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

consideration Of his fellow.mcn. And
| do know, oh 80 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 wo will all embark, that then, at
that dread moment IL will be 10 the
recollection Of the possession Of these
simple virtues, this pure morality, this
unostentatious charity that i have
named, that we win all cling, in the
sublime confidence that II will avail us
most, when the timo shall como that
each one of us-Catholic and Protest
ant, Lutheran and Calvinist, Gentle
and Jcw-shall be stripped Of the thin
garb oftho soctarian, and stand in equal
favor before the great white throne of
God.
And now one word more on this sub
Iject and / dismiss IL. Whenever you
hear a complaint made against a man
because he is an Irishman, or because
he is Catholic whenever you hear
anG one, no matter who he may be, say
that the outrages of this county are due
TO the Irishmen, or due 10 the Catho-
lies, do not, | beg Of you, forget, in
your secret hearts, that the highest
prelates of that church have cursed and
excommunicated 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 great honor and a
greater need Of praise than is due TO
any other is due to Detective McPar.
Ian, who is an Irishman by birth and
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 10 remember that both
have been gloriously and successfully
vindicatcd by an lrishman and Catho-
lie, in the person Of James McParlan.
Why, il is Just twenty-one years ago
last week, that the citizens of Pottsville
lald the cornerstone for that monument
on Sharp Mountain, which now com
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 had thenpassed
when Henry Clay's partisanship was
remembered, the citizens dedicated
sufficient OF their means TO 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 bad succeeded mob
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 oil ITS
wealth were intrusted TO those who
went to do their duty, dogged by the
assassin and the murderer unknowing
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 s or 8 o'clock inthe 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, unknowingwheth-
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; whenme doubted
whether il 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 few
weeks has brought forth. To-day l
give you notice that there is no part OF
this county that is not as sale as the
aisle in which i stand here now.
Is there man in this audience, look
ing at me now, and hearing me de-
nounce this ASSOCIATION, who longs TO
point his pistol at meY tell him that
he has as good chance here as he will
ever have again. l tell him that it is
just as safe to-day to murder in the
temple OF justice as IT is in the secret
Tavines Of the mountains, or within the
silent shadows of the woods. i tell
him that human lite is safe. tell him
that the members of his society, whom
we desire TO convict, all, save one or
two, are either safely lodged within the
walls OF your pHson, or are fugltlves
from justice, but almost within the
grasp OF the detectives, who are upon
their heels. i tell HIM that IL there Is
another murder in this county, com
mitted by this organization, every one
OF the five hundred members oi the or
der in this county, or out OF 1t, who
connives at Il, will be guilty OF murder
in the first degree, and can be hanged
by the neck until he is dead, not by
Vigilance Committees, but according
to the solemn forms OF justice, after be-
ing defended by able and experienced
counsel and | tell him that If there
is another murder IN this county by
this society, there will be an inqnisi-
tion for blood with which nothing that
has been known in the annals OF Grim
inal jurisprudence can compare. And
to whom are we indebted Tor this
security Of which l now boast 10
whom dove owe all this Under the