Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20
rneuunIltr nefore The ha,y.

NNf-ANF Ott tttL uf1t0rNtf VI fttuNt ftAHAT ! heiore the law. the legislation of the
 party has been uniformly productive | of the inequalities which, in theory, l they profess to decry. The poor, ! downtrodden African has been 2 | fruitful them upon which to ventilate | their professions of philanthrophy. Upon him they have lavished their chief encomiums. IL is he whom they have taken to their fraternal embrace | It is to him they have extended their
 protecting arm. It is his voice they have attuned in the legislative halls of
 the Souths in preparation for the time
 when he is 10 displace the Clays, the Websters, the Haynes, and the McDuf1ies from the Senate Chamber.
 and hold the galleries entranced by his 1 statesmanlke utterancesl It IS he
 whose person has been made sacred l from the penalties of State laws which
 arc operating on every white man. It i is he, who under pretcnse of "eduality
 before the law receives from Con-
 gressional legislation degree of pro lection not extended to any white man.
 It is he whose chains they have bro
 ken; while, to elevate him to power, they have placed the shackles of q 1 political serfdom upon a large portion l of the Caucasian race. They have
 given him freedom; they have taken
 the ballot from Southern white men
 and have given it to him; they have given him degree of protection not
 accorded to an American, an lrishman.
 a German of any other white citizen of
 the country; they have given him
 office and power, and means to retain
 dominion over large majoritics of
 white men; they have elevated him
 above the Anglo-Saxon race, and yet they cry aloud for still more of such equality.
 One usurpation treads so rapidly upon tEe heels of another, that we are
 apt to lose sight of the wrong com mitted yesterday in consequence of the perpetration of new ono to-day but the inequality of protection given by the "civil rights bil' to one class of citizens over all the rest should be constantly kept in view. It so deeply concerns the welfare of the country, and the rights ofevery citizen, that the party which enacted such an enormity
 should be held rigidly accountable to the people for so serious an offense
 against the Constitution and against civil liberty.
 The dangers of this particular act Of legislation are illustrated by the case
 to which we alluded few days ago. the arrest of Father Lambert Young. 1 Catholic priest, and his commitment
 to jail in this city. The action against. Father Young originated in one of the
 most brutal outrages ever perpctrated in any community. In Janunrv last. respectable Irish girl residing in Frank fort Kentucky, was seized by brutal
 negro, violence was committed by him upon her person, after which she wns
 beaten with n stone and thrown head i long. in q dying condition, from high l cliff. As soon as it was known who 1 perpctrated this fiendish deed the offender was conveyed to the iail, hut
 q nu umber of the eountrymen of the unfortunate girl, incensed ai the out rage and attempted murder Of their l ooumtrywuman, assembled as an in-
 furiated mob to wreak vengeance upon I3he head who had outraged her per- I son. Under these circumstances ap- i peals were made by the District Attor- tney, the Mayor and other persons, 10 i Father Young 10 use his influence to i disnersa the mob. He was a Catholic priest. and as it WAS thought the mob were composed chiefly of Irish Catho- ! lics. i, veas haliovod that tlAo sv4ight af his influence would tend greatl. to anell the disturbances. He complied willingly with the request. and uscd
 every eNerton in his power tn prevent ] the violation of law. His conduct was ] the theme of praise with all. He rescued tho iailrr from the nuriated mob, but vainly stroye to restrain their
 rage against tue negro. who was seized
 and sunmarily executed.
 Had tho perpetrator of the tiendish
 outrage upon the Irish girl been q i white man, the case would have been i Jeff to be adindged by the civil tribu-
 nas of the State which properly have ! jurisdiction of all oifensc against | society Bul as tho offender was q ne-
 gro. his person. under Radical legisla- 1 ton, was held sacred from the control ' Of the State laws, and United States commissioner. under the plea of dis pensing justice, as interpreted by inc
 civil rights bill, assumed control of the
 case. After m investigation by the 1 grand jury four Irishmen were ares
 ted on suspicion of having participated | in the proceedings of the mob and are
 still kept in jail to await the discovery ! of sufficient testimony against them 10
 warrant conviction. Father Young having declined to testify before the grand jury was summoned before the l United States District Judge at this { place. where he again declined to testi- ! fy. The reas signed forhis decin- | ing relate 10 the character or his office
 as priest and arc given al length in our issue Of Tuesday last. ' was as a l priest that the officers oftho law sought l his influence. It was as a priest that ] he gained access to the jail. II was as Ia priest, and not as public informer. 1 that he learned all that lie knew in i reference to the mob. Il do not l know.' says he, that my s.....noaY l would produce the conviction pr n,,y I man, accused or not accused. s % l Ii Is not to screen any offender or sup 1 posed offender against the law, nor 1 from any sympathy with mob violence
 in this case or in any other, but to pro- 1 tect, as far as in me lies. spotleas and nnblemished my sacerdotal robes. ! The reasons, however. were decided
 to be insufficient. Father Young was sdjudged guilty of contempt and was committed 10 jail. There he now lies a victim of the civil rights bill; and there he will remain as long as the Judge of the court may think fit to re-
 tain him, without any right of appeal
 to a higher tribunal to decide the ius-
 tice of his Imprisonment.
 This is one of tAe results of Radical legislation. Il is not case arising in
 one otthe so-called rebel States, but in
 2 recognized member of the Union
 What occurs under this bill in hen-
 lucky to day, may transpire in Ohio or
 Indiana tomorrow. The negro is as
 sacre1 undpf Epdpral fa,v in thaaa