The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-05-24
Fon THE OTTAWA EREE TRADER.
The Riot in PhiIadeIphin.

NeaTS EittWs-ENery man IN this SAID To be
Tree country. must ieel an interest in knowing
something about the cause Of tho late bloody
rots in Philadelphia. Almost every one will al
tribute its origin TO some cause or other, as their
Information or prejudlces will promp, them; bu,
few very few indeed, will attribute i, to the pro
per cause. The papers, which are supposed to be-
the mirrors of passing events, are silent on the
subject. Only two or three OF the different pa
pers taken at Ottawa, have though. proper to no.
ice the matter at all, and the few who thought il
worth notice. do not agree as to Its origin. The
United States Gazette SAYS the \ atlvcs so caed)
were at fault, and the organ of the Natives says
the fault lay with the Irish. For my par! care
not, aud presume posterty will not whether an
lHshman shot Native, or a native shot an Irish
man-In either case it does not utter the conclu.
sluns.
Tina, wholesale murder has been perpetrated--
that property has been destroyed we all believe
DID tins occur on account Of fight between an
lrlshman aud a Native say, no! For surely
occurrences Of this kind are not rare in conmu-
nifty. Ii is not long since that a man was sho,
down on Indian creek, and who has avenged hi.
death In the legislature of " isconsin one
member shot down anohrr and who has ever
thought proper to notice II In the hall of Con.
gress few days ago, two members quarrelled-
had a scultc-a ihlrd person, who had no bust.
and shot an officer while in the execution of his
duty. The matter is dropped and we hear no
mole of it, No riOts occurcd--no property de.
stroycd-nO women and children burned to death.
All, says MIR. Someone, "this was an aggravated
case An aggravated case, indeed " hat then,
should like to know, were these circumstances
| ct aggraNaIun Let us hear them " hat cir
Cumstances OF aggravatlOn attended the destruc.
uon "i the Catholic convent IN the city of Boston
a few years ago! Or is 1t pretended TO be a Iate
| invention OF the native mubs to burn and DESTROY
! Catholic Churches | DO venture TO saw that
| there is not state IN the Union in which n
/ Catholic chprch has not been DESTROYED. 1t wos.
then, malutaln, hoiy hmT0r of Catholics tina,
prompted the hurulngs and brutal murders in
| Philadelphia. For the last six months past the
seclaraus of that city have been eliminating
the CathoIics-Ihcy have tried every means in
their power to annoy them. Every llinerant hyp.
ocric, who made preaching his vocation, was
welcomed and clresSed in proportion as he could
drlvel abuse on the Catholics These ministers
of God were successful IN their vocation--rcason
gave way before PrcJudlcCs the most gross--thc
People were overchargod With the pous dread of
Popery--thc safety valves must be orened-,hey
must have vcnt-SO the most proper place for
them to uubuuhcn themselves was AMONGST tho
Natives. SO al it they 60. One of the meek
apostles, writing to his friend, our postmaster of
TINS place IN a dcer!um niJoy says w Wednesday 81
PM ~ m'c"ae.' Ihufch l""man) IN nahes-the
priest mousse ,urn'u'e' &C, all burned TO the
ground Hh"''S ai'er 'no Nunneiy, with all its
iur"iiuIf "c"H."s c"'dS' d'ce' amt ofhcT articles
y rWS'o" W"M'P' became prey TO the dcvour-
ing fumes. And to cap the climax the large
church of st. Augustine, though guarded by
Mayor and Military, shared the same fate In
none oi Tue oo""tI""s properly was there any at
tempt made ny 'he h!einen to arrest the flames.
The disturbances continued, and several attempts
made during me hisht To sci IRE TO the other
catholic Churches, Alins-houseS, &c.
A''er reading me above WIZ any one doubt that
; the people were Srz'u WIN religious phrenzy,
that the preachers Fad not worked IN vain.
But what must be sanl OF the municipal OIL
GERS what snail be saId oi the cowardIy troops
! "ho' WIN arms IN lheir hands, stood speii-boun4
at seh' "l naive mon
Nhal WIZ the '"riher ihlthln' allies oi America
say 10 'h'Se proceedings VIVA, VIII catholic
rance say nat WIN Ca'polc SPAIN say
W nat VIII '.'noh' lolahu say " nat VIII
AuNt''a H'y " nat WIN lreanu say Nllh one
acc'nma'lon' 'hey VIII cry "Shame to thee, Anne
nca shame TO thce' (m'snomered) land OF the
Tree! In VAIN nave we aided and shielded you
rom your iup'f'ous stcph"lher' ana TINS the re-
quha you MAKE Tor all Tue hloou' Tor all the trea'
sure we nave spent III your service Degenerate
sons ol nome slt,s nave you iouhu IL convenient
I" 'o'set ''riy ',"S III your nIs'o' ~ save that
you are ''rc rom 'ne o,'nuase u, bhs'anu rave
you aHeauy iofEouen now much you are indebt-
ca Tor your freedom To Ca,hoIc Europe Have
you 'ofge'''n WI" II was 'oa' nnr,ured ana reared
your ln'a"' navy Al was " O"',oc i',Snman'
e Commodore parry ne II was VINO hfs' leo your
''amen !" victory "s"!"S' p'I'sh '"rS'
ne" young A"'''ca sent 'or'h 10 inc ha''ohs
VI Europe statement .. heF grievances ana SUI,
,e''ngS' whose was 'he 'ts' address that greeted
: lie, u',t"ry answers Oa'ho'lc Ireland
~ '"''Nc,i' say ,no, "'.e u Tue many pre-
'eAls, ~ ms tlme' Tor refusing emancipation To
me irSh Ca'hou'S was mat loOVo lfishmch
'ougH' on the Sue OF America