The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-24
More Spiritual Tyranny.
EAST DAVENPORT, Iowa, 10th Aus

1t seems however such is the case In looking over TIM
IRISH REPUBLIC of the 10th instant see by extract from
Buffalo daily paper, that certain Mr. Gleason of the
Buffalo Cathedral has been seeking nooriey BY refusing TO
read the burial service of the Catholic Church the
remains of that true and gallant Irhman who offered his
life for his and country the ramed field of Ridge
way-SEReEANr JOHN LYNoH-peace to your noble memory,
and glory and honor to your spotess name Irish history
sure will do justice to that memory, when the green
flag shall permanently float from every pire and baemen
in the land of our fathers.
This Mr. Gleason seems to seek nooriety. Why does he
not go England Ireland by way of Canada? That
the proper home of tyrants and slaves This is the land of
freedom Perhaps he would like company; if So let the
Fenans of Buffalo just send him to Davenport and we
here him congenal society Besides
ship the entire down the Nississpp-by way of Mexico
in the wake of royal Max From thence to France-the
natal place of certain antFenian clerca of his
royal MASTER Napoleon the ILL., who all know is the
eldest" and most pious son of the Church, '
Some three four years ago. the reverend parsonage to
whom allude commenced never-ending TRADE against
Fenans and Fenianism-as we'll everything Irish Not
succeeding he wished he applied to late lamented
Bishop to have the Fenans declared beyond the pale of
Divine mercy He insued that noble prelate, who
true the cause of humanity and justice the teaching of
his great precepo Archbishop Mcae said that he
would interfere with the Fenans unless he had orders
from authority in the Church and such he
pected receive You may say that this should suffice to
stop all opposition to Fenansm in this district We all
know that it ought to have done but did not Therever
end gentleman then made rule that every Fenan who
wished receive the sacramens and they goohe
if they ddnt) should sign pledge drawn out by himself
to the effect that he, she. would give up Feni-
anism This rule of his own for he resolved to
keep people down. against the will of his superors
-who of course did not know what he doing here
what he inducing other simple minded cergymen do
in other localities During all this time he would not admit
the Fnians to the acramen Persons who wished to re-
ceve them had to pay dearly for their patriotism Any
person going to festival ball. if Fenan one had to
pay dollars if to any other, only five. What do you
think of this ye Buffalo Fenians?
After the F. Sisters picnic the 4h of July 1865, two
years ago. he came with terrible TRADE their
poor lucky heads The Bishops attention had been drawn
to his conduct through the press The following Sunday he
compared the writer of the note to Baaam al" said he
"am greater than Baaam He made talk but made
an ass write" The poor man, although he worked in an
underhand manner all the time, said "Fenian" again
from the altar until after the Bishops DEATH Then did we
not catch it! No billingsgate could it. The
details would fill volume.
Some three four years ago. little girl died here
eight nine years old She chrsened in the Catholic
Church here but her death the reverend clergyman would
not admit her remains into either the church for the burial
service into the Catholic burial ground for ntermen
This the allegation that she had been sent to his
schoo-ha her father was, in fact Tshmon and Fnan
30 much for example number -
Another 1rishman whose will not mention here
ded IN this place since them He was grocer and liquor
DEALER but gave selling the latter for about year before
MS dea No human being heard such funeral
ton since the creation of the world often heard it said
that the dead had faults that all were forgotten ON the
Drh Vi Tue 'op but not SO with reverend Aagelator
When speaking OF the dead that daybefore vast con-
course Oh people, Oh all the Amer
lean merchants who met for the last t;mo 70 lo r
to the memory of the deadly all of whom he was mucb
respected and amented, honest and worthy citizen
what think youwas the theme of his discourse? Everything
he ever heard knew everything he could scrana IN no
matter from what source that he could think of or invent flor