The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-27
From the Citizen.
PROTESTANT RELIGION IN NEW

ARK.
or Irish emigrants there are two sorts. The
larger proportion are Catholic in faith, Celtic in
blood, mostly with unmistakable Mile.an names
and accent, and natural character. OF these,
people generally s.'eak when they talk OF the
sslrish in America"
But there are also thousands of Protestant
lrishmen in America, who call themselves
Anglo Saxons, rejoice in Scotch or EnyI. sh
surnames, speak of " the Irish" with contempt
ard abhorrence, and very generally affect to e
either Englishmen VI Americans. No two Ell,
ments of our miscellaneous population are so
essentially distinct aud irreconcilable as these
txo sor.s of lrishmen.
The first class hate British dominion in Ire
land, and British power everywhere with deep
and vIndctive hatrpd-the others are a Brii ,h
garris n when in Ireland, and are proud to call
British subj cts out Of Ireland. Or
the one class com" irlsh Catholic priests and
drmayognes- out of the other, British Pro,es-
I INT swadlers. Over the former, Philn- Veritas
F., xtends mis- crozier-to the later, Angel Ga
briel blows his trumpet. Wherever there is
street.preaching riot, or an attack on Catholic
church nr convent, be sure that certain faithful
IRISH Calvtni.ts are foremost amongst the en-
frightened Pro'estants upon the ground; while
he other race furnishes that hostil. audepce
which so often irr:a,ss tie reformed expound
er- those rude men who j.be and jrer the words
OF Evangelical truth in the mouth at Foger
or an Orr, who lift brickbat when the Pope is
called An'ichris', and o, the Genuncialon OF
J. z-bel Inv oy s:er shells 1t the peculiar hat of
the Angel Gabriel.
There is annlher distinction between these
two classes, quite essential to be noticed. The
Catholic and Celtic freshman universally "de-
clares his intentions the minute he lands, and
becomes a citizn at the earliest moment. The
Northern Pro'es ant lrshman very generally
passes his life here without seeking citizenship
at all, az the English also do In the CITIZEN
OF August the 18th, we gave passage from
the Report of the Co nnissioners of Jurors in
New York, stating that there " over three
thousand" househplders of New York, resident
in this city for periods varying from len to ~
years, '',nosfiy Engtishm who " avoid the
performance OF jury duty by reason of not hav-
ing perfected their citizenship" Now, as he
Northern Protestant lrishman generally chooses
to pass for English, have no doubt that
majority of these householders are IRISH, and not
English.
So much by the way Of introduction. Now
to come 10 the murderous Evangelical rot at
Newark The Protestant Associations that
,oaiked to celebrate the '.first meeting of the
AmericanC Congress" were irish Orange Lodges
Bishop lsayiey, OF Newark, calls them all 'lrish
Orangemen," and We certain he is substan-
tally right. Whea the first statement OF the
riot reached us, we observed that one of the
papers called the processi .nists IS Englishmen
and other foreigner" I" forriyn born
citizens, Irish and G rmans." We knew them
at once. There is no mistaking the handiwork
of the true Orange artist, and we recognized the
s.the fine touch OF his claw" These were Irish.
men probably not one bird Of them either
naturalized or inchoate citizens The Lod es
from New Kork were crowded with men who
are punctual at open air vociierations, but eyade
the du les Of citizens. Their celebration of
Congress meetings las false pretence. They
came to show their strength; to wreck that
church; to kill wound lew Catholic men.
women children: for which reasons they
came armed.
We have seen SO many enterprises Of this sort
in the north of Ireland, that we know their style
precisely In some districts Of that country.
Professionals are the majority Of the people !; the
old policy ofthe government has been to arm
the Protes,ans and disarm the Catholics The
magistrates at all Sessions are Oranvemen or
high British loyaiists In those districts, there
fore, Ca,hol cs lead the lives If dogs-lie down
in fear and rise up with foreboding; their wor
ship is insulted, and their very funerals are made
an occasion OF riot. One Of the July anniversa-
ries comes round-the days of Auphr m and The
Boyne, the pious Evangeicals must celebrate
those disastrous but hard fought battles where
William Of Nassau, with his army of French
Hugueno,s, Danes and Dutchmen, overthrow
the power OF Ireland, end made the noble old
Celtic race hewers of wood and drawers of wa
ter even into this day. Lodges assemble at
some central point, with drums and flies pay wing
the 'Protastani bows +" At the rendezvous are
81 L
"a beautiful show: fine as they made the
other day at Newark. Process sion formed, they
walk in Lodges, each with its banner of orange
or purple, and garlands Of orange lilies borne
high on poles. Mos, have arms, yeomanry-
muskets or pistols, or ,cient swords, whe ted
for the occasion They arrive at some other
town or villagr, dine in the public houses, drink
the "glorious, plous and rnm 'rtal memory of
King Will am, and .Tn HILL with the Pope;
re form their procession after dinner, and then
comes the time Cor Protestant action They
march through Papis townand; at every house
they stop, and play Croppies lie d 'wn - and
the Boyne water firing few shots the
house at the same time. The doors are shut
the family in terror-the father standing on the
floor with knitted brows and teeth cenched
through the neither lip, gra<p~g a pichfork
(or The police long since found out and took
Of ages darken his soul-Outside. with tanning
music, and bru'al jests and laugh,er, stand in
their ranks the Protestant communicates The
old grandmother can endure no longer; she
rushes out with grey hair streaming, and kneels
on the road before them, and clasps her old thin
hands, and curses them in the name of God and
his Holy Mother. Loud laughs are the answer
and shot or two over the house or through the
window. The old crone in frantic evaporation
take. up stone and hurs it with feeble hand
against the insulting crew. There the first
assault is committed; everything is lawful row;
sr:ash go the unglazed windows and their
frames; jealous Profess ants rush into the house
ra ging; the nan is shot down at hissown thresh.
hold; the cabin is wrecked and the procession
playing "Cropeies liz down.! proceeds to anoth-
CT Popish den.
So the Reformation is vindicated. Tho
names of Ballyva-lpy and 'Tpllyorier will rise t.
the lips of many a man in America who reads
this description.
1t funeral is to be scattered. or q csapeI to
be outraged, the same policy will serve. Either
the Catholics are provoked to commit the first
or, that failing, some Protestant ur-
chin is at haid to throw a stone at his own
friends. Then comes the mock investigation
be fore Orange magistrates; and evidence for
The good cause is never lacking. Every evan
gelcai rioter is ready 10 swear, if necessary,
that e a white horse is a mourning-coach."
In q somewhat similar manner the cham
pions of Protestanism proceeded at Newark.
In another part OF this paper will be found the
details Encouraged by the wicked Know
Nothing spirit now blazing high against Cath
nlcs in America, these cowardly Calvinslic
ruffians seem TO fancy the time is ripe again for
wrecking of chapels 1t is chivalrous thought,
worthy Of those who believe in the Royal As.
sassin of Glencoe.
Well, church has been wrecked man
has been killed, and several others beaten
FL and wounded. Newark, it seems, has no
adequate police force to rely upon in such
emergency for prevention of outrage. But has
Newark no magistrates, New Jersey no Su-
preme Court, for its punishment Out Of an
armed mob who sack church in open noon
lay, not one has been arrested. A man is
killed Corners jury sits upon his body /; but
he jury know nothing. There is, in fact, no
evidence to crimnate any body. Witnesses
saw ga man" pursue the deceased with gun
saw two persons" following Pigeon; - men
in the PRECISION fired shots, but nnhndy can
ell who the man, the men, the persons may |
re. John Wilson, of Lodge No. 4, swears he
was in the procession, and "dd not see any |
me modest the Ia thol;c chnrch mr. know that 1