, 1874-11-30

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THE pENNoYLVAN1A REIGN OF TERROR,
Our issue Of yesterday contained a Startling
! record Of outlnwry III the anthracite coal ro.
gions Of Pennsylvania, growing out of tho
| atrooious and fiontlish tlcprcdations Of n se.
crot society, banded together for purposes Of
violence, araon, and murder, and known as
the Molly Naguires. Tile organization re.
s'nloles that of tho Molly Maguircs" for
merry IN Ireland, who worked iu secret to
murder landlords, bailias, agents, attorneys.
Judges, jurors, mud Ill other parties who wer,
obnoxious to them. The Pennsylvania Molly
Ma3tires have thus far killed md burned
with imrnnity. They hive successfully de-
iol the law, because the authorities hayo vir.
i't"lly mado no attempt to suppress their out
RACES. They havo held their Church in soy.
ore'gn contempt, although tho Church il
supposed to 1lnyo moro influence over its
commandments tltan tho civil authorities
lhey have secuted at tho WARNINGS of
tho archbishop of tho State, aud tbreatenod
With violence tho locm priests who hayc
demonstrated with and rebuked them. They
recognize no authority, and ravegc, plumber.
ant burn, with oyon more Freedom than tho
snVases Of the Western frontier, or the Ku-
Alux Of the South. The result is that n con-
dltlon Of annrchy prevails in the coal regions
or pennsylvania, and peaceful, respectable.
industrious people are Mt the mercy Of these |
who are less merciful tlau tho Tlups |
of lndia Coal operators and superiutcnd.
ants have been murdered; corpscg Of thai,
victims are dmly taken from the rivers. One
action Of these despcradocs have mur-
tered twenty persons in q week, MIN
hg towns have been fred by them
o furnish opportunities for riot and plundor,
llave been driven from
holr Offices and threatened with denth il tley
ransnlltted any account of their depredo-
IONS and crimes. Well-to.do citizens Of TINT
eglon have suddenly disappeared. Farmers,
atners, and nchool-teachcrs havo been at.
aeked and killed upon tile roads and IN their
ONES. No one is spared. Old mon. feeble
'o1nen, and little children ARE among their
ictinls, When they cannot find yictims
nong innocent people, they murder each
ther These mon who belong to the Molly
Inquiries are Irish colliers who are mt
work. As there arc now 10000 COL
ers unemployed, and it is probable ,
Int this number will DO largely in ,,
'eased by tho stoppage Of tho iron ..
ID coal business, it is mora than probable
lot tho ranks of tho Mo1lio Masuircs will be :
'niorced, partly with men suffering from
'stitution and partly with those dosporadoes
ao are ready at any time for deeds of yio-
aco and blood. The organization will thus t
ow so powerful that it will compel all tho i
'enlployed to come into its ranks or use t.
en- as tools to carry out its bloody pur- A
sos, state of anarchy now exists in TINT a
slon worse than anything ever known in ]
history OF this country. What will it be b
len winter fairly sets IN, when business q
entirely stopped and thousands more Ii
"orlsingn,en aro out Of work and wages. a
10 will naturally drift into tlis orgouiza- fl
N, and, rendered desperate by their cir n
instances, will DO really for auy villoiuy I
Molly 31a3uires may assign them to do2 O.
fearful responsibility rests upon the Gov O.
aor OF the State of Pennsylvania. Tho II
athy Of tho authorities has already resulted q,
tile murders Of scores Of innocent, peace cl
people, and the desporaloos are growing Il
[dcr and boldcr as they find that no hi
intcrferes with them. Such stato a.
things is not only horrible 10 reflect upon, hi
t it is disgrace to the State which fails 81
protect its people. It is no longer a labor Iii
cstion, no longer matter 10 bo settled bs. iu
cen tho employers and the employed. It is q Il
liter to DO settled between tho State and q u
1g Of dcaperaloos and outlaws setting tic q
rs Of the State at deiance. It is a REBEL. NJ
organized by mob Of cuttlroats against til
peace and security Of society, aud it is re
duty Of the State authorities to crush I'll
rebellion, if they have to kill every man ut
'nsed in it, not only to guarantee imncdi- N
protection, but tue future security of this su
ensivo region. pe
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AR1sTocRAcY vs. rLuTocRAoY. pu
'or fundamental law, the Constitution of ca
United States, contains this provision n.