The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-07-06

giving them such an exaggerated idea of
their self importance that they felt 1T lib
erty 30 despise those who had she courage
aud sincerity to Tebuke them and to en-
deavor to make them Sorrowful unto re-
pentence.
If a tithe of what has been said about
the Mollies be true If the spirit that now
hOwlS and shrieks against them were fired
by love of virtue, II would likewise de-
n0unce those who have given them aid ard
comfort; those who, FOR their own selfish
motives, cherished and encouraged them
those who took them TO their ranks to
make their power and influence, wicked
and vile as they were, carry them OF their
friends into office. No. II this opposition
against Mollies were virtuous 1t would
frOwn down and dcUTy all those in high
places who allied themselves with the Mol
lies. tt such was the case. those honora-
BILE l?) gentlemen holding high official posi-
tUns would be compelled To hang their
heads in shame-wuuld be exiled from the
society OF respectable men. II such was
the case, those who receive Mollios into
their parlors made arrangements with
them for carrying important elections paid
thousands OF dollars 10 them, Promised and
Obtained, in consideration OF such services,
pard0ns for criminals, would not now be
carrying high heads. They would be re-
garded as greater enemies Of social order
to know the morality of a community
study the characters of its criminals TLe
IofgCr says. "All selhshuoss and injustice
reacts upon the aggresSor." Is it any
wonder that the foundations Of society
have been overturned that disorder has
so long prevailed in Scbuylkin county ?
Whatsoever man sows the same shall he
reap.
In showing the condition Of society
which made 1t possible FOR wicked men to
band together to ayenge the UIuuus Of
others which, 10y a community of feeling
they had made their ovu, until a sense of
wrong inflicted on their class made men
who would not dream OF committing any
outrage say, good for them, they deserved
1T - in shoeing how the worst characters
in society, when arrayCd against one au-
other, like fighting dogs, involved good
men in their quarrels, until, on the one side,
secrecy was maintained and sympathy
aroused, aud, on the other side. as tho
Journal says, respectable citizens sought
security and peace in midnight assasSiua-
tions in showing that ill-fecing was stir
red up by the oppression to the poor 5y the
rich, the high h-handcd rule Of bosses. il is
not the intention to assert that all the on
. eratoIs and bosses were eNt0itioners and
tyrants. Notwithstanding the guilt of the
wicked is often visited upon the iunocenis
there have been and are many operators in
the region whose conduct commanded the
respect and love of the workingmen OF
this class no brighter eX1mple can DC pro
duced than Nh Gowcu himself whose fair
dealings and honorable treatment Of his
workmen during his financial revorses are
remembered and highly commended TO THIS
day. Neither is At asserted that every
murder was the result OF wrong committed
10y IFS victim. Apatt from tbe abnormal
state of society so favorable 10 crime, meA
in the coal region aud memters of the a.
q. II. had, as men elsewhere have, their
motives for the Commission of criue-sno-
tsveS which we're uUJ peculiar 20 The reg ION
on 10 the \. Q. IL.
MONEY OR REVENGE THE MOTIVES.
Men IN the coal region, as men elsewhere,
committed crimes impelled solely bv love Of
money or thirst for revenge. These ci lines
in many cases would have been committed
if the A. o. II. had never existed. 1t may
not be out of place to alludU 70 two muir
ders. Alexander Rea ~asa m3st eStimable
character, whose life 50 commended him to
the kindly feelings of ohets that he fels no
fear, and, although he frequently carried
/ large sums OF money. always went uuarnieci.
/ He fell the victim not ~ malice but of en-
pidiiy. Benjamin T. } ost, an inofIeusive
kindly man, fell q maTtyr to the faithful
aud impartial discharge of his duty as Do
liceman. As to others, HflE d5 H50rtuts
( nisi 50HUU, and ignorant Of their CASES do
not allow them to be spoken of. II would
/ IN any particular case toe wickedness to
regard the punishmcuts inflicted either by
Muilies or by anti Mo.liCs as au evidence
of wrong doing or the part IF the dead.
for in reDri>als and retaliation men are of
( ten the victims of vengeance that has been
t ed more by the acts of others than
! their own. Ii is an iuGiSputable fact that
! had it not been for the existence Of The
Ancient Order of Hiberniaus so much dis
oIier would not have prevailed So many
murders would not have been committed.
it was q convenient. and f,r time, safe
instrument OF terrorism m-- IT. 0rdS can pive
no idea of this demDraIjziug. peace des-
troyiug, anti-ChlistI Iau, diabaiical assoeia-
ton, or OF its soGl-des rovjhg Influences
an informal serpent which can only be
destroyed by crushing its head-an asso-
citation which not ouly plunged is dagger
into tie heart of The citizen. hut by it's in
Vulnerable periulies stuck ut the life of
society itself, aud what Was even worse.
blaSphemouSly inSUlted Gud. II has
brought It's own puuislItnent. Alas that
the punishment can only for tl.e most part
be visited upon dnpes. Il is an association
which the HfEcCrs Of the law must prose
cute. which priests must curse upon
whose black hearts rest the blood IF men.
ihe damuatiou OF souls against which CIV
to heaven for vengeance the blood of its
victims, the bluod ol its niembeIs. the sor-
rows aud tears OF bearibrUken mothers aud
fathers, wives and children.
.. J. McDERNoTT.
N. SHERIDAN.
pTrysofoey pt, Cars. - Cate 40 not ii