The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-13

quelled, and the authority OF the law es
tablished, in spite ofthe ominous fact tha'
our Police, our Mayor, and our Governor
have more respect for the mob than they
have for the law. But as il is, by little
cursing and drilling, by open threats and
swagger, the members Of the riotous or
ganizaliOn have gained their point with
no expenditure Of blood or muscle, The
Mayor and the Chief of Police have
saved the rowdies the trouble OF breaking
the law by doing 1t themselves.
We must not be misunderstood. We
have no sympathy whatever with the pur.
pose Of the arrangements parade. It seems
to us not the part Of wisdom nor pro-
priety for natives Of foreign countries who
have come here TO better their condition,
and become patriotic citizens Of the Re
public, TO hang on so implacably to the old
hates and jealOusies and animosities Of
their former home. These people and
their enemies alike pretend to be Ameri.
cans; yet their annual wrangle and squab-
BILE proves they have no adequate COncep-
ton of the privileges and duties Of citi-
zenship. What does II matter to citizens
Of the United States which side whipped
in day Of civil war, two centuries ago,
ON the banks of an Irish nver2 The
whole quarrel is pitiful and ignoble.
But that does not affect the question of
the duty OF the city authorities TO preserve
peace on the day Of the parade. The
Orange parade, unnecessary and ill.ad-
vised as II Is, Is not an exceptional occur
renee, 1t Is as much entitled to protec-
ton as the recent German parade, the
French Fair, and Is much more clearly
legal manifestation than the various
Fenian displays we have SO often witness
cd. Every one Of these demonstrations
excited, Of course, very bitter feelings and
reflections among those who opposed the
cause they celebrated. But who ever
thought Of preventing them lest some
hOt-headed objeCtOr should throw brick
at the banners? We can imagine the sort
Of COuntenanee our Mayor would have pre-.
scented TO q delegation Of Frenchmen who
shouldhaVe proposed t0him To prohibit the
German parade, out Of regard to their ma.
tiOnal susCeptibilities Yet he has done
q meanCr and more unlawful thing In this
case lie has arbitrarily forced body Of
citizens 10 give up q peaceable and lawful
manifestation Of the bidding of a handful
Of riotOus brawlers, who threaten murder
and disorder II their barbarOus fRncies are
not complied with. The only reason
which could have dictated this shameful
action, Is that the law.breakers Of Wednes-
day are more numerous and valuable vo-
ting.stock than those they propose To at
tack. The last, and not the least, Of the
evils we have suffered from that corrupt
Ring, which Is nursery of crimes and
shames, Is this enforced surrender Of the
honor and fair name Ofthe city 10 n brutal
mob, which now has no check upon It's
arrogance and its greed.
A humlllating contrast Is presented by
the tone adopted by the Irish priests and
eccleslastlCs, as compared with that which
the organs of Tammany have been com.
PEELED to employ. While Archbishop
McCloskey sternly commands his flock TO
abstain from Unlawful interference with
the Orangemen, the papers which do the
bidding Of Tweed devote themselves 10
denounCing tho Orangemen, and try 10
fatter the Hlbernians by saying that II
they do Condescend TO keep the peace on
Wednesday, 1t will he an Incredible exer.
else Of magnanimity. And the ever ready
Mayor, doubtless under orders, prepares
the most extraordinary document ever
issued to policemen, the rhetoric being
beyond comprehension, and the servile
respect which is shown the intended
mobsmen being too humiliatlng to all
good citizens to be even an agreeable sub.
jeCt Of criticism TO an enemy.
We shall be fortunate II we escape more
serious consequences from this betrayal
oil trust than would have come with The
riot II has apparently evaded. Nothing
Is settled by II. The Orangemen are oil
course made bitter and sullenly resentful.
Their enemies are rendered insuferable
with arrogant triumph. They feel them.
selves masters OF the position without a
blow, the very citadel of public order
having been basely given up by the City
Government without an effort made for
its defense. Nothing Is decided by this
unhappy paper-so cringlng 10 violence
and so insolent to law.abiding citizens
nothing but the fact that Tammany will
extend It's broad Hgis to any criminal or
breakers who can 10 of service 10
Tammany.