New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-05-16

naturally lead the rish TO suspect similar desi9"
on the presen, OCCASION. ,,u-
Rut however inexpedieat such movement uH-
donb,edly was, il was nevertheless perfectly legal
al bonId nave been safe from aggression or inter-
-, This was the case. can bear witness,
=, 'lon,, rs the speakers confined Their rfuarh7 10
the noitical question named Tor dscu7-io" ~ -.
,rbt;shad notices tor the coDr.nlng OF me ett4-
AMI il was only when one o. 'i' mo 'iVo.'.
Gators began 10 tlenounce TIE religious sef"ii'n's
- 49,. ,,ioz; cifizfns IA SUBJECT upon whcH me
- ;,,,,, ja. for-closed all dchatc,l thar me u-
~ - show Itself. This was unhappi!f III
.rs,seI by the acgrayaring and continued '"'.''.F
of the s-caier and resulted III ue osef'ufHin= u
the platform, aud the retreat OF u'c '.'J
7eerin0 Without however, any personal injury anu
o,cor,nanjed with an apparent determination O" ','e
,orr n, the intruders contine Their eiof's 20 'ie
dispersion oil the meeting only SIthou' so ,Iu .. a.
threat OF individual injury. am mus iiiIu'e ;"
mo description ut this event because IN IL Iies ti'o
- fro,, which sprllrg the most disastrous Iiot
xb;cb mas vet stained the character OF our hepupH
can Government o
The next sep Of the Natives was even more cen
surab. than that just related. second meeting
was called Mt the same place, by an ih"'ii'i'a'',
rot;c. IN which the Natives were ADVISED 10 a'.e'
IN, meeting with means 10 enforce Their rights, urn"
-, b,,t ,,,,{,rafe{v IL is observable that pfdcta6ty,
,,s,,,l ss0uifur ni frBliy, was omitted, dnd sup
Med by the. term gs0derGiig. The whole pfccteo-
I'M, v,as moreover. wrong. lnaSmGch ~ II 'ei'" ~
bN the unetiil- o' t' if'ON' ''''i
i- RIGHTS b, IL own haues. instead OF 70 depend,
nc aeon the as. which, II appealed To- would
~, ,,,.,t have been competent 10 have punished me
ii.utbars OF the first meeting, and 70 haYe proiec'-
ed the second.
used. nearl, ali the Natives having provided them
selves with weapons OF Defence according 10 INC
.nr;- of the notice bv which they were convened
II ,r.t also be admitted. 10 the shame OF the IRISH,
tha, they also had armed their houses for line as
Sault which they anticipated: but II Is TO their ere
dit that they absened themselves from me 'cSunS'
though they gathered in groups in the markethouse
tabout three hundred yards from The meeungl IN
readiness if required 10 protect their Church from
being fired Thus things stood wher unfortunate
", heavy shower OF rain began 10 ia ana diSl'ei'
Sed the meeting, which rushed over 10 the market
house. and in a turbulent and hosierous manner
n; .nlaced the Irish therelrom Most Of the Irish
pot. LEFT for their homes: unhappiiy renamed,
and mingled with the meeting after rs reorgalZa-
ton.
was during the address Of LoYns Whose name
PollItes my paper that one OF I'e'f re'o"' a'eG
with bysandef upon the scurfilous !ogua-e iscd
,v That individual towards the religion OF carroll
aud II LAFAYETTE. This. OF course, was resented
and controversy OF conflict ensUed between these
two. The Native grew violent anG was reouNed
BIZ second lrishmgu named Patrick lisher, wlo
was in turn, attacked by n Native named Bare.
who commanded INN Fisher TO leave the ground
upon pain Of death, AT the same time drawing ana
presenting pistol. Fisher rctreated lew steps
and dared Babe to re-opcned his dress and offered
his bare breast which Babe fired upon and wound
ed though not mortallv. Thus commenced this
disgraceI melee, and to him who fred the fatal
shot ought to be ascribcd the horrid scenes winch
for three DAYS disgraced our city. The Irish gath
cred around Fisher and carried him TO his home--lu
in n row OF frame buildings directly overlooking Inc
market The Natives now dsbanded the meeting
and rushed upon the houses OF the Irish III frenzy
of RAGE and fury. determined 10 raZc the whole
block 70 the ground. The Irish defended their
homes (.ho would not y and the consequence was
that one OF the foremost OF the aSsauers, Scheliier
tell MORALLY wounded. The Natives retreatcd and
called q nieeting 10 he held ihat hight the above DC
Cured about = VI in the centre OF the CITY
Chesnut and Tenth streets. At tins meeting the
mos; inllarnraorv appeals were made 10 the worst
passions OF our nature IL was openly asserted by
the speakers (the violent OF whom were Guilds,
Fam and Baker, that the law ought 10 be super>c-
i-d by BRUTE force. and the Irish handed To the
lominioa OF Judge lynch Baker vas The only one
heard who alluded TO The burning of the chapeis
mich he said, hal afforded shelter TO the Irish
This was, however, false.
OF what followed, YOU are already aware. This
meeting adjourned at IL o'clock and proceeded 10
kensington to burn the School-house of the Sisters
o.. Charity. Here another leader (Wr2ht) was shot
whilst leading the Natives TO fire the building
| The NATIVES retreated again, and the next day,
Tuesday, met-Sed hea! jam salts est!
A NATIVE AMERICAN.
Weighing these rival bulletins it is not diff
cult 10 arrive at a correct conclusion with regard
10 the whole matter as the discrepancies are not
material nor irreconcilabie Our camer resur-
yeyoC the whole ground has bpl confirmed our
original conviction that, while all parties have
been criminaly cuIpable in the progress Of this
dreadful affdir-thc tcmporizing, cowardy au-
thorites perhaps as much as any-the Irish were
entirely wrong IN the commencement. The very
Grounds on which their defence is rested by our
former correspondent, "a Catholic Citizen, as well
as the writer above, establishes this. They seem
to imagine that because the Irish were quite nu-
merous in kensingtOn there was something i'm
proper in the Natives holding meeting there
But not so have we learned American Liberty
We will battle any time for the rght OF any party
to 20 any where and hold Public Meeting, pro-
vided they do not encroach on the property of
others; and if they 60, they must be dispossesscd
legally, and 50 only M man, no number ofmen,
have d right TO 90 into a Public Meeting to dis
turb or annoy those who have called ii, unless the
call is SO drawn rs plainly to include and invite
those Of differing opinions to participate; and
be who goes there hostile to the objects Of tie
meeting is legally and morally bound to remain
quiet. II he makes any disturbance, whether by
violence or mere outcry, he is rioter, liable TO
beexpelIed in the rcadest way, and justly respon-
sibe for the consequences. The place Of meeting
whether hall, an open lot, or a market house
matters not provided the meeting is not itself
rcspassing, and this is not to be decided by any
man or set of men who are hostile to the objects
Of the meeting, but by the proper authorities.
say, them as before, that, considering all that
has been advanced on both sides, the Irish were
wrong in the outset of the Kensngton horrors,
though their opponents also evinccd bad spirit
and crimiaa! haste to shed blood, and the civil
authorities disgraeeinl imbecility and inca paeity