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

consideration Of his fcllow.men. And
| do know, oh so well, that when our
lives draw towards their close, and the
opening portals of the tomb reveal to
our eyes some glimpses Of the bound
less waters Of that vast eternity upon
which We will all embark, that then, at
that dread moment IL will be TO the
recollection Of the possession Of these
simple virtues, this pure morality, this
transformations charity that i have
named, that we will all cliug, In the
sublime confidence that IL viii avail us
most, when the timo shall come that
each one Of us--Catholic and Protest.
ant, Lutheran and Calvinist, Gentle
and Jew--shall be stripped Of the thin
garb ofthe sectarian, and stand in equal
favor before the great white throne Of
; God.
And now one word more on this sub.
ject and ! dismiss IT, Whenever you
hear complaint made against man
because he is an Irishman, or because
he is n Catholic whenever you hear
anG one, no matter who he may be, say
that the outragcs of this county are due
to the Irishmen, or due TO the Catho.
lies, do not, | beg Of you, forget, in
your secret hearts, that the highest
prelates of that church have cursed and
oxcommunicated this order. Do not
forget that whatever little credit may
be due TO him who has conceived the
plan Of exposing this association is due
to one who is the son Of Irishman and
do not forget that a great honor and
greater need Of praise than is due TO
any other, is due TO Detective McPar.
Ian, who is an Irishman by birth and
a Catholic by religion; and if those
who profess to be Irish Catholics in
this county have brought their nation
ality and their religion into disrcpute,
] beg Of you to remember that both
have been gloriously and successfully
vindicated by an lrishman and Catho-
lie, in the person of james McParlan.
Why, il is just twenty.ono years ago
last week, that the citizens Of Pottsyille
lald the cornerstone for that monument
on Sharp Mountain, which now CON-
memorates the memory Of Henry Clay.
1t was believed that the political course
of the statesman had greatly aided in
the development Of the material inter
ests Of this county, and without parti-
san feeling for the time bad then passed
when Henry Clay's partisanship was
remembered, the citizens dedicated
sufficient OF their means 10 commemo-
rate his memory by monument He
did, ! believe, do much for this county,
but what would it have amounted to
if this this organization we are now
contending with had succeeded in OBJ
tanning the control of all the interests
in the county? OF what use would
capital or wealth, or industry, or enter
prise, or protection, amount to if the
administration Of the resources of this
county and the development of its
wealth were intrusted to those who
went to do their duty, dogged by the
assassin and the murderer unlnowing
whether, when they left their houses
in the morning, they would not be car
ried back dead before night?
And now LET us look to society in
this county, as it was three months
ago, when men retired TO their homes
at or Q o'clock in the evening, and no
one ventured beyond the precincts of
his own door when every man en-.
gagged in any enterprise Of magnitude,
or connected with industrial pursuits,
left his home in the morning with his
hand upon his pistol, unknowing wheth-
er he would again return alive; when
the very foundations OF society were
being overturned when the admins
tration of Justice, which should always
be regarded with reverence, had almost
sunk into contempt; when men doubted
whether it was in the power of organ
lied society to protect their lives and
to secure their property and, then re-
fleet upon the change which q few
weeks has brought forth. To-day 1
give you notice that there is no part Of
this county that is not as safe as the
o;.Io l., ,,I;oh I s.ond ho,.o ,,o,r
T t. ,hona ,oan ~ AZ ard;anoa lool
;na ~ NO nnw and boar;na nc do
nounce this ASSOCIATION, who longs to
point his pistol at me2 tell him that
nnon ~ IL homo w. So oc,o;n toil In, tbat !, T.
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