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THE AMERICAN . Of., f 'V I'KU'K FIVE CENTS. A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, AMERICA FOR AMERICA'-W.bo OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 22. 1WS. KUMHEK ."0. Volume VI II , . - 1 , , . ii4y ORANGEMEN AGAINST JESUIT MARQUETTE. Who Is the Central Figure on the New One Cent Postage Stamps And Below Whose Breast Is Suspended a Wood Sized Roman Catholic Crncifli in Insult to All Americaus. J. C. Hardenbergh, Supreme Grand Master of the Loyal Orange Institution of the United States of America, has addressed the following letter to the president: Cleveland, O., July 13th, 1898.-Hon. Wm. McKinley, Washington, D. C; My Dear Sir: The Importance of the fact which I am about to call to your attention is sufficient to warrant me me intruding on your valuable time. I desire to call to your notice the last issue of one cent stamps on which is the portrait of "Pere Marquette" a jesuit priest with crucifix. I ask you as an American citizen to use the power which has been placed Ib your hands by an outraged American people to prohibit the use of any picture on gov ernment stamps or property save those of American citizens. Has the Ameri can hero who loves liberty so far de generated that we cannot find in Amer tea one whose picture on a government stamp would be an honor to the man and to our people that we have to re sort to the placing of the picture on a stamp of one who never knew the meaning of the precious word Liberty? The placing of the statue of Pere Marquette in statuary hall in the cap itol at Washington, D. C, has left its stain on the American flag which can not and will not be eliminated except by the removal of this statue from the White House. The American people unwillingly submitted to that dastardly outrage. Now comes a greater insult to the intelligence of this country. Will you, as the servant of over 70,000, 000 Deople (60,000,000 of whom are op posed to the union of church and state) prevent the use of government stamps for the promulgation of reliable and unreliable historical facts for the ben efit of any particular church or sectar ian institution? Yours for America's Freedom, J. C. Hardenbergh, Supreme Grand Master L. O. I. era f SHOWS POWER OF THE JESUITS THE GOVMMTAL AFFAIRS Americans! Rich and Poor; High and Low; Your Liber ties are in Danger! Awake Before it is Too Late, and Say to Your Public -Servants, "No Concessions to Rome." A dispatch from New York, dated July 21, says: " J M. Ceballos and R. A. C. Smith, who went to Washington to close the contract for transporting Spanish prisoners from Sautiago to Spain did not return yesterday. Mr. Ceballos is expected back from Washington today. I was unable to learn how the bid, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY $60.00 FOR OFFICERS AND $30.00 FOR MEN, HAD BEEN REDUCED AFTER ALL THE BIDS WERE OPENED TO $55.00 FOR OFFICERS AND $20.00 FOR MEN. As the first bid was not the lowest the amended one caused some comment among shipping men in this city. What Spain Promised and What She Did. London. July 9.-One of Agulnaldo's leaders in the last Philippine revolt is living incognito in London and practi call v acting as Agulnaldo's agent, be ing in receipt of constant telegrams and letters from him. Questioned as to the situation by a representative of the Associated Press he said the Philippine republic was proclaimed in October, 1896, and Its first president was Andrea Bonifacio. When he died over a year ago Aguln aldo was elected president. On the rn "rival of Captain General Primo de Rivera, that officer adopted a polity of bringing the rebellion to an end by means of concessions, force having failed. Our leaders were approached and the result was the pact of Biaonabato, so tailed from the village where t was oirrnAd nn December 14, 1897. Senor Sagastft the other day denied that in that "pact" General Rivera ' nromlsed any reforms. Here is an offi cial cor.vof that "pact," wherein is promised the banishment or at least the disbanding of the religious orders; Philippine representation in the cortes; the same administration of justice for the natives as for the Spaniards; unity of laws between the Philippines and Spain; the natives to share the chief offices of the Philippine civil adminis t,tinn: re-arrangement of the prop erty of the friars and of the taxes in f.vnr of the natives; recognition oi we individual rights of the natives, with liberty of public meeting, and of native grievances, and are what we shall ex pect the Americans will institute. For those reforms Aguinaldo and tee other leaders promised that if Rivera carried out the " pact" they would ex patriate themselves for three years and foment no movement against bpanisn authority during that time. Upon the rebels surrendering their arms, ammu nition, forts, etc., Aguinaldo was to re ceive 400,000 pesetas. This money Aguinaldo deposited in the Hong Kong and Shanghai bank at Hong Kong, not for his personal use, but as a fund, the Interest of which-in case the captain general carried out his part of the pact" was to be devoted to tne edu cation of natives in the island. In case the pact" was not fulfilled by the Spaniards, the money was to be used for arms and ammunition for the rebel lion. The captain general never pro claimed a general amnesty, denied the axlBtence of a "pact" and shot several rebel leaders who returned to Manila on the strength of it. Since the renewal of the rebellion under the inspiration of Admiral Dew ey's victory, the present captain gener al has approached Aguinaldo and his leaders and promised if they would make common cause against the Amer icans be would carry out the plana I t - - , started in the As & mrk of hona fide he crfeatea a legislative council, to whlth he nominated twenty iP.idli.tf ministers of the Philippine islands. All overtures were soOrnf ully rejected. The German pretentions are simpiy preposterous. They are pracucauy little more than pedlarB. All tne large mercantile houses are English, which have in their hands quite three-fourths f t.h bulk and value of the commerce. The banks, railway, telegraphs, cable and local steamship lines are Engllsn; t.i nnlv cotton mill belongs to the En glish, and the English control the ..urar and hemp trade. Tne uermans are trying for some of the heavier trade, but have not. capital or creui. There is only one American house In Manila. There is only one Russian subject in the island. Up to now the Spanish has been the official language, but by last week's mail 1 learn Aguin aldo intends, as far as the republic is concerned, to substitute English. The root cause of the Philippine re bellions has always been the steady deprivation of the natives of their rights by the Spaniards. Year by year- security of life and property has di minished. Particularly so as to the native friar in the Philippines. The Spanish friars, too, have sent to Spain all the monastery wealth they could dispose of, particularly that willed to the monasteries by rich natives. Then, too, the persecution of the Free Ma sons by the friara caused the 3,000 Ma sons being lodged in jail at the in stance of lhe friars and loaded with irons. Besides, no promise ever made by the Spaniards with the natives has been kept. Another Outline. London, July 7.-S. C. Valdes, a na tive of the Philippines, who was edu cated in Chicago and Hong Kong, has arrived in London, holding power of attorney from Aguinaldo, the ret el leader, to represent the interests of the Insurgents. Valders says that be fore he left Manila an agreement had been ' entered into between Admiral Dewey and Aguinaldo concerning the future of the Philippines, clauses of which, as they stand at present, are as follows: 1. The Independents of the Philip pines shall be proclaimed." 1 A republic shall be eitablished, the government whereof Bhall be des ignated by President Aguinaldo, sub ject to the approval of Admiral Dewey or General Meritt. 3. This government will recognize the temporary intervention of the! American and European commission ers, who are for the present to be des ignated by Admiral Dewey. 4. An American protectorate over the islands shall be accepted on condi tions identical with those arranged fori Cuba. 5. All Philippine ports shall be free to the commerce of all nations. G. Such measures regulating Chin ese immigration shall be adopted as will regulate competition with native labor. 7. The existing judicial system is to be immediately reformed and the ad ministration of justice la to be intrust ed at the outset to a European official. C 8. Complete liberty of press and ! association is to be declared. 9. General religious toleration is to be proclaimed, but the ABOLITION OP THE MONASTERIES AND THE EXPULSION OFSPANISH PRIESTS WHO HAVE CARRIED ON THE PERSECUTION OP THE PHILIP PINES IS TO BE ORDAINED. 10. Measures shall be adop.ed to promote the immediate development of the natural resources of the country. 11. Similar measures shall be adopted for the development of roads and railways. 12. Laws restricting commercial un dertakings and investments of foreign capital in the islands are to be abol Ished. 13. The new government win pre vent reprisals against Spaniards and preserve order. 14. The Spanish official element shall be removed to some other island until opportunity shall arise for their return to Spain. Motley as a Historian. The world oweB much to American historians. It required the conscien tious literary labors, the patient, orig inal research, the historic Insight of a j Motley to bring to light the bloodthirs ty acts which the Spaniards under the Emperor Charles V. and his son and successor King Philip II. committed in the Netherlands in the lixteenth century. John Lothrop Motley was sometime United States minister at The Hague, where he had access to state archivee that had lain untouched for upwards of two centuries. Motley, before beginning the preparation of those histories which have made his name famous on two continents, ac quired a thorough knowledge of the Dutch language, that he might exam ine in the original documents which would throw light on events that have had so important a bearing on the struggles for political liberty and the rights of conscience in Anglo-Saxon lands. We are told by literary critics that Motley, in his delineation of the stirring scenes enacted under that cruel bigot's feign, is far more accur ate than is the ornate Presoott. How ever that may be, it is an Indisputable fact that the works which were written by Motley are among the most inter esting and instructive books that have ever been produced by an American historian. If our friends wish to make a thorough study of the causes that led to the Netherland revolt, and at the same time desire to fortify themselves with incontrovertible facts concerning the principles of action of the Church of Rome in the sixteenth century, they will be abundantly rewarded by a care ful reading of Motley's "History of the United Netherlands," his "Rise of the Dutch Republic," and his "Life and Death of John of Barneveld." These histories are written in a beautiful lit erary style, and are withal models of philosophic reasoning and judicial fairness. None of the world's great hlstDrlans excels our own Motley in clearless of perception of the true phi losophy of history or In breadth of those great principles of liberty which underlie the historic democracies of the earth. Little Holland was one of tiA mdpla of modern freedom. Had it not been for the decisive victories which the hardy Lowlanders gained over the haughty Dons, you and I might today be enjoying fewer of those liber ties which we consider Our birthright. The inhabitants of the land of dykes and dunes broke the power and pres tige of the proudest monarchy in Eu rope and furnished an excellent exam ple to those peoples In whose breasts the fire of freedom had begun to burn. A. B. lllblc Prophecy Fulfilled. Chicago, 111 , July 18. At a meeting today of persons interested in establish ing the Identity of the Anglo-Saxons with the house of Israel, Or the "lost ten tribes," held in the Young Men's Christian Association parlors, an An glo-Israel association was organized. The object of the association is to spread the truth of the claimed identi ty with the chosen people. It will be the purpose of the organization to hold meetings at regular intervals, when papers will be read upon the theme, discussions had thereon, questions an swered and literature distributed. The fact that England and the United States bear all the marks by which the kingdom of Israel was to be Identified In these later days and that the peo ple are accomplishing the special mis sion of this people has been a source of wonder to many bible students. A temporary organization was effected, with George Ker as secretary. A Miracle Explained. A recent dynamite explosion in a Kursk (Russia) monastery turns out to have been the work of the ingenious monks themselves, who took that means of attracting attention to the miracul ous powers of their image of the irgin says the New York Sun. The Image was removed to a place of safety be fore the dynamite was fired, and then put back, so that while the walls of the building were shattered the image was unhurt. Crowds of pilgrims were at tracted to the monastery by the miracle but the government has put the monks under arrest. The Chicago Tribune, In an editorial article entitled "Bryce on Anglo-American Alliance," declares that: "Noth ing could do more to cement everlasV Ingly the friendships between the United States and Great Britain than the peaceful annexation of that regioa the Dominion of Canada to our terri tory and the creation out of it of half a dozen new states." There is one reas onable objection which patriotic and enlightened Americans will urge against the proposed annexation of Canada to the United States, and tbat is, the danger to American institutions which would be Involved In the absorp tion of so large a Roman Catholic pop ulation as is contained in the Province of Quebec. French-Canadians are among the most bigoted and intolerant of the Roman Catholics which the North American continent contains, and they, if an Integral part of the people of the United State?, might, by uniting with the Irish, German, Pol Tinn and other Romanists, coma to be a very dangerous and trouble some factor in the polities ot our coun try. We do not want Quebec, with her medieval laws and customs. Don't Tolmcco Nprt "i Mne lour lire AJ. To Quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic, full of life, nerve ami vipor, take No-Ta-Uac, the wonder worker, that makes weak men wrong. All dnwista.SOcorll. Cureguaran teed Uool-I-t and sample free. Address Sterling Ke xi t. Chicago or New l or Is your subscription to THE AMERI CAN paid for this year? If not you should si nd in $2.00 by the very next mail. Do not delay.
