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Oin- ad- vie to the iMemhers of the Order v, as conliue re([uest that none o\' tliein sliould conim lo llie t tl ioin.se Ives 1' lo any (Udiuite political nctioii. lest siadi nction. b\- way of promise or otherwise, miuht aftei'Witrds conflict with tlie .u'onoral police whicii it woi.id he riictical suu'u'estion.s wliicli liad Jii Slew t lie furuishin,Lf of inlbniuition by Outport liod.!;es to the Oentral Oommittee in St. John's as to the .u<'neral I'ecdinus of t he nrothrci 1 in e;ich local It This general Address we deem it expedient to follow by :i more particular declaration of that ueneral i)olic\- w liich we reuard as essential to the welfare of tlie Order, and to the protection of Protestnnt interests in this Island. There has ne\ er been an epoch in (nir p.ditienl histor\- Z"*""*^, •> wliicli ('11110(1 loi- so iiiiicli care and (.'iicu inspect Ion in tlie ])r()nonnc'enient nl' the [)i'inoiples whicli we (lewire to see prevailing, and in the Hcleetion of tlio men to wliom. as a (rovernnicnt. tlie carryinL; out of tlies(» principles I.-* to he entrusted. It is our (hity to dechii'e thes(» principles. It is for vou to hrinii' them into iictivitv, hv the s(d- ection of men who msiv ha\'e your c()n(i(U'nce. as fitted lor the JmportanT task (A' carrving them into practical o])eration. We helieve tiiat we ai'e not ovei'-estimatin*;' our power and inHuence, v/^lion we assume tliat the Loynl Orange Association in Newfoundland, acting as a united l)ody. is a force whicli cannot he withstood in any political contest. And I'ccogni/ing thnt power, we are impressed with the great responsihility whicli is involved in its exercise. Whilst, tlierefore, We make no suggestions, at [)resent. as to the men of your choice in the various Districts, we feel ourselves constrained to expoinid the general prin- ciples to which, as an Organization, we should h<" ])ledged. and which should guide your selection. The general ])rinciples whicli we desire to declare are not simply those whicli directly coiu^ern the interests of the Order, l)ut such as must meet the approval of Pro- testants within or Avilhoiit our ranks, and such as should tend to the consolidation and hiirmoui/ation of the Protest- ant hody in N(MV found land. With this view, then^ we approach the consideration of some matters, in respect of wiiich, as we conceive, tl':^ necessities of the time demand n Protestant Union. t I n Wo liiive been (•oii.sti'iiinod to rocugiii/o tlio united solidity of tl>o iiiiifss of lioiuaii (Jatliolic ivprosoiitatives in all political .stnig^irk's ; and this vtM'v solidity lias j^ivon Hkmu, IVoni time to time, a poworlul iulliiomie, evenaj^ainst ii Protestant majority, it is only by disunion and discord amongst Protestants that llonian ( latholies have iiohioved theii control over public allairs; but wIkmi that severance of Protestants has taken place, t\\v Roman ('atholies have in- , variably been masters of the situation. Kecent events, and the present position of public affairs, have brought hojno to us this conclusion in a manner which must be Inimiliating to all Protestant hearts, and productive of in- di.unation in every Protestant breast It follows IVom these considerations that the unit\' ol' h'oman (Jatholics in political matters can only be met and comljatted by a sinnlai' union of Protestants. It is for us to decide u[)on what basis such Protestant Union is practicable. It is evident, we are persuaded, that this nmch-to-be- dcsired Union of Protestants nuist be attained by means ol measures rather than of men. Xo man. however exalted his position, or however favourably regai'ded in his per- sonal capacity he may be, can be permitted to obsti'uct the march of Protestant principles, or interfeie with Protestant unity. But the men selected should be true men and tried men, and with regard to whom the Brethi-en are ])ersuaded that they would sacrifice no Protestant princii)le for poli- tical expediency or personal aggrandizement. Regarding, then, the present position of attairs Ave consider onr unity as Orangemen mid Pi-otesttii'.tH sis the matter of supreme importance, and we hail with pleasure the attempt which has heen made by an external organi/a- '>>ii^S^' tioii \{) |»i()iii()tc lliis I'rolcstiint L'liioii ; iiiul wc rt'coguisc! iiiid ciulor.-ir its jictioii so liii' ms this colliitunil hoclv niii\' work ill iiccord witli (»iii' Ordm-. We scm' (jvci'v I't'iisoii to uuticl})ato liiiniiouv in oiii' nctluii uitli (lie " I'lotcstiiiil Union." IJiit to oiM' IJrcllii-cn we li:i\c l(» submit thai the}' iniisL still regard the proiioimcciiionls ol' tlic Oriiiigv organization, us imposing ii|m)ii llicin diitios whifli no out- side Ansociation can exact IVoni tliciii ; and that the pro- Jiounconicnts of this Grand Lodge arc; to he [)rolerrcd to those ot'an'v" other Association. Our IJi'ethren. then, nuist he i)repared to o[)pose all compronuse and coalition with the IJonian Catholic ])artv. The present deplorahle condition of our allairs is attrihut- able to the Tact thai, without thecouseni of the Pi'otestaiit c(mstituencies. and without their knowledge, previous to last Election, an anialganiati'>j| with J{oniau (Jatholics was eH'octed after the Election, hv Avhich the virtual contiol of the allairs o I" tiie Colony was given into their hands. It unif-'t he admitted that in the councils of the countrv om- Roman Catholic lellow-citi/ens art; entitled to ilu' re[)re- sentation of their lunnhers and their power; and. lor pur- poses of practical policv, it would he as unwise as it would he unfair to ignore them and to iVu'm an Executive purely Protestant. This equitable principle has l}eeu recognised h\- every Protestant Government, thougli not to the same extent as is acknowledged by the present Admiiristration ; but there is a limit to its elVectuatioii, and that linut is pas.^ed when Roman Catholics are allowed tliive seats at the Executive Board, :;]id when all the Homan Catholic representatives are accepted as supporters of the (»o\ ernment, {ind exercise tlicir powerful and united i)illnence in the aflairs of the piiilv, wliicli (lirocls tin* wliolc Lc'gi.slntioii of llu- I.slaini Sucli ji condition oralliiiis as iiowcNists is to he may safely predict, will hIionv a. large pro])(n'tionatt^ increane ai' Protestants, and a much smaller relative imu'ease of Roman (.atholics. At ])resent there is ji'rave injustice done to Protestant electors in the various districts of the Island, and the Umnan (*atholics have, in the House of Assemhly, a much larger representation than their numhers would entitle them to have. As a conseipience of this ine(piality, they are receiving from year to year jjuhlic grants to which they are not entitled, and exercising an undue weight in the aiUiirs of the couiitr\-. This is a wrong which nnist be corrected hy a well considered reform of the representation of the Island ; and a KEPRE8KNTA- TlON BILL must he introduced, which will reconstruct the districts, and give to the Protestants of the country that eipial share in the representative body, which their numbers wealth and intelligence demand and justify. In order to (|ualify men for the intelligent exercises of their rights as voters, a broad and independent system of education is essential. We commit ourselves to the de- claration that in (ulucational matters the former policy of our Legislation has proved a failure. From motives ol political expediency, there has been a severance between the education of Protestants on the one har'^ and Roman Catholics on the other. But the error luu gone beyond this simple severrdice, aiiii has exk'uded to the division of the Protestant Educational Grant liimongst the several de- 6 iiDUiiiiiititiii, (it l'i(i|r;;|;iiil' ; ;i (li \ i.sioii wliirli lias |>ruiriot«'(l ami t niiiiiiiicti -^cciiiriiiii (liirciciu'cs which havi' serioiiMly iihslrmlcil ihr ('(hiciilinii.il MilviUHMMMciit ol' (he peoph'. \ I'lulcsiitiils it is niir (hily to coiTtii't nil ahiiHcs, iiutl t'l |)r<\«iil all <'iiilii|Ht;iiri('s which intt'i't'ovt! witii tht! lit . most ti'ccilniii (if Iiitclliiiciil lli()m^;lit ami jM^tioii. Our Pr<»- tcstaiiisiii lias IK) a|>|n"t;lK'iisi(tii hv reason of increasing I'u- lightennicntur e.shruiled cdiicarKiii, Eriiicatioii ami Pnitest- aiitisni yo liaml in liaiid. I^]y meansofan hMueaiituial Tnion, siieh as a free svslein of (MJucation would hrinj:' ahoiU, the ti'ue Protestant ('nil\" woidd he found to he hest conserved. I'nder each succeedin.i: (luverinncnt j^rave wrong has Im'cm done to the Protestant Districts of the (Juuntry. These have always heen the independent districts whieli, while thev ha\e contrihuted largely to the revenue, have received iio proportionate shave of the legislative grants to u hich they Avere entitled, and have heen compelled to .-■niinit lo an assessment I'or the support in idleness of men less iudnstrious oi' less thrifty than themselve^5. But even in the adnn'nistration of the insuilicient and imvpiitahle gi'ants which the Protestants receive they have heen unfairly treated. Ivoad (Jrants, Poor (Jrants, (h'ants for public improvement have hoen used by Gov- iMiiiiiciits. an s(i iiiiiuv muaii^ ol' i'oiisululaliiiti tlieir povviJi', T\w (linpositioii ol' tlio^i' livaiits and tlio (.'Xponditiirc ol tlu' inonoyM voted in too olU'ii placed in the hands cd" men who urtMlislioiioMt and coi'iMipt, and wliosc only i-cconuncndation lo ollici' is that tlicy arc sMl)S('rv'>'nl tools of the nuiiistry ol' the day. 'IMm' I'rotcstant Districts aic thus ti'chly First : In not i'ccci\inv. tlicir lair |)ro[iortion of d)h i-ohlu^it the [ndiiic moneys. Second: In hcinir coin])elli'd lo [)ay lor the thrift h'ssncss oi" vice of |)an|)er distrit'ts ; and. 'IMiird : In liavinii' wasted and |)nrh)ined. I»y nutans of dis- hoiic'Ht connnissioncrs, llie small alhx^alions which from time to time are voted to them. A remedy for thes(; al)uses slutuld \n-. nruentlv demanded and that remed\- would seoni to eonsint in a system of looal self-u'o\ crnment and if need l)e ol' \()V.i\\ self-taxation. The district should ha\'e the power of (decting its own Oommissloners, witlioni rtd'erenee to the Covernnient. Kach District, should sup- port its own poor out of its own I'oor (Irani, and should not he «'alled n[)on to contrilaitc* towards the \'(dief of patiperism \n other distri(!ts, a contrihuticni which in moNi eas(»s simply encourages idliMiess, waste, and \ ice. The details of su(!h a scheme it is not our pro\ luce lo suggest; l)iit we are entirely agreed that the t>^^\ s iiU circiiiu«taiu'C',<. regard the iiitoiest.s of onv Order as ])avarnouiit over all .smaller eoiicei'iis. and that yon will recoiriiisc tlu- woUare of our Protestant institutions, and espeeially ol'the Loyal d.-ango Associntion, as its principles are ex])oundod l»y this (irand l^odge. as the ehicf objects Avhioh. as :i ])oli1ieal organization, we should aim to secure. Yours in Lon c and Loyalty. IJlCHAia) T. RANK IN. Arf!>Hj (.'hit'ir„i,t„. - WILLIA.M 11. PIPPV. Srrrrinn/. A.))l)KNI>r.M. In order to show I lie injustice doi^e to Protestants in the Representation (d" tlie country. we'api)en(l the Ibllow- ing statenu?nt. The litrures are ))ased on the census ol 1ST4, but tlio census of the present year will show that the injustice is even greater to-ftlay than it was ten years ago. a,s Protestants have largely increased in their pro])ortion ; I The Uiiiuiiii i'iillinlic District of Sr. John's West had I [)opidatioH of I 2.7('>-! and returns Tlwcf Menil)ers. The ProifxUml District of llar])our Grace liad a popu- lation of 1 -"..O.").'). and returns Tiro Members only. The U<'ii>nii Cd/ho/ir District of Ilarboiir Main had a ])o]udation o f 7.1 (4, and return.s 'Hro .Mejii])ers. fhe Prohstiiiil District of P>rigus and Port-de-Gravi' "(had a jjopuhit ion Ol ( '.no. an( I I'etiirus One Meml)er onlv The l*rofe.siai,t District of J>ay-de-Verds. with :i i)0|)U- lation of 7.4;)L retin-iis < >ti>- Mend»er only.* Till' l*ir>lrsl,ii,t District of Twilliugate and Fogo. Inch will show, hy ihe pre.seut census, a populatio.i of w Over lS.tH)(l. returns '/'A/v Memhers onlv AV hih The Roiniin ''iif/i(ili>- District of Placentia, and St. .Marys, with a popuhitior. not c\c(-cding lO.ono. returns Tlirrt Meinhers. Th<' //('//'"// diilholii- District (»f Kerrvlaud. with :i popiulation of ii,4l'»- returns T>i-<> Mcn4)erH. In oilier wiini-^. in llic lun r)isirii if liriLi'u (uni nnlv tln' siiinc miinbi'i' of Mcmlwr- I'l'oh slnnts I'clu ill ilii' r>lslric< i.r lliii-iiuur M^iiii lul IJiiv-di' -Vcl'ils \T).'.',T,\\ :.i;4'l!(>m(iii CaUiolics K.-^