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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1872.
NO. 29,
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April 5, i-'."-:U'
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I CITY,OREGOH,
Oi-TICi; TWO I ; : S I S. NOi'TII Of Til K i.'OilDKFU'K.
u::al kstatr hoiujht and sold,
LOAN'S Xr.OOTl ATKD, A X 1 ) Al
sniACT OF TITLF.S FURN IMIKD.
tk u a vi-: . coMi'i.r.Ti: au.stuact
Hi' Ti:!ii Hi property in Kiiene
City. :l I 'perfect pints ..I t ' .- same, pix-paioii
vit!i srieiit, ea;e. We will pi aet ice i u t !,e
li:V:'re:it. C'.iut.s of !!,, Stat-. Speeial at
tei.li hi -.;ivi'ti to the e '!h c'.io:i of all claims
that ni iv he pi t:.-e,l in our hands, l.i-.u.i!
Tenilers iouj;ht and s. LI. seii-tl
OHX AT. I'.ACOX,
I ui port or ana i)ealer in
f. CI D CZI? EZ-Jiv. ?
STATION KiiV, nvIil-'r.MHIlV, &c,
Oregon dhj, Oreion.
At L'U'irhii ') 1 '((') i "a- oli! sf,ttiil, latJy oc
C it !. I. hj A:-k rnmn, Main- g-trat.
lo tf
JOHN FLEMING,
DI'ALF.Il IX
B3DKS AMD STATIONERY.
- ix m v fks' run: -ruooF drick,
X us s n? mkt, i: ::;"" citv, Otir.oos.
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DENTIST.
OFFC Odd Felhv.s-' Ten pic, err
of Fir.-t and Abbr Streets, Fori land.
Tin patronag of tluxe desiring superior
oper.it to is is i a special request. Nitronsox
"d to - the painless extraction of teeth.
3 -"'"Art i i i -i al teeth "better than the best,'
an 1 rK.'-ip ..- t'ir ch'- tet.
W'ill bo 1:1 Oregon Citv on Saturdays.
liov. n-:f
H. W ATKINS, M. D.,
' SUR0 F.O.N . IV.ttTT.vxn. Ore (;. n.
0FFK v-O 1.1 Fellows' Temple, corner
jL-irst.-ind lder streets Residence corner of
iV-V-V acd Seventh streets.
W. F. HIGUFI2LD
iWstUdished since IS tQ .at the "M stand,
''Miin Sfrcff, Orcoh Clt't, Orrgon.
A C Assortment of Watches , Jew
elry, and Si th Thomas" we'cht
Chocks, ail of which arc warranted
to be as represented.
I? - o i ri n r jti-iii i;n stinvt Tjottr.n
Tfa ui-i liianKiai i or pasiiavcrs.
CLARK GREENMAK,
-SfeS OH EGO X CITY.
tt All orders for the delivery of mcrelian
dise or p-iefcages and freight of whatever des
c.-ipti-xi. t any pirt of the city, bece
er.el promptly and with care.
"YEW YORK HOTEL,
('Peiitfehes OafthanO
No. IT Fr ont Street, opposite the Mail steam
ship landing, Portland. Oregon.
H. H0THF0S, J. J. MILKENS, ,
P R O P Ii I E T 0 R S .
X?.tir;l per Week ... . . $5 00
" with Lodging 6 no
" " Pay v... i no
ORATiOX,
DtUvt rtd ly CUas. E. Warrt-n, 12sj
on tlie 2GtIi of April, 147'Z, at .Mc
?Iiunvillf, On gon.
Published hy reiiuest of many frjemls.
To tl;iy upon the north American conti
nent between the twenty-eighth and forty
eighth parallel 0f north huitude. near
four hundred thousand people coaiaiem
orate with grateful retnembrance this, the
Anniversary day of the introduction and
successful e.stablisment o the I. O. O. F
within Ihe United .States,
t has been usual upon cocas-Ions like
this to claim for Odd Fellowship an an
thpiity back in the dark periods of time
when the passions and prejudices of
mankind were fiercest, when the blind
ness and superstition of Pagan Idolitry
over shadowed, as it were, and destroyed
the noblest in;pui2es of the humnn heart,
and history tasking iu the n.ind of many,
som such theory a, this when its lines
tell us that the hearts f t njen in all climes
and ages, back to the morning of crea'ion.
through every vicissitude of life, loved,
joyed, sorrowed, and sympathized with
all tlie passions that we now possess, feel
ing strongly the necessities of an Order
like ours. Yet. frosi all that we can now
learn, there seems to have been some
great elementary principle Licking, with
out which they were unuble to found that
great temple of charity, which now so
proudly and grandly stands as an ever
lasting monument to those who laid its
foundation.
The moral with the ancients in i;;any in
stances seems lo have been, simply an ab
straction, a '-myth of the ethic code," a
thing of science a;. a philosophy. How
changed it is to-day in the clear sunlight
of this nineteenth Century. No longer a
thing of philosophy : no longer si:nply a
moral, but tjie keystone, o' the jjreat arph
of Christianity aj;d hiur(ati progression,
on w hich is emblaze ned iu letters of
shining gold the injunction that man
"should love his neighbor as himself and
"should do ijnto others as he would that
they should do unto hiij-.""
Uul even yet under all the blessed in
fluence of this i9ih century, with all its
panaceas for the troubled spirit of man ;
with all its benign and blessed solaces for
the ills of life : wi:h all its glorious prom
ises and precious hopes ; with the aid of
all its expel iencies and sublime cxantples ,
its free g vornui-ut and social instil uuons.
.'man's inhumanity to i;;an m ikes count
less thousands mourn.'
Odd Fellowship needs not then the
sanction or endorsement of slumbering
ages to set the seal of truth upon its prin
ciples and practices, but c l lis upon a can
did worbl to judge of the rectitude of its
intentions and the fr;;i!s cA its voihi;;gs.
I.i-avir: to others then the unprofitable
task of exploring the oracles of (Irecian
or Kgyptian tradition, and still in'U'e the
uncertain claims for tbe origin and estab
lishment ol our Order under a rude form
in the Jio;:mij ar;y. I wilt call yo;ir at
tention, first to its introduction iu Eng
land, and in close connection jnore par
ticularly to its successful establishment
in the United States of America.
In England and other countries. Orders
claiming many of the principles which
we now advocate and endeavor (o prac
tice, by the naptes of ". ..ncient and Hon
orable Eay.il )dd Fellows."' ''Loyal
Grand Lodge of Honor.'' "L-oyiil Ancient
Odd Fellows," -Union Odd Fellows,""
"Manchester Unity Odd Fellows.'" ex
isted and been in active one-ration long
prior to the year 1813. "hit while mutual
relief and charity constituted tlie main
objects of their meetings, they made
them too often mere convivial or social
clubs, by the free ue of tobacco and
ftimulating drinks which to us miht seem
uno.,;;a ami strange, were it not true
that
i:i those days nearly all social and moral
orgatiiz ilions. and even church meetings
for business purposes, freely indulged in
Ihe "beer mug and pipe." It was ascer-
1 taineil bv some c? the most intelligent
and far seeing minds of the Order that
the convivial practices of the members at
their Lodge rooms and social clubs, unless
in some way reformed, (which they freely
Agitated but failed to successfully accom
plish) must inevitably bring about bad re
sults and hasten the O !;!;$ into disrepute
and ruin. To remedy this growing and
almost irrosistable evil, a convention was
called of the friends of refor;;:. in Man
chester. S13. which finally terminated in
several Lodges seceding in legal form
from Ihe Unity Odd Fellows and consti
tuting the "Independent Order of Odd
Fellows." asserting the causes which led
them to withdraw, they assumed an inde
pendent relation, hence the present name
of our Otder. This new Order, under its
hi dependent relation. inrred'af.Uv tnfered
upon a career of almost unparalleled
prosperity, in talent, respectability and
numbers. On the 2hb day of April
Fro. Thomas U'ildey. afterwards Fast
Grand Sire, prompt,! by indomitable per
severance, and the goodness and great
ness of his n,b!e i,ParU M:ccfJ0,1(,( a (s.
tablishing Washington Lodge. No 1.. I. ()
O. F under a charter ff0S, iha reform
pany in England. There for the the first
time upon ihe soil of freedom, beneath
that flag from whose colors the blood of
loyal sons (.vhieh eia'n.ed jts folds in de
fence of itberlv) had scarcely b?en wash
ed, the gentle banner of " "Friendship
Love and Truth." s ad in defiant splen
dor over the prayers, hopes, and aspira
tions of the charily loving sons of Co' im
bia. and from thence hitherto her haliow
ed .voice has been echoing -glory to
God in the highest, peace on
good will among men. I
Is it not fit and proper then that an '
event so auspicious in its beginning ; so
infinitely immeasurable in the scope and
character of its good results; so impor
tant to the final destiny of the human race,
should be commemorated in a becoming
and (ratefnl manner by a brotherhood
and people, now basking beneath the
smiles of its humanizing injjnonces ?
From the sinalj beginning at Manches
ter and IJaltitnore, our Order has grown
in greatness and numbers. She has set
the shining stars of her truths in every
sky, permanent and more brilliant as the
great cycles of time unceasingly roll on,
casting away down the highway of the
unknown future rays of quenchless light,
tehe has planted a gem in every civilized
nation, that to-day is entwining "itself like
beautiful acanthus leaves around the
hearts and hopes of those who believe in
the brotherhood of man and fatherhood of
Cud. Away by the frozen ga'es of the
north, or down among the humid breezes
of the south, by ihe golden sands of Aus
tralia, or aionnd the bleak shores of the
Jlaltie. or by the clear waters of the Rhine,
where so shortly raged the storm roll of
mortal emotion, on to the plains of classic
Italy, in fact everywhere that the blessinsrs
of civiiiz.it ion claim a home, the soul of
men. by Odd I-'ellowship and its influences,
are being more truly and perfectly knit
together in the bonds ol universal beneo
lence and peace; and while the wander
ing bard may sing in songs, his dream of
a great republic of letters and a universal
langnige; legislation discover r.e.v safe
guards and. better rights for society, a
tinner hope, and a brighter way for the
"social march.' I can sately say with
those who hear me. that our Order is to
day a handmaid lo every march of fr -e
principle to every guard for society and
teaches as one of the cardinal tenets of its
iiibliiue faith, a universal law. a universal
language, a universal republic, and a uni
versal brotherhood, believing as it does,
tljat tlie day will yet fniiin when the
mighty nations of the earth shall sheathe
I heir s words i;f .conquest, and swing from
iheir "slavish customs" into the gre it ele
ments of union ami eternal truth giving us
a more perfect civilization. a more thorough
intellectual development, a better hope, a
clearer faith, and a mom sacred worship.
Such may I pencil as the great tint lines
that characterise (he objects of our organ
ization. W'e have. also, the special injunc
tion to -'visit the sick, to buiy the dead,
to teieive the distressed, a id to educate
and protect the orphans." Thus, as one
country, one great family, robed in the
garments of universal love, carrying the
breasl plate of truth and the diadem ol
friendship, we are alt working to improve
the social condition, to eleva'e our conn
try and to advance the world in ail the
essential elements of a heai'hy and pros
perous civilization. And when the "golden
bow-
is broken,' when the silver cord is
loosened, and th
ewneeiai uiec.s ern iratn-
ers moss, or v.
l-en the dark chariot of
death shall carry a
reach of pain and lit
brother beyond the
u 1 levers, wo -are then
remindeil ot the lameness ciiliiiren and
the homeless and sorrowing widow. The
breaking of bread to the hungry, cherish
ing the stranger and succoring the enfee
bled. Ib'ethren. to ihe shame of this
heartlfss worbl
e
it said, how iittle atten-
tioti is ever paid to !hes(
a large part of our rac
tender duties by
Then may we
all in me luture oe more able ami willing
to practically demonstrate that ours is an
ioiitiitiiii ;f true moral intluenee. rij-ing
upon the broad and rfoia! basts ol
Friendship. Love and Truth."' .fudging
wiih candor, admonishing with friendship
and love, ami reprehending with justice
From a membei ship of five persons on
the 2('.!li day of April. IMS), we have
reiiehcii and included in our brotherhood
near four hundred thousand souls, an in
crease of numbers iu so short a time prob
ably never excelled by any other benevo-
II !
organization
m toe woi
J,'
-and this
only riders to the Unite
d
tares
be'ore
many years we may say the same of (Jer
manic Europe and Switzerland. Urother
Morse, special Deputy ( Ii and Sire, in his
report to Ihe (J rand Lodge of the United
States, with reference to Ids success in
Germanic Europe, and Switzerland, says
that he lias organized ."since his mission
commenced in those countries, five subor
dinate lodges and one encampment. From
Australia and New Zealand, the unwearied
labors of our brothers are being rewarded
with splendid success, which more tlui.n
ever, since the improved facilities f com
munie.ation with Australia, shall we look
in the future for prosperity in these new
fields of labor, even from the sea girt
a,,
ores of the West. Indes. over the stormy
ocan waves they
principle which
recognize Ihe glorious
stops not. lo inquiie
whether he be a Christian. Jew. Moham
medan. European, or Asiatic, but simply
is be a man and a brother. From Mexico
and South America we have the cheering'
news that in these localities men believe. in
t!
rincipie that they
were not born to
be enemies to each other, but that the
beautiful flowers and s'ately forests with
their mu-ical streams, sweet valer- ol
Tempo, hoary alps sublime. The soil sil
ver moon with its fleets of glittering stars,
till teach the lofty emotions of beauty,
unit" and brotherly love. In our ovn
local jurisdiction v.c have been making
encouraging p-ogress since our last Grand
Lodge. Five new subordinate lodges have
been established and two new encamp
ments, entitling us to Grand En
campment for the State of Oregon, which
we hope soon to see organized.
We certainly have great cause to rejoice
upon the substantial evidences of prosper
ity that prevails throughout the entire
jurisdiction, for th.c souini condition of
our finance, for the many well furnished
and elegent halls, erected in honor of and
consecrated to the object of practically
exemplifying the Golden rul.o "Do unto
others as you would that, they should do
unto you."" and. also, for the useful acces
sions to our Order, compos.;;.", of ihe no
blest and purest men in the land ; for the
blessings of charity which we have been
privileged to bestow and for the favors of
Almighty God.
One vear ago to day raiiy of ns met for
thesame purpose for which we now assem
;le. To some the year which has pist
passed has been f.;il of hjpe and prosperi
ty, while the dearest idols of others have
been swept away by Providential decree
in the gales of sadness and sorrow, among
yhieh'we might mention some of the
brightest ornaments of our Order, who for
years and months have encouraged us by
their pure example, stimulated us by ibeir
wise and cordial counsel. May all strive
to emulate their many virtues to the end
that we may become better citizens, bet
ter fathers, better sons and belter broth
ers. Thus we are taught another solemn
lesson, that throughout life our pilgrimage
is surrounded by shadows as well as sun
shine ; that while we gather fragrant flow
ers for the living, there are wreathes to
be woven for the departed, along with
soft winds and gentle dews to do homage
at their graves.
Aye. and these graves of the dead with
the grass overgrown,
Ileljt form the foot-stone of liberty's
throne.
Aid each single wreck in the war path of
might.
Shall yet be a rock in the temple of right
How vanish and iade the uncertain
splendors of tho world compared with
those thoughts that take bold of eternal
truths and fling their almighty brcts
throughout the- vast universe, unsealing
the hidden fountains and disclosing in all
its naked deformity the veriei; of error ;
laying the hear: open for the reception of
truth'to the end that we may practice jts
teachings and obey its precepts.
Who' is more to be despised than the
liar? Who is more loathsome than the
infamous slanderer? V, ho more to be
pitied than the drunkard? I have seen
men wiio would barter all tlie funds that
God had given them, jewels worth all the
kingdoms of the eanh. for strong drink.
I have at times seen the feeling of solitude
and sadness come over ihem. not in green
forests nor in the fiowfcr covered prairies
where Ihe w'hispoting winds inule music
and warbling birds carol their sweet songs,
but among the dismal haunts of men. in
the cobwebbed dungeon, and disipal
cell upc n a J a'let of Straw, in the g u ret
where w rei ches. you ng and old halt starv
ed and half and naked, lie crouched from,
ihe cold with frost bitten limbs and skele
ton feet, of poor dying cr.;atr,res who
wrythe on the floor ; in fact the fate of the
drunkard is beyond human comprehen
sion. May the curtain be lilted from ihe
grave of tku drunkard and the star of
hope beam upon his eternal welfare with
infinite mercy. Who has not seen ihe
purest gold of manhood tarnished by the
deadly upas breath of the slanderer?
How many good and noble hearted men
have been ruined by hypocrites, false wit
nesses and liars, more terrible in their
consequences than tlie virus which decays
human flesh. Odd Fellows, then, are nev
er liars, hypocrites, oj' driuikards. !;ut
should be. and will be if true Odd Fel
lows, moral, law-abiding, prudent, and
temperate men.
The question is often asked by those
who read less than they ought to. w hy and
for w hat, purpose do Masons and Odd Fel
lows assemble together iti their halls night
alter night, and exclude from attendance
the uninitiated? To such. I would say go
and spend a litile time and read our man
uals and monitorial work. You will then
find that none but those of pure hearts
and clean hatuU can work Iheir way into
institutions so noble and charitable in their
purposes. Aside from anything you ever
read in monitoral lessons, there are a hun
dred reasons, some of them reaching high
as heaven, deep as eanh. Lroad as crea
tion, and linn as the everlasting hills. (Jo
ask the widows and orphans whose tears
have been dried ; ask the poor beggar
outcast upon the pave s'ones ; ask the
sick, the lame, the halt, and the blind, and
then it yon could unlock the flower-covered
graves, aye. would not ten thonsanj
witnesses confront you with the reason
why. as they showered blessings up-.n
these two Orders. We have mu'nal relief
and protection iu al! its various contin
gencies and requirements; we also endeav
or to improve (ho moral, soiai and phys
ical nature, recognizing that infirmity of
the body as well as mind, is common to
our race. To accomplish these and kin
dred objects. Odd Fellowship addresses
itself by a combination of superior advan
tages in aid of the moral and physical
wants of mankind, which, happily blend
ed forms a bulwark against penury and
vice in all its varied forms, mitigating as
well the ills to which all flesh ii heir to as
to eleva'e and enoblo true manhood. No
person shall be admitted a member nf this
Order eveept free white males of good
moral ehafauter. who have arrived at the
age of 21 years, and who believe in a Su
preme Doing, the Creator an.tl Presever of
the universe. Fide ity on the part of the
initiate Is required, not only lo the laws
and obligations of Ihe Order, foil to 'he
laws of God. to the laws of ihe land." to
all the duties requisite lo a good citizen,
loyalty to his family, and lair dealing with
his fellow man. Love for truth, chastity
ai;d honor are firmly vet fraternally cn-
' joined upon all Hue Odd Fellows. With
such piinciples as these, " Jiehold. how
good and how pleasant- it 13 for brethren
to dwell together in on'ty.' And yet.
while we love our brethren more, we do
not esteem ttte uninitiated less, or release
ourselves from any of ihe du'ies which
are due them. It, is trne. the means of
our society at present do not enable us to
relieve the wants of all men. but they en
able ns to mitigate and relieve
the snh'erings of thousands who would
have been compelled to wait for Ihe
promptings of the cold charity of the
world had it not been for us In this
nineteenth century, when gold and tinsel
led fame seems to be king, the moving
musses pay but little heed to the stranger
who falls by the wayside. In fact, often
he is scarcely dead till laughter and mer
riment is heard in Ihe yery chamber
where he lies. Relief in the first instance
is justly restricted to our own member
ship and their families, but when these
are answered, we always extend the open
hand of chanty to others'. How many
widows and orphans: how many suffering
men and women, were relieved by the
generous aid in money, clothing and food,
that our Order furnished the poor people
during tbx distress occasioned Jjy the fire
at ihe ill-fated city Chicago. Nor d;d
we stop until the cry came up from every
being in that city whose claims upon our
Order were made known had been reliev
ed and the good word came that enough
was iheie to ameliorate p(6 make happy
the condition of all. 't hose who are thus
clasped 10 the bosom of our Order, recog
nize the watchful guardianship of an eye
that never sleeps. The welcome hand of
benevolence stretched to their grasp.
With these links of love that bind them to
our I'ra'ernity they are reminded of the
frailty of human existence. Then how nec
essary it is lhat we see 1o it. that w hile we
are enjoying our powers, our possessions,
and our pleasures, we prepare far a sleep
beside those gloomy monitors w hose con
temptation awakens the soul to a just
sense of d:;ty to its-If. and of responsibili
ty to God. "Therefore we claim the I. O.
O. F. to be a purely benevolent associa
tion for purely benevolent purposes.
We are told again, as another objection,
that "von have no religion in your
Order ""' and the generality of those who
tell us this are the jrery men who will not
bring what little religion they have into
it. Our Order boasts of bavins: within i"
membership some of the ablest divines
and the most devout Cliritains the world
afford! ; and yet it. is true that we endorse
no sectarian theology. Shall I stop to
inquire who my brother is in distress
wheiber he be a Congregationabst. Uni
tarian. Roman Catholic, or Baptist, a Dem
ocrat or Republican ? This spirit of ex
clnsiveness certainly should not and does
not exist in onr great brotherhood. It re
minds me of the poor wretched dandy
that was drowning and a noble hearted
countryman stepped to his rescue offering
him his handf "excuse me." said the
drowning dandy, I have not been intro
duced to yon," and down he went. Down
may all others go who work upon the
same principle. Men miy dispute
about creeds, politic election and divine
grace, and a host ot such oilier questions ;
but no man can make a mistake about his
duty to his fellow man. It is a sacred
duty incumbent, upon all. and God will
not hold him guiltless who fails in its per
formance, but will reward openly those
who doeth good in secret.
Men may float along f tljey choose in
idleness upon the current of popular fa
vor, feeling happy that they are gliding
through lite without disturbing a shrub, a
weed or a flower that grows by the way
side of what they think is duty. They
may enjoy the sunshine and approving
s niies of party bigotry, but, they should
all remenil-r that at last they will reach
a port, w he o streets are ot gold, whose
gates are of pearl and whose walls are of
jasper and sapphire, where the highest
powers of party can avail them nothing,
where thp sunshine of y. ojldly policy and
expediency will be total darkness before
Him -'who is to open and no man shuts,
and shirts and no man opens." and whose
voice alone can say "well done good and
faithful servant." Therefore we do claim
that our Order is founded upon "holy
writ" without which it must surely have
fallen. That, its many virtues constitute
an atmosphere in which all the principles
of Christianity may safely and profitably
move. That it has for its standard that
universal feeling of fellowship, which at
once rejects all local prejudices, political
creeds, and sectional dogmas, endeavor
ing to embrace wilhin its ample folds the
whole universe in a glorious consumma
tion of the immortal trinity, 'Friendship.
Love and Truth."" suggesti lg to my mind
the belief that eligibility for admission to
eternal favors will in no small measure
depend upon many of these qualities.
For it will never be said, come true born
son of L'ritain ; come free and enlightened
American; come philosophic German ; or
because you belong to this society or that
society, but it will be. come, "For when
I was hungry you gave me meat ; when
I was thirsty yon gave me drink ; naked
3-e clothed me ; sick and in poison, ye
visited liie." and the great king of nature
will say "in as much as ye did il unto ttie
least of these brethren, ve did it unto
me."
Another objection has been urged that
corrupt and profligate men gain admis
sion to our Order. Admit the fact. what,
follows. Do not men of corrupt and
profligate lives gain accession to the best
of earthly institutions, for which purposes
they sometimes assume the innuccuso and
mildness of the lamb. What human be
ing can search their hearts and tell their
natures? None except llirn who sees the
sparrow which falls or counts the hairs
of the bead. Thj voruJ of our Savior,
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"nave l not cnosen you iwene auu one 01
you is a devil." ought to answer the okjec
rion that, because one bad man belongs
to an OnJer the whole body is consequent
ly corrupt. As to the great multitudes
followed the son of Mary, many of them
not for exalted excellence of his princi
ples, but for the loaves and fishes upon
which they delighted to satisfy their appe
tites. S,o such men. though with us. are
never of us. for we claim not tiiat we can
"change the Ethiopians skin or tlie spots
of the leopard." but humbly acknowledge
that "the dog may retr.ru lo his vomit and
the sow that has been washed lo her wal
lowing in tlie mire." When all other "1
objections are removed, some other one
finds objections to onr secrecy, their curi
osity becomes aroused, based upon a dis
ordered imagination, at once assumes
hypothesis. This hypothesis always leads
them to error, as none tint Uud Fellows
im iu I7 v 1 il ' -' - v--.. v
re permitted to obtain our secrets, none
ut iheiii can tell whether those secrets
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are corrupt or lead lo depravity. Every
church has its secrets ; every family is a
secret society ; every heart, has its secret
cell. Our a'tteniian is called lo the secret
workings of the Star Chamber in Eritain.
and w r.re told that their lyrannious edicts
usurped the Judicial tribunal of the In
quisitions of Spain and France, whose
bloody march and diabolical cruelty, mas
sacred thousands of the best people of
those conn tries. Of tlie Secret Con ncils of
Venice, whose mandates murdered the in
nocent and unwary upon the giobet and
rack ; of the long robed and bare-footed
Druids who sacrificed human lives in se
cret, to deities made by their own infer
nal imaginations. All these historical
references and many others similar are
launched against, us as his'crical prece
dents, in opposition to the utility of secret,
societies. Shame upon such arguments !
What mind in this electric age does not
understand this to be no argument what
ever against that kind ci secrecy prac
ticed by charitable organizations. The
Author of all law. natural and revealed,
whose golden rules and beautiful pre
cepts cluster like diamonds in Ihe firrna
nent of truth, ha? said in emphatic lan
guage through his revelator. That, our
.'charities must be given in secret. ' that,
our right hand should not know what our
left hand doeth. Then how much more
is he to be rewarded who doeth good in
secret, than he who doeth good for tin; ap
plause of the world. Therefore secrecy
can.be r,.Q cuse. for if it was. the impene
trable veil that, hides in mystery and se
crel the believer's last home, is a token of
sin and crime, given us from the eternal
throne nf the holiest of holies. If it was
the family r;nion h'den in its workings
from the eye of ihe curious in all its
sympathies and affections, would be
w rong and corrupt. There is no relation
of human life, no science, no art, no
philosophy, no profession, but has its se
crets? to the uninitiated, iioroastor. Pyth
agoras and Socrates, ail delivered many
of their lectures in private only to those
who were initiated 10 the workings of
their peculiar belief : in fact, in alt ages
it has been found wi-e and judicious un
der certain circumstances to lock up in
the human breast the secret workings of
society Expose our lectures and symbols
to ihe world, the business then of our
Order would become everybody's busi
ness, and Odd Fellowship would loose its
beautiful charms and no more could we
in any sen-e of the word call ourselves
Odd Fellows. Let the inner sanctuary of
our temple forever remain a secret and
mystery to the idle curious, for the Great
Ruler of the woyhj has gien us a prece
dent upon which to stand and before
which the darkness of prejudice and ig
norance must pale and retreat, like the
stars of the morning before the banner
and spears of the vonqnering sun. For j
we must remember that whether we j
fathom the depths of the ocean or the j
depths of lire human heart, in each and i
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an rnings. we can Out follow ana nnrtate
at an humble distance ihe plans and de
signs of the Great Ruler of the world.
Human prejudice may persecute our
Order; skeptics may anathem iize it.
Gold may endeavor to bury it deep in
the earth's bed from which its own washed
particles came. Bigots may chant its re
quim. but you can never entomb the
truth . As well might yon attempt to roll
the beautiful rainbow that spans the
heaveus into a serpents coil or turn the
torrents pf tb,e Willamette into a common
well and force them to stay there forever.
For the angels of heaven wid roll the
grave stones away from ")e crystal foun
tains of eternal truth. So before it. the
mountains of calumny shall melt. Ignor
ance and prejudice disperse, until higher
and higher its beautiful temple shall rise
and broader shall spread jts founda
tion, until the waves from its tide of pros
perity shall dash around the last, citadel
of opposition and error. a)d hurl it
down amid the shouts, of" good irseu a,p,d
the songs of angels in. heaven. Then let
every lover cf its piinciples help unlurl its
banner in every land and clime shout its
voice of love Irotn the eternal hill and
mighty mountains until like the silver
cl isj) upon thy girdle of Ceres, the earth
shall be locked in a universal brother
hood ; till the tears of the widow is dried,
and the orphrn shall cease to gaze in va
cancy for the loved and lost ; till the
chains of human bondage shajl be broken,
and ihe tears and woes of this world be
submerged in the healing tide which
shall flow from the fountains of benevo
lence and peace ; then shall dust be the
serpent's meat. ' The wolf shall dwell
with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie
down with the kid. and the calf and the
lion and failing together and a little
child shall lead Ihem. The cow and the
bear slmU feed and Iheir young rhall be
together, and the lion shall" eat straw like
an ox.
' No more shall nation against nation rise.
Nor ardent warrors meet with hateful
eyes.
Nor fields with gleaming steel be covered
o'er;
The brazen trumpet kindle rage no more.
Dut useless lances into scythes shall bend
And the brood falchion iu a plow-share
end j
No sigh, no murmur, the wide worI4 sJall
hear.
From every face be wiped off every fear.
All crimes shall cease and ancient rands
shall fail.
PeLiming justice lift aloft her scale;
Peace o'er the world, her olive wand ex
tend. And white robed innoceuca Lorn heaven
descend."
"What a -orld of thought o;jr solemn
persuasive emblems unfold ? How appro
priate to youth the green herbage and
beautiful flowers of spring: to old age.
the sere and ycllov leaf of autumn ; the
sturdy forejt oak for manhood ; the deli
cate flowers for the. grace and beauty of
woman. Our signs, secrets and mysteries
for self protection, are as innocent as our
emblems and symbols are strikingly truth
ful. An other degree of our Order. he
Daughters of Rebecca, organized in ISol.
isapily termed its crowning-excellence. It
has been beautifully said. " that, the Cre
ator in providing a help mate for man.
look her not from his head to rule him.
nor from his feet to be trampled upon by
him. but hf; took her from ihe tide nearest,
his heart." the true source of woman s
dominion. There she holds the moral
seep tor which controls the des'iny of man
kind, and thus, queen of the human heart,
she occupies an- ollice in which the great
cardinal virtues of Friendship. Love and
Truth become the "garland of her beauty,
the wreaih of her glory and coronal dig
nity of herlionor.'" The beautiful and
touching history of Rebecca in connection
with the degree just spoken of is worthy
of perusal.
One of the most affecting intances to be
met with ot true friendship is pathetically
related by a sacred penman, in which
Ruth is recorded as saying among other
things to her mother-in-law, Naomi. ' En
treat me not. to lea.Vf; Ihee, for whither
thou g est. I will go: where Ihou lodgest.
I will lodge : ihy people will be 1113- peo
ple, and thy God my God ; whither thou
diest, I will die and there shall I be hur
ried to." The Rebecca degiee holds up
such examples as being worthy of study
and contei :plation ; for the syren yoice
of pleasure, may pass unheard, but ihe
voice of love and alloc1 ion never. Tin
couch of the sick, the pillow of the dying,
the cry of the poor, the altar of mercy,
never missed the sympathies of woman.
Thousands of women have received the
degree of Rebecca, and have honored her
altars by the noblest deeds of charity and
mercy. Go on sisters; mind not, the rocky
road "lil with the "eye of faith you shall see
trie stai1 of hope," eternal and forever fade
less in the skj- : and purity, love and
truth break through the frozen ocean of
our lives, bringing to eiery household the
summer and song of univeri.1 love. ixing
forever upon the broad basis of Christian
morality and peace, the domestic relations
of husband and wife, parent and child,
guardian and ward, friend and friendless :
lor iittd made of one blood ali tin? nations
of the earth. The descendants of Abra
ham, the followers of Ihe Crescent, the
worshipers of the cros.j, the frigid Laplan
der, or dar Nubian. all have a vital spark
in their breasts, called the immortal soul,
which came from the same author, and
although nineteen hundred years have
almost elapsed since onr Saviour's advent,
yet still echoing through these centuries
we hear his hallowed voice counseling us
in Revelation to break down ihe rubbish
and cold ritualisms of men ; until the east
and the west, the north and the south,
shall sit down in peace at the same altar.
To h-dp accomplish these tilings, the world
needs just such organizations as ours. If the
world was only as pure now ag when lime
commenced, and the morring stars sang
together for joy : if down the mus'y rec
ords of the past from this day back to the
morning of the first Sabbath, no evidence
of sin and transgression blackened nature's
fair pages: if that solemn covenant whi?h
joined ihe blissful hearts of the first born
in the garden of Fden. where angels were
witnesses and God the high Priest, had
never been broken, or if we lived in that
age. where nothing but sunshine reigned,
and flowers perennial bloomed, then such
socie'ies as ours might not be needed.
Rut alas for poor. frail, suffering humanity,
such is not the case, and hence. a3 a balm
in Gilead. temples of charity are being
erected all over the vvorld, open
ing the hearts of men for the recep
tion of Friendship. Love and Truth.
Rut a few more years at best will pass
until all who participate in celebrating
this fifty-third anniversary will be called
upon to lay aside their earthly garments
and transmit Odd Fellowship and its bles
sings to those who now speak but the
dia'ect of children. Be that day sooner
or later, may all of its teachings and pre
cepts remain undiined and unbroken,
full of living thoughts, breathing buoyant
and high with hope for the future, so thai
when those who succeed us shall disdain
the playthings of their chiidhod for the
robes of charity, they may learn as we
are now taught' to hate Ihe stare of false
hood, that virtue is peace, happiness and
harmony, while vice is discord, war arM
misery. In connection with that thought,
it is true that we must all grow old and
nie ; that generation after generation
mvist pass down into the dark shadows ot
the tomb, yet we should remeirpber thaf
there is a redeeming principle in man,
called the sou! which d.riyM a'lay the
dark gloom of the graye. or with it ha
can trace the long track of day. soars
among the planets and swell the universal
song of praise, -he can say to the sun,
am greater than thou art. thou glorious
orb of day, for I shall exist when Ihou
att not. when thou hast perished? when
ten thousand storms have passed over tea
mountain tops, when the lightnings of0
heayer? spH no longer play, and nil
natural things pas away in endless G
gloom. I shall still live." For that soul
is the fire of God. a spark of immortality
that cannot be put out. May the samo
spirit which makes the soul immortal
abide with our beloved brethren, so that
when that inevitable day shall come ori
which the Sentinel of Death shall eall for
admittance at the citadel of life, "and thq
summons comes to join the innumen.ble
caravan that leads fo that mysterious
realm, where each shall take his chamber
in ihe silent halls of death, may we go
not like the quarry slave at night, scourged
to his dungeon, but soothed and sustained
by an unfaltering trust, approach our
graves like one who draws Ihe drapery
of his couch about him and lies down tq
pleasant dreams."
Democratic Platform.
Resolved, 1. That we the Democratic party
of the State of Oregon, are pledged to a
strict construction of tlie Constitution, the
restoration and preservation of the rights
of the S ates to regulate their internal affairs,
and especially the elective franchise, free
from t ue control or inteference of the Qenr
era! (-vern nient; ihe protection of individ
ual rights in acenrdancij with the fundameu;
tal laws of the land, inchuling the rights tq
1 lie writ of habeas corpus, trial by jury and
freedom from unreasonable t-earches and
seizures.
2. That we are opposed to every species of
corruption in all departments of the Munici
pal, State and National Govei nments.
That our motto is, no privileged classes
and no p ivileged capital.
i. fbat w.s arC n tavor of a tariff topraise
moiif-v only tor me necessary expenses 01
the Federal Government, and not for the
benefit of monopolists.
a. That we view with alarm the flagrant
rnd open violations of the Constitution by
the party new controlling the General Gov
ernment, in the passage and enforcement of
the Reconstruction and Ru Klux laws, and
the corruption and fraud which characterizes
their administration of ever" depart merit of
Government, and we pledge ourselves to use,
all hiwfpl and peaceable- means to secure a
tpeedy correction ot these outrages and
usurpations.
0. Tiiat the freedom, welfare an? r:ghts of
the people are superior to the interests of
".ucnrporsU ipns, and should be protected
airanist the eiactior.s of oppressive monop
olies. 7. That we favor the appropriation of the
fund air-ing from the sale of the swamp
lands to purposes of internal improvements
and the aid of common schools'
ii. That the construction of locks at the
Falls of the Willamette is a judicious an
effective safegmnd 'if the commerce of the
Willamette Valley, and we favor legislation
to the end that the commerce of the Colum.
bia river may be in like manner benefited O
and protected. Q
!). That the thanks of the people of Ore.
goij are due o-jr present State administra.
tion tor its successful efforts in securing tq
the State the grants of land which other
wise would have fallen into the hacds of
grasping corporations
CiKAXTs U.XPAKAIXKI.KK 3 in AN?
ness. The New York corrcsnoinlr
ent of the Cincinnati Enquirer
writes minor date ot tlie 4tli 111st,
ns follows: "Grant's
mitt's newpjmjiors
1 thit (leu, Anrlot.-
cart dijll v xnlain
son's family desired an ostentations
funeral, and that, therefore, no mil
itary display was made when thp
remains - arrived at West Koinjt
yesterday. It is only another 8iUr
cropping1 of Grant's unapproacha
ble meanness. A perfectly cr&lir
ble gentleman who witnessed tho
immense popular testimonial in
New York, accompanied thcbooNr
jn tj; steamer to AY est Point, ancj.
noticing the. absence ot any mark O
of respect, asked Gen,. Anderson's
br'i-hei" whether he thought theyO
were treating the General's body
fairly. "Xo," he replied; "butol
V'li,e"e they are acting under orr
ders from Washington." Ohis
gave the gentleman a hint, and
walking over to Gen. Kuger he in
quired why the usual salutes were
omitted. The reply was that tho
War Department had forbidden
thu usual ceremonies. The gentler
man next asked several cadets why
they had not at least been called
on to parade, and the reply was
that the instructor thought it
would interfere with their studies."
A Vindication of thk Democf.ct.
Refering to the recent speeches of Sen
ators Trumbull and Schurz and Govern
or Brown, the Mobile Iiegisler says: Foy
holding to such doctrines as these the O
Dernocracy have been hooted at as Pol3
and knaves, old fogies and traitors. Bu
now when danger threatens the citadel
of American freedom, when the wolf is at
the door, the Democratic vindication
comes in 'he rush of the frightenedpeo-Q
pie lo the high and firm ground of Demo
cratic interpretation of American institu
tions. Is it not a noble complimem? Why,
these men who come at the eleventh hour
to render it. if jns ice were done, should
fall upon their kntes and beg par Ion of
the Democracy for the wrongful abuse
tliev have poured upon them. But nlJ.-
io- of the sort is aKeri. lieip us even
now to save our institutions, and stay this
m id r ush to cenlral oesponsm ana in?
gratitude of the unborn will be your re
ward. . -.--
Four Styles. Josh Billings
says there seem to be four styles
of mind : First, them who knows
it's so ; second, them who know it 0
ain't so- third, them who split the
difterence and guess at it;Cfourth
them who don't care which way
it is.
The McKenzie road across th Cascade
Mountains will be repaired and open fojr
travel this month.
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