The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-07-08
The Molly v.aqulres.

however, 10 not in the camp VI 'no
or abe might be still looking arouno
anxiouslv for little more expiration
There ia fable of o lion to whom PANT
ipp was shown. 1t represented come hon
killing some lions. avery well !" sa'a ni'
majesty of the forest, ga man pa'n'ou
| If lions could paint, you "onio se0
ferept picture" If the miners 0'"'u
hold eourts there would probably be ie"
more men hanged. Tho
| w. ara not excusipg murderers. Inc
mo, vbo were hung are said to have been
almost totally devoid OF educat'oh Wv"
secular and religious, yet they must ha'o
known that assassination was CRIME Ano
law of nature prohibits murder. STU thele
was kind of fapaticism about their moue
of operation. 1t seems to have been RUE
in the association that no one shou'" oe
called on 20 kill a man with whom ITO was
acquainted, and we see this circumstance
dweft on as an aggravasioh OF the en'p'o'
| in a splendid review of the whole qoes'lon
vri.ten by Rev. Fathers McDermott and
Sheridan and published in the freeman
Journal With all Difference, the impress
sion made upon us by this peculiar pro-
vision had been different
The members were supposed to form
community to themselves, sort OF nation
within nation. They were organized ID
to all the functions of government. III sn
outsider we're condemned to DEATH his
7 sentence was supposed to be jnst, barring
! tho slioht defect of bis not having been heard
az the trial. The nation-that is the Mollie
Mcguire nation, something like the Choc-
laws or the Modocs-had to appoint an ex-
ecutioner, but this executioner must as
9 charge his duty conscientiousiy. he must
K kill the condemned simply and purely as
public official. There must be nc
K shadow of personal feeling in the act
o,bervise il would become criminal.
D the executioner knew the victim he miga
he actuated by motives of hatred or re
g venge if he did not knew him, 1t was clea
o. that he was acting mer ely from sense
mr. duty to his organization.
ey It seems to us that there might be me
u ignorant enough and fanatical enough
M almos, convince themselves that this KIN
'S If soeietv had some sort of claim to the
allegiance, and that they bad right
,At least a moral Tight-to separate from tt
ish set nm one where they would have bett
wv chance for justice.
md OF course, if this was their idea, tn
rse were wrong-bitterly wrong,-but did Il
AuS somebody embittcr them4 Had the gre
'"o world treated them rightlyf Were tn
regarded az men, or as cattle, by the inn
luai entail classes that welded government
b Of their own INTEREST," Was society to TN
ther IA mother, or were they out casts, ~
'SS' iahs, condemned along with their WI
sS' and children to perpetual slavery In
9Th mines, more than any where else, cspi
or -, enslaves labor. 1t ties it's serfs with
and the bonds of physical incapaclty, mel
lie Of darkness, and moral degradat'oh. A
.. strictly than by any possible legisati
these victims of capital, these slaves
.o nabobism, are condemned to the rut VIII
r.. ~ they have learned to tread.
,.her Add yet these are white men.
later. Yes. and the Devil is not allow to rem
bling them of it, and to tell them that they
lpson Orievonsly wropged and cheated, that t
boys, child ren after them will be slaves, that
) is ciety is q conspiracy against them,
FesS that iustice-the justice of laws not'
rowp ""' krono ,vbap moor men
in question. And then come along
Z into aoants of the Devil and say {:
juno our society where you will zee real
F, . tice and brotherhood, where you will
anne. strength against tyranny, the strength
~ 10. union and concert. Come; here are
amers passwords and signs and grips. Ta"'
rough oath and pass in"
cred What can we expect Most of t
nAF.eF tempted in such case, fall. AT first
he At hesitate, for nature Gays: Beware how
Or has call God to witness unknown things /;
Is 10 perhaps some lingering memory of
en- ACQUIRED in childhood, in far off couI
grand reminds them that the Church has pI
uuday its ban on secret societies; but the ct
The taken.
Young 1t is the first step in darksome
Merv tbo lost skaD of which "a we saw the