Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-09

uer OF ulDernlans, II, Deyond Tue I'm
its Of this county, good society OF
not | cannot tell but ! have believed
at sometimes that il was, and ! an
willing to be satisfied OF that fact now
if there is any evidence Of ii. But
there has been an attack made upon
this organization, and up to this time
we have not had furnished to us any
evidence that in any place its objects
were laudable or commcndablc Grim.
inal in its character, criminal in Its
purpose, it had frequently political
object. You will find the leaders Of
this society the prominent men in the
townships, Through the instrumen-
tality Of their order and by its power,
they were able TO secure offices for
themselves. You see here, and now
know that one Of the Commissioners
OF this county is member of this or
der. You know that a previous Com
missioner Of this county was a men,
Der Of this order, convicted of q high
oficnse, and pardoned by the Govern.
or You know that another county
Commissioner, before that, was mem
berof this order, convicted ofan ofi'ense
and pardoned by the Governor. High
constablcs, chiefs of police, candidates
for associate judges, men who were
trusted by their fellow men, were all
the time guilty of murder.
But in addition to the criminal and
the political motives, these people claim
national characteristics. They claim
that they were par excellence the rep
resentatives of the Irish of this coun-
ty. They claim more than that, that
they represent the Irish Catholics Of
this county. ] shah say but little
about the Irish except that / am my
self the son ofan lrishman, proud of my
ancestry, and of my race, and never
ashamed Of it except when | see that
Ireland has given birth to wretches
such as these. These men call them
selves Irishmen These men parade
on st. Patrick's Day and claim to be
good Catholics Where are the hon
est Irishmen of this county? Why do
not they rise up and strike down these
wretches that usurp the name of Irish
men If a German commits an Of
fense, and engages in murder, do all
the other Germans take bis part and
establish false alabi to defeat the
ends of Justice? II an American be-
comes a criminal, do the Americans
protect hinl2 Do they not say, away
with youl You have disgraced the
country that bore you ?" If an Eng
lishman becomes an offender, do the
English nation take him to their arms
and make him hero2 Why then do
not the honest lrishmen of this coun-
ty come together in public meeting,
and separate themselves widely from
and denounce this organization? Upon
what principle do these men, outcasts
from society, the dregs OF the earth,
murderers and assassins, claim to be
lrishmen and arrogate to themselves
the national characteristics Of the Irish
people? 1t is disgrace to Ireland
that the honest Irish OF this county
probably FIVE or ten thousand in mum
Der, should permit a few hundred
wretches like these to say that they
are the true representatives of the
Irishmen of Schuylkill county.
Does an Irishman wonder why it is
sometimes difficult TO get job in this
county, Does he wonder why the
boss at a colliery hesitates to employ
him, when these people have been per
mitted to arrogate to themselves the
Irish character and have been permit
ted to represent themselves to the peo-
pie of this county as the proper repre-
sentatives of Ireland? The time has
come when there must be a line Of dc.
markation drawn. The time has come
when honest Irishmen in this county
must separate themselves from any sus
pieion of sympathy with this associa
tion. He must denounce its members
as outcasts from the land that gave
them birth. He must denounce them
as covered with in1amy and blackened
with crime. He must say that they
are not true Irishmen and that they
are not representatives, Of Ireland
But tar beyond this attempt to in
woke your sympathy on account o.
their nationality is the attempt TO in
woke that sympathy on the GROUND
that they belong 10 persecutcd relig
ion. Was there ever such sublime
such tremendous impudence in the
world, as that member OF this secret
society, society which las been dc
nounced by its own Church, and each
member of which has been excommu
nicatcd by the Archbishop of Philadel
lphia, and by the Pope himself, out
casts from society, and from the com
munion of their own religion, the dooi
of the Church shut in their faces ant
the gates OF heaven closed against then
by the accommodation Of their priests
these men, infdels and atheists, car
ing for no Church, and worshipping NJ
God, set themselves up in this commu
nifty as the representatives of the Cath
olic faith.
"Just Allah what must be thy look
When such wretch before thee stands,
unbiashing, with thy sacred book.
Turning its leaves with blood stained hands
And Wrestling from Its pages sublime,
His creed Of lust and hate and crime"
A few words more upon this subiec
of Irish Catholics. | was born ant
am Protestant, but | was PARTIAL,
educated among the Catholics, and
have always had kindly feeling iol
them, and when these assassins, through
their counsel speak Of being Catho
lies, ! desire TO say to you here, in th,
first place, that they have been de
nounced by their Church and excom
municated by their prelatcs, and tina
have the direct personal authority o
: Archbishop Wood himself to say tha
he dcnounccs them all, and that h,
was fully cognizant of and approved o
the means | took to bring them to JUS
tice And, for myself, can say tina
for many months before any other mar
in this world except those connected
with the detective agency knew wha'
was being done, Archbishop Woo
Of Philadelphia, was the only confden
had and fully knew of the mission o
McParlan in this whole matter. $,
much then for the assumption Of Mr.
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