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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.
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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
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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.
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