Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-18
course to pursue, he is inexcusable for
reaching so tardy decision.

course to pursue, he is inexcusable for
reaching so tardy a decision.
ToLERATIoN.
From the indianapolis Sentinel Demo
craft.
Telegraphic dispatches from New
| York announce that Protestant
Leagues are to be at once organized
there and throughout the United
States. And for what object? 1t is
stated to make war upon Catholicism.
| Is this toleration? Does this exhibit
q disposition to maintain the guaran-
| tee Of the Constitution? We offer no
apology for the riots in New York, for
the interference with the parade of
the Orangemen in that city. But
who were the aggressOrs, the viOlatOrs
| of law, the disturbers of the peace?
In an article upon the subject yester-
day, we quoted from the addresses of
the Catholic Archbishop and clergy of
New York, earnestly appealing to the
members of their church not to inter
fere with the proposed demonstrations
of the Orangemen, and the leading
Catholic laymen of that city occupied
| the same position. They insisted
upon liberation, and took the ground
that the Orangemen had the right TO
parade or in any way celebrate the
! defeat and degradation OF their own
countrymen, however aggravating it
might be to Catholic Irishmen. 1t
should also be understood that the
Catholic Church is opposed to secret |
societies, and they are forbidden by
its laws. The Hibernian Society is |
not Catholic organization, but il en- |
braces Irishmen of all political and |
religious creeds. 1t is composed of
both Protestant and Catholic Irish |
men, and is wholly a benevolent
institution, to provide and care for the |
destitute and needy of their own
cOuntrymen.
THE DEMAGOGUE5 AT 1T.
From the Chicago Times (Democrst).
OF course, the natural sequence of
the Irish war in New York is the out
break of a partisan war among the
demagOgues. 'Hall is angry with
Hoffman" "Greeley ascrlbes the riot
and its consequences to Hail." "The
Tammany leaders have resolved to
throw Hoffman overheard" "a
mass meeting of Irishmen has been
called to denOunce him." Such is
the tenor of adviees "frOm the 'front.'"
None but the most contemplate
demagOgues will argue that the ex-
uberant mob of ruffians that came out |
in an American city to champion a |
foreign Roman Catholic dynasty that |
was dead and thoroughly rotten two |
centuries ago, by violating the public |
peace and trampling upon the laws to |
which they have sworn allegiance, de |
served any greater forbearance than |
that which they received in the shape |
of VOlley of Well-aimed musketry. |
Demagogues may labor to cajole such |
disloyal ruffians, as they will. Tam |
many may throw overheard, and |
Irish mass meetings may resolve, and |
Mcmahon, and Sweeney, and John /
Mitchell, and all the rest of the dema-
gOgue crew may below till their
throats crack; it will not change the |
verdict OF the American people against |
all dynasties and all causes that in |
woke the championship of mObs.
THE DISTURBANCES OF YESTERDAY.
From the New York Daily Bulletin Non
Politically
The course adopted by the Governor |
in maintaining the authority of the |
law by calling out the militia was
warmly approved in business circles,
it being considered dangerous to the |
future peace of the city to make any |
concessions to the mob with view to /
inducing a peace which should have /
been enforced by the adoption of Wig
orOus measures. The resolutions
adopted at the meeting held yesterday |
afternoon in the Produce Exchange |
very correctly represent the views of |
the business community, and show /
that vigorous policy of suppression
against all rioters, commands the /
hearty approval of a large and intiu
ential class Of our citizens. There is /
no doubt that the prompt measures
adopted by the Governor averted /
much of the trouble that would other
wise have arisen, and that by them /
the city was saved the disgrace and
humiliation that would have followed /
an enforcement OF the orders of the
Mayor and Superintendent of Police
prohibiting the Orange procession.
THE PROTESTANT LEAGUE OF AMER.
ICA.
From the Jackson tTenn.) Democrat.
The Professionalism of our section is
too powerful and too liberal for us to
engage in any way, under any pretext,
in any crusade against any church or
race, and nowhere in the country can
the Democratic party be involved in
a movement of the kind. The Pro-
testant League of America and the
Grand Army of the Republic will be
allies, and although they may not be
openly acknowledged as off5hOots of
the Radical party, they will be sure
to act with it all the time. And the
beauty of the whole thing will be that
the members of this league, instead of
being GOd-fearing religiOnists of any
kind, will be like their friends of
the "Grand Army" lunch grabbing,
Whisky-drinking bummers of the most
pronounced and acute type.
THE NEW YORK RIOTS.
From the Pittsburg Pos:, (Democratic.)
sla4 mob in New York, or a mob in
Plttsburg, or a mob elsewhere meets
with the unequivOcal denunciatiOn of |
the Democratic party, not only as a
party organization, but at the hands
of IFS individual members as citizens
and members of society. Consequent /
ly, as to the riot in New York on the
18th, the Democratic party of the
whole country has but one sentiment, (
that of the most utter and sweeping /
condemnation. 1t has no sympathy |
for those cold-blooded, cowardly vii {
lains hidden in the background who
melted and fomented it for base and
party purposes, nor for the
roughs, who, acknowledging no moral
influence, precipitstsd il upon the
streets. 1t holds them all alike, as
viOlatOrs of the law and the enemies
Of society, deserving of the severest
punishment and unfit TO enjoy the i
blessings and immunities of a free {
government.
OLD ISSUES REVIVED.
From the Cincinnati Chronicle (Radical)
One thing is certain. The time is :
gone by for secret political associations. ,
is not needed. Let !
whatever action is taken be open, :
public, and in the interest of the whole
American peOple-Without the denial
Of a single right TO the Roman Catho-
lie which we claim for ourselves,
without the prescription of any man :
Of foreign birth, without restriction :
upon the liberties Of any one who ,
Dbeys the laws. The country has
this higher plane since the !
war, whatever its shortcomings be- !
iore. Let no backward step be taken :
IN the present exigency. Let us stand !
by all we have gained, and plant our !
selves on ground that all friends of :
liberty throughout the :
world will approve,
THE NEW YORK RIOT. 3