creeson the sixth page of this paper.
Head them, and ask yourself whether
you would like to have them "put with
the constitution?" Then read the de
claration made by Archbishop Lange-
van of Canada:
'The hierarchy of tho "Catholic
church ha spoken, and all those who
do not follow the hierarchy are not
Catholic. When the hierarchy has
spoken there Is no use for any Catholic
to say the contrary, for If he does he is
no loncer a Catholic Such a man may
carry the titlo, but I declare thl a an
archbishop. I say and say it with
plain authority a Catholic who 000
not follow the hierarchy on the school
question 1 no more a Catholic And
who will be the one to entitle such a
one to the nameof Catholic? Where is
tho society or government which will
give him the right to call him a Catho
lic, when I, in my authority a a Catho
lic bishop, declare that such a man ha
no right to the name? Let us repeat:
the Catholic hierarchy ha not the
slightest desire to govern the country,
a ha been freely and falsely charged,
for we are bount by the law and will
submit to the law, a every one else
must. 'In God we trust.' This Is our
motto. We will stand by the constitu
tion of the country, but we will have no
godless schools."
THE governor of Nebraska has ap
pointed Capt. Barry, a ba '-tie-scarred
veteran, as the head of the state militia.
While Capt. Barry I a Romanist, an
empty sleeve and a face covered with
scars attest his fialty to our flag. If
we were as bigoted as our enemies give
us credit with bolng, we should critcise
the governor severely for placing the
military forces of the state in charge of
a Romanist, but we are one who be
lieves no hot or, no emoluments 0? office,
can ever compensate the men who took
up arms in defense of this Union, and
that they deserve all they get, and
should Capt. Barry, after proving his
loyalty once, forget his duty to his
country, the blow to Romanism would
be greater than ono can estimate. For
that reason we are willing to trust the
militia In Barry' hands. He knows
that the citizens of this state will watch
his every act, and that one move which
would Indicate that his allegiance wa
primarily to the pope would forever
dishonor that sleeve and those scars,
and bow down hi gray head in shame.
For some time Mr. Callaham em
ployed Friend Trumbell in his restaur
ant at Grand Island, but recently let
him out for the reason that he was a
member of the A. P. A. Trumbell's
discharge.it is said, was encompassed
by Foley, the saloonkeeper, and Servls,
a policeman, who is a sympathizer with
Rome. They were heard to say that
they would drive all of Callahan' trade
away from him and afterwards tell him
it was because he employed an A. P. A
The next day Trumbell was sick and
laid off. When he got well enough to
go to work Mr. Callahan had no further
use for him. Our friends who have
been eating at Callahan's ehould not
hesitate to be as bigoted as the Ro
mans. There are restaurants run by
Protectants. What is sauca for the
goose should be sauce for the gander
Archbishop Langevan, the head
of the Roman Catholic church in Mani
Ltoba ha declared that all adherents of
the church who do not obey the teach
ings of the hierarchy regarding sep
arate schools will not hereafter be r&
garded as Catholics in other words
they will be "excommunicated." This
will, no doubt, widen the breach in the
church' political force since several
prominent Catholics of the province
have recently taken a very decided
UnJ agtloot the church. Thl fight
a looked upon by Protectant generally
with a gnat deal of interest. One
thing tjenii certain that unles the gov
ercmcnt recede from It present por
tion there I likely to occur surco ri
out complication at the coming May
meeting of the provim ial council, and
thl attempt of the archbishop to whip
the patriotic Catholic Into supporting
the church in opmiilon to their own
opinion can only add fuel to the flame.
TliK Kansas City Star give an ac
count of an A. P A. meeting, In which
it says: "The song and recitations, as
well a the speeches, were patriotic,
but through moot o" them there wa a
vein of prejudice which frequently
hinted that a man cannot be a good
American with being an A. P. A."
The jK'ople who read the half column
account of the meeting published by
the Sfr would never accuse the man
who wrote it with being prejudiced.
Oh, no; they would just ay ho wai a
Humanist probably one of those liberal
minded fellow who chase such men a
Slattery, McNamara and White
through the uvete of our leading
cltlia, crying for their life' blood, and
abridging a constitutional guarantee
ho right of free s(Kech.
Ho! Fur a Ihiily American.
Minneapolis, Minn. April II Ed
itor American, Ojnaha, Neb. The fol
lowing apearcd in Chicago Inter-iJrean
last week: "Mayor Colloin, the editor
of the Stamford, the new Boston daily,
Is the author of 'Marching through
Georgia.' He wa an officer In General
Sherman' army, and lost a leg in bat
tle."
The Standard i a Protestant dally
and was built up from a weekly pat
riotic paper, which called for subssrip-
tions for share etc. Tho A. P. A., Jr.
O. U. A. M. and other order came to
tho front in grand style. Patriotic
meeting were hold and a a result Bos
ton ha a Protestant daily. This dally
started out with a subscription list of
110,00(1 names exceeded by only two out
of six daily papers.
Now, why cannot The American
become a dally? Nebraska I full of
Protestant and Is one of the banner A.
P. A. states. Now, boys get to work
make a dally out of your woekly pat
riotic American paper. If in Rome-rum-ruled
Boston Americans can start
and support a daily paper surely Prot
estant Omaha can. Who will be the
first to subscribe for stock? Let us start
dally. Let us raise $1."0,000 for the
purpose. Let us start with 10,000 shares
of $15,00 each share to be paid for when
1100,000 has been subscribed. How
many will you want? E. E. T.
Itomo at Work.
Chicago, 111., March, 17, 1805. Ed
itor American: Am very sorry that
we have been delayed In getting the
new and enlarged editton of tho Black
Pop3. Weare miking It so much larger
than at II rst anticipated. Little Benj v
mine (Neale) the Canadian patriot adds
ten pages on the biography of the au
thor,and from Supreme President Tray-
nor's pen we have reprinted thirty page
from the Patriotic American on the aims,
principles and object of the A. P. A.
It Is called an expose but it is of the
right kind as you will admit. Then just
a the book was ready for tho press sora
enemy spoiled a large number of the
plates by a blow from a hammer or
other such Instrument. You may recall
that the first edition was burned while
in the bindery after a year delay by
the breaking of plate and the work wa
paid for In advance. It is no easy task
to get such a book printed. I hve had
the ir oney in the bank to pay for the
new edition for mon h. Have also add
ed since forty new cartoons the best
romvour excellent paper and others, it
will be all the better lor the waiting. I
would like It if you would give the rea
sons for the delay as Mr. lveiiey sug
cest. Will be out in two week.
1 ours in r . 1 . sl r
O. E. Murray
Heard Rev. Brown.
Coon Rapids, la., April 17, 1805.
Editor The American: On last
Tuesday evening, the 16th inst., we had
our first public meeting in behalf of true
American principles. Rev. H. B.
Brown, of Vista, Neb., delivered a
lecture on "Romanism and the Public
Schools" to a good audience, in the
opera house. The people manifested a
lively interest in mis suojoci, giving
close attention to the last- A package
of Americans was distributed among
the people, which were gladly taken,
the only trouble being there was not
enough to go around. Mr. Brown Is
to speak ajrain tonight on the suDject ot
Romanism as a Political fower." 1
am very truly,
ONE OF OUR BUBSCKIUEKS.
Married.
OLIVER GOERNE At the residence
of the bride s parents, No. 400 Cum
ing street, Mr. Clarence Oliver and
Mins Catharine Goerne. Thursdav
evening April 18, 1895, Rev. Clen-
deniog officiating.
Mr. Oliver is a journeyman printer
employed at Festner Printing Company
who has a host of friends, while Miss
Goerne is the daughter of our old and
esteemed friend, K. F. Goerne, the
blacksmith doing business at Twenty-
louria ana VUming. vv 1111 lueir omer
friend we wish them ban voyage.
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ADDRESSES THE30UTH
Supremo President VV. J. H
Traynor Sends Out an
Open Letter.
II CuuUiiiH a Plain Mateiueiit tf fact
a Thrj txM l'uhti. ally-The True
Interckl uf I he Nouth.
To the People of the Southern Slates:
The conditions prevailing in your sec
tion, o far a they relate to the pur
pose of the American Protective
Aiesociatlcn, are such a to Inspire the
hope that our order may find there a
permanent and impregnable strong
hold. The pioneer of a country leave
their stamp upon it; and hence the land
of Washington, Jefferson and Jackon,
imbued with tho principles of Protest
antism through tiie teaching of it
early statesmen, is today the most
thoroughly Protestant jKirtlon of Chris
t' ndom. In four of the southern states
less than 1 per cent, of the male popu
lation above 21 year of age belong to
the church of Home. In North Caro
lina the proportion of Roman Catholic
voter to non-Roman Catholic voter Is
only two-tenth of 1 percent; in Arkan
sas, five-tenth of 1 jierccnt: in South
Carolina, seven-tenths; and in Georgia,
nine-tenth. In three other state the
per centage ia less than two. to wit:
Tennessee, 1.4 per cent; Alabama and
Mississippi, 1.5 per cent, each; while
Oklahoma ha only 2 2 per cent, and
West Virginia only 2.8 per cent, of
papist among their vottrs. In three
other state the percentage 1 less than
seven. These are Florida, 5 8; Texas,
li 2, and Kentucky, ti 9. In three other
states and the District of Columbia the
per centage is very much higher. In
Maryland it I 17.3; in Virginia, 18; in
the District of Columbia, 20, and in
Alabama, 28.II These figures are
highly instructive. But it might be
more Instructive still to show in tabular
form the membership of the Roman
church a compared numerically with
that of the Protestant ehurchts, leav
ing out of account those holding no
membership in any religious body. This
I have done in the following table.
Table showing the per centage of
male over 21 years of age In the Dis
trict of Columbia and the southern
states, who belong to the Roman Cath
olic and Protestant churches respect
ively:
1'kk Cent
STATE. ETO.
North Carolina
Arkansas
Sotit li Carolina
(Morula
Tennessee
Alabama
Mlss!s.-.ll)l)l
Mi 4
:tr.ti
71.1
5.Y ,
44
,V,.7
ma
32.
41.9
17.1
;ir
2S.7
48
t!H
24.3
Oklahoma
Went Virginia
Florida
Texas
Kentucky.
Mary. and
Virginia
District of Colun hla .
Louisiana
In the United Suites at large the per
ct ntago of Protestant males over zi
years of age Is 27.7 and of papist 10.7.
The south, therefore, is safely anchored
in the Protestant column; and if it were
not affect d on account of its federal
relations, it lot would be fortunate, in
deed. But it prosperity is as much
affected by the character of the men
sent to congress by the voters of the
great cities of New York, Boston, Chic
ago, Cincinnati, St. Louis and San
Francbco as by that of its own immed
iate representatives. Hence it I that
the Roman question his become a
national issue, and Is more important
and far-reaching than any qjestion of
tariff or silver. Twenty-six to twenty-
eight millions of the inhabitants of this
country now live in the large towns and
cities. Early in the next century the
urban population will comprise fully
one-half of the whole, and It Is certain
that in the near future the character of
the population of our cities will fix the
character of the general government,
and determine the destiny of the repub
lic. The tendency of this potent urban
influence, therefore, concerns the wel
fare of the whole country, for-there is
not a town; a hamlet, or a household in
the United States to which it does toot
reach In one form of legislation or an
other. No citizen, of whatever section,
creed or party, can escape it. The pap
ists know this, and declare it boldly.
Satolli says:
"Whatever effect tho papacy comes
homes to millions of Catholics, and
consequently ia of importance touevery
christian nation. Thinking men the
world over realize that the so-called
'Roman question' is as fuli of actuality
as it is complexity."
"The Roman pontiff has not ceased
to exert his influence upon secular gov
ernments. The pope with
centuries of experience to direct him,
knows enough of diplomacy to set a
proper value alike upon the promises
and threats of Interested statesmen. 11,
with honor to himself, he can obtain
from them concession in favor of the
church, well and good. "
The concessions desired by the pope
are that every government should
recognize him a the supreme ruler of
the world, both in spiritual and tem
poral affairs, rendering tribute to his
exchequer and obedience to hi bUhop.
Now, obid.cnce 1 involved la the pay
ment of tribute, and our congres ha
long been paying tribute, not directly
to the p.ipe Liiiiself, but indirectly to
hi niiet-ionaric and other agent In
thl country. To hi niiionarie it
give vaet um of money annually
under the disguise of appropriation for
the education of the IndUnsand for the
building and maintenance of so-called
charitable institution ia Washington.
To other emissaries of the papacy, con
grefc, through the political Influence
of it members, give lucrathe office
under the federal government. Legis
lation and patronage are both brought
into play in behalf of the papacy in
order to conciliate the great ma of
papist voter in the cities. And thus a
practical union of churcti and ctaie I
affected, the tendency of which I to
sap the foundation of our Institution.
On account of the p.-culiar relations
between the ftderal and state govern
ment the position of the papacy in
reference to education must not be over
looked, lest we place every state in our
Union in the situation of Monitoba
with referei a to the Canadian federa
tion. The theory of the papacy on this
subject is set forth in the syllabus of
lCi, and was fully Indoised by Mgr.
Satolli, in hi article on the school
system of Home, published in the De
cember number of the Sortli Amerkun
Review. That theory i that it apper
tains exclusively to the ecclesiastical
institution (the papacy) to direct the
teaching of theological subjects, and
further that "the entire direction of
public schools, in which the youth of
christian states are educated, may and
muit appertain to tho ecclesiastical in
stitution and belong to it, so far that
no other authority must be recognized
as having any right to Interfere in the
discipline of schools, the arrangement
of studies, the taking of degrees, or the
choice and approval of teachers."
The concession of this principle by
the federal government would Injure
the south quite as much as any other
section of our country, and Satolli is
wise to secure thl concession by
"diplomacy" that is, by manipulating
the balance of power between the polit
ical parties.
Now, the American Protective Asso
ciation wa organized for the purpose
of combating in the political sphere the
ecclesiastical power which demands
such concessions from our statesmen,
and which has of late been so success
ful in its diplomacy. Our order main
tains that the state should oe the
supreme power in every nation, com
manding what Is right and prohibiting
what I wrong without regard to the
pretentions of any ecclesiastical Insti
tution whatever, whether the head of
such institution be located within or
beyond the limits of its own territory.
It aims at a complete separation of
church and state, and to that end it en
dorses the following proposition as an
amendment to the constitution of the
United States:
"Neither congress nor any Btate shall
pass any law respecting an establish
ment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof, or use the property or
credit of the United States, or any
money raised by tax at .on, or authorize
either to be utd, for the purpose of
foui ding, maintaining or aidiDg by ap-
propria .ion, payment for services, ex
pense or otherwise, any church, relig
ious denonination, or religious society,
or any Institution, society, or under
taking, which is wholly or in part under
sectarian or ecclesiastical control."
This amendment was prepared by
the law committee of th National
League for the Protection of American
Institutions, and was offered by Mr.
Linton, of Michigan, at the last session
of congress, but no action was taken by
that body In regard to it. It will be
offeree again early in the next session.
Under its op3ratlon, if it is ever adopted,
not only would no one denomination be
favored at the expense of the rest, as
the papists have lately been favored,
but all support of sectarian establish
ments would be entirely voluntary, as
under the first amendment to the con
stitution it was intended to be. In ex
pounding the first amendment, Judge
Story says that it was under a solemn
consciousness of the dangers from eccles
iastical ambition, the bigotry of spirit
ual pride, and the intolerance of sects,
exemplified in our domestic, as well as
in foreign annals, that it was deemed
advisable to exclude from the national
government all power to act upon the
subject. The situation! too, of the
different states equally proclaimed the
policy, as well as the necessity, of such
an exclusion. In some of the states
Episcopalians constituted the predom
inant sect; in others, Prcfcbyterians; in
others, Congregationalisms: in others,
Quakers, and in others aain there was
a close numerical rivalry among con
tending sects. It was impossible that
there should not arise psjrpetual strife
and perpetual jealousy oa the subject
of ecclesiastical ascendancy if the na
tional government were left free to
create a religious establishment. The
only security was in extirpating the
power. See Story of the Constitution,
section 1679. j
Another great authority says: "The
legislatures have not been Seft at liberty
to effect a union of church frnd state, or
to establish preference by taw In favor
of any one religious denomination or
mode of worship. It i nd toleration
which I established in our system, but
religlou tquality." See Cooiey :' Con
stitutional Limitations, chapter XIII.,
page
la view of those propositions, which
are undoubtedly a true t-xiutition of
the first amendment, it will hardly be
doubted that every citizen of this coun
try, not himself a papist, would vote
for the sixteenth ametdmi nt proposed
by Mr. Linton. For the many appro
priation to church instl.utions, of
which the state and federal record
show an alarming growth, demonet.-ate
not only that the ecclesiastics are defy
ing the constitutioa, but that directly
and indirectly they were corrupting the
ervan's of the people to further the
end of the church.
Following evidently the teaching of
the papal hierarchy, the ubjectof the
po! in thi country segregated In such
alarming and political strength in
nearly all our large cities that the elec
tion of a non-papist is rather an excep
tion than the rule, from IK) to 00 per
cent, of the public office holder and
employes being followers of the Homan
pjntiff. This condition of affair, ob
taining a it doe throughout the north
ern and western portions of the country,
cannot by any stretch of logic be at
tributed to accident, us many apologists
for the system would have u believe;
nor can it be excused upon the ground
of a superior fitness, for the fact is
notorious that the most illiterate of
gcvernment employes, both in state
and nation, are subjects of the papacy,
and that those large cities where the
papists hold the reins of government
are the most corrupt. No one can
doubt, therefore, that a radical reforma
tion is necessary. The gate of the
republic have been permitted to remain
open long after indiscriminate immigra
tion ha become a political crime, and
the reformation Inaugurated by our
order has been aimed, not at the subjects
of the Homan pontiff a individuals, but
at a certain system which threatened
the democratic institutions of the coun
trya system by which the politician
are enabled to use alien ignorance and
illiteracy for their personabends.
To effect our purpose In this respect
a bill for the restriction of immigration,
also introduced by Mr. Linton, Jof Mich
igan, at the last session ot congress,
has been indorsed by the patriotic
orders of the country. Incidently, this
bill, if enacted into law, would benefit
the laboring men of the country far
more effectually than any tariff scheme,
high or low. And it Is therefore to be
hoped that every working man will
join with ua in demanding its passage.
The same bill contains provision re
specting naturalization which will
elevate the standard of the elective
franchise, and tend mightily to secure
the desired purity and freedom of elec
tions. As a further safeguard to the
purity of elections, every member of
our order is pledged to deal justly by
his lellow-man, and to uphold 'the con
stitution and laws of the country to the
utmost of his ability to maintain the
freedom of consclenca, thej freedom of
tpeech, the freedom of the' press, and
every legal right of the citizen in the
exercise of tho functions oNcitizenship,
to be intensely active in the discharge
of his political duties In or out of party
lines, because all problem confronting
our people will be best solved by a con
scientious discharge of the duties of
citizenship by every individual. We
believe that the decalogue and the
golden rule have a place inj politics;
and we reprobate, condemn and anath
ematize the jesuitical doctrine-.that the
end justifies the means the doctrine
which underlies all election frauds, as
well as all subsidies to sectarian insti
tutions, and all other legislation which
is not general in its character, or which
favors any one class of people or any
one si ction of the country to the detri
ment of any other.
We maintain the proposition ithat of
all the rights of man, the right of the
ignorant to receive instruction is the
most indispensable, because It is
through knowledge alone " that any
other right can be preserved. Wash
ington himself realized thisgreattruth
and hence, as far back as 1705," he de
clared that the time had already come
when a plan of universal -education
ought to be adopted in the United
States as the only safeguard of"1 our sys
tem of government. But education in
order to be universal must be free. In
private or sectarian schools' the few
who are destined to form an aristocracy
are educated, but the people have no
lot or part in such institutions. In
them the wealthy are trained jto be
legislators and professionall.men, and
the most docile among the-' common
people are trained to be priests,
teachers or missionaries, thereby de
veloping In the state an oligarchy for
the administration of all public func
tions an oligarchy which invariably
degenerates into political and eccles
iastical despotism.
To maintain a system of universal
education, therefore, Is one of the pur
poses of our order. In our opinion the
non-sectarian free public school is the
essential basis ot such a system, the
bulwalk of American institutions and
the best means of educating American
children. And while we respect and
earnestly maintain the constitutional
guaranty of perfect liberty in matters
of religion, yetwe hold this religious
liberty to be guaranteed to the indi
vidual, and not to mean that'under it
