Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-09-02
The Irish Roman Catholic Riot. I'm
New York, July l2. 1871.


New York, July IL, 1871.
The Boyne is beautiful river in ireland
and near its Junction with the sea, one O
the most important battles of all histor,
was fought in July, 1900, between the Irisi
and French Roman Catholics, led by tn
Catholic King James, on the one side, an,
the Dutch and English Protestant, unde
William, of Holland, (tho Protestant KIM
of England,) Holland, Scotland and Wales
on the other. 1t was of the greatest i'm
portance, because it broke the Catholi,
power, which had long sought to banisl
professionalism from the world, by fire ant
stake, and torture, and dungeon, and chains
and wholesale bloody warfares and cruel
tics, such as even now freeze our blood &c
read of After this glorious victory by
King William, the Roman Catholic pri
sons were thrown open by his command
and thousands, and tens of thousands o.
Protestant prisoners were set free and came
out crippled and MANNED, and diseased from
their dark and horrible prisons their fct.
ters taken off and set at liberty, and among
them were some Of the best, most learned,
and beloved men and women the world CIV.
er knew.
This great event, that gave now life to
Professionalism, has been celebrated by Pro-
testants ever since in all parts of the world,
except in countries under the rule of the
Popc, WnCrU such celebrate woo inapr;
sonment and DEATH
The Irish Roman Catholics of New York
were determined, rs they had gained power
in New York, and held nearly all the city
offices, to put down forever this Protestant
celebration in free America, by force and
violence. Their meetings had all been held,
and all the preparations made for whole
sale slaughter of all Protestants who dared
to celebrate that great Protestant victory,
the battle of the Boync.
They were prepared, on the 18th of July,
to make the streets of New York run with
torrents of Protestant blood to burn and
devastate Protestant Churches and print
ing houses, and fire and ransnck private
dwellings, and destroy every Protestant in
tcrest that came within their reach. No
one can doubt their intention, or the hor-
rible tragedy, like the massacre of st. Bar
tholomcw, that would have been enacted
in New York.
TIE IRISH RIOTS.
On the 10Th of July, 1871, the Irish Ro-
man Catholics of New York, wrote page
in tho history of our free country, of dis
grace and of blood, that will be read by all
nations in all coming time, with shame and
horror. Themselves driven by British op-
preston from their homes of poverty and
starvation, they come in great numbers to
our happy shores, as the only land of free
dom, and their only refuge. They and
their little property are protected by our
laws, and they become frccmcn. They
have gained political power in Now York,
and filled all the public offices of that city
with lrishmcn, or their tools, and thus
centred all tho public money and interests
OF that great metropolis. Kelso, one of
their number, superintendent of police, on
the 1lth of July, issued his proclamation
iorbidding this Protestant celebration.
This was virtually an order of blood and
murder if the Protcstants would daro to
turn out to join in the celebration. Tho
whole PROT I'vvlie, without roco ri 10
i'aity, rose up rs one man ~ "I. toESuru W
tempt in our free country, to put down free
religion by force and rioience, and at late
hour, the Governor, elected by Irish Cath
olic votes, issued his proclamation, assert
ing the right of Protcstants TO hold their
celebration. lie did not dare to do it till
the last moment, when driven to it by tho
upraising of all Protestant denominations
men of all classes and creeds, demanding
their rights. So tho intended slaughter of
Protestants, in great numbers, was prevent
ed.
On the 18th the celebration was held by
n few hundred Protestants, who would
choose death rather than give up their
rights-cvcn they were attacked by infil-
riate men and women, all prepared for the
slaughter, and although the police (some OF
whom refused) helped TO put down the riot,
yet numbers were killed and wounded, and
some of the best and most faithful police OF
the city.
On the night of The 18th and 18th, excit-
ed and angry meetings of the Irish Catho-
lies were held in various parts of the city
disappointed and balfied, they made the
most violent and furious speeches and
threats, and the fearful tenor of all was, to
dcnOunce the Protestauts, and even their
friend, Governor Hoffman, for his interie-
rence-to abide their time-that in few
years more their power would put an Irish
Catholic Governor at the head of the State,
and then no Protestant celebration should
ever be held thereafter.
TIE SPIRIT OF TIE CATHOLIC
IRISH RIOTERS. - THEY CELE,
BRATE IN OUR FREE LAND TIE
ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR IRISH
PATRON SAINT, ST. PATRICK,
without lear or disturbance, every year, III
all parts of the land so they had great pa
rades to celebrate on the twenty-fflh yeal
of their Popc's Office ; so when the Pope
proclaimed tho doctrine of the Immaculate
Conception of the Virgin Mary, and order
ed all to give divine worship, they held
their celebrations without threats or fear
So when the Pope was declared inflllable-
one of the attributes Of God-thcy held
their celebration all over the land, and nC
one intorfcred no Protestant threw even q
straw in their way-yet by murders, and
riot, land violence they will not allow Pro
testant celebration, if they have the power
The birth day of Martin Luther, John Cal
win, the Wesleys, all would be stopped and
80 every Sunday School Picnic :; and iher
all Protestant meetings would be stopped
then all protestant Churches would be clos
ed or burned down and then all Protes
tants who would not give up their religion
would be thrown into dungeons, and fetter
ed and chained, and ut last brought out, i