The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-13
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The Great Riot In New York.

aS had been apprehenued, IN rlot anu
bloodshed, have created an intense feel
ing through the country. All religious
wars have been proverbially the most bit.
ter and desperate. Whatever touches
mems religion, fires the blood quicker
than anything else II is not strange,
therefore, that the attempt To put down a
public demonstration apparently for no
other reason than that those making 1t
were Protestans should make PrOtestants
everywhere feel that they and their relig-
lon had been attacked in the persons Of
lhe New York OrBDgemen. 1t Is not
strange that men everywhere should re-
sent this attempt OF mob to deprive
peaceable citizens Of fundamental rights
peaceably exercised. For IL a mob may
successfully do this in New York, II
weakens the sacredness and security Of
individual liberty and freedom OF con
science everywhere else in the Republic.
The proposition of the Tammany poll
ticians, through their Superintendent of
Police, to surrender the great city of New
York at the demand Of gang ofrlifflans,
and thereby To PROSTATE Law and Order
at the ieet Of the mob, was too Infamous
to be easily characterized as It deserves.
In New York and everywhere else, where
we find any notice Of It in our exchanges,
ii meets but one sentiment Of Indignation.
The proclamation Of Gov. HOFFMAN, re-
voklng KETso's cowardly order, and do.
Claring that II the Orangemen chose to
parade they should be protected by all
the power ofthe city and State, Is one Of
the hest acts Of Gov HOFFMAN's official
life. True he has but done his simple
duty, but that ls rare enough with public
men nowadays TO merit commendatlon.
Gov HOFFMAN, especially deserves praise
for his fidelity to the cause Of law and
order when he Is so intimately associated
with the knaves who inspired KETSO's
manifesto.
Its to he regretted that when Irlshmen
find an asylum In this country from the
expressions Of the Old World, they should |
bring with them and cherish the old an.
tipathies which have so long and calanit.
osly divided them in their own country.
That Ia a question of taste, however, so long
Ss they allow II TO be only va matter Ofieel
Ing, When II takes the shape Of open As.
Sault on the object OF their hatred, II Is a
very different case. When these men are
invested with the prerogatives Of Amerl.
can citizenship they should learn tho du.
tles Of American citizens. They should
learn that "iree country" Is one where
they may do rs they please, but where
they must respect the equal right Of all
others to rlO as they please. The intoler.
ance Oftle Old World cannot he tolerated
here. The streets of American cities are
not 10 be turned into battle grounds for
Irshmen to fight over the old quar-.
rels that divided them in Ireland, and tho
sooner they learn this lesson with an EN-.
phasis the better
The men who yesterday filled city Of
q million Of people, with terror and
Sprlnkled its streets with the blood Of
nnofendlnE people, were not inspired by
any sudden burst Of anger or excitement.
A riot sometimes arises from sudden col.
lslons or grows out Of momentary heat
and excitement, which does something 10 |
excuse violence. But these ignorant and
ligoted men that yesterday hOwled
through the streets Of New York more
like savage beasts than men, have no
such palllation for their crime. They set
about preparing for the work Of blood
shed with cool, calculating deliberation
which makes every one Of them a muir.
derer and deserving the gallows in oxpia.
ton Of the innocent bloodspilled by them.
1t impossible to regret that large mum,
hers OF them met a merited death from
the weapons pointed by the outraged
law.
Though these ruIllans are Catholics,
and their religious blgoLry was the appar.
eht incentive To their crime, II would not
he fair to hold the Catholic community
wholly responsible for their acts. The
Catholic clergy Of New York made earnest
and commendable efforts To dlssuade their
followers from their purpose; and we are
sure that moral aud intelligent Catholics
everywhere will unite with the rest of the
country In condemning tnQuallhedly and
without reserve the spirit Of both intol-
grance and murder in which this ass .nlt
IN the 0rangemen was conceived and the
outrageous and unlawful violence with
which the purpose was carried ont.
These rioters, whom Il Ia a compliment
lOcall uilanS, belong to the dangerous
classes" They are naturally at war
with society. They are very largely the
same men who filled New York with
raplne and murder in July, 1899 stImu.
late their hatred sufficiently against any
object and they are always ready to he
fused into a mob and As In 1853, when
their hatred has been visited on ia immp
Hate object, their instincts lead them nm.
erFingly to an indiscriminate war on
property.
The mob Il A strange and lprocious
monster--easy to start hut not easily
controlled, and Just as liable when liz
blood Il I'M 10 deyour friend os Sor T,