Show AN antl anil SOCIETY LEAGUE wn WE have several beveral times timea treated upon the terrible state of society as exhibited I 1 by the multiplication and power of secret societies we have pointed out the revelations which predicted their t establishment la in this age and their fearful consequences providing they were not abolished we are pleased to note the fact that thoughtful people in other places are being awakened to the threatened evils sure to be the outgrowth of those sources of dark con A christian convention has met in philadelphia and formed an anti antl secret society league the organization is based upon the pro position that the various secret combinations bi so start stant hugly numerous in these times are subversive of free institutions and opposed to the christian religion the groundwork of the abao atao clation is correct but how it will effect a reformation or operate as a factor to turn the tide of secret conspiracy la Is a question rather difficult of holu hoiu tion how can it reach the evil rhu institutions against which it la iti pitted are operated oui oni of public view and can therefore only be under cover of darkness any other mode of opposition would be ilke ilbe a man in the open figh tigh an enemy who was wab secure securely jy secreted his elicits would ba delivered at ran domand random and while he ibus enus aimlessly expended his aenni tion his ambushed antagonist could pick him oti ott with easo ease and safety rhe the rho only hope of effecting any reformatory for matory work woric by counteraction counter action would be by the assumption by the attacking party parry of tae tau secretive policy which conati tutta the chief advantage of the enemy but this could not be done as the the antl anti secret society league auld have itself to carry out effective tactics to become un an association under the same heading as aa those whose abatement it d deadrea dea ef lrus irma it would be in the poal tiou llou of an institution of a character in direct oppe opposition altion to its seed beed almb aima who the most appalling appAl liag feature of the secret abo fao clety phenomenon ja is the advocacy and prevalence of the doctrine of this gu au vis vial upsy parr r qa te tha world orld and accumulating in force as aa well as proportions as it rolls it tokens betokens be the approach of a reign of terror and chaotic anarchy it threatens the peace of the whole earth and forebodes foreboder fore bodes the darkest page of its it history gradually men are becoming the arbiters of human life every hour the gleam of the dagger is seen and the ring of the pistol shot and deto nation of the dynamite explosion beard indications of the general decay of law order and government and the steade growth of individual vengeance such soch fearful conditions grow and fatten on what they feed upon if a society whose purpose 48 Is ia organized murder and destruction can commission and dispatch emissaries sarles barles to reduce a building to ruins or assassinate an obnoxious individual other associations can be by the classes who are the objects of attack as aa a matter of protection tec tion and thua thus would the safeguards of life liberty and property be thrown down and trampled der foot |