New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-12

Buchanan's fast. In these letters the Bishops unan
mOusly, and apparently without concert, speak of
the preservation of the Union as identical with the
preservation of law and order. Thus, though
one presides in Pennsy lvania, another in Con-
necticut another in Ohio. and fourth in Vir-
giDia, they have uncOnsciously set forth a lead
ing dogma Of the Republican party one equally
prominent in the Christian Church, no matter
where its branches may be situated. The world
will hold them to be right But though the
prayer os the righteous ayaileth much, we cannot
forget Crcmwelrs memorable injunction to his
army, that they should not only praise God, but
keep their powder dry. Its striking antitheSis
has made it immortal. 1t comes up again in
the present crisis with a fresh vitality which Sc
cures universal recognition. Doubtless it will be
obeyed with as much aacrity as aforetme. There
were praise and powder in the Charleston COnven-
ton There has been praise, apparently, at the
White House, but till within few days GER
tain dearth of powder. Cromwell was prOdi-
gal OF both, and oyercame everything
But, though we acknowledge prayer to be in
dspensable TO the saving of individuals and ma
tons, We nevertheless consider powder good
thing. II has so far crushed every alarming re-
bellion which ever occurred i'll our history. II
must be relied on TO crush out all Others present
aud TO come In 1894, all Western Pennsylvania
was in open rebellion against the Government
Tue mob broke up the Courts compelling the
Judges to Gy for their lives. They resisted with
arms the collection OF taxes ON whisky, robbed
81. fbn ri
pundered travellers, and defed and inundated
the State authorities. This lawless rule extended
from the boundaries of Ohio and Virginia TO the
Susquehanna River. But an honest man was
President At his call, thousands of the militia
gathered from New-Jersey, Maryland, and Vir-
GINA, and were marched in body to the scene
of the rebellion. At their approach, it scattered
and SUNK back into the forest. But the ring
leaders were taken, tried convicted Of treason,
and sentenced TO the galows. Washington mag
unanimously pardoned them. The local feeling Of
hostility which the forcibe suppression Of this
revolt created ct the time, has died out with the
rebels who made it. History preserves the fact
but the feeling is obterated.
In 1912, the regular Government of Rhode ISL
and was de6ed, and another organized in OPP
position 10 it, One Dorr, its elected Governor
raised troops, which he armed with musketry
ard artillery. Mulhtudes Of persons in other
States sympathized with the rebels, aided them
with money and arms, and urged them on
in their violent career. They took posses.
sion Of the State Arsenal, and defed the State
authorities. The latter called out troops, aud
civil war was rapidly being naugurated in blood.
Tho President was appealed to to suppress the
rebellion. DOrr was oyerpoweredby United States
troops, taken prisoner, tried for treason, con-
yict,d, and sentenced to prison for life Powder
was the great pacifcator. The strong arm OF
the Union restored tho reign of law and order
Recent as this rebellion may be, the local griev-
ances it left behind it have almost ceased to ran
kle in the public mind. Another twenty years
will utterly extiDgush them.
Two years later, Philadelphia was conyulsed
by ieuds between the Catholics aud Native Amer
leans. The causes of the feud We VIII no. now
discuss; enough that it became intensely violent,
az all feuds do in which difference in religious
opinion becomes an element. Native meetings
were broken up by mobs of Catholics, and some
who attended them we're killed. Then followed
retaliation. Catholics were killed in large num-
beers, their houses burned. then their churches,
several of which were consumed with all their
contents. Another was beseged by men who
planted cannon near it which swept the street.
Fire was actually applied to the building, but ex
tinguished. The streets were crowded with bel
ligerents shots were heard in every direction.
The city authorities became powerless to sup
press the contest-thc city itself was in the
hands of portion Of the populace excited to the
point Of madness. The military were called out
aud stationed to defend the beeaguered church,
but at night were assailed by cannon, which oc-
casiOned shocking slaughter. The Governor OF
the State came to Philadelphia, but be could do
nothing. The outbreak had grown beyond his
power. At length, the power OF the United States
was invoked, truce followed, and the tumult
ended, after some two hundred men had been
killed or wounded. Nothing but the strong arm
of the ruling power oyercame this terrible out
break.
The corollary from these striking incidents Is
manifest. When local rebel0ns occur, the local
authorities seem incompetent TO Overpower them.
But the strong arm of the General Government
does so without bloodshed. The prestige of its
name has heretofore been sufficient No sooner
ia lis flag uDfolded than the tumult is hushed.
This Union must DO preserved In its preserva-
ton is involved the whole question Of law and
order. This is the Republican doctrine, as well
az the Bishops, and it will in the end be main
tanned. If the laws cannot be enforced against
rebellion without resort to arms, that remedy, as