Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-09-13

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The llul Annual Parade OF the Amerirsp
Protestant Association Lodros M ihe gte,e
Of New lcsov mostly composed er In.h
mon. took place boo Newark ON 1uesdav
and vos bon honor of lhc Grl session or,bs
American Congress lodges from New
York and brooklyn united in the demon.
slraDlou.
The procession was composed ptobaby
.oC2,ouO persons, four abreast. AGer ha.
ishing the Inc Of march they proceeded 10
Military Hall fora collation..
Previous 10 three o'clock in The after
noon, the Association had dinner at Mi.
Irary Hall in Market street, aGer which they
again formed in line 10 finish their parade.
Their route lay through the western por.
ton Of the city. Willie passing through
| William street, near High street, in the
Immediate ncighborhood of the Roman
Catholic church, a neighborhood thckly
populated with Irish, a collision occurred
between the residents there and those ia
the procession, which led TO serious conse.
.qucnccS
We osccrlainod from. several sources
that as the last part of the procession wls
passing the church, shots were discharged,
and stones thrown from the windows
One Of the shots passed through the ban.
ncr Of Henry Clay Lodge No. 10 of New
York. Some Of The Proteslants, feeling
'enragcd at the outrage committed upon
them, eitth ranks and made an onslought
upon the church. A party Of about thirty
frs, broke into the church, and it is osser.
ted that they found a Catholic priest and
about twenty Irishmcn in the building
, The priest and some Of his party got out
Of The church Immediately by back way,
and ran oil. The PrJtrstants proceeded
10 sack the church. They destroyed the
organ, demolished the altar and seats Of
the church, broke out the windows, and
otherwise injured the building, to The eS.
ten, Of $500 to $500.
a crowd entered few minutes after.
wards, aud when they had finished tho
work OF destruction, the building was com.
pIetcIy rddicd, and presented most des,
olac appearance. A large number Of the
pistol shots were fred in the church against
the walls and ceilings by the Prolcsanls.
One Catholic Irishman, uomed Thomas
; Mccarthy, was shot outside the church i'm.
medalely after commencement of the at.
iray. lie received two balls in the lower
part Of his abdomen, out Of twenty shots
SAID TO have been fred at him. lie died
at 0 O'Clock ,ast night.
Another Catholic, who had knocked
down Que of the Prolesants that had en-.
tered the church, was in turn knocked
down and jumped upon, and some person
drew Il knife, the blade Of which was eight
inches long, and struck him as if intend.
ing 10 spin him. to the floor. The knife
cat the PROSTATE man badly in the neck.
> Others were seriously wounded, but
how many were injured, or how much
they were hurt, could not be learned.
. 0(TSecrct political societies are not
J the natural productions Of Amercan soil.
! They are noXjous exotIcS, lrunsplanied
from the holhouses OF Europen desporism.
2 Oar institutions, the genius Of our people,
. the very atmosphere OF our Climate, arc
$ hostile to lhoir growth. There is nothing
D IL the System Of our government which
S iustIies any portion of our citizens IN 20.
e iag S'eai,hy 10 work under the cloak OF a
;. secret organization, 10 alter laws, or 10 ai.
.ect their administration. Freedom of
spcoca IS guaranteed to all by the organ.
, jc laws Of The country. No goyernmen.
d tai censorship Of the press, the pulpit or
j the bar, the senate or the hustings, is au.
]. lhorzcd or asserted, and every man may
at his pleasure promuIgate his sentiments
upon whatever subject, free from all inter
d ference or restraint. = he people may
meet together, when and where they will,
and,d discuss all questions OF public or To-.
caI concern, without The presence OF an
p, nSoIent sodlery or a vexalious police 10
= check their perfect freedom Of speech, or
/, to watch their actions What plea, then,
can any American citizen possibly offer
i for attaching himself 10 "a body of men
who are pursuing a course political con.
S duct which they are unwilling their fellow
citizens should see and Judge Of. 1t may
u do in Europc, rol,on with the corruption
= Of a thousand years; but upon our virgin
, soil hpncnih pur Genial climate md nm