THE
u CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN,"
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(Cards.
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
ClIRWENRVILLB,
M Clrarteld CouBty, Pcna'a. 76;
tioi. a. aiaair. cram eoBDoR.
MURRAY &. GORDON,
ATTOBNKYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
jagr-oglea in Ple'a Opera Uoute. eecend floor.
:S(I'J4
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTOKNEY-AT-LA W ,
Clearfield, Pa.
Will attend to all bn.lnnl.nlro.tJ to him
piomptly and faithfully. novU'To
WILLIAM A. VALI.ACB.
BABHV P. WALLACB.
OATin L. BRRBR.
JOUR W. WRIflLRTi
WALLACE 4. KREBS,
(Sujeeaeore U Wallace FleldiBg,)
ATTORN E YS-AT-LAAV,
11117! ClearUeld, Pa.
ioarph a. a'lXALLT.
daribl w. a'cuanr,
McENALLY & McCURDY,
ATXOUNKVS-AT-LAW.
Clearfield, Pa,
Leg' baslneaa attended to promptly wllhj
ftilelity. Offlee on Second treet, above the Pint
National Bask. jnn:l:7B
" gTr. barrFtt,
Attorney and Counselor at Iaw.
clearfield, pa.
liar ina; reiigned hi Judge.hip, baa re timed
the praolioe f the lit la bit old oHine at Clear
ftll, Pa. Will attend the court of Jefferson aod
Klk count let wbnn ipeoinlly retained in connection
nub roalilent eoun.el. a:i:a
A. G. KRAMER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Ileal K.tete and Collection Agent,
(XEAKPIEI.l), PA.,
Will prnmplly attend to all legal buslntta en
truxted to bia oara.
r Office in Pit'. Optra Huuae. . Jan 176.
W M . M. Mc C UL LO U GH,
ATTOItNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
OffioelB tiie old Weatern Hotel building.
L,-a al bualneaa promptly attended to. H.il estate
bought tod Hid. Jell'7J
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearttetd, Pa.
' aOfncB tB GrAham's Row. dooS-l;
H. W. SMITH,
A TTORNEY-AT-LA W,
, '11:1:7s l leartleld. Pa.
" WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cleartield, Pa.
Ml-Otic la Old Wfit.rn Hotel building,
eorner of tjHOBd and Market Sta. bot1I,Ro.
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
-OBo la the Court Hoaae. Jyll.'C?
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cleartield, Pa.
jayar OHra on Ualket atraet, opp. Coart llouee,
a. J, 1974.
JOHN L." CUTTLE", "
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
d Heal I'.atate Alfiit, Cleartield, Pa.
ifllee or Third atreet. bat. ChorrjA Walnut,
aayReapeetfully offera hia eerrieeelB aelllag
I kayiof land, la Clearleld and a-ljolnlnj
Btlel and with RR eiperieaoe of over twenty
ilia aurveyor, tiattara hitneelf that be eaa
er aatlafaetloa. irea. :ra:u,
BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
ARB BBALRR IB
W IaOgM dlld JjllllllMir,
CLEARPIELD,
IB Orabam'a Row.
PA.
1:11:71
J. J. LINGLE,
TORJfEY-AT - LAW,
' tta-eoli, Clearfield Co., Pa. y:pd
.8. BARN HART,
ATTORNEY . AT - LAW,
llellefonte. Pa.
aatloa In Clearfield and all of tbo Courta of
aJudiolal diatriet. Real Batata buaineea
eeilon of olaima made apecialtlee. Bl'71
. W. A. MEANS,
SICIAN 4 SURGEON,
LllTIIEHSBURIi, PA.
ad profeaaloaal ealla promptly. mu-jlO'T.
"DR. T. J. BOYER,
HCI A N AND SURGEON.
oa Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.
koarat I to I a. ., and 1 to I p. at.
t. II. SCIIEURER,
'mXOPATIIIC PHYSICIAN,
lee Ib realdeaee on Market at.
1171, Cleartield,
. H. KLINE, M. D.,
ICIAN k SURGEON,
V located at Pen n field, Pa., offtra bli
tional rrioai to tha peopla of that
mnndinc oountry, Allc
call pronptl
oot. 11-11.
P. BURCH FIELD,
a ef the :td l.ilmeat, Panaayleanla
, having returned fron the Array,
arefeaaloBal nr-iee. to tbaaltlaeni
ddeoaaty.
lAeloeal ealla nromotlf atUadod tO.
atoad atreet, formorlyoeoapled by
epr, II
I. B. VAN YALZAH,
.BARFIEl.D, PUNN'A.
IN MASONIC BUILDING
ce boora-From II to 1 P. M. ,
May H, 17.
'.FKEIiSON I.1TZ,
WOODLAND, PA.
ptly attead All ealla la the line of hia
aoT.iv-i.
M. DOHEETY,
UE BARBER A HAIR DRKRPER-
LEAK PI ELD, PA.
m formetlj oeeapiad hy Natigla
Market Ureal.
' HNVDEK,""
"ormerly wltb lew Rohnler.)
AK AND IIA!RDRRriRR.
ktt Bl.( appoalta Court Honaa.
far ovary ou.tomer. tna; iu, '7ft,
3ALE LIQUOR STORE.
iho and of tha now bridge,
ST CI.KARFIKLD, PA.
4orof Ibll aatablt.bmont Kill ha
from .iiitiliera. Pari tee bating
M will It .are U get a para arliele
gin atxira oopt,; Hotel aeepara aaa
with llqaori on rPonabla terma.
d brandtN direct from Sealer'
ita. new tort.
tlKORUR N. CO I.I) CRN
.Jaae 10, Ulft-tf.
printed a large natnbor of Ua new
ad wtu aa too raoaint of twentt.
atlamiprta ? ddraea. mjit
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. QOODLANDEB, Proprietor.
VOL. 50-WHOLE NO. 2
Carets.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Ju.llce of th. Paaoa and BcrlreatT,
Carwanavllle, Pa.
feavColleetlona made aod noaoy Trmtly
paldoror. rooiiuu
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE (IT THE PEACE
roa
tttcatur Township,
Oieeola Mill. P. O.
II oRelal bu.lnen entrRilrf to bin) will be
promptly attended to. mobM, '7.
BRO. ALBRRT BBRBT Al.BBIIT..-...;.... ALIRBT
W. ALBERT AV BROS.,
Maaufaotunn A eiten.lre Uealen la
Sawed Lumber, Sanare Timber, ito.,
WOOULAHU, flfll A
sey-Order. lollolled. BUI. tiled on abort notloe
Addrm Woodlaad P. O., Clearfleld Co., Pa.
oia-ly W ALUKKT 4 BROS,
"fITancis COUTRIET,
MEKCHANT,
Preucbvllle, Clearfield County,, Pa.
Keepa eonatently oa band a full aaaortment of
Airy uootia, llaroware, urwirw,, mh v.ij.Uia
BAually kept tn a retail autre, aoiro win ue .viu,
for eaah, aa cheap aa elaewbere la the oouaty.
Preaohville, Jane 17, lsn7-ly.
THOMAS H. FOR.CEE,
DIALVft lit
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CRAUAMTON, Pa.
AIo, eitemlrt manufhoturar and daalar In Rquara
Timber and bawetl liantoeroi an awua.
r-Order, aolieited and all bllla prornpttr
Oiled. I JJ . ,
R EUBE N HACK M A N,
HouoB and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peuli'a.
fcfk-Will exeeetejoba la hi. line promptly and
In a workmanlike meaner. arte,'
G . H . Hk L C7
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
far Pampa alwayi on band and made to order
on ahort notiee. Pipea bored on reaeonable terma
All work warranted to render aatiafaction, and
delivered if dealred. my3S:lypd
E. A. BIGLER &. CO.,
DKALEItfl IH
SQUARE TIMBER,
and maaufaelurera of
ALL KINDS Of CAWED LIIMBKH,
l-7'7J CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS.
B. GRAHAM,
dealer ia
Eeal Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
BHINOLES, LATH, A PICKETS,
1:1171 Clearield, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,
DKALRB IB
Square Timber & Timber LamlB,
jell'71 CLEARFIELD, PA.
" JAMES hT'lY T L E, T
In Kratier'e nulldln-r, Clearfield, Pa.
Dealer In Qroaeiiea, Provlalona, Yegetatlol,
Fruita, Fldur, Feed, ete.f eto,
aprl4'7i-tf
T. M
ROBINSON,
Market
Mlreet, Cleartield. Pa.,
RARFf ACTIIRRR OP
Licht and TIeary Haraera, Collara, Bmldlea,
Bridlee, Ao. RepairlBg neatly done.
May 21, l7-0u.
JOHN A. RTAULER,
RAKER, Market St., Cl.arfi.ld, Pa.
Freeh Bread, Rnak, Rolla, Pi.l and Cakaa
oa hand or niade to order. A aeneral aaaflrtment
of Confeetlonariea, Kruil. and Nula In Mock.
Ice rreem and Oy.tera In aceaon. Heleoa a.erly
oppoalle the PoatoDoe. Priera moderate.
March IIL-'lt.
J. It. M'MURUAY
WILL rWPPI.Y YOU WITn ANY ARTlrLR
OF MERCHANDISE AT THE VERY LOWEST
PRICE. COME AND 6KH. (J:S:7!j:)
NEy WmNGTON.
jyjILL NOTICE
Any party harlot loea ta atw at Lock Harea,
ean bare them manufactured at tbo loweet rate
aod ia the beat manner by calline; Rt the Haw
Mill of Town-, Shaw A Co., Water alreot, Lock
ll.ven, Pa. N. HUAW.
Look ll.ren, April J", 1871-lm.
riUEAP GROCERIES!
J LUMRKR CITY, PA.
Tha nnderalgned announeea to bia old friend,
and palmna that ha hat opened a good line ot
UKOrKUIKH A FltilVlMoNH at tl.e old atand
of Kirk A Spencer, for wblfh ha mllcita a lilieral
patronage. m. w. t'Muin.
Laumier vnj, re., jnarcn sw-ii
MAHIU.E AND KTONK YAH I).
Mr. H. H. l IDHl.t T
Having engaged In tha Marble bnelneas, dealrea
to In turn her Irienda and tue publio tbat the ni
now and will keep eonetantly on band a large and
wetleeleoted atuckdf ITALIAN AND V Kit MONT
MA HULK, and ii prvparud to furni.h H order
TOMB8TONKH, BOX AND CRAULE TOMBS,
MONIIM KNTr. e.
truVard on Reed '.raet. near the R, R. DfpoL
Ul car 6 old, Pa. jeM,7U
8. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCIIMAKRR
aitn iiRALia ia
iWatchoa. Clocks and Jewelry,
Qrakam't Row, Uarktt Strtti,
CLEAHKIKI.I), PA.
All klnda of repairing In my Una promptly it
ended to. April U, im.
IjI very Stable.
T1HK underalgned beg leave to Imorn the pab
JL lie that he la wow fully nivpar to aeeomna
date all ia the way of fan. t thing tk.ei, Uuggte.
tiaddle and Ilarnoaa, oa tha aborteni notiee ano
aa roaannat.le teraa. Retidenoaoa Leanat atraet,
between Third and Fourth.
OKO. W. OKAKHART
llearfiald, F-b. 4, UT4.
MITCHELL WAGONS.
The Eest is the Cbeapeetl
Tbotna Rf illy baa rreefved aootbar large lot of
irgek
the i
"Mitchell Wagon," which are among the very
best manufactured, and which be trill tell at the
moat reasonable re'.e. II la etock Include aluiott
all deaertption ot wagon largeaud email, wide
and narrow track. Call and lea them.
aprl'74 THOMAS RRILLY
ANDREW H ARWICK,
Market Ulrtet, Clearfield. Pa ,
MAKirACTtlRBR ANP tilAI RR ta
II A R N Rf8, BAPIfLEfl, URIULKH, COLLARS,
and all klnda af
HOH&K FVHNI8H1KQ GOODS.
A fnll Mock of Baddlera' Hardware, Bra.be.,
Com I), Itlanket., Kobea, ate alwaf on hand
and for aala at tba leweat eaah prieea. All bind
ol repairing promptly attended to.
All kiada nt hidea takaa ia eicbaaae for har
nen and repairing. All bind of barue Uatbtr !
kept on hand, and for eel at a mall profit,
Clearfield, Jan. 19, 17.
Tha ander.lgned ara aow folly prepared to
tarry aa tha baaiaeaa of
UNDIellTAKINti
AT REAR0NAIILE RATED,
ARd re.pacUally eollolt th. ,atroBage af UoM
acedlng auch Hrrleea.
JOIIrf TROflTMAK,
JAMES L, LEAVT.
Clcirteld, Pa., frh. la, 1174.
JNPKUTAKIN(!.
V
182. ,
AMElilCAN ISDEPEXVWCR
A friend haft handed una copy of the
ReynMi's Nfmspajm, loailinp; llriliuli
jonrnal published in London, in which
ft writer discunncH, on tlio 9th of July,
1870, sonio ol the cbuhou of the trouble
between the Mother country and tho
colonies. Aa a rominiocunco it in Well
worth reading, and you will gee in tho
acta of tho Brltinh King, thoao of Stan
ton and hia aatelitea during tho second
rebellion. Tho acta, tlircaU, and mon
acea of Seward and Stanton, whon com
pared with those of King tloorgo, will
be found to be exact copicH. Aaacon
tntKt the lollswing ia worth reading.
The correapondent Bitye :
To tlxe Editor of HcynnUh't Kactptipir :
Sir On Tueaday tho Americunacele
bratod the 100th tnnivoraary of tho
Declaration of Independence, (iod
knows thoy have reawin for rejoicing.
A connection now between tho repub
lic (it America and tho monarchy of
hngland would resemble that ot bind
ing a living man to a putrid, rotting,
and corrupted corpse. Discontent wu
flint created in A morica by tho imperial
parliament in England naaorting ita
right to inipoao taxation on the Ameri
cans without their assent, and tho per
sistent retusul of the King and hia
(iovorninent to entertain the remon
strances of the colonics, (icorge tho
Third treated tho uppeals of the A meri
enns with studied and contemptuous
disregard, assorting that royal powor
and prerogative must ovhmdo all other
considerations. We are told "overy
reinonstranco, every comilaint on the
part of tho colonies, tended to embitter
Ii tB feelings towards thorn, whilst tho
expression of sympathy with thoir
cause on tho part of Englishmen pro
duced in him a corresponding accession
of Bcvoritv and rosotitincnt." Ho wroto
to Lord North, "Every means of dis
tnwing AmoricaiiB must moot with my
concurrence. And, again, this mis
chevious madman did not hesituto to
declaro that he would "as lief fight the
llostonians (Ins own itilijectsj as the
French I"
A last niiiicul wus made to the home
(iovcrnmcnt by tho Americans, and it
was backed by a large number of in
telligent Englishmen, who foresaw the
gull into which tho mad-brained mon
arch was aboht to plunge. "No," said
that idiot, in rely to the appeal ; "let
us first compel them to admit our right
to tux them as much as wo pleaso, and
then, if they show proper contrition
for their past opposition to our will, we
may, perhaps, as an act of bounty, re
lievo them of tho payment lor tho
present."
A Her this, the A mencans called a lurm-
al convocation ofdclcgatos of tho States,
and adopt. J so threatening an attitude
towards the home Uovernmcnt that the
English regular army under Gen. Gage,
in America, consist! mr of 8.000 men. was
greatly strengthened? Tho Americans
likewiso prepared for action, and sev
eral very able military men came tor-
ward m tho good cause. Amongst
them was General Leo, who had pie vi
olin)- served in the English army j and,
in reply to a letter remonstrating with
him for taking up arms against his old
comrades, be said, " 1 was bred up from
my infancy in tho highest voneration
for tho liberties of mankind in general.
w hat 1 havo seen ol courts and nnnccs
convinces me that powor cannot bo
lodircd in worse hands than theirs : and.
of all courts, I am convinced that the
r.ngliKh is the most corrupt and hostilo
to the Interests of humanity."
Hostilities broke torth. The Dattlo
of Bunker's Hill, fought hotwoon the
American patriots and iintish soldiers.
and claimed as a victory by the luttor,
was, at least, a very doaiiltul ono. Tbo
King was furious, and insistod that
Americans taken in arms should bo
treated as robots, not as captured sol
diers; and uenerai uugo complied with
tho infamous orders of the infamous
Kinir. The fortune of war, howovor.
threw a large number ot hnirlish om
curs and soldiers into tho power of the
Americans, and l.oncrnl n asliinirtnn
wroto to General (!ago as follows : "II
sevority and hardship mark the line of
your conduct (painful as it may bo to
mo), your countrymen in my power
will teel its cllccts ; but it kindnciuj and
humanity are shown to ours, I shall,
with pleasure, consider thoso in our
linmlsoiily as tinlorlunalo, and they
shnll receivo tho treatment to which
the unfortunate aro ever entitled."
Let us imtiao for a moment to con
trust the noblo, humano and Cbtistinn
sentiments enunciated by tho groat
American patriot with the bloodthirsty,
arrOL'ant, inhuman, inulii'iiunt, Sutanic,
abominnble doctrines laid down by that
scoundrel King somo people wore fool
ish enough todub " Good KingGeorgel"
Gcnurul Gage replied that tho Ameri
can prisoners, "whose lives by the law
oftholund are destined to tho cord,"
had been treated according to their
deserts, and that, come what might,
ho trusted "that British soldiers, assert
ing tho rights of tho State, the law of
tho land, tho being ot the Constitution,
will meet all eveulB with becoming
fortitude." What could bo more su
premely ridiculous thuii a man of such
insignieicnnt calibre as General Gage
thus lecturing George Washington, and
treating him with bigh-banded arro
gance I
The end of tho year 1775 saw the
star of tho patriots almost overy whero
in the ascendant. Tho English Gener
als, (ingo, llowo, Clinton, Burgoyno,
and the Admirals, Graves and Howe,
were paralysed and powerless bolore
tho determination anil resolution of the
American colonists. Tho King fumod,
frothed, fretted, and was furious. The
Americans in tho meanwhile established
a Contrrcss on tho basis of independence,
and organised new armies throughout
the tiiii-ioen provinces lor the complete
overthrow ol tho imperial rule. The
English Government driven to its wits
ends for soldiers, subsidised every Gor
man It could get hold of, and even ap
plied to Russia for aid. George asked
the Empress Catherine fbr 20,000 men,
and told bar sho might fix hor own
terms as to their engagement. Cather
ine, howovcr, indignantly resentod tho
proposal as no which would place her
on a level with tho petty Gorman
1'rinccs who traded in the lives of thoir
subjects. Lord Chatham, who nobly
vindicated the causa ot the American
patriots, thus denounced the employ
ment of foreign moreenarios to subju
gate them : " Pile up.'V bo said, "and
accumulate evory assistance roa ean
buy or borrow. Tralllo and bartor
with every pitiful German lrinco that
sells his subjects to foreign shambles.
Your efforts are for ever vain and Im
potent. If I were an American as I
am an Englishman, wbilo a foreign
troop was landed in my oountry, I
never would lay down my arms nov
or, never, novort" Lord Chatham's
prediction was fully verified. Shortly
attar the foreign soldiers landed, 900
ueniana, wen captured at Trenton,
and their arrival utterly dispirited the
CLEARFIELD,
Enclish soldiers. Inomeantlmothe
Amoricnn Congress declared on tho 1th
of July, 177C, its completo indeponduuee
of tho English crown, and proclaimed
to tho world that tho union between tho
two countries was dissolved.
KingGcorgo was us ohstinulo as ever,
lie insisted upon ono grand effort be
ing mado to subjugato "the audacious
rebels who not only resisted his au
thority, but denied his right to rule
over tliem ;" and of course the Church,
the nobilitv. tnunicinalitios. &c.. lent
themselves to tho odious purposes of
tlio man and miHcneviouB monarch, and
preached acrrntado against the " rebels "
all over the country. We are told that
" tho pulpits ot tho Established Church
at this timo resounded with oxhorto
tions to tho pcoiilo to smite tho rebels.
The display of a bloodthirsty spirit
commended itself to tho King as tho
best claim to preferment."
But all was of no avail. America
had right, justice, and all that can ren
der a causo holy in tho eyes of both
God and man on its sido, and tho vic
tor)' was witli the Amoricans. Ono by
ono tho English armies wero overpow
ered, and at last the surrender of Bur
goyno at Saratoga virtually terminated
tho contest. This unfortunate General,
who, being a special fuvorito of tho
King, had been taught hy him to look
with scorn and contempt ou tho
" roguos and rebels " that formed tho
" rabble" of tho following sorrowful but
unwilling testimony to tho admirablo
discipline of tho Republican forces.
After stating Gate's army at 16,000
mon, ho writes : "Sorry am I to add
that a bettor armed, a butter bodied, a
moro alert or better prepared army in
ull essential points of military institu
tions, 1 am afraid is not to be found on
our side of tho question." Surely the
Americans have reason to bo proud
that from a few raw levies of undisci
plined men, raised to oppose all the
powor of tho Crown of England, an
army such as that described by Bur
goyno sprang forth, and compelled
overy man in the regular force which
tho miscreant madman, George the
Third, had sent forth in the vain hope
of conquering and subjecting tho coun
try to surrender his person and luy
down his arms 1
It is now a hundred years sinco
America thus liberated herself from tho
monarchial yoke of England, and
erected, in tho place of a costly, a crush
ing, and a cumbersome monurchy, a
great, glorious, and prosperous repub
lic. It thus rid itself of thoso deadly
and desliuetivo canker-worms hered
itary royalty, hereditary aristocracy,
and a State-established Church. There
aro no crowned, coronelcd, or mitred
locusts to take tho bread from tho
mouths of tho people, and to impover
ish everything that comes within thoir
roach. There is no chance of a mad
man likoGoorgo tho Third lieing placed
to reign over thom ; or a selfish profli
gate, irko Gcorgo tbo Fourth ; or a dis
gusting' debauchee, like Charlos the
Seoond, who taxod postority with the
payment of pensions to bis harlots and
their descendants, tho G rations, Rich
monds, St. Albans', &c.
Tbo Amoricans have right good rea
son to rejoice at the severance from a
nation which is a paradise fbr l'rinces,
peers, and millionaires, and a boll upon
earth for tho poor. They have pros
pered as a republic during tbo jast
hundred years as no monarchy ever
has or over can prosper. Jjci them iro
on as tbey havo, and in the course of
another half-century tha rotten old
monarchies of Europe will look yot
moro mouldy and rickety, contrasted
with the young and fVcsh-blooded re
public across tlio Atlantic, than they
even do now. liail, Columbia I
Well, then, sir, ono hundred years
ago America by bcr pluck and patriot
ism gained her indopoiidonco, and effect.
ually rid herself ot tho rule of tho
Guclphs, and of tho host of boggars
that would have planted themselves, as
they haro bore, on the industry ot the
people, tint how came wo out ol tho
contest which was ontered upon and
prolonged in order to gratify tho tyran
nical instincts of a mad and miscreant
monarch ? It entailed on us an im
mense loss of life, a vast amount of
treasure, and encumbored prosperity
with a debt ot three hundred millions,
tho interest on which to about ten
millions, wo are compelled to pay un
til this day I Who, then could cry,
" God save tho King ?" None, 1 should
think, but real anil genuine "fools and
lunatics." GitAcciics,
Two literary Indies were lately wit
nesses in a trial. Ono of tljctti, upon
hearing tho usual questions asked,
W hat is your namo r anil "How old
are yon?" turned to her companion
and said, " 1 do not like to tell my age ;
not that 1 have any objection to tt be
ing known, but 1 don't want it pub
lished in all the newspapers." " Well,"
said tho witty Mrs. , "1 will tell
you how to avoid it. You have heard
tlio objection to ull hearsay evidence ;
tell thom you don't remember when
you were born, and all you know of it is
by hearsay." Tho idea took, anil tho
question was not pressed.-
A gentleman atllicted with an impedi
ment in bis speoch took dinner at a
tavern, and calling to a waiter address
ed him thus : " We-w-waitor, gl-givo
mo s-B-some r-r-roast b b beef.' i'bo
waiter stammered ont in reply : W-wo
a-a-uint g-g-got any." At which tho
gentleman, highly enraged, supposing;
tho servant was mocking him, sprang
from hia scat and was proceeding to
knock bim down, when a third person
arrested his arm and cried to him not
to slriko, saying, "He st-st-stutturs
s-a-ame aa w-we d-d-do I"
When tho thermometer stands at !I0
deg. In tho shado, my warm friends,
don't fume, nor fuss, nor fret, nor fun
y ourselves into a hlaso. No I Sit down
in some quiut place and think only of
cool Hunt. '1 hiuk ol snow ; think ol
cold water trickling down your back.
Think of holding a live eel in'ench hand.
Imagine yourself under an icy shower-
bath, or sitting at night-full on the top
of an iceberg ; then try to shiver. Do
all this without once stirring from your
position and you n get cool.
At a camp-meeting, last Summer, a
vencrablo aistor began the hymn
" My eon! ba on thy guard t
Tea tbouaaod toea art. I "
She began in shrill quavers, but it
was pilfhed too high, "ten lliqu.
sand Ten thousand," she screochi,
and stopped. "Start hor at 5,0001"
cried a converted stock-broker present.
Reooeciliatioe. The Commission
ers of tho Northern and Southern Meth
odist Churches, appointed to "adjust
all existing difficulties," in order to ro
movo all obstacle toturmul fraternity,
will meet in joint session at ('ape May
on August ltitb. .
An Irishman being asked why ho
left his country for America, replied :
" H wasn't for want ; I had plenty of
that ot nnme.'
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1876.
MOLLIE MAGUIREISM.
AHOt MENT OP
FKAKLI B. GOWEii, Esq.,
Counsel for tie Commonwealth.
ON TIIETRIALOFTHOB.MUNI.Ey, ATPOTTS
VI U.I, PA., FORTH I MURDER Of TIIOS.
SANUER, AT RAVEN RUN, 8CHCYL
KILL COUNTT, ON SEPTEM
BER 1st, 187a.
Tho recent trials at Pottsvillo and
Munch Chunk, lor tho numerous mur
ders committed in tho anthracite coal
regions, havo altm ted universal at-
tontion, and has fully established tho
fact that there exisy.;, thoso counties
a secret oaih boantfjWillfefAorganirfa
lion, known as Ibo Kollio Maguiros,
who, at their meeting), in a regular
business way, appoint jommitleos to
burn proporty; mennco and murdor
men whom thoy cannot control. As
this organisation had at uio timo, if
not now, a toot-hold in our county, wo
propose to luy tho argument of Mr.
Gowen bqforo our renders, go tint thoy
may learn just how this bund of assas
sins deport themselves wherever thoy
obtain a fool-hold. Hundreds of mur
ders have been committed wilhin tho
past four years, in the coal counties of
thisStalo,and thomurderors successful
ly concealed, until recently six or eight
of tho Mollies have been committed in
Carbon and Schuylkill counties, and
will bo hung at no distant day. We
havo most emphatically declared that
it is our belief that the tendency of all
secret oath bound political organiza
tions is to tho snmo end, it makes no
difference what naino tho conspirators
may assume. A full fledged Mollio
Maguiro is a man who is ready to as
sail tho lil'o, liberty, property and hap
piness of his fellow-man, awaiting the
orders of his associate conspirators to
excc.uto them. It becomes the duty of
overy citizen who fears God, loves his
country and his fellow-man, to use his
influence to crush out and expose this
bnntl of organized murderers.
Mr. Gowon addressed tho jury on
behalf of tho Commonwealth as fol
lows :
With submission to your Uoiiois;
gentlemen of tho jury; It is frequent
ly customary for lawyers, in opening
a cause, to refer to it as one of great
importance. I am snro that you will
bear with me, when 1 say that X do
not exaggerate tho merits of this case
in suiting that it is perhaps ono of the
most momentous trials that has over
bcon submitted to a jury in this ooun
try. It is one of that class of cases,
which, for so many years, has disgrac
ed the criminal annuls of this country.
For the first time, after struggling un
der a reign of terror that has extended
ovor twenty years, wo are placed front
to front with tho inner workings of a
secret association, whoso mcmbors, act
ing under oaths, havo perpetrated
crime in this country with impunity,
I desiro to Bay, at tho outset of my
argument, that when a man is on trial
for his life, no matter what may be the
gravity ol hia offense, and no matter
what may bp tho circumstances con
nected with his participation! in it, it is
duo to the administration of justice
that ho should havo a fair and impar
tial trial. In my npiuicTn, it is ns im
portant for the administration of jus
tice that tho prisoner should bo tried
fairly and openly hy an impartial
Court and Jury, as that he should be
tried at all ; and if it ia necessary to
vindicnto tho ends of justice that crim
inals should bo tried and executed, It
is equally of the same importance tlu.t
they should bo triod fairly and openly,
and that iuslico should be administer
ed according to tho lorms of law, as
they havo coiao down lrom our lallicrs,
and that tha prisoners should have the
assistance of ablo and experienced
counsel for tho defense And I want
to say hero that 1 am not one ol those
and I bopo there are very few in
this country though from somo ro-
nlarka which I have heard, I fear there
aro somo who would reflect in any
manner upon a member of the bar for
undertaking tho dctense ol a criminal
in a Court of justice, no mutter what
may bo tho enormity of his client's
crime. If this prisoner is guilty, ho
must bo punished, and bo will bo pun
bed : but It is ot inlliuto imiinrtanco
that he should bo punished alter hav
ing had tho assistance ol tho a went
and most experienced counsel at tha
bar. i have no rciiccuons to maito
against our friends on tho other side
1 havo no won! of reproof for them for
conducting this man's case. On the
contrary, 1 bcliovo that a lawyer who
runs the gauntlet of public sentiment
by conducting lue tieiense oi a crimi
nal whom tho community has perhaps,
adjudged guilty, desorvoa higher com
mendation and greater praiso lor lear
Icssly lultilling his duty than does he
who enters upon tho prosecution ot a
case in which ho believes there can be
no end but conviction.
Wo ask nothing hero but nn impar
tial trial. We ask no sympathy, and
invoko no prodjudico. We try this
man according to tha law; and ac
cording to that law which you have
sworn to adminislor, we ask you to
convict him. What ia this case? On
tho 1st of September last, Thomas San
ger, a young English boss miner, a
mstt betwoon thirty and forty years of
ago, who, so far as wo know, may not
havo had an enemy in the world, loft
his house in tho morning to go to his
daily work. If there is anything
which should be accorded to a mem
ber ol a free government, if thore is
any right which tho humblest man in
this country should possess, It is the
right to Inhor for the support of his
family, without hindoranro or molesta
tion from any ono. Going forward
and onward in tho perfbrmauco of hia
duty, and the prosecution of his daily
work, this man was confronted by ono
of an armed band of assassins. Ho was
shot in the arm. Ho turned to run
around a houso in tho neighborhood,
and ho was thore confronted by an
other ot these miscreants 'Who had
bcon sent there to intercept him, iio
again tnined and stumbled npon tho
ground ; and then, when (he foremost
of this hand of assassins came up to
him, as he lay npon tho ground, he
discharged his revolver into him, and
another turned htm, as be lav upon
his face, ovor upon hia back, so that
ho could cxposo a deadly part for his
aim, ami then, with calm deliberation,
selected a vital spot and shot him as
ho lay prostrate upon the ground. His
wile, lrom whom no nati just parted,
hearing his cries, rushed out and reach
ed her husband only in timo to hoar his
last Tailoring accent : "Kiss mo, Sarah,
for I am dying."
That is the case. It is not (rotated
REPUBLICAN.
or alone. God knows 1 wish it was!
It was not ono case singled out in this
groat community, but it is one of a
number that we have boon called upon
to confront during tho last twenty
yoara. Who were thoso persona who
wero guilty of this murder? This is
for you to dotermine, according to tho
evidenco, and 1 now propose, very con
cisely aad aa succinctly as I cun, to
call your attention to the evidence in
this case; and I ask you to find your
verdict of guilty solely in accordance
with that evidenco and acting nndor
tho solemnity of your oaths.
Here Mr. Gowon rehearses the tes
timony to tho jury.
a a a
I now enmo to tho tostimony of Mo
I'arlan. - Many of you know that some
years ago I wus the District Attorney
ot this county. I am, therefore, not
vory much out ot my old paths, and
not vory much away from my old
moorings whon 1 am standing, on bo
half of tho Commonwealth, in the
Court of Pottsvillo, demanding the con
viction ot a guilty man. It was when
I waa District Altoraoy of this coun
ty, a young man, chargod with the
prosecution ot tho pleas of tho Com
monwealth, that for the nrst timo 1
made up my mind from what I had
seen, in innumerable Instances, that
there then existed in this county a se
cret organization, banded together for
the commission ot crime, and lor the
purpose ot aocuring tho oscapo or ac
quittal ot any of its members chargod
with the commission of an offence.
That conviction forced itself indeli
bly npon my mind. A man who for
two years acts as District Attorney in
this county prosocuting criminals who
aro brought boforo tho Court, must be
cither vory obtuse or willfully blind, if
he could close his eyes to the existence
of a fact as perceptible aa this was then
to me. 1 left this county with that
settled conviction, and circumstances
that occurred time and again long af
ter 1 withdrew from the prosocution
of criminals, still more deeply fastened
this conviction in my mind. Murder,
violence and arson, committed without
detection, and apparently without mo
tive, attested tha correctness of that
belie, and whon the timo caino that 1
became so much interested in tho pros
perity of this county, and in tho devel
opment ot its mineral wealth, that I
saw that it wus a struggle between
tho good citizen and tho bad citizen as
to which should obtain the supremacy,
I made up my mind that if human in
genuity, if long suffering and patient
care, and toil that stopped at no obsta
cle, and would confront every danger,
could succeed in exposing this secret
organization to light of day, and bring
ing to well-earned justice tho perpo
trutors of these awful crimes, I would
undortako tho task.
I know that it could only ho done
by secret detectives, and 1 bad had
enough experience, both aa a lawyer,
and as the head of a vory largo cor
poration, to know tbst tho public mu
nicipal detectives, employed by the po
lice authorities of the cities, who oper
ate only for rewards, are the last per
sons to whom you could trust a mis
sion and an enterprise such as this, fit
was as important for us to know who
waa innocent ns it was to know who
was guilty.)
' Tho detective who operates fbr re
wards, who is only paid upon his con
viction of tho offender, has a motivoto
incite him to action which I would be
tho last man in the world to arouse. I
knew, for 1 had bad experience before,
of the National Detective Agency of
Allan I'inkcrton, of Chicago, which
was established by an intelligent and
broad-minded Scotchman, established
upon tho only basis on which a suc
cessful detective agency can bo estab
lished, and I applied to Mr. I'inkcrton.
His plan was simply this: ."I will se
cure an agent, or an officer, said be,
"to ferret out th existence of this so
ciety. Who ever I got is to be paid bo
much a week, no matter if ho finds out
nothing, lie is bound to me, nover,
under any circumstances, to take a re
ward for his services, from anybody,
and, if ho spends flvo years and ob
tains nothing in tho way of informa
tion, he must have every month or
every week exactly the same compen
sation as if ever' woek bo tiad traced
a now murder and ovory month had
discovered a new conspiracy. Ho is
never to gain pecuniarily by tho suc
cess of his undertaking ; but as a man
who goes into this organization, as a
detective, takes his lito in his own
hands, I will send no man on this mis
sion of yours, Gowon, unless it be
agreed, beforehand, and I can tell him
so, that bo never is to be known in
connection with tho enterprise." Upon
those terms this man James ilcl'ailan
was selected. A young Irishman and
a Catholic, but six or seven years in
this country, eminently qualified by
his peculiar Irish accomplishments to
ingrutialo himself with umbo to Whom
he was sent, ho camo hero in tho fall
of 1873, and wilhin six months ho had
so fur won tho confidence of tho class
of people who constituted this ordor
that ho was admitted as a member.
Remember, now, here, and I advert to
it lest I might forget it, that ho camo
pledged that ho should not be used as
a witness. Therefore tho only object
of his coming was to put us upon tho
track, so that wo could discover the
crime when it was being perpetrated,
and this ia the best answer that can
possibly bo mado to the charge that ho
willlully withheld Ins knowledgo wnen
ho might havo saved human life. His
only olncct hero was to got knowledge
llo novor was to be useu as a witness,
Ilia only obioct waa to find out whon
a murder was to be committed, to bo
with the perpetrators if ho could, and
to give notice to Captain Linden, who
had an armod police force ready, bo
that they might be waiting at the
very siMit, and not only save tha hie
of the ititended victim, but arrest every
man engaged in the perpetration oi
tho otlenso, In order that there could
ho abundant evidence of their guilt.
That waa bis whole object. Almost
ovorv night ho made "his report: and
how wolT he haa performed hia duty,
the security oi human life and proper
ty in this county, to-day, as compared
with what it was six months ago, is
tho best commentary I can mako npon
tho subject
Those coal fields for twenty years, I
may say, hare been the thoatre of tba
commission or crimes such as our very
nature revolts at. This very organi
zation that we aro now. tor the first
time, exposing to the light of day,
has hung liko a pall ovor tho people of
this county. Ifetoro It tearand terror
fled coworing to homes which afforded
no sanctuary against th vengonco of
their pursuers. Jlcuind it stalked dark
ness and despair, brooding like grim
shadows over the desolated hearth
and the ruined home, and throughout
tha length and breadth of this fair land
there was heard the voice of wailing
and of lamentation, of "Rnchol weep
ing fur her children and refusing to bo
comforted, because tbey wero not."
Nor Ib it alone those whose names I
have tnontioncd--Dot alone tho prom
inent, tho upright and the good citizen,
whoso remains have been interred with
pious care in the tombs of his fathers ;
but it ia the hundreds of nnknown vic
tims, whose bonoB now lie mouldering
over tho face of this county. In hid
don placoa and by silent paths, in the
dark ravines ot the mountains, and in
secret lodges ot the rocks, who shall
aay bow many bodies of tho victims of
this order now await tho nnai trump
of God and from thoso lonely sepul
chres, there will go up to tho God who
gave thom, tbo spirits of those murder
ed victims, to take their places among
tho innumerable thror.g of witnesses
at tuo last aay, and to contront with
their presence the members of this
ghastly tribunal, when their solemn
accusation is read from the plain com
mand ol tho Decalogue, "Thou shai.t
NOP KILL."
But wo are told that in tho commis
sion of these crimes, although Mr. Bar
tholomew admits that thoy existed
long years bcloro McParlan came into
tho county, this man abandoned his
duty as a'delcctive, apd bceamo an ac
complice in tho crime. And updh
whose tostimony doos this charge rest?
My friend invokes lrom you a careful
attentian to the facts of this case, and
properly endeavors to exclude from it
an examination of any other circum
stances or any other facts than those
which have been proved -in this caso.
Hut upon whoso toBtimony is jmo
Parlan an accomplice ? Upon whose
testimony is the charge made that Mc
Parlan engaged deliberately in tho
commission ot offences ana secreted
tho offenders? Vpon Ned Monaghan's
and Patrick Covlo's, alone. Vpon Ned
Monaghan, lor whom the doors of
your jail open wido to-day, never prob
ably to reopen until ho comcB out in
company with Jack Kehoe and the
othor murderers to atand bis trial for
his life. Upon Monaghan, tho Hollie
Maguiro, the man who was on tho
Itingtown mountains helping to select
the committee to kill William Thomas,
Edward Monaghan, who, to-day, is as
guilty of murder in tho first degree as
any other man now confined within
tho wails ot your prison.
And who is Patrick Coylo? A man
who saw McParlan drawing a pistol
and novor heard him say or saw him
do anything else, and because ho did
not hear him say anything, he swears
he believes that McParlan was incited
to murder.
What nocd I say furthor? An ac
complice I McParlan an accomplice!
Mr. Bartholomew tolls you that ho
permitted Thomas Hurley to escape,
and that ho permitted Michael Doyle
to escape. Neither Thomas Hurley
nor Michael Doyle havo escaped ; but
the oxcoriati ng den u nciation which Mr.
Bartholomew hurled against Thomas
Hurley will effectually prevent him
from defending Hurley, when be comes
before this Court tor trial fur murdor.
It will not he long, before ho comes
hare. . It is simply a question between
tho Mollio Moguireg on the ono sido
and l'inkerton'g Detective Agency on
tho other, and I know too woll that
linkortons Deteotive Agency will
win. There is not a place on the hab
itable globe whero thoso men can find
refuge and in which thoy will not be
tracked down. Let their, go to the
Rocky Mountains, or to the shores of
the jL'acihc; lot tbom travorse the
bleak deserts of Siberia ; penetrate in
to tho jungles of India, or wander over
tho wild steppes ot central Asia, and
they will bo dogged and tracked and
brought to justice, just as surely as
Thomas Munley is brought to justice
today. The cat that holds tho mouse
in her grasp sometimes lets it go lor a
while to play; but sho knows well that
at tier will sho will again havo it se
cure wilhin her claws ; and Pinker-
ton's Agency may sometimos permit a
man to believe mat no is ireo wno aocs
not know that ho may bo traveling
five thousand miles in tho company of
thoso whose eyes are never closed in
sleep.
Thoy may not know that the timo
will come, but 1 aay that so surely as
I am standing before you to-day, the
time will como, be it short or long, be
it months or be it years, when every
singlo murderer thon living ou tho lace
of the earth, who has committee a
crime in this county, sinco April, 18 it,
will answer for that criino bcloro the
prcsenco of this court. "Tho race is
not always to the swill, nor tho buttle
to the slrong." Thoso who see what
we are doing now, have seen but little ;
tor it is only tho opening of the hook
of this vast conspiracy, and behiud tho
meaner mon who shot tho pistol, thore
stand othors far moro guilty then thoy
who, with them, at some time will be
brought to justice
"For Tim. at leaf aala all thinga evaa,
ARd if we do bat wait tho hour
There never yut waa human power,
That eoald evade, If unforgiren
The natient aeereh RRd vigil loag,
Of bim who treaaurea up a wrong."
And now soma words about this se
cret organization of Mollio Mnguires.
My friend, Mr. Bartholomew, is not
correct in his statement of thoir his
tory. If, after this caso ia ovor and
when vou are permitted to road, you
will get a little book called Trench's
Realities of Irish Life, written by a
relntiveof that oolehratcd Dean Trench,
whose namo is well-known whorovor
Knglish literature is read, you will find
the history of this organization. It
waa known aa the Ribbonmon of Ire
land. It sprang up at a time when
there waa an organized resistance in
Ireland to the payment of rants. The
malcontents became known as Ribbon.
men, and they generally mado thoir
attacks uKn tho agents ol tbo non
resident land-owners, or upon tho Con
stables or Bailiffs who attemptod to
collect the rents. Thoir object waa to
intimidate and hold in terror all those
to whom thoy owed money, or who
were employed in its collection. As a
branch ot this society, and growing
out of it, sprang the men known as
Mollio Mnguires, and the namo ot thoir
society arose from this cireumstanoe,
that in th perpetration ot thoir offen
ces, they dressed aa women, and gen
erally ducked or beat their victims, or
innictod some such punishment as In
furiated women would bt likely to ad
minister. Hence originated the name
of the. Mollis Maguirea, which haa
been handed down to us at the present
dayt and the crgan nation ot the Mol
Ii Maguires, therefore, is identical with
tbat of the Ribbonmon in Ireland, who
have terrorized ovor the Irish people
to so groat an extent.
How this association came int. this
comity we do not know. We had sus
pected lor many years, and w know
now, that it ia criminal in ita charac
ter. That Is proved beyond poradvon
tare. . It will not do now to say that
it waa only In particular localities in
thia county, that it waa a criminal or
ganization, because tho highest officer
in the society in tbis county, tho dele
gate, Jack Kohoc, the man who at
tended the Stat Convention, and was
tho representative of tho whole order
TEBMS-$2 per annum in Advance',
NEW SER1ES-V0L. 17, NO. 31,
in this county, is to day, as you hear
from tho tostimony, in prison await
ing his trial lor murder. Whether
tins society, known as the Ancient Or
der ot Hibernians, is, beyond tho lim
its of this county, a good aocioty or
noi i cannot tell ; but I havo believed
at sometimes that it was, and 1 am
willing to be satisfied ot that tact now,
if there is any evidenco of it. But
tlicro has been on attack mado upon
tbis organization, and up to this timo
we have not had furnished to us any
evidenco that in any place its objects
wore laudahlo or commondahlo. Crim
inal in its character, criminal in its
purpose, it bad frequently a political
object. You will find the leudors of
this society tho prominent men in the
townships. Through tho instrumen
tality ol their ordor and by its power,
thoy were ablo to secure offices for
themselves. You soo bore, and now
know that ono of tho Commissioners
ol this county ia a member of this or
der. You know that a previous Com
missioner of this county was a mem
ber of this order, convicted of a high
offenso, and pardoned hy tho Govern
or. Y'ou know that another county
Commissioner, bcloro that, was a mcm
bor of this order, convicted ofan offenso
and pardoned hy tho Governor. High
constables, chiefs of police, candidates
lor associate judges, men who were
trusted by their fellow men, were all
tho timo guilty of murdor.
But in addition to tho criminal and
the political motives, these pcoplo claim
national characteristics. They claim
that thoy wero par oxcellonco the rep
resentatives of tho Irish of this coun
ty. Thoy claim moro than that, that
they represent tho Trisb Catholics ol
this county. I shah say but littlo
aliout tho Irish except thut I am my
self tho son of an Irishman, proud of my
ancostry, and of my raco, and never
ashamed of it except when 1 seo that
Ireland has given birth to wretches
such as theso. i ucso men call them
selves Irishmen! These men parade
on St. Patrick's Day and claim to he
good Catholics I V hero are the hon
est Irishmen of this county ? Why do
not they rise np and strikodown theso
wretches thnt usurp tho namo of I rish
menl If a Gorman commits an of
fense, and engages in murder, do all
the other Germans take bis part and
establish a false ulabi to defeat tho
onds of justice? If an American bo
comos a criminal, do tho Americans
protect him ? Do thoy not say, "Away
with you!' You havo disgraced the
country that loro you ?" If an Eng-
nsnman becomes an ottcnucr, do the
English nation tako him to their arms
and make bim a hero? Why then do
not the honest Irishmen of this coun
ty como together in publio mooting,
and scparato themselves widely from
and denounce this organization ? Upon
what principlo do theso men, outcasts
from society, tho dregs ot tho earth,
murderers and assassins, claim to bo
Irishmen and arrogate to themselves
the national characteristics of the Irish
people? It Ib a disgrace to Ireland
that the honest Irish ot this county,
probably Ave or ten thousand in num
ber, should permit a few hundred
wretches liko theso to say that they
are tho true representatives of tho
Irishmen of Schuylkill county.
noes an irishman wonder why it is
sometimes difficult to get a job in this
county? Docs ho wonder why tho
boss at a colliery hesitates to employ
him, when thoso pooplo havcDcen per
mitted to arrogate to themselves tho
Irish character and have been permit
ted to represent themselves to the pco
plo of this county aa tho proper rcpro
sentatives of Ireland? Tho timo has
como when there mnst be a lino of do
markntion drawn. Tbo timo has como
when honest Irishmen in this county
must scparato themselves from any sus
picion of sympathy with this associa
tion. Ho must donounce its members
as outcasts from tho land that gavo
them birth. He must denounco them
as covered with iuTsmy and blackened
wilb crime, llo must any that they
aro not true Irishmen ana that they
ara not reprosentivos of Ireland.
liut tar beyond this attempt to in
voko your sympathy on account of!
their nationality is tlio attempt to in-
voko mat sympathy on tuo ground
that they belong to a persecuted relig
ion. Was there ever such sublime,
such tremendous impudenco in tho
world, as tbat a member nt this secret
society, a society which has been de
nounced by its own Church, and each
member of which has been excommu
nicated bvthe Archhishonof Pbilailel.
phia, and hy tho Popo himself, out
casts from socioty, and from the com
munion of thoir own religion, tho door
oi mo Church shut in their faces and
the gates ot heaven closed ngainM them
hy the excommunication of their priests '
thoso men, infidels and atheists, car
ing lor no Church, and worshipping no
God, set themselves up ia this commu
nity as tho representatives of the Cath
olic faith.
"Ju.t Allah ! what Jlliiat be thy look t
When curb a wretch before thee ataoda,
t'oblarhing, with thy aacred book.
Turning ila leavee with blood-aUined banda,
And wr.e!ing from ita pagea rublime,
Ilia cred of luat aad hate aad crime.'
A few words moro upon this subject
of Irish Cutholics. I was born and
am a Protestant, but I wss partially
educated among tho Catholics, and I
havo nlways had a kindly feeling for
them, and when these assassins.through
their counsel, speak of being Catho
lics, I desire to say to yon hero, in tho
first place, that they have been de
nounced by thoir Church and excom
municated hy their prelates, and that
I havo tho direct personal authority of
Archbishop Wood himself to say that
ho denounce tbom all. and that he
was tutly cognizant of and approved ot
tho means I took to bring them to Jus
tice. And, for myself, 1 can say thnt
for many months before any other man
iti this world except those connected
with tho detective agency know what
was being done, Archbishop Wood
of Philadclph ia, was the only confident
I had and fully knew of tho mission of
McParlan In this wholo matter. So
much then for tho assumption of Mr.
L' Voile thnt these mol claim sympathy
nn account of thoir being Catholics. 1
can hardly reply cainty to such an ar
gument. 1 bcliovo that thore mnst be
different sects in this country as there
are in all countries, and 1 am ono of
those who behove that a good Catholic
is better than a bad Protestant.
Mr. L'Vollo. I repel that retnark.
Mr. Gowon. Mr. L'Vollo repels the
remark. I cannot help It, and I reit
erate the fact that although 1 am a
Protestant, 1 have been taught to be
lieve that a good Catholic is belter than
a bad Protestant,
1 have boon taught to believo the
eyes of justice are closed not only
against individuals and corporations,
but against nationalities and sects. I
have been taught to believe that he is
the good citizen who is truthful and
honest, who ia Vlntl-boarlod and affeo
tionato; and, whethor h kneels before
an altar or worships God in his own
chamber, he is entitled to the favorable
consideration of his fellow-men. And
I do know, oh I so well, that when our
lives draw towards their closo, and the
oponing portals of the tomb revoal to
our eyes somo glimpses of the bound
less waters of that vast eternity upon
which wo will all embark, that thou, at
that dread moment it will bo to the
recollection of tho possession of these
slmplo virtues, this pure morality, this
unostentatious charity that 1 nave
named, that wo will ull cling, in the
sublime confidence thnt it will avail us
most, when tho timo shall como that
each ono of us Catholic and Protect
ant, Lutheran and Culvinist, Gontilo
and Jew shall bo stripped of the thin
garb of tho sectarian, ana stand in equal
litvor bofbro tho gront white throno of
(rod.
And now ono word moro on this sub
ject and I dismiss It. Wbcnoveryou
hear a complaint made against a man
because he is an Irishman, or bocause
bo is a Catholic : whenever you hear
arta oni 1,0 hiattor w ho he may be, say
that tho outrages of this county aro due
to tho Irishmen, or due to the Catho
lics, do not, I bog of you, forgot, in
your secret hearts, thut tho highest
prelates of thnt church have cursed and
excommunicated this order. Do not
forget that whatever littlo credit may
bo duo to him who has conoeived the
plan of oxposing this association is due
to ono who is the son of Irishman ; and
do not forget that a groat honor and a
greater meed of praise than ia due to
any other, ia due to Detective MoPar
lan, who ia an Irishman by birth and
a Catholio hy religion ; and if those
who profess to be Irish Catholics in
this county havo hiought their nation
ality and their religion into disrepute,
I beg of you to remember that both
bnvo bcon gloriously and successfully
vindicated by an Irishman and a Catho
lic, in tho person of James McParlan.
Why, it is juBt twonty-ono years ago
last week, that tho citizens of Pottsvill
laid tho corner-stone lor that monument
on Sharp Mountain, which now com
memorates tbomomory ol lienry Clay.
1 1 was bcliovcd that the political course
of the statesman hod greatly aided in
the development of the material inter
osts of this county, and without parti
san feeling, for tho time bad then panned
when Henry Clay's partisanship was
remembered, tho citizens dedicated
sufficient ol their means to commemo
rate his momorv by a monument. He
did, I believe, do much for this county,
but what would it have amounted to
if this this organization we ore now
contending with bad succeeded in, ob
taining the control of all the interests
in tho county ? Oi what use would
capital or wealth, or industry, or enter
prise, or proteviioD, amount w u U9
administration of the resources of thia
county and tho development of its
wealth wero intrusted to those who
went to do their duty, dogged by the
assassin and tho murderer, unknowing
whether, when thoy loll thoir house
in the morning, they would not ho car
ried back dead before night ?
And now let us look to socioty in
this county, as it was threo months
ago, when men retired to their homes
at 8 or 9 o'clock in the ovoning, and no
ono ventured beyond tho precincts of
his own door ; whon every man en
gaged in any enterprise of magnitude,
or connected with industrial pursuits,
left his homo in the morning with his
hand upon his pistol, unknowing wheth
or ho would again, return alivo ; when
the very foundations ol society wero
being overturned ; when the adminis
tration of justice, which should always
bo regarded with reverence, hod almost
sunk into contempt ; whon men doubted
whether it was in the powor of organ
ized society to protect thoir livs and
to secure their property ; and, thon re- .
fleet upon the change which a few
woeks has brought forth. To-day I
give you notice that there is no part ol
this county that is not as safe as the
aislo in which 1 stand here now.
Ia there a man in this audience, look
ing at mo now, and hearing me de
nounco thia association, who longs to
point his pistol at mo ? I tell him that
ho bos as good a chance here as he will
ovor have again. I tell him that it is
just as safe to-day to murdor in the
tcmplo ol justice as it is in the secret
ravines of tho mountains, or within the
silent shadows of the woods. I tell
him that human lito is safe. I tell him
that the members of hia society, whom
we dosiro to convict, all, save one or
two, aro either safely lodged within the
walls of your psison, or are fugitives
from justice, hut almost within the
grasp of the detectives, who are upon
their hocls. I tell him that if there ia
another runnier in thia county, com
mitted by this organization, overy ono
ol tho five hundred mcmbors of the or
der in this county, or out of it, who
connive at it, will bo guilty of murder
in tho first degree, and can bo hanged
by tbo neek uutil ho is dead, not by
igilance Committees, but according
to the solemn forma ot justico, after be
ing defended by able and experienced
counsel ; and 1 tell him that if thore
is another murder in this county by
this Bocicty, there will bo an inquisi
tion fbr blood with which nothing that
has been known in the annals of crim
inal jurisprudence can compare. And
lo whom aro wo indebted for this
security of which 1 now boast f To
whom do wo owo all this? Under the
Divine Providenco of God, to whom bo
ull tho honor and all tho glory, wo owo
this safety lo James McParlan; and if
there ovor was a man to whom tho
people of this county should erect a
mouument, it is James McParlan, tho
detoctivo.
I have said to you before that it
Booms to mo as if there had bcon a di
vibo intertiosition for the investigation
and punishment of crime in this coun
ty. Remember that McParlan camo
hero pledged that ho should not bo
used as a witness. We placed no reli
ance upon him as a witness. Wo could
not arrest a man becauso be told us
anything about him, bocauso he was
protected hy tho plodgo wo bad given
him that ho was not to bo exposed, and
was Dover to bo known in the investi
gation ; and 1 tell you that, no matter
what the consequeiico would havo been,
when I became an instrument to lead
him into tho danger to which bo was
subjected when ha took his lifo into his
own hand and ontered into tho secret
councils of this order, I would have
been tho lost uian in tho world to havo
asked him to relieve me from the pledge
which had been made to him. You
havo heard that his mission became
known to thia ordor, how or by what
manner I ara not at lihorty to tell, be
causo it is not in evidence. We have
tho fact, though, that hia mission be
came known to this aocioty, and we
havo tho fact tbat those from whose
vengeance ho was to bo protected, by
ignorance oThlB truo character, acquired
information that enabled thom to know
that ho waa in reality a detective ; and
ho waa compelled to leave tho county.
And then 1 saw before me my path as
clear as day. Then I saw that some
miraculous Interposition of Providence
had boon vouchsafed to permit ua to
use tho tostimony and the knowledge
of'thismanMul'arlan. Then I breathed
freer, and trod with elate step ; then I
know that I had within my hands the
power to crash these villains ; then and
on tho day when ho took hia placeupon
tho witness stand, I took my Boat at
this tablo aa counsel for tho Common
wealth, and tho warrants wore executed
which consigned to tho prison every
one of thoso criminals, with the excep
tion of ono or two, and of those who
had ran away when Jimmy Kerrigan
turned Slate's evidence. When, in all
the history or criminal jurisprudence,
did aver such a change of society como
ovor a county aa tbat which came ovor
t his county on the morning that McPar
lan first became witness, and on the
morning whan Jack Krboe, tho county
delegate, with twelve or fifteen other
0h'BMrvf b iffnrvf pnjf. '