The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-08-09
From the N-W York o '-rrvvrl
Sympathy With MurdererS.


In endeavoring to explain the evident
/ sympathy OF great numbers Of lrirhm~n
with the Molly Mcguire murders and
murderers oi the coal regions of Prnn-yl
vania the Roman Catholic Tablet speaks.
among other inAuene-s. OF the grievance
oi the miners. their hatred OF spies and
iniormers. and closes with these words
"Irishmen everywhere are noted Tor
their reverence To the laws which they
recognize ~ just This wall Of sorrow
then; this se~ming cry for vengeance.
these shouts OF excitement and sympa
thy at Pottsville. Mauch Chunk. and
elsewhere, most plainly had their ori gin
in these mingled feelings and considers.
tions The impassioned Celt Of ireland
may loudly voice his excitement but he
u no murderer, be bears no favor 10 the
scarlet crime. nor would be deprive the
scaffold Of one single victim who had
justly earned IL,
All OF which may be strictly true. and
yet IL does not In the least degre. lessen
the reality or the guilt OF this alarming
and revolving feature Of the Pcnnsylva
MIA tragedy. No dozen murders reveal
the reckless. vindictive, murderous spir.
it 80 iercely and widely as these wakes
and funerals Of syuypathizinR. threaten.
ing hundreds Personal sympathy for
the b-reaved does not make men and
women defy the law that has not merely
punished assassins. but unveiled the cru
city and cowardice OF mathodicnl mur.
der. until ell but the most degraded por.
ton Of the community is moved with
disgust and horror.
"lrishmen everywhere are noted" SAYS
the Tablet, for their reverence TO the
laws which they recognize as just" Such
r~verence is OF very iittlY practical value
10 lrishmen or any others who are so ig
norant. 30 passionate. 20 besott-d. that
they recognizs no justice Ia any Law that
does not meet theit demands and crafty
their propensities.
No rogue c'cr felt the halter draw
Win good opinion of the Law.
Murders are not usually committed ex.
cept as men think they can take the law
into their own hands. Even those hom.
icides that are the result Of intoxicAtion
are crimes induced by the artificial mad.
ness in which men think that they are
the arbiters of the destiny OF those with
whom they are offended IL j. no exten-
uatiOn to say that man bears no favor
tn the scarlet crime" Very Few Of all
the murderers since Cain have practiced
murder simply a. a tne art. II these de.
liberate, merciless. selfish, co&ardiy
crimes are looked upon as justiiiable
homicid-s by a certain portion OF the
working people in the coal region. IL sim.
ply shows that these people have never
been enlightened or brnshte by civiliz
ing aud Christisnizing inhuences Ia may
be that they do not regard the laws a.
just under which they live aud work
But those who understand the laws Of
God know very we'll when resistance 70
Law j. both inhuman and Internal. These
m~n who have been hung are said TO be
dupes OF others still more guilty But
dup@- who will lie IN wait TO kill hu-
band- aud fathers whom they know to
be honest m-n. are just ~ uBft tor th'. |
present world ~ tor any either.
Molly Maguiri.m has afFirded the most |
remarkable illustration this country ha. |
yet s-en of the absurdity Of the position |
occupied by the opponents Of capital /
heart OF one OF the richest Statvs Of the /
Union that Furnishes with death any one
who di-ob-ys it, rules. Now let the /
STATE abolish capital punishment and W. /
have two sets 81 laws among miners III /
Is death to disobey the lawle.s. IL l. /
only for the bloodiest. who 1
defy the law. IL requires no philosophy 4
TO determine which will be the most 4
powerful when justice has no sword with 4
which 20 sight against the deadly weap /
ons Of the assassin. Sheriff. and Judges 4
with no power but lock aud key may 1
we'll be scorned by these Molly Maguirrs
whose mandates are enforced with the
knife or bullet. Minors will be COMPEL
I'd To submit TO the power that 10 able u
enforce its authority. Murders may then
cease simply because villains have their
way without the necessary exertion Inn
piled in murder