, 1880-03-20
A REBUIiE TO KEARNEYISM.
An Irish Clergyman Speaks 1Hta Mind
freely In sam Francisco.

Freely In Hnn FranciAco.
The Ncy. John 1Iemphill, Of Calvary
Church, San Francisco, II MI Irishmnn and n
priest. LII both capacities, Ms we'll ns in vIr-
i tue Of a conspicuous position, he speaks will,
voice to Which men nust give heed. Mr..
IIc1nplill spoke In Ills church OIL Sunda,
night, Marc1, II, OF the theme that so long
Inns absorbed attention In San Francisco, OF
the agitation TINT Inns filled the nit with fear,
tl1at has parulyzcd business, that has driven
so ntaliy valuable citizens away, md TINT Inns
shaken and threatens to destroy tho very
fabric of society. 1t would have been easy
to handle these things with ktd-gloyes Ms SO
many others have done. 1t would have beon
easy to speak untrnthfnlIy about them for
the sake Of tiattering the workinglnc,,, as
tho Mayor Of Snn Francisco, Isaac s.
Kasloch, has done. 1t would have
ss so easy Of to pt s the is 'te1tfn te2n
newspapers that want to TO ''populnr" md
ccrtnill politicians that want offices llnyo DONE
Put Mr lle,nnl,lll has seornetl to do nny q
tho uuyarnlshed truth. IIe has toll 1t to
those who ulost need to hear 1t, but who must
most dislike to hear It, and Tor, this he de-
serves and should get the applause Of tho
After . summary Of the acts and menaces
OF tho Kearney faetlu,!, afr. Ilempllll, went
OIL To say that le felt disturbed alltl dIsplcaset
when h0 Viewed the present stnte of nttnlrs,
permitted "tlesc lawlcss vagabonti ailcns for
the last tnur years to tl,reaten ny with an
arcI'y, riot, murder. pi!fering, and destruc-
tlon Of tl!e city, But thls was predatory
iSy yyi ts fsssr Siessny Ssss IL y es 'afs sy ff
10 Judge of tic elect Of Ills DISCOURSE we
must retnelnher the racc, falth md affiliations
of tlle balk pt ls hsarsts, and With thcss iii
"When reflect tilt It ii largely my coun-
try1,lnn who nre do1ng this UNI saddrnetl.
SIN francisco II to-day MI object fur the
l,issLng contensps of all the world. .rhen men
trenteas s aarcIy. t bosse @ @ 'as a dess5. rsvo
i,ItIoll. When reflect On MI these thlngs I
ltelce Of the lAw.abisling citizens of, this city
| ar,ily. 10 my mind 1t looks more like tito
latter. For MY part, mn giad that patience
Inns ceased to be q virtue. as Is shown In tha
claEe that they want to I,laintaln public peace
a,ll good order, md tn this tho nlaifesto llas
! my icarttest !n!nrsolAent.n
This Is plain talk, ansl not less so was Alr.
tlat canle SOM ,afterwnrtl. ,The, trucking
/ spirit shawn by kall0cil In Ills advocacy of
tic "Snntl-I .ots" cause w..s lnaretlesty OK
posed, alld Ills bold denuulicor went On to
"No, you Reverend Mayor, We do not md
| canll0t aceept your voucher for llrnen from
tho Salad-Lottelx. You ta!kc.! very dltrareut-
~ WHEN yuu indorcA tho resolutions Of tlie
| Said-I -I.otters, You talked very differently
IN your slcecll at Union llnll q! the 9th Ot
lust month, when y0u satd: There will bU
trouble, there viii b. Ilondsl!ed III sctIlnE
t!'ls Ghlllrsa question: no YOU intend ttl
toraottel tlls rlols ii 1877, Indeed, yui have
mt forgotten wien HitA Of your n,ni, lnsuteu
the people ut this church when lt Sl,uutetl
You lle' during aerylC0 u year ago. YOU
| have not forgotten your Insulting visiting
committee, Which was sent tU demand Ut sle
fstraetlon :I J. II \ portion 9f ny previous
have you forE0tteN your cOllrlnlon's recent
Insult W tho furelnost citlzcu Ut the United
| StatuS--the ex-l'regfllent-Whcis Ae tl,rrat-
| eutd to htlrn hltl In .elligy, nor when ,y0ur
followers threatened to ercct gnllows OIL
| tho Sa,a-iAt to hang our citiZuns.'
Tlle proserhtal fortune TINT follows 'cnMr-
agv WIS not wanting here. 4 correspond"
ellt tciegsaphs that llo hoyHr saw nl Al,tltoMee
eonlo outufa church 80 liOvtMl or N, eHtlIusf-
nstlu Us were. tic attendants ut Calvary
| Church. after hearing Mr.. IlempAlll's dis
course. rl.ero llIay lInyn been tlIosa WHO
thought tllat, IN Solne Ut ILLS advice to Ills
l'sarets. alr; llsMphlll went too tar; Such.
| nay fairly bo takell with allowance, Is our
eWl opLnlon. We trust tllat It IL not need.
| ful now for every lnal not OF the "Salnl-
l4ltHh party tU "urgunize, enroll, nEn, and
lrlil.n Hut whatever Aiay bo said of RENT
dies, there cAll ln no doubt Ut tho downright
truth all4 i,onesty M With %hiel. ~, llelnplitll
plain, SQUARE facta, like so many shots from
4ulQreu.tUh Iifltd run. Thtau RrH faEtH