Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-09-02

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any notice of il is taken by tho authorities,
as though these places were not n libel upon
the good name ofour city. On the contrary
inc ponce iUrce is prostitutcd 10 tho wicked
purpose OF hiding and fostering these nury
series OF crime And added TO these
nurseries of crime. And, added TO these
startling ncts, we have seen that this Citv
Government is unable or unwilling to de-
fend its citizens against the crime of n paltry
faction actually lying down its armor and
sccpter OF authority Mt the feot of Il riotous
mob refusing TO sustain honorable men
none the less honorable because of the la
boring classcs-in the exercise of n lawful
right which belongs 10 every citizen. The
Excise law, Which prohibits the sale of
liquor on the Sabbath, has also become
wcll-nigh dead letter. All this and much
moro We have seen, and yet wo have been
30 deeply Interested in our personal affairs
that we have not stopped TO consider what
has been going on, until our government
has become as vile rs any that can be found
upon Gods footstool.
Tho true design of all human govern
ments Is to secure i'll a practical way the
greatest good to oil their citizens or sub
jects, and yet our authorities walk abroad
i'll an arrogant and dominccring manner,
| refqsng TO settle their accounts, closing
.neir BOOKS 10 those who have n right TO
Inspect them, using their authority foy
thclr own base purposes, gathering to Them
selves wealth, and then using it to tramplo
Still further in the dust those who make
lhom rulers. Members of tho Christian
Church, and all good citizens, must take
some decided course ofactiOn. They should
ignore party lines, throw names TO the
WIND, and make common cause AGAINST
corruption. Whoever may open or begin
tho matter, let Christian men Join them
anu give the their voice, their influence.
their money if they have it, and their vote
"neh inc day OF election comes-put all to-
| gether and make common cause ara;nst
corruption, and l exhort you 70 the perfor
nance of this duty, not spasmodicaliy, but
strongly and constantly. We arc q people
OF spasmodic political action. You can
arouse this whole city in II hours, and in
The Il hours they will DO quieted down
into perfect dead sleep. But this system
oi fraud can be destroyed only by constant
and systematic effort. If we arc united
and act with one heart and ono common
impulse, it can bo donc.n
From the Christian Union, Congrcgatlonallst.l
The Orangcmon did not propose either in
language or action which should intention.
ally offend any one. The simple fact is,
That tho event which they proposed to ccc-
Drato was intensely dear to them and ip-
tenseIy hateful to those who opposed them
Has Democratic procession n right to
carry mottoes and pictures which RCpubli.
cans dislikeY Has n Republican process
sion right to carry legends and prrtraits
which Democrats dctesL! Has Roman
catholic procession right to -,trry saints
nnd paintings, and tho, Tiost, in sight of
Frotestants? Have N notcstants the right
to carry an open Dlble, and n portrait of
Luther, in pubic procession? Such things
are done, and nre properly permitted bv
tho authorities, and it never entered Sane
mans head that they were calculated 10
effect ''branch of the peace.n Tho at
tempt to strain statute meant to regulate
lsin general Intercourse ofctizcns, TO cover
nr, Uses OF societies OF men, and tho OK
! nf tLo OF their principles, is not worthy
W. vart ~ thi.vor, We are not anxious to con
on, ,ni;,;, 1I,i ,lndcr OF the city authorities to
ne sipnnrs end. We do not regard them
Yort Wa I'VE all that dwell in New
who Io NOT nvrridcr them simply as men
mont of civil iiho stand the simplest ele-
a desire to conciliatta and why, partly IRON
partly from the bewa. ~ EoIes, nnp
those who arc not adeqt ~, ~ n, i,'''t,a, ~
/ gcnccs, have come near W W S,tt:'.i SiIr: M.
public liberties in the inEnssstt insst'lJ' Of gorhv t
| politics. S' VI P"'9
| From Tho Mctholst.]
Tho American people seem det,,,fS,,
to vcntilate it thoroughly, and to Ill TIL
onco for all, such public opinion at
Irish and Roman Catholic iuterferehss
with public order rs shall not admit of Ia
recurrence of such atrocities. Public pa
ticnce can endure no more. The Catholic
clergy deserve commentator for their pre-
vious admonitions against riot, through
tho Bishop and Others mingled with their
eXhortations irritating remarks on tho Or
angemen, So far rs any direct interference
| in the case is concerned, we all frankly cX~
onerate it. But sober question remains
and cannot be cvaded: What Of its indi.
rect responsibility? Why, in a Church of
such almost absolute clerical power over
the couscicnccs OF its people, is thero found
here, amid all our civilizin9 influences,
such mass of demoralzcd, uncomfortable
| population?
From the New York Observer, Presbyterian
The night and day Of st. bartholomew
were no longer than any similar revolution
Of the earth, but whole centuries and thou
sands Of years will not remove the record
! from the history Of ltomanism. The scenes
which havo transpircd in this city, the IN
| stigation of n riot, murderous in its intent,
| by Irish Roman Catholics, who had declar-
cd their purpose to suppress the annual pro
cession of Protestant Orangcman, by muir
dorinG them in tho streets If the city au-
thortics would not surrender to tho de
mands ofthc mob and forbid the procession;
tho surrender of tho authorities, the
triumphant vindication not only Of law
and order, but of equal civil rights and
equal religious liberty, and equal privileges
for Protestants and ROmanists all these
are recorded in full in another part Of this
| paper.
Wc do not accuse the Pope OF Rome,
nor Archbishop McCloskcy, nor the Roman
Catholic priests in this city Of getting up
this riot. But wo do say that it was in the
interest Of Romanism, and that Roman
Catholic hatred TO Protestants inspired
those who meditatcd and made the assault
upon Protestant procession, and it is right
and proper that the nnimus Of tho thing
should DO stated.
lFrom the Examiner and Chronicle, Baptistl
Barely before has there been seen so Ia
mentable n display of timidity, vacillation,