The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-01-07
Dark Lantern Politics.

F'liph from me Indianapolis SentInel
announcing THAT "A new native American
secret political order would be organized
lin THIS cif \ on the first dav of January
y hc existence Of an auti-Catholic secret
Iprder IN the eAs. an established fact.
u Il IS not So, formidable. though ii may
become 70. To It's wOrkin i, attributed
lihe extraordinary Republican majority
I'm Newark, New Jersey. in October
last it cOu q work a political evo-
lhtion so soon ia Que city il may sweep
ithe country next year. The temporary
success OF hGow Nothiugism is yet
fresh in the minds OF the people.
Though built Oh the narrow basis OF
prrJudi aud lutOl.rincr, il toON the
lcuuntF! storm. ,Cu.r. on We 'ls j.
~. .hr -wtrpir- Democratic victories
lui iSJ- when General fierce received
ihe electoral votes OF every state but
four. il defeated the Democratic party
completely and overw lieminglv.
Though the great issue of human sla-
very, 80 Important az TO call for settle
-iuicni seven years later by civil war. was
u right the dominant question before
the country, the principals, spawned OF
ignorance and bigoiry Dy lie Know
lrrccived a large majority OF the ~uilrqtges
,1 the country. - now. TIA Jush the
vital issues before The country are cur
,lienrv reform. official cxlrayaguice and
,rorruntion. aiid the growing ii- losii ~
pf az egatra wealth. the people may
PIE iHii ed 10 turu from attention to
rhcir hie .cr interest, ana daily for a
zine with contest which uDf only has
luo round f'r cy.sitncr. but appeals 10
lc lowest ri bt-e-t elements nf ine.r
Iuaturcs. sue. backward eti- are ire
Qu,niiv made ~ free people: tioy are
ihc naiura. rcIS pns ia tie onward way
hf progress. aud ire hest 10 bc hoped i
fiiai their paNcF may lie checked or
lmodliicd. tifi.cns. r.pecillv Young
l.irn. should ilink .rrtyrlv and well be-
ore allying themselves with a secret
organization for the plrpo>e Of waging
lnar unnn cnurrn wAich nls not the
lsirfngih. even ii il mad the viii. to do
llEtfun 10 our schools or 10 other Of our
Iiirrc institutions. They shonld remem-
.hcr the disgrace connected with mem
lber,inp in the Know Nothing orc sr|
'se'i confessed bt a.. liberal and fair men
iwhS went inio tiai movement Before
l iitd been year iu iueyI~fcare member
ship in II c0nlDrren lust sfigma upon
mrn. u must ever ~ 80 wi.h political
order, workipg IN ,rcrci 10 iniur@ a
rlAss. u moa.a hr well 10 remember
600. Tie cxcrs-e~ aid crimes that rrner-
ally ow from religious ar ianaiical|
,rgu .Hdo. IA illustration o. which We cite
tle Baltimore rios in 1854 and lie
Gordon crusade apon the Catholics in
l7s1 la lT1s The proposition to pro
sure iron parliament an act Tor tie re-
iief Of Scottish ltnman Catholics. .iini-
Per 10 Sir trenrgr S,vil's act passed the
previous esr with reference 10 England
Jnd Ireland. caused an cxtraordlnary
excitement throughout England aud
Scotland and IN November powerful
society wss organized in I.ond pu under
ltiir name ofihe Protestant Association" :"
Tor The purpose of defeating the meas
urc~. ot which Lnr, George Gordon
wa~ unanimously elected president. Al
The meeting OF parliament in the spriur
90 l9s1 he presented petition from
.Pil lmriah praying for repeal of Sir.
Gvu'.te ~aville's act: but finding fhel
goN rrncni indifferent to the applica.
llon. he convened "A meeting OF the a.
suciitiOn na the evening Il Nav 2g. and
iu an inflammation haran.uc upon the en-
and designs of tie Roman
catholics, cni0ined tAem TO meet ON
the succeeding FRIDAY. June 3d, in 81.
Georges fields aud carry up their pe-
tiii9ns To parliament for the repeal of
he act On the day appointed con-
course ~ the people estimated tnearly
y OlO d" number, assembled ip St
tcOrue's fields and tfrr l,.t,.su,, 81. =
speccl from thcir leaders, accompaniea
'hin 10 tLs house Of parliament, which
fheN COM lietely surrounded. 10 the
great personal danger of The MANY
ilenibcr- and the almost total interr1,p-
tion OF Legislative business. The bous-
cs having refused to take the petition
into immediate consideration, at several
stages OF the days proceedings Gordon
addressed the mob from the ton of the
gallery stairs, naming the mem bcrs who
had spoken against the measure. and
pr Jtcsting that there would be no helm
iOg thc Scottish people till all the pupish
chapols were destroyed" Al n late
hour IN the evening they retired, but
proceeded almost immediately 10 the
chapels OF the Sardinian and Bavarian
Legations, which they sacked. On SIM
day. the 4th, they renewed their yio-
lence, and from The evening OF that day
until the morning of Thursday. The sth.
the city was almost entirely nj tLeir
mercy. the authorities all the while
showing an ineriness which enables the
mob TO gratiiv their passions without
restraint. The prisons were broken
open, the public buildings attacked. the
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