Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-05-20
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AMI was loudly called Tor and vooiIerously' Sp.
blauded on taking the Shnd, He commenced
by remArking that he was placed in peculiar cir
eumstanoes, he had not expected to DO called on,
otherwise he should probably have remained at
home. But being called out he felt that he
would be reereant TO HE duty a. minister Of
the gospel and an American citizen x he held
hi, tongue. The right which has been denied
free citizen Is sacred principle Of nature, and
was established in this country BY our fathers,
You might ~ well emigrNte TO Austria as be
SNbservient to this newly.exeroised power
The excitement that he Witnessed he considered
had lie origin in the recent city election, and had
been tanned into flame by circumstances Sinea
lTahspirine. Many u his audience, he ,hought,
had no, duly estimated the vast interests involved
in that election, or its result would have been
Ny different. He was sure that the people
hall they known Mr.. Snel6aker as the man he
had Just proven himself TO be, would havsTepus
dated him as vile thing, oivilly, socially and
politically, The question comes Hp--shall We
speak our .senlimenlson all proper occasions, re-.
CARELESS OF polItioCNreligiONs assumptions Of
power, or shall we have them rammed Down our
throatsp He did not know anything about Mr..
kirkland, and Il was not important 10 know who
or what Mr.. K, was, or where he came from; Il
was sufficient TO know that the liberties Of the
people had been stabbed through him. This is'
Cpas Ireei 10 you do not cut il down now, L
will spread far and wide, and take deep hold
Will you eradicate hP-[S vOiee-'yss, we
will tear It up by the rOols.") That 10 the way
to do Il, said the Rev. gentleman, but not BY
physical force. .r,'.
The clergy Of the land ask a fair field and no
favor, Challenges were standing in various
journals Of the land, but they were no, accept.
ed. DR., R'ee's proposition Of few weeks
since will not be accepted. Bishop Purcell
took one erroneous step in this matter some
years since, and he will never take another.
The question is not one Of religion simply, but
Of civil rights, which as Americans we are
boun TO maintain, not IN physical force, pray
you, but in peace. We have the right to Speai
and he who Inlerreres is the riotous man, thS
man who must be suppressed, and upon whom
must rest all the responsibility Of resulting con-
sequences,
Sunday before last our Mayor looked
upon Mr., Kirkland as pigmy, but IN one
short week he has grown To be a perfect
giant Wonderful man Wonderful Mr..
Snelbaker! So he sent hima polite note
(to It's Kings English he would not refer
laughlerE telling him he must not speak,
aud the Consequence you all know,
Mr., Snelbaker had a great regard for the
Sabbath, but tho noise Of hall dozen
bands Of music. and FIVE thousand Catholics
marching in the street on tina, day was not
sNcrilego in his official eyes, Nay, but
those five thousand stalwart men were
projected in their doings by the whole Pc.
lice force OF the city. II amounted to lhi>s
Provided you are no ded by u Catholic
Bishop You have right to march where
you please on Sunday, or any other day;
but don't go to declOiming against Calho.
lies in tho market spaces, or you will DO
pulled down by the aulhoritesl
The speaker said that he was inform ed,
Mr.. Kirkland Is determined 10 speak again
on next Sunday, aud thousands say he StaR
speak, aud Il lhe Mayor with his police
force attempts to put him doWn--what
thsnS (Shouts Of kill him OF! Kill the
scoundrelsD No, hro,hers. friends, fellow
citizens, protest. against that Don't Aill
them; there is better way than ihSt--it
Is to impeach the Mayor, Stand by the
laws OF your country, aud make him yieid
10 them. There is law 10 reach the Seaa-
tors Of the United States, or the president,
and impeach Ihemi aud it Is u pretty thing,
IL there is no law TO reach SO contemplate
thing as the Mayor Of Cincinnati.
WehavS here pretty state of things,
and how didit all originated By az unjust
claim Of the Roman hierarchy. They ask
their share Of the school fund, They have
made objections to our schools merely as
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