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ORANGEISM. 
 
 The following able and eloquent speech, on the 
 PowiR OP Obanobism, wag delivered, at Scotch 
 Oorncw,by Nassau 0. Gowan, Esq., Provincial Grand 
 Secretary of the Loyal Orange Institution :— 
 
 GENTLBldBN : 
 
 The Orangemen of these provinces have not any- 
 thing to fear, if all who have been initiated remain 
 united in resisting aggressions. They are numeri- 
 cally sufficiently strong ; they are, on the whole, 
 sufficiently wealthy; they have powerful enough 
 military and civil representation to procure justice 
 and resist every species of tyranny, if they only 
 present an unbroken front to the enemy. Mightier 
 than giants are Orangemen ; let them once rouse 
 themselves in the strength of their majesty, and thev 
 could laugh at the spear, and sword, and the cannon • 
 but they are a quiet people, bearing injuries without 
 retahation; suffering scorn withcut revilicg the 
 scoffer. But our victory is to come aud la sure. 
 Then it will be confessed, as it is now felt that 
 Orangemen are men of high estate, .of strength and 
 of dignity. There never will be a time when the 
 order shiU be bereft of mighty champions. Up to 
 the latest epoch of time, the order will endure in all 
 itfl omnipotence and immutability and sovereignty. 
 All the hosts of Rome shall never be able to 'van- 
 quish the small band of William's followers Rouse 
 up, then, brethren ! Shall we sleep while our chiefs 
 
are being dishonored, while our pricciples are being 
 despised, and while our enemies are grinning in our 
 very teeth? Are the enemies of God and liberty 
 sleeping ? No ; certainly not. Up, then, brothers ! 
 qait you like men. Tell your enemies, that as 
 there is nothing that burns so well as that soft 
 substance oil, so there is no one so furious when 
 roused as the quiet Orangeman. Orangeism is yet 
 young. It had acquired its present power by the 
 spontaneous rallying to its standard of the people 
 rather than by the efforts of interested parties. 
 Our members have come to us Yoluutarily from both 
 of the great political parties ; th<? activo opposition 
 of which it naturally would and did incur. The 
 masses of neither of the political organizations are 
 really hostile to the principlee of Orangeism ; but 
 the leaders of both were fearful of their dethrone- 
 ment, and, therefore, persecuted it, like a dog that 
 steals into a house, and, after eating a good hearty 
 meal of stolen food, lies down to sleep on a carpeted 
 floor, when be gets his tail pinched by a gent's boot, 
 jumps up to ** bow, wow," at every one in the room I 
 So the leaders of both political parties, feeling them- 
 selves pinched by Orangeism, go about the country 
 barking at the Order. Neverthelees, the Orange 
 Institution, after trials of a character, length and 
 severity, totally unexampled in the annals of any 
 other Institution, has at length achieved a renown 
 which has given its members a just confidence in 
 itself. In proof of this, I need only refer to the 
 fact that the Toronto Ztackr tewppaper, of June, 
 18C8, in an editorial article on the Power of the 
 Order, says!— 
 
 '* The proceedings of such a body as the Grand 
 Orange Lodge of British America cannot be ignored 
 by the journalist, whatever may be the complexion 
 of the political views which he holds. An election of 
 
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 the principal officers of the Order is, at this moment, 
 the more important from the fact that the question 
 yras made to^assume the shape of a party contest. It 
 ia no secret that, at the late general election, the 
 Orange party lost the unity which it possessed on 
 most former occasions. Both parties to the contest, 
 in Upper Canada, played for Orange support ; by 
 both Orangeism was patronized. A new element 
 had, of late, grown up in the Order. Persons who 
 had no real sympathies with it had joined the Order, 
 for political purposes. There were Canadian Orange- 
 men, Scotch Orangemen, and English Orangemen. 
 These were expected to give a good account of 
 themselves at the general election. In this way, the 
 unity of the Order was partly broken; and its 
 strength w^ divided in favor of the two opposing 
 parties, in*he electoral battle. The element thus 
 recently imported into the Order was striving for 
 the mastery ; and a scheme was set on foot for giv- 
 ing it a preponderance in the Grand Lodge of British 
 America, at the annual meeting, which assembled, 
 the other day, at London. The battle was to be 
 fought on party grounds. The question was to be 
 made ministerial or anti-mis isterial. Who was to 
 be the Opposition candidate for Grand Master ? That 
 was the difficulty. Hon. J. H. Cameron was pitched 
 upon ; but it was soon discovered that he had not 
 advanced to those degrees which constitute eligi- 
 bility ; and some accident intervened to prevent a 
 special dispensation in his favor. He was, therefore, 
 out of the pale. Other names were canvassed ; but 
 a great difficulty presented itself. No respectable 
 man, with a chance of election, could be found. 
 
 ** The list of the officers elect proves that those 
 
 who sought to make the election an occasion of 
 
 . party victory, have sustained a party defeat. They 
 
 were unable to present a single man whose election 
 
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 could be secured. The late Grand Master was re- 
 elected. Mr. Ferguson, M.P.P., and Dr. Hamilton, 
 are the Deputy Grand Masters. Mr. Nassau 0. 
 GowAN is Grand Secretary, and Rev. Dr. Lktt, 
 Grand Chaplain* 
 
 *' What the result of these elections may be on the 
 intrusive party, which has sustained a signal defeat, 
 remains to be seen. Will they abandon their efforts 
 to make the Orange organization subservient to their 
 purposes, or redouble their effort ? Will defeat settle 
 their pretensions or spur them oa to new exertions ? 
 However this may be, it is certain that Mr. Brown 
 has wooed the Orange party to little purpose. His 
 favorite candidates did, it is true, obtain some stray 
 votes in a few counties at the general election, 
 through the aid of deserters like Mr. Holland and 
 the redoubtable Oaptain Moodie. No doubt the 
 influence thus thrown into the scale turned the 
 election in more than one constituency. It made 
 Mr. Brown one of the representatives of Toronto. 
 It secured the return of Mr. Notman in North 
 Wentworth. It helped to displace Mr. Oaylkt in 
 Huron. All this, and more than this, the Olear 
 Grits gained by the obsequious, fulsome and unnatu- 
 ral court they paid to Orangeism. A game which 
 had thus brought a partial success must be pursued 
 until the full control of the organisation was secured ; 
 until the machinery which it affords can be placed 
 entirely in the hands of the intruders who were 
 seeking to turn to their own use an engine which 
 they did not despise only on account of its formidabe 
 character, there would be work to be done. The 
 great point was to secure the principal offices, at the 
 annual election. For that purpose no effort was 
 spared by the few supporters of the Clear Grit leader. 
 The result is utter and hopeless failure, Doea it 
 point to no conclusion affecting the prcspects of 
 
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parties in Upper Canada? We think it does. Unleas 
 Bome reaction had occurred, the result of the elec- 
 tion of ofiBcers would have shown some sympathy 
 with the party which played such fulsome and dis- 
 gusting court to Orangeism at the late election? 
 Fulsome because insincere, and disgusting on ac- 
 count of the excess of its meanness. If we look at 
 the partial success then, and the utter defeat now, 
 it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that a sweep- 
 ing reaction has taken place. That reaction is like 
 a dark cloud hovering over the prospects of Clear 
 Grit politicians. It is the presage of their future 
 isolation ; and to them isolation is destruction. In 
 this view, the result of the election of officers by 
 the Grand Orange Lodge of British America is emi- 
 nently prophetic ; and in its bearing en the future 
 of political parties is far from unimportant" 
 
 Says the Huron Signal^ of date January 21st, 1869, 
 and which is edited by a Mr. McQueen, one of the 
 staunchest opponents of Orangeism :— ** We acknow- 
 ledge your power and influence in the elections of 
 the country." The great efforts put forth at every 
 election to secure our support is a clear proof of the 
 power of Orangeism. But it is not merely the num- 
 bers of the Order that give the principles of Orange- 
 ism^ the influence and extensive power in the country 
 which they now hold. It is the steady adherence to 
 their principles, in spite of the many political blan- 
 dishments made to Orangemen by interested poli- 
 ticians and public jobbers. This is what has given 
 us weight with all men who respect an honest pur- 
 pose. The Order has now gathered within its shelter- 
 ing fold such an immense proportion of the male 
 adult loyal Protestant population of the whole 
 Empure, and has elevated itself to such a position 
 in the nation, that the eyes of all classes of the 
 people are fixed upon it. The vastnees of the Order, 
 
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 and the station in life of its leading men, warrant 
 the supposition, that its efforts to accomplish the 
 clearly defined and legitimate objects, cannot but 
 prove successful. ' With Orangemen, more than any 
 other class in the country, union is strength. The 
 great safeguard of our liberties is unity of action, 
 honesty of thought, and singleness of purpose. The 
 Orangeman who does not think so, has only to look 
 around him and behind him, to investigate the 
 causes which have led to Orange proscription in 
 America, to the expatriation of our Irish brethren 
 from their green and fertile native land, to be con- 
 vinced of the truth of this. In some places 
 Orangemen are not sufficiently numerous or influen- 
 tial to protect themselves by union. They are 
 obliged to beg a scanty share of freedom for their 
 Order and its institutions, by dividing their strength 
 among political parties, so as to fi:ain from the 
 friendship of a stranger what their own right arm 
 «annot achieve. In Prince Edward Island, in New 
 Brunswick, in Nova Scotia, and in Western Canada, 
 however, we have only to be united, to pull together 
 heartily and with a will, and no government, or 
 number of men, can have power to isjure us. To 
 such a powerful body as the Orangemen in the Pro- 
 vinces named, not anything that it attempts can 
 prove impossible. With the Order in any of the 
 above named Provinces to will is to do. It only 
 requires active co-operation on the part of Orange* 
 men generally to effect any purpose decided upon 
 by the authorities of the Order. Let this be given, 
 and the result of the effort will be placed beyond a 
 doubt. Mr. T. D*Arcy McGee would fain make bis 
 dup'^s believe that Orangeism, since his advent to 
 Pa4iiament, has received a check — is, in point of 
 fact, dying out. Indeed, from the tone of some of 
 his remarks, one would fancy that the Orange party 
 
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 in the Houso of Parliament was dead, and burled, 
 and petrified into a fo8Bil. Tet, strange to eaj, 
 this same Mr. McGee and bis minions appear to feel 
 a good share of uneasiness about this dread Orange- 
 ism. I would be surprised at the amount of exoite« 
 ment they experience over Orangeism, were it not 
 that I know they belong to the tribe of super- 
 Btitienists and ghost seers. I beg, however, to 
 assure them, that if Orangeism is dead, it is harm- 
 lees, and therefore they need not be so disquieted. I 
 desire to inform this Goliab of Romanism, who 
 boastingly threatens us with his 800,000 Pope- 
 Boldiere, that the little David of Orangeism still 
 lives— that the great principles which brought the 
 Order into being are not obsolete — they have as 
 much vitality and importance now as they ever had. 
 In speaking of Orange power, I have, of course, 
 regard to the fact that the provinces of Canada are 
 united ; were we split asunder Orangemen in the 
 East would have little guarantee for their liberties. 
 But the two provinces are joined, and a very con- 
 siderable majority of the Protestants of both pro* 
 vinces profess the principles Orangeism, revere our 
 sacred history, and would die to protect our Lodges 
 from profanation. It is quite true that our Lower 
 Canadian brethren live in the midst of a people easily 
 aroused to fanaticism in our regard. It is tiue that 
 the Government fn quently pursues towards us a 
 galling and unpatriotic course of conduct. But the 
 remedy lies in a closer union, and a closer sympathy 
 with the sufferings of one another — a closer union 
 with our brethren who are separated from us by the 
 River Ottawa — a more skilful, wise and liberal course 
 of action with regard to those who differ from ug in 
 religion. Above all, the idea conveyed by a word 
 we cannot too frequently repeat, union I union ! I 
 UNION 1 1 1 Our Order has, with unexampled celerity 
 
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 of progresi, taken its place, in all the attributes of 
 intellect, morals, religion, power, and honor, on an 
 acknowledged equality with the moat ancient and 
 most popular associations which now exist. Let us 
 aiwaya put forth our growing power on the sido of 
 virtue and of right—let us condemn wrong— ao- 
 prove the good-let us aid the needy here, and 
 cheer the sad there— let us strive in all things to 
 overcome evil with good— theu will the battles of 
 Orangeism be galas of victories, all of them rich in 
 the tearless, bloodless spoils of peace. How far the 
 power of the Institution is to bo felt in the future 
 depends, m my opinion, more upon the wisdom and 
 tHe purity of its counsels, than the assaults of the 
 enemies of the Order j because Orangeism is now 
 so firmly fortified in public favor— so conservative 
 systematic, and effective in its organization— so 
 numerous in its membership— so abundant in its 
 resources, and so just in its objects and in the 
 means by which its objects are sought, that it can 
 afford to look with comparative contempt upon the 
 combined elTorts of Rebels and Romanists to anni- 
 hilate Its existence, or even to retard its influence 
 and onward march. In every period and circum- 
 stance of its history, we behold dignitv and eleva- 
 tion, blended with love and piety— som'othing which, 
 though it awakens the admiration of Britons yet 
 attracts their confidence. In Orangeism is piwer, 
 but It 18 a power wiiicb is rather the security of the 
 freedom-loving than their dread— a power softened 
 by rehgioF, and soothinsr, while it awes. And yet 
 m the Order, with all the gentleness of a maiden* 
 we heboid an heroic firmness which no terrors can 
 shake, and no opposition can restrain. This union 
 ot opposite qualities constitutes indeed one of the 
 distinguishing beauties of Orangeism. It presents 
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 fi;« ajfi.^ ''^J'l®' 1.^*^. ^'a"ge»8«i been governed by 
 the soft and healing influences of gcntlAnegg and 
 compassion, it never could havo* accompliebed a 
 work which, at least in its origin, demanded the 
 most determined efforts of actize zeal and fortitude, 
 i^et It, however, be distinctly remembered that the 
 Orange Lodges are formed, not for aggrooaive, but 
 for defensive powers. Orangemen are the siorn 
 defenders of rational libcrty-of freedom of con- 
 science-of the right of all men to worship God in 
 the manner they think best. Genuine Orangeism 
 attempts not to force any man to a faith in our 
 opinions. Liberty we will have, or die in the stnv^gle 
 font. But liberty should be enjoyed by all alFke; 
 by the Roman Catholic as well as by the Pre stant 
 therefore if our principles are rightly understood 
 we snail be found equally the friend of the Roman 
 Catholic and the Protestant: we wiH never allow 
 the former to persecute ns, nor will we ever seek 
 to perpecnte them. As a mixed people we should 
 .I,IJ\ ^i*.^® ®°^ harmony ; and our Society is 
 established to accomplish this desirable end. Wo 
 cannot admit the most obscure subject to be de- 
 prived of his liberty, or persecuted for his faith^s 
 Bake, without employing the whole weight of our 
 influence against his unconstitutional treatment. 
 Orangeism will thua be seen to be, by all impartial 
 men of research, honest and virtuous, exalted and 
 noble, useful and necessary, and every true patriot 
 and philanthropist should wish us God speed. Some 
 point us to the secession or split of 1853, as a proof 
 that the Order can, at the will of its chiefs, be dis- 
 united, and thereby be rendered powerless for good 
 And we are pointed to articles in Orange iournala 
 derogatory to Orange leaders. I reply, that I 
 attach no real importance to either one or other of 
 
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 these ideal stumblingblocks, for the former will not 
 be repeated. The utter failure of that monstroua 
 Bham, pseudonymously termed a Grand Lo'lge, will 
 forever prevent a similar attempt being made ; and 
 the disparaging articles against Orangemen are only 
 outlets for private pit^ue and personal spite, the 
 gratification of which seldom faila in the end to 
 recoil upon him who is the slave of such malignity, 
 and upon no one else. I say, therefore, that with 
 energy, prudence, determination and union, the 
 Orange party can. and will accomplish mor^ for the 
 national honor and welfare than any other party in 
 the ccuntiy. What the vast Orange army of well- 
 trained, thorou.^hlj reliable men is destined to 
 accomplish in the great moral warfare going on in 
 the JBmpire of Graat Britain, no prophet's tongue 
 can new declare, oo P^'or's eye cau at present reach. 
 But if there is not to ba, on the part of Romanists 
 and anti-Britons, opposition altogether unprece- 
 dented in the history of iha Order ; if there is not 
 to be, in the ranks of those who love religion and 
 freedom, a mightier struggle for principle than has 
 ever ye? been witnessed, then " the signs of the 
 times'' do not and canaot foreshadow coming events ; 
 and I will now venture the prediction, that in the 
 mighty battle for civil and religious freedom yet to 
 take placej Orangeism will be the life-blood, the vital 
 energy, the great and moving engine in the cause, 
 as it was designed to be by its originators. Let no 
 Orangeman be jealous of another's prosperity. If 
 a member essays to rise, let not (as is too frequently 
 the case) a dozen men in a Lodge rise to put him 
 down. It will not avail one member anything be- 
 cause his brother h baS^ed in his attempts to rise 
 in the world. The wealth that passes from his 
 hands, the influence that departs from his name, 
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 Orangeman who was instrumental in the downfall 
 of hiB brother. By no means. It will go into the 
 granarjr of the enemy, a foe to the Institation will 
 gather it, and to the mortifisation of all, perhaps to 
 nofie more so than that of the man who was the 
 author of all the mischief. Orange jealousy, or 
 rather un-Orange jealousy, has primed the hostile 
 guns, and given the power to proscribe and injure 
 us. Alas 1 fanaticism can never do so much harm 
 as our own ignorance, our own intolerance of one 
 another's fculings, our own want of honesty and 
 generosity, and our miserable and disunited state. 
 The very substance of the land will pass from us, 
 'md here, as in Ireland, unhappy Ireland, we shall 
 be hewers of wood and drawers of water, two or 
 three hundred thousand people, to be alternately 
 fondled and despised. By union we have gained all 
 that has been gained in the past. By disunion our 
 people have lost much of tl vantage ground, and 
 we must return to the old policy of unity and gener- 
 ous dealing; or it is all up with us. We may find 
 ourselves bitterly lamenting, one day, losses which 
 it would have been easy to prevent. Kor is it, after 
 all, so difficult to obtain union as might be supposed. 
 Did union, in the sense I use the word, mean the 
 subjugation of conscience and individual opinion 
 on all occasions, it could not be procured ; but 
 when it means united action en essentials, it ia a 
 different matter. Thus, in doubtful cases, the proper 
 mode is, to agree to differ. In such cases, men may 
 take either sides in perfect good faith and good 
 humor, taking care to unites the moment a epirit 
 of bigotry manifests itself. By such a course the 
 public sentiment might possibly be liberalized 
 totally. But to the success of such a couae, it is 
 absolutely neceseary that Orangemen should respect 
 not only their leaders, but also each member of the 
 Order. We must have a nicer regard for each 
 
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 other's rights and opinions. Orangemen, who are 
 the sworn defenders of Protestantism, should be 
 hvmg examples of its excellence and superiority. 
 How glorious for our beloved Order— for our dear 
 country- and for the interests of each other, it 
 would be, if It befel us as it did the early Christians ; 
 and if our opponents should be constrained to say 
 m imitation of the Pagans of old, *'See how these 
 Orangemen lore one another."