This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...yet, because their dark lantern society is a menace to good government, they have no recognition either in England or Scotland. Orange lodges will not be permitted to be organized in Great Britian; in fact they are absolutely forbidden. When the present King of England visited Canada and the United States in ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...yet, because their dark lantern society is a menace to good government, they have no recognition either in England or Scotland. Orange lodges will not be permitted to be organized in Great Britian; in fact they are absolutely forbidden. When the present King of England visited Canada and the United States in 1860, the Orangemen of Ontario made great preparations to receive him. In every city which the Prince was to visit, they erected arches under which he was to pass. The Duke of Newcastle, in whose charge His Royal Highness was, refused to permit him to recognize the Orangemen, directly or indirectly; and there was "a great howl," but not by Rome! There were threats of rebellion--even revolution--heard on all sides, made by the "loyal" Orangemen. How could the Duke consistently permit the heir apparent to the British throne to countenance in Canada an infamous society which was proscribed in England and Scotland by the British government? The free soil of the United States, hallowed by the civilized influences of Catholic Missionaries and sanctified by the blood of patriots is no place for Orangeism. How can an Orangeman be a good American citizen? How can he take the oath of allegiance to the State and Nation without stultifying himself--perjuring himself? Should he become an American citizen so far as outward appearances go and continue in affiliation with his Orange lodge, is he not a hypocrite? With the words of his mouth he professes fealty to American institutions, but in his heart there is war against them because of his hidebound oath of fealty to the dynasty of an alien power which he professes to renounce but continues to support. "But should not Orangemen be protected in their civil rights," the author...
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