The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-03-31
Lesson Taught by Brave Man

liant and meritorious service. He was
regarded as one of the ablest OF all
the generals of Irish descent VINO
served in the Civil war, and he gain
ed great personal popularity, not only
among Irish-Americans, but with men
of all parties.
a manufacturer at Troy, N. T. He
was elected secretary of state upon
the Republican ticket in 1879, and was
a candidate for reelection in 1888. the
year after Grover Cleveland had car
ried New York for governor by the
unprecedented plurality of $4,000.
Many Republicans were faint-hearted
in the Carr campaign; they felt that
it would be impossible for their party
to gain a triumph at the polls after
defeat so benumbing as was that
which the Democracy had admins
tered to IT the year before Yet after
the votes had been counted 1t was dis
covered that General Carr had been
elected secretary of state by about
1 5 900 plurality.
General Carr, however, gained,
greater triumph than any which ms
political carer brought him, for Il
was a moral triumph, and one now
recognized as having been OF incaf
culable benefit. =
After the Civil war passion and ex-
element for some years prevailed gen
orally throughout the country. This
feeling was especially manifested
among Irish-Americans, who were in
antagonism by reason of the fact that
some were Orangemen while others
were Hibernians, or of the opposing
Irish association The intensity OF
this feelings led to tragic riots in New
York city on July IL, 1872.
In Troy also, in the same year, this
feeling of intense animosity had full
sway. The Orangemen purposed parad-
ing through the streets of the city. The
Hibernians and other opposing associa-
tons asserted that the Orangemen
| would not be permitted to parade.
General Carr. who at that time was In
command of the state militia, was
sought out for counsel by the Hiber-
mans as to the best manner In which
to check the plans of the Orangemen.
Gentlemen" said General Carr,
WuSn nG ndQ AbtChCo W LIS SuAiSAo.
am of Irish descent, and l am mem
Der of the Church OF Rome. But
also am an American. 1 fought for
freedom and received my wounds &c
fighting. i know that freedom does
| not mean license. You men think
that freedom means license. In a
free country every organization has a
right peaceably to assemble. peaceably
tc parade. Freedom would be sham
| IL this were not the case"
We'll, what do you propose to do in
case there is trouble?" General Carr
was asked.
You will see," was the reply. And
that was the only answer Gen Carr
would make.
! On the 18th of July the Orange
men of Troy assembled and begaf
their parade-and at the head of the
column rode General Joseph B. Carr
and behind him rumbled a battery o.
state artillery. With that battery hi
the event of riot. There was no riot
The Orangemen paraded PEACEFUL!
and then dispersed. And in the les
son that Gen Carr then taught the cis
liens of Troy is to be found the seet
of that new understanding Of thu
meaning of freedom which has foreve'
terminated the spirit of vindictivenesl
that formerly characterized the rels
lions of rival Irish-American organ
izations.
Copyright, 1910, by e. J. Edwards Al
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