The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1853-05-05
Frorn the Cincinnati Gazette.
FfOIn the OlhclnhtI daztIle,
Catholic and Protestant Law.
CONDUCT OF May
Or SNELBAkER.

cd an individual mounted upon barrel
in the midst of the Fifth street Marke,
space, speaking to crowd of fifty or a
hundred persons, who were standing
around him, and upon the side walk in the
vicinity, The audience seemed both or
derly and respectable. There was no ap-
parent heat in the manner of the speak
er, nor.any excitement visible among the
audience. The name of the orator, we
are informed is kirkland, and the subject,
the errors of the Roman Oh urch. A few
minutes after this, the Mayor of the city
made his appearance upon the ground,
attended by the regular, and large body
of special police, some seventy.hVe in
number, and under the pretence that a
riot was to be apprehended, ordered the
speaker to be silent. Mr.. Kirkland, be-
lieving himself to be entitled to express
his sentiments in peaceful manner,
refused. The Mayor persisted, and an
argument ensued, the result of which
was the speaker was seized by his honor
and compelled to desist.
What right, under the law, the Mayor
Of this city has to interfere, in a case of
this kind, where the people have peacably
assembled to hear public discourse, we
do not understand. So far from there
being any danger Of riot, the audience
was of the most peaceable description
The public harmony was not disturbed
Nobody was Inconvenience. The speak
er, as we have the best authority for be-
lieving, is a respectable, educated and
pious man, and an American citizen, and
neither noise nor offence. did, or was like
lly to grow out of his appearance. We
cannot but look upon this act of Mr.,
Mayor Snelbaker as tyrannlcal assump-
ton of power which the law doesnot con-
fer, and which he can only pretend to
Justify under assumptions that have no
foundation in truth.
We wish to contrast the foregoing scene
with one that occurred in the afternoon
The Very Reverend John B. Purcell,
Archbishop of Cincinnati, having deter
mined to devote yesterday to the business
of laying the corner stone of the Catho'
lie Church, collected from the city and the
towns of the vicinity the male members Of
his communion to the amount offrom five
to ten thousand. These, decked with
badges, with gaudy flags waving in the
wind, amid the discordant ringing of bells
, of the churhcs and steping to the music
of braying brass, clashing copper and
thurndering shecp-skin, from nearly all
the bands in the city, marched through
half the corporation, filing the streets and
blocking up the avenues, with the mani
fest intention of ostentatiously displaying
to the people Of Cincinnati the immense
: force which this costly potentate is able
to control. For hours, Fifth street from
Mound to Western Row was blocked up
by solid mass of humanity, rendering
passage by others impossible. Never
was the stiffness of the Sabbath here
more boisterously invaded, and nevei
have thepcople Witnessed what, to many OF
them, was a more high. handed desecra'
ton Of the day.
And, what did our worthy Mayor dc
in this case Did he, in the tenderness
of his conscience, take his stand upon
barrel head, read the law in the ears OF
the hierarch, and in holy fear of a riot,
land that, too, on the Sabbath day
as he says in his missiye to Mr., kirkland
command the assembly to dispcrse, OF
the officiating potcntatc desist? lie did
no such thing His fears had taken a
different direction, He sent his huge po-
lice to attend the ceremony, it is true, but
, for what purpose? lie was afraid that
the Arch Bishop, with his thousands OF
sturdy followers, would be attacked by the
people of the city, and the constabulory
t was commissioned to watch tenderly the
welfare of this great army Of Roman Le-
gionarcs. Conscientious and consistent
, Mayor Snelbaker .
The head of the Church chooses the
Sabbath for a parade. lie takes partlcu-
lar care that his army shall be composed
of men who can defend themselves. lie
surrounds his exhibition with allthe trap
, pings of display, and all the clrcumSlan-
ces of pomp and power, He parades
{ through the streets and past the churches,
with all the notice and clamor that bells
and instruments Of music can create. lie
says, in effect. See how great and how
powerful am, and with what impunity |
can perpetratc a prcmediIated insult upon
your ideas of propriety." And this dis
r played our worthy Mayor, who brings al
his tail police force of an hundred tc
stop the mouth Of one poor Protestant
n sends the same police force to protec
, againa an appreheaded outbreak Of IN
psople Verify, if tho citizens Of any