The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-03

region groans, and bulld u
its waste places. In the meantime, ie'
be its watchword patience
in long suffering; patience in the mldsf
OF anarchy; patience la the very jaws
OF death, il need be. Outbreaks ike
that at Hamburg may lead to serious
political disasters. Being wrong H.
their nature, they will work nothlhE
but evil to the cause OF national iiDerty
A. POLITICAL AGENTS.
rhe Molly Maguires an Pennsylvania
.Scpubiican Engine Of POWER.
New York SUM-
Now that the excitement has some
what subsided over the Hamburg
massacre, In which two armed aud law
less mobs came in collision with fata
results. we will again call the attention
of the press and the public 70 the fac,
that the most extensive and desperate
body of organized incendiaries, thugs
and assassins ever known on this con
tinent has. for several years, been used
as a part Of the Republican organization
in Pennsylvania. We refer TO the no
torious Molly Maguires, eight or whom
have recently been convicted OF murder
and now lie in prison waiting for par
don from Governor Hartranft, in whom
all hope Of escape from the scaHOld
rests.
We have frequently had occasion to
chronicle the assassinations 81 other
crimes Of this secret, oath boun9 order
of organized murderers, who tor. years
have been permitted to Overrun large
region OF country In Pennsylvania, and
commit the most atrociouS crimes with
out any genuine effort on thepart OF the
In hnn IA
the contrary, the leaders OF the Repub-
licau party in that State, several years
ago, formed an alliance with the Molly
Maguires, who have since been ardent
workers for that party at all elections
In return, these cutthroats have been
allowed to assasSinate their personal
enemies and commits depredxfions upon
property with impunity. until it came
to be considered almost useless to at
tempt any interference with them
through the courts. II, by some mis-
calculation, Molly Mcguire happened
to be convicted Of any ofense, pardon
was almost certain TO follow. For sew
eral years past the number OF pardons
to criminals in the coal regions OF Penn
sylvania alone--mostly to Molly
Maguires-has exceeded annually the
whole number of pardons granted ia the
State OF New York. or course these
wretches are all Hartranft men; their
leaders openly claim him as their best
friend.
But these miscreants are in fair way
Of being overcome, notwithstanding the
encouragement and protection Afforded
them by corrupt Republican officials in
Pennsylvania. Tue Reading Railroad
Company, finding that the State author
tiles would not protect the community
from this gigantic combination, took
the matter into their own hands, EN-
ployed detectives, made arrests, col
lected evidence, and the President oil
the corporation, Franklin b Gowen. ap-
peared in the court room and conducted
the prosecutions against some or the
ruffians who had been engaged In the
work Of assassinating peaceable citi-
Zens. One passage in his plea in the
case of Munley, the first OF tho Molly
Maguires convicted Of murder in Schuyl-
kill county, is now, we are told, the sub
ject OF general discussion among the
law abiding citizens or the misgoverned
Keystone state: .,
Il have seen this organization WELD a politi-
cal power in the State which has controlled the
election Of great commonwealth. 1 nave re-
ceiyed the information OF meetings between
some of the highest officers OF the state and the
chief OF the murderers at which large sums ol
ferna association to turn the tide OF State elec-
ton. GOD knows. never in the world was there
a revelation as deep and rs damnlng as that now
aid open to the people OF this common wealth.
for the first time.
Mr.. Gowen is not man to make un-
founded and reckless assertions in re-
gard to so grave matter. In thus con-
firming what the Sun has repeatedly
charged against the Rings who control
the Republican organization IN Penn
sylvania, he was speaking from inform
alton which he had obtained through
trustworthy agents employed to get the
evidence that has resulted In the con-
viction OF eight murderers;. Those
agents discovered that the understand
ing between the Mollie Maguires and
the chief officers OF the State was thor
ough and complete. They discovered
that M. S Quay, Secretary Of the Com
monwealth, had paid to Jack Kehoe
$llOO, to John j. Slattery 500, and to
Barney Dolan $500, for their services In
defeating Judge Pershing last fall, and
in helping to elect Gov. Hartranft.
Kehoe is now under indictment for
murder; Slattery for arson and aggra-
waited assault and battery; and Dolan is
wretched outcast. All OF them were
leaders OF the Molly Maguires in
Schuylkill county, and all OF them rem
dered effectual services in return for the
money which they received from the
Secretary OF State.
Yes, it is true, as Mr.. Gowan has pub
licly affirmed, the organized band OF
murderers known as the Molly Ma.
Cuires has welded a vast political
power; the facts we now give show for
whose benefit thatpower has been used.
Probably Don Cameron, the new Secre.
tary OF War, could give a great, deal Of
valuable information In regard to the
way In which these things have, been
managed: : perhaps he may be able to
suggest to Gen. Grant and the National
Republican Committee plan for carry.
ing the United States for Hayes and
Wheeler by similar means to those
which have proved 90 successful 10
maintaining the supremacy OF the BE
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