. THE
"CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN"
aoOM,ANPElt & I.12E,
CLKARVIKLD, l'A.
KSTAIILIIIIEU IN 181.
rite largest Circulation of my N.wepaper
U North Central Peuuaylvaula.
Terms of Subsoription.
t." paid la adveaee, or within I month a....)'' (Ml
It paid after I and before I ttonthi S 6()
(f paid after the expiration of launtha,.. 3 1MJ
Ratos ot Advertising.
Tranalent advertlaementf, per aqueroof 10 tinea or
loaf, S tltnee or Itu $1
For eah eobiequent.neertlon.. AO
Adwintalratora' and Kieeatora' notloea-,,..., 40
Auditor' notirea H 1 (0
Ceutione nnd Katreya. H ,, 1 M
Diftulutton notloea t 00
Profusion! Cardf, ft line or leu,l year.,... I 00
Looal notloea, par lino to
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t quarei.H 16 00 eolumn TO 00
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fl. B. OOO0LANDKR,
NOHL B. LKK,
1'ubH there.
(SMS.
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
CUKWENSVILLE,
211 Clearfleld Count, Finn'.. toy
noi. . nunir. ernes .oaooa.
MURRAY &. GORDON,
ATTORNKYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
iar-Office la Ple'i Opm Uuuh, eeoond flour.
:S0T4
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTOHNUY-AT-LA W,
Clearfleld, P..
Will attend to all bullneae ontrueted to him
piomptly and fkitbfullj. bot11"7S
WILLIAM A. WAL1.ACB. 0ATI1) L. KKRaa.
BARBV P. WALLAL'B. JOB. W. WB1.LBT.
WALLACE &. KREBS,
(Saieeeeon to Wallao. A Fielding,)
ATTOHNKYS-AT-LAW,
11-li'TI Cleartteld, Pa.
loaarB a. m'rxally oabibl w. m'ci'bit,
MoENALLY fc McCURDY,
ATTOHNEYS-AT-LAW,
Cleartteld, Pa.
oT-Li:1 baalneaa attended to promptly wltbj
flileliljr. Offiee on Stnd atreet, aboee tbe Vint
National Bank. jao:l:7
G. R. BARRETT,
Attorn itr and Counhrlor at Law.
CI.EAHKIKLI., PA.
HuTiojt reiigoed hla Judgeihlp, baa renamed
the praolice of the law In hit old oflioe ai Clfar
flfl l, l'a. Will attond thonrtof Jeffvmon and
Klk ooontiaa when apeeially rctaioed in eon option
witb reitdont eouniel. 1:14:71
A. G. KRAMER,
ATTOJINEY-AT-LAW,
Hea, KtUU and Colltotiuti Agent,
CI.GAKFIEI.I), PA.,
Will promptly attand to alt legal bu linen to
truHtfid tn bii oaro.
rOfli in I'ie'i 0ir Houw. . Jaol'70.
WM. M. McC U LLOUGH7
ATTORNEY T LAW,
ClearHeld, Pa.
"Office In tbo old Woitern Hotel builtHnr.
t-jfnl baiineia promptly attended to. Hral extete
bought and told. Jell'TS
A. W. W ALT E RS,
ATrORNEY AT LAW,
Cleartfeld, Pa.
'iOfflca In Oraham'i Row. dooS-ly
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LA w,
rl:l:7S t'learHiild, P..
" WALTER BARRETT,
ATTOKNEY AT LAW.
Clrarteld, Pa.
BtrOIi. In Old We.l.rn Hotel hoildlD,
florn.r of rjeeond and Market Hta. noT3l,oa.
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Offlu Ib th. Court Uoan. JjrU.IT
" JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTOttNEY AT LAW,
ClearHeld, Pa.
OBoe on ftUiket street, opp. Court Houie,
J.n. S, 1614.
J O H N LT CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
.ml Heal F.etnte ARPiit, Clearfield, Pa.
Uffiee on Third itreet, bet.Cherrj A Walnot.
-Keipetfully offera hla aerricea in aelliDg
in d buying Undo in Clearfield and adjoining
loontleo i aod witb aa oipertenoooloTortwentT
ear a aa a aurreyor, datteri hltnielf that he ean
render aaiiafaouon. iren. aoiPdiu,
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
KEAL ESTATE BUOKKIl,
ARB BBAL.B IB
OLEARPIKI.D,
Offine In Qraham's How.
PA.
1:14:71
J. J. L INGLE,
A T T O R V E Y - A T - L A W,
1:11 Ueeeola, Clearfield Co., Pa. ; d
J. S. BARN HART,
ATTOKNKY . AT - LAW,
Ilellefonte. P..
Will print c in Olearliold and all ot the Court, of
tbo litlB Judicial uiainot. neai nww ouein...
aad eollMtloB of elalna mad. euMialtlea. Bl'7l
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGKON,
I.IITIIKHBUl'Rc), PA.
Will attend profeafloaal oalla promplljr. augl0'7v
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AND SUROKON,
OOee on Uarket Street, Cloaroeld, Pa.
ea-Ortoe boon i I to 11 a. ., and 1 to I p. aa.
D
It. E. M. SC1IEUREU,
HOMEOPATHIC PUYBIC1AN,
Offioe la reildence on Market at.
April S4, 1873. Clearfleld, P.
J. H. KLINE, M. D.(
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
HAVING located at Pen nil eld, Pa., offera bia
profeaaional aervieea to the people of that
laoe
i and anrrounding country. AHoalla promptly
(tended to,
ooi. le-ii.
DR. j. P. BURC H FIELD,
te Sargeon ef tbe 83d Regiment. Peaaaylvaata
Velanteera, having returned from the Army,
offera hla profeaaional aervieea to theaitiieoa
or uiearaeid eonnty.
ffnT-Profeaiional oalla promptly attended to.
Ana on fUaond atreeL furmerlroeeapled by
rt.Woode. .lr4'e"
DR.H.B. VAN YALZAH,
Cl.liARPIEI.n, PKNN'A.
5K KICK IN MASONIC BUILDING,
fO Omo. bouraFrum I) to I P. M.
M.jU, 17.
DR. JEKFEHKON I.ITZ,
WOODLAND, PA.
Will promptly attand all ralla la tka llaaof kla
roler.ton. nor.iv-fe
D. M. DOHEETY,
aSIIIUNAULg BARRRR A HAIR DRESSER.
CLEAHFIELD, YK.
i?b) In room formerly occupied by Nanglo
Market atreet.
Jaly M, 16.
EARUY SNYDER,
(Formerly with Lew RrhuUr.)
llARHKn AND UAIRDHKCHKR.
,Hbop on Market St., eppoaMe Court II .
i oleaa towel for arery eoatomer. may IK, 'To,
WHOIJISALE LIQDOE STORE.
At the end of tbe new bridge,
WEST CI.IARFIKLD, PA.
Tbe proprietor of tbia eitablUhment will buy
le liqnora dlreetfrom elitilreri. Partle baying
om tbia bouae will be enre te get a para article
t a email margla above eoet.; Hotel keepera eea
I farnlebed witb llqaura oa rraeonable terma.
ere winra and bran die dlreet from See ley 'a
taary, at uata, new l ore .
UBOHUR K. COLUUKN
ClearftehL Jane 1, IBH-tf.
f We bar printed a large namber of tbo new
II BILL, and will ea tbe reeeipt of twenty.
evaie, men a ffopy ie av krtiireae. ajyn
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. GOODLANDEB, Proprietor.
VOL. 50-WHOLE NO. 2182.
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
Juatlo. of th. Fhm and Scrivener,
Curwen.vllle, Pa. .
&L.Collecltone made and money promptly
paid over. febJI'7llf
RICHARD HUGHES, 1
JUSTICE OT TUB PEACE
eon
Itrcatur Totnnhlp,
' Oimola Mill. r. n.
II official limine. animated to him will U
promptly attended to. mohlll, '71.
ao. .Leant aaaar ii.aanT........w. ilbbbt
W. ALBERT A. BROS.,
Mennfnotarori A oxtenelvo Dealera la
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o.,
WOODLAND, I'KNNA.
ST-Ordere eollclted. BHIi tilled on ihort notloi
and toaeonabr. Urate.
Addr.ee Woodland P. 0., CleerDelJ Co., Pa.
,JJ., W ALUKHT A 1IK08.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MEHCHANT,
Kreiiehvllle, ClearHeld County Pa,
Keepa aonitantly on head a full aaaortment of
iry UOOU8, liaruware, JtwriM, kiiu rrr.u...,
naually kept tn a retail ature, wbicb willbeaold,
for eaab, aa cheap ea elie where la tbe county.
Frenohviiie, June J?, imi-ij.
THOMAS H. FOR.CEE,
BBALBB IB '
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CRA1IAMTON, Pa.
Alio, eitenaWe mnnuiVotarer end dealer In Square
Timber and Hawed Lumber of all kind..
CarOrdert lollelted and all hllla promptly
filled. l-JJ""'"
REUBEN H AC KM AN,
Houte and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
llearlleld, Pemi'B.
t;rBWilt exMatejohi )B hi. llnel)romitl and
In a workmanlike manner. erre,'
G. H. HALL.7
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NKAR CLKAKFIK1.D, PENN'A.
aPumpa alwaye on band and made to order
short notice. Ptiiel bored on reaaonftbl. ter
All work warranted to render eatialactlon, and
dellrered if do.lred. uj JJ: I ) pd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
PKit.KIlK III
SQUARE TIMBER,
aad maauraoturera of
ALL KINDS OP AVlil) l.MMIII.H,
l '7J CLEARPIKLt), PKNN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer la
Eeal Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
BII INGLES, LATH, A PICKETS,
(hlg'73 ClearHeld, l'a,
JAMES MITCHELL,,
DRAIBB IB
Square Timber & Timber Ltinds,
jeU'73 CLEAHFIELD, PA.
JAMES H. LYTLE,
111 Kratier'B llulldlii(, Clrarflrld, Pa.
ir la '
Frniu, Fldur, Feed, ete.r eta,
eprM'7f-tf
T. M. ROBINSON,
Market tltreet, ClearHeld. Pa.,
MAKnrACTVRRB OF
Llaht aad Ilea.j TUreen, Collar., Paddle.,
Bridle., Ae, Repairing neall done.
M.y 24, 1870 0m.
JOHN A. BTADLKR,
IIAKKR, .rk.l Bt., ClearHeld, Pa.
Freak Bread, Rnak, Rolle, Piea and Cakaa
oa hand or nail. U order. A general aaaortmeBt
of Confeetlonariea, Frnila and Nut. In eloek.
Ie. Cream and Oy.tore la are.on. ttnlooB nearly
oppnall. lb. Poatoffie. Prim moderate.
Marck
J. It. M'MUHHAY
WILL SHITLY YOU WITn ANY ARTICLE
OF MBRCI1ANDIBR AT TI1K VERY LOWKHT
PRICK. COME AND eKH. (S:4:75j:)
NEW WASHINGTON.
M
ILL NOTICE.-
An? party barloa ton to aaw at hock Haven
eea bave tbetn manufactured at tho loweet raU
and Id the beat manner by calling at the Haw
Mill of Town a, 6 haw A Co., WaUr atreet. Look
Haven, Pa. N. hUAW.
Look Haven, April 20, l7-3m.
CUEAP OROCKR1RS!
LUMIIRR CITV. PA
The nndertigned annonnnei to bia old frlenda
and natrnna that he baa oprned a good Una ot
UHOCKIUHB A PHOVFSIONH at tbe old aland
of Kirk A Rpenocr, for which he aolfritt a liberal
patronage. u. r. Bi'MLivn,
Lumber City, Pa., March JO-tt
H f ARItl.E AND RTONK YAKD.
jl Mra. H. f. I,llll.l L,
Having engaged la the Marble hoilneea, deairee
to Infurua her trlenda and Ibe public tbat ahe baa
now and will keep constantly no hand a large and
well aelected atook df ITALIAN AND VKHMONT
MAKUI.K, end ta prepared to furnlih to order
TU.MliHTO.NKM, BOX AM) CKADLB TOMUS,
MOaNUMKNTH. Ac.
VeTaril on Reed atreet, near tbe R, H. Drfiot,
Clearfield, Pa. Jel4,7U
I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABO OBALKB II
Watches', Clocks anil Jowelry,
67raaon'. Horn. Mnrktl Areef,
CI.KAIIPIKLI). PA.
All klnda of repairing la my line promptl. at'
nded to. April 9.1, 1B71.
l.lv?ry fStnblo.
rilll E undereiirned ker. leave to Irrtorm the puk-
X He tkat h. la now fully nreparW to aeoommo
date all in th. way of furni.nlng Hv...a, lluggi.
Ifeldlea and llarneae, on the ahorteirt notie. and
e reaoon.lile term.. KeaideBoaoa Loraat atr..t,
ketwMB Third and Fowrth.'
UKO. W. GRAHHART.
Iloarlald, Fek. 4, U74.
MITCHELL WAGONS.
The Best is the Cheapest 1
Tbutna Reilly bee received another large lot of
"Mitchell wagon i, which are among the very
beet manufactured, and which be will fell at tbe
ttixt reasonable rafea. Ilia etock include alinoat
all deerriptloaa of wagon a largeand email, wide
ana narrow trace. ieii eni aee mem.
apre'74 THOMAS RKILLY.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market Rtrcet, Clearfleld. Pa.,
MaNprAcTiiaKR Ian naAi.aa la
HARNESS, PADDLRfl, UltfKLKP, COLLARS,
and all klnda ef
IIOHSS FIRSI.SU I SO GOODS.
A fell etoek of feddlerf' Hardware, Braahee.
Oneabe, lllanketi, Robea, etc., alwnye on bend
and for eale at tbe loweat eaab price. All klnda
ef renalrinr vrnmptly allended to.
All kinde nf bidea taken in ex chance fer her-
omi aod re-eirlng. All kinda of barneae Ualber
kept on bead, aad for aale at a email profit.
Clrarleld, Jaa. 19, 187(1.
The andereigned are now fully prepared (a
tarry en tbe beeteeee of
t AlUJtTAKlNtl,'
AT RXA80NADLE RATES,
And raapwllally aolleil tk. patroDBf. ef tkoM
needing auek a.r.lM
JOnN TROtlTMAIf,
JAMES L. LEAVY.
Clearteld, Pa., Fek. It, 1174.
s.
JJ NPEItTAKlNO.
V
AMEUICAN IXDEPS.WENCK.
A friend lion hnndod us a copy of tho
RrynoMt'i Newsjiaptr, a loadiup; Drltlsli
jonrnal publislied in London, in which
a writer discussori, on tho Otb of July,
1870, sonio ol tho enusoa of tho trouble
botwoon tho Mother country and tho
colonics. As a rominlwunco it is well
worth reading, and yon will see in tbo
acts of tho llritirib King, thoso of Stan
ton and bis sntolitos during tbo socond
rebellion. Tho acts, threats, and men
aces of Howard and Stanton, whon com
pared with those of King (ioorgo, will
be found to bo exact copies. Asa con
trast the following is wortli reading.
Tho correspondent snys :
To Vie Editor of ReymMt't Kewpiptr :
Sir. On Tuesday tho Americans celo
bratcd tho lOOtk ojinivorHury of tbo
Declaration of Indcpcndonca. Cod
knows they bare reason for rejoicing.
A connection now between tho repub
lic ol America and the monarchy of
hnglnnu would resemble that ot bind
ing a living man to a putrid, rotting,
anil corrupted corpse. Discontent was
first created in A nioricn by tbo imperial
'parliament in Kngland assorting its
right to impose taxution on tho Ameri
cans without their assent, and tbo per
sistent rutiiKul of tbe King unci bis
Government to entertiiin tbe remon
strnncos of tbo colonics, (ioorge tbo
Third treated ihouppeiilsuf tbo Ameri
cans with studied mid contemptuous
disregard, assorting thnt royal power
and prerogative must ovfcrrido all other
considerations. Wo aro told "every
retnonstranco, every complaint on tbo
purt of tbo colonics, tended to embitter
bis feelings towards them, whilst the
expression of sympathy with thoir
enuso on tho part of Englishmen pro
duced in him a corresponding accession
of severity and resenliuont." Ilo wrote
to Lord North, "Kvory means of dis
tressing Americans niuht meet with my
concurrence." And, nirsin, this miB-
chevious madman did not hesitate to
leelaro that bo would " as lief liiht the
Uostonians (his own subjects) as tho
French I "
A lust anncul wtis mmle to the homo
Government by tho Americans, and it
was backed by a large number ol in
telligent Englishmen, who foresaw tho
gull' into which tho mnd-brnined mon
arch was abont to plungo. "No," said
that idiot, in rely to tbe appeal; "let
us li rut compel them to admit our right
to tax them as much as wo pleuso, and
then, if they show proper contrition
for their past opposition to our will, wo
mny, perhaps, as an act of bounty, re
lieve them of tho payment for the
present."
Alter this.tho A mericans called a form
al convocation of delegates of tho States.
and adopted so threatening an attitndo
towards the homo Government that tho
huglish regular army undor Gen. Cairo,
in America, consisting of 8,000 mon, wus
greatly strengthened? Tho Americans
ikowiso prepared for action, and sev
eral very able military men came ior-
ward lu tho good causo. Amongst
them was General Leo, who bad pievi-
ously served in the English army ; and,
in reply to a letter remonstrating with
him for taking tin arms airainst bis old
comrades, be said, 11 1 was bred up from
my lnlnncy in tho highest veneration
for tbo liberties of mankind in general.
vt hat l havo seen ol courts and princes
convinces mo that power cannot bo
loogea in worso nanus than theirs ; and,
of all courts, I am convinced that the
hnghsh is tho most corrupt and hostile
to tho Interests of humanity."
Hostilities nniko lorth. Tho nattlo
of liunkor's Hill, fought between tbe
American patriots and Ilritish soldiers,
nnd claimed as a victory by tho latter,
was, at least, a very doabtlul ono. The
King was turious, and insisted that
Americans taken in arms should bo
treated as rebels, not as capturod sol
diers ; and General Gage complied with
tne lnlnmous orders ot tho inlnmous
King. Tho fortune of war, howovor,
threw a largo number of English offi
cers and soldiers into tbo power of tho
Americans, and General Washington
wroto to General Gage as follows : "If
sorority and hardship mark tho lino of
your conduct (painful as it may bo to
me), your countrymen m my power
will feel its cll'ects; but if kindness and
humanity aro shown to ours, I shall,
with plensuro, consider thoso in our
hands only as unlbrliinato, and thev
shall receive tho treatment to which
the unfortunnlo aro ever entitled."
Let us panso for a moment tn con
trnsl the noble, Immune, and Chiistinn
sentiments enunciated by tbe great
American patriot witb tho bloodthirsty,
arrogant, inhuman, malignant, Hutanie,
abominable doctrines laid down bv that
scoundrel 1 ing some people wore fool-
ishenouirh loduu " Good KincOeorirel
General Gugo replied that tho Ameri
can prisoners, "wliono lives by tbo law
of tho land aro destined to tho cord,"
had been treated according to thoir
deserts, and that, come what miirht,
he trusted " that British soldiers, assert
ing tho rights of tho Ntato, tho law of
tho land, tho beitiKof the Constitution,
will meet ull events witb becoming
lortilude. vt but could be more su
premely ridiculous than a man of such
insignificant ralibro as Uencral Gage
thus lecturing Georgo Washington, and
treating him witb high-handed arro
gance I
Tbe end of tho year 1775 saw the
star of tho patriots almost everywhere
in tne ascentiani. i no unglisli uenor
als, Gage, Jlowo, Clinton, Burgoyno,
and the Admirals, Graves and flows,
were paralysed and powerless bolore
tbo determination and resolution of the
American colonists. Tbo King fumed,
frothed, fretted, and was furious. Tho
A mericans in the meaiiwhilooslablishcd
a Congress on the basisof inilepcndonoo,
and organized new armies throughout
tbo thirteen province for the complete
overthrow ol tho imperial rulo. The
English Government driven to its wits
ends for soldiers, subsidised evory Ger
man It could got hold ol, and oven ap
plied to Itussia for aid. Georgo asked
the Empress Calberino for 20,000 mon,
and told liar she might fix her own
terms as to their engagement Calber
ino, bowovcr, indignantly resented tbo
proposal as ono which would place her
on a levoi with tho petty Gorman
I'rinces who traded in the lives of thoir
siibiocts. Lord Chatham, who nobly
vindicated tbo causo of tho American
patriots, thus denounced tbo employ
ment of foreign moreonnriot to subju
gate tbem : "Pile up4- ha said, "and
accumulate evory assistance you can
buy or borrow. Trafllo and barter
with every pitiful German Princo Uiat
sells his subjects to li reign shambles.
i our cnorts aro lor eyor vain and im
potent. If I were an American as I
am an Englishman, whilo foreign
troop was landed in my country, 1
novor would lay down my arms nov-
or, never, novor I" Lord Chatham's
prediction was fully verified. Shortly
after the foreign soldiers landed, 900
uomiana, wrr raptured at Trenton,
and their arrival utterly dispirited the
CLEAHFIELD,
Knulish aoldiers. I nOio meantime, tho
American Conttrcss declared on tho 4 th
of July, 1770, its complete indepondonco
01 mo r.ngusn crown, nnu proeiuiniuu
to tho world that tho union hot ween tbo
two countries was dissolved.
Kin! Uooreo was us obstinuto as over.
lie insisted upon ono grand effort bo
inir mado to subiugnto "the audacious
rebels who not only resisted his au
thority, but denied his right to rule
over tbem j" and ol course tbo Church,
the nobility, municipalities, Ac, lent
thomsolvos to tho odious purposes of
tbo mad and mischeviotis monarch, and
proachod a critsado air ainst tbo " rebels "
all ovor the country. We are told that
"tho pulpits ot tho Established Church
at this time resounded with exhorta
tions to tho peoplo to smite tho rebels.
The display of a bloodthirsty spirit
commended Itself to tbo King as tho
best claim to preferment."
Jsut all was ot no avail. America
had right, justice, and nil that can ren
der a causo holy in tbo eyes of both
(iod and man on its aide, and the vic
tory was with the Amorieons. Ono by
ono tho English armies wero overpow
ered, and at last tho surrender of llur-
goyno at Saratoga virtually terminated
tho contest. This unlortimate Genorul,
who, being a spociitl fuvorito of tho
King, hnd boon taught by him to look
with scorn nnd contempt ou tho
rogues nnd rebels" that formed tho
rubble" of tho following sorrowful but
unwilling testimony to tho admirable
discipline of tho licpuhlican forces.
Alter staling Gate s army at 10,0110
mon, ho writes : "Korry om I to add
that a bettor armed, a better bodied, a
mora alert or hotter prepared army in
all essential points of military institu
tions, I am alratd is not to bo lound on
our sido of tho qnostion." Surely tho
Americans havo reason to bo proud
tbat from a few raw levies of undisci
plined men, raised to oppose all tho
power of tho Crown of England, an
army such as that described by ltur
goyno sprang forth, and compelled
every man in tho regular force which
tno miscreant madman, Uoorge the
i hud, had sent lorth in the vain hope
of conquering and subjecting tho coun
try to surrender Ins person and lay
down bis arms !
It is now a bundled years since
America thus liberated horsell'from tho
tnonarchinl yoke of England, and
erected, in the place of a costly, a crush-
ng, and a cumbersomo monurchy, a
f'reat, glorious, and prosperous reptih
IC. It thus rid itself of those deadly
and desltuctivo cankur-worms bored
itnry royalty, horeditnry aristocracy,
aud a State-established Church. There
aro no crowned, coroncted, or niilred
locusts to tnko tbo bread from tho
mouths of tho peoplo, and to impover
ish everything that comes within their
reach. There is no chance of a mad
man likeGeorge tho Third being placed
to roiirn ovor them : or a Bulfish profli
gate, like (icorgo tbo Fourth ; or a dis
gusting debauchee, like Charles the
oeoona, who taxed postority with the
paymout of pensions to his harlots and
thoir descendants, tbo Graltona, Kich
monds, St. Albans', 4c.
iho Americans havo right good rea
son to rejoice at the severance from a
nation which is a parndiso for I'rinces,
peers, and millionaires, and a hell npon
earth for tho poor. They bare pros
pered as a republic during tbo Just
hundred years as no monarchy ever
has or ovor can nrosoer. Let them no
on as tbey have, and in tiie course of
another hall-century tho rotten old
monarchies of Europo will look yot
more mouldy and rickety, contrasted
with tbo young and fresh-blooded re
public across tho Atlantic, than they
even do now. Hail, Columbia I
Woll, then, sir, ono hundred years
ago America by her pluck and patriot
ism gained her indepondonco, and effect-
nnlly rid bcrscir ol tho rulo ot tho
GuelphB, and of tho host of boggars
that would bavepiunlou themselves, as
they havo bore, on tho industry ol tho
people, llut how tamo wo out of tho
contest which wus entered upon nnd
prolonged in order to gratify tbe tyran
nical instinct ot a mad and miscreant
monarch ? It entailed on us an iui-
menso loss of life, a vusl amount of
treasure, and encumbered prosperity
with a debt of three bundled millions,
tho interest an which to about ten
millions, wo are compelled to pay un
til this day I Who, then could cry,
"God save tho King?" Mono, 1 should
think, but real and genmno "tools and
lunatics." Ghactuts,
Two literary ladies wero lately wit
nesses In a trial. One of them, upon
hearing the usual questions asketl,
" W hat is y our name ? " antl " I low old
aro yon?" turned to her companion
and said, " 1 do not liko to toll my ago ;
not tbat 1 have any objection to it lift
ing known, but I don't want it pub
lished in all the newspapcra." " W ell,"
said tho witty Mrs. , "1 will tell
you bow to avoid it. You havo heard
tho ohjuclion to ull hearsay evidence ;
toll thorn you don't remember when
you wero bom, and all you know of it is
by hearsay. llio idea took, and tho
question was not pressed.
A gentleman ulllicted wilhnn impedi
ment in bis speech took dinner at a
tavern, and calling to a waiter address
ed him thus : " Wo-w wailor, gi-givo
mo a s-some r-r-roust b b beef.' j'ho
wailor stammorcd out in reply : W-wo
t-a-aint g g-got any." At which tho
gentleman, highly enraged, supposing
tho servant was mocking him, sprang
from his scat and was proceeding to
knock him down, when a third person
arrested his arm and cried to hi in not
to atriko, saying, "llo st-st-stutters
sb atne as w-we u-d-do I "
When tho thermometer stands at 00
dog. In the shade, my warm friends,
don't fume, nor fuss, nor fret, nor fun
yoiirsolvos into ablatio. Not Sit down
in some quiet place and (AinA only of
coot mint, 1 In nk ol snow ; ibuik tn
cold water trickling down your buck.
Think ol holding a live eel in each hand.
Imagine yourself under an icy shower-
bath, or sitting at night-lull on tho top
of an iceberg; then try to shiver. Ho
all this without once stirring from your
position and you II get cool.
At a camp-meeting, last Summer, a
vencrablo sister began the hymn
"My eonl k. ob thy guard i
Tea thousand foea brine ! "
She began in shrill quavers, but it
was pitched too high. "Ten thou
sand Ten thousand," she screeched,
and stopped. " Start her at 6,000 I "
cried a convorlod stock-broker present.
ItEcoRciLiATioH. Tho Commission
ers of tho Northern and Southern Meth
odist Churches, appointed to "adjust
all existing aimcuities, in order to rc
move all obstacle, to formal fraternity.
will meet In joint session at Cape May
on August iota. -
An Irishman being asked why he
lelt his country lor America, replied
" It wasn't for want ; 1 bad plenty of
that at home.
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1876.
MOLLIE MAGUIR.EISM.
AHOI MENT or
FRANKLIN B. G0WEX, Esq.,
Counsel for the Commonwealth.
ON THKTRIALOFTHOg. MUNI.EY, ATPOTT8-
VILI.I, PA., FOR 111 I MURDER Of T110S.
SA NUta, AT BAVIN Rl'N, 8CII LVL
KII.L COfNTT, ON SE1TEM
IiKH 1st, 1B75.
Tbo recent triuli at Pottsvillo and
Munch Chunk, lor tho numerous mur
ders committed in tho antbracito coal
regions, have altrailed universal at-
tontion, and bus Sdly established tbo
fact thnt there exist; thoso counties
a secret ouih boanc;n)iTlfcrrVorgania-
tion, known as tho Mollie Maguircs,
who, at their niceting,, in a regular
business way, uppoint committees to
burn proporty; mennco and murdor
men whom they cannot tontrol. As
this organization hud at ono time, if
not now, a loot-hold in our county, wo
propose to lay tho argumont of Mr.
Gowcu boibro our readers, bo tint they
may loam just how this band of assas
sins deport themselves whorovcr thoy
obtain a foot-bold. Hundreds of mur
ders have been committed within tho
past four years, in tho coal counties of
this State, and tho murderers successful
ly concealed, until recently six or eight
of tho Mollies bave boon 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
dill'cronco what namo tho conspirators
mny ussumo. A full fledged Mollio
ilnguiro is a man who is ready to as
sail tho I ilo, liberty, property and hap
piness of his fellow-man, awaiting tbo
orders of his associate conspirators to
executo tlicm. It becomes theduty of
ovory citizen who tears God, loves Ins
country and his fellow-man, to uso bis
influence to crush out nnd expose this
band of organized murderers).
11 r. (inwen addressed the jury on
behalf of tho Commonwealth as fol
lows :
Willi submission to your Honors;
gentlemen ol tho jury; It is frequent
ly customary for lawyers, in opening
a cause, to refer to it as ono of great
imnortunce. 1 am suro that vou will
buar witb mo, when 1 say that I do
not cxaggoraU) tho merits ot this case
in statin l' that it is perhaps one of the
most momentous trials that has over
been submitted to a jury in this conn
try. It is one of tbat class of cases,
which, for so many yoars, baa disgrao-
cd the criminal annul of this country.
f or the hrst time, alter struggling un
der a reign of terror that has extended
over twenty years, wo aro placed front
to front with tho inner workings of a
secret association, whose members, act
ing under oaths, have perpetrated
crnno In this country with impunity.
I desiro to say, at tbo outset ol my
argument, tbat whon a man is on trial
for his hie, no matter what may bo tho
gravity ol his offense, and no matter
what may uo tho circumstances con
nected with his participation in it, His
duo to the administration of justice
that he should havo a tuir and impar
tial trial. In mynpiuioV it is as im
portant for the administration of jus
tice thnt tho prisoner should bo tried
fairly nnd openly by nn impartial
(Join t and jury, as that ho slioulcl be
tried at all ; and if it is necessary to
vindicate tho ends of justico tbat crim
inals should bo tried and executed, it
is equally of tbo same importanco tln.t
tbey should bo triod fairly and oponly,
and tbat justico should bo administer
ed according to tho tonus of law, as
they havo coiuo down from our fathers,
and that tho prisoners should bave tho
assistance of ablo and experienced
counsel for tho defense And I want
to say hero that 1 am not ono of those
aud 1 hopo there aro very lew in
this country though from some ro-
iilui'ks which I havo beard, I fearlhero
aro some who would reflect in any
manner upon a member of tho bar for
undertaking tho defense of a criminal
in a Court of justice, no matter what
may bo tho enormity of his client's
crime. If this prisoner is guilty, ho
must be punished, nnd ho will bo pun
ished ; but it is of infinite Importanco
that bo should bo punished altor hav
ing had tho assistunco ol tho ablest
and most experienced counsel nl tho
bar. 1 havo no reflections to mako
nguiiist our friends on the other side.
1 havo no word of reproof for them for
conduetiliL' this man's case. On tho
contrary, 1 bclicvo thnt a lawyer who
runs the gauntlet ol publio sentiment
by coudueliiiK tho uelenso ot a crimi
nal whom the community has perhaps
adjudged guilty, deserves Higher com
mcndulion and creator praiso for fear
lessly tullllling his duty than does he
who enters upon llio prosecution ot a
enso in which he believes there con be
no end but conviction.
Wo ask nothing hero but nn impar
tial triul. Wo ak no sympathy, and
invoke no predjudieo. Wo try this
muti according to tho law ; and ac
cording to thut law which you havo
sworn to ndminislcr, wo ask you to
convict him. What is this case? On
tho 1st of September last, Thomas San
iter, a young English boss miner, I
man between thirty and forty years ot
stro, who, so far as wo know, may not
have had an enemy In tbe world, left
his house in tho morning to go to bis
dnily work. If there is anything
which should be accorded to a mom
ber ol a froe government, if thore is
any riLdit which tho humblest man in
this country should possess, it is the
right to Inbor for tbo support of his
family, without bindorance or molesta
tion from any ono. Going forward
and onward in tbo performance of his
duty, and the prosecution ol hi daily
work, this man was confronted by ono
of an armed band of asuamins. Ilo was
shot in tho arm. He turned to run
around a house in tho neighborhood
and ho was there confronted by an
other of these miscreants who had
been sent there to intercept him. Uo
again turned and stumbled upon the
ground; and then, when the foremost
of this hand of assassins came tip to
him, as be lay upon the ground, ho
discharged his revolver Into him, and
another turned him, an he lay upon
his lace, ovor upon hi back, so that
ho could expose a deadly part for bis
aim, and then, witn calm deliberation,
selected a vital spot and shot him aa
be lay prostrate upon the ground. His
wilo, Iroin whom he bad just parted,
hearing his criea, rushed out and reach
ed ber husband only in timo to hear his
last faltering accents: "Kiss me, Sarah,
lor I am dying."
Thnt Is the caso. It is not irolntcd
REP
or alone, God knows 1 wish It was!
It was not ono caso singled out in this
great community, but it is one of a
number that we have boon called upon
to confront during tbe last twenty
years, w ho were thoso persons who
wero guilty ol tins murder? This is
for you to dotormino, according to tho
ovidenco, and I now propose, very con
cisely aad as succinctly aa I cun, to
cull your attention to -the evidonce in
this enso ; and I ask you to find your
verdict of guilty sololy in accordance
with that evidonce and acting under
tho solemnity of your oaths.
Here Mr. Gowon rehearses tbe tes
timony to tbo jury.
.
I now como to tbo tostimonv of Mo-
Purlan. - Many of you know thatsomo
yoars ago I woe the District Attorney
ot this county. 1 am, therefore, not
very mucn out ot my old paths, and
not very much away from my old
moorings when 1 am standing, on be
half of the Commonwealth, in the
Court of Pottsvillo, demanding tbe con
viction ol a guilty man. Jt was when
I was District Attorney of this coun
ty, a young man, charged witb the
prosecution ot tbo pleas of tbe Com
monwealth, tbat for the first timo I
made up my mind from what I had
seen, in innumerable Instances, that
thero then existed in this county a so-
crot organisation, banded together for
tho commission ol crimo, and tor tbe
purposo ot securing tho cscapo or ac
quittal ot any of its members charged
witn tuo commission ol an oncnoo.
That conviction forced itsell indeli
bly upon my mind. A man who for
two years acts as District Attorney in
litis county prosecuting criminals who
arc brought beforo tho Court, must bo
either very obtuso or willfully blind, if
be could close his eyes to the existence
of a fact as perceptible as this was then
to me. I lelt this county witb thut
settled conviction, and oircumstancos
that occurred time and again long af
ter 1 withdrew from tho prosecution
of criminals, still more deeply faetcnod
this conviction tn my mind. Alnrdcr,
violence aud arson, committed without
detection, and apparently without mo
tive, attosted the correctness of thnt
belie, and whon tho timo came that I
becamo so much interested In tho pros
perity of this county, and in tho devel
opment of its mineral wealth, that I
saw that it wus a strugglo between
tbo good citizen and tbe nod citizen as
to winch should obtain tbo supremacy,
I mado up my mind that if human in
genuity, if long suffering and patient
caro, 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 the perie
trutors of theso awful crimes, I would
undortake tbo task.
I knew that it could only bo dono
by secret detectives, and I had had
enough experience, both as a lawyer,
and as tbo bead ol a very large cor
poration, to know that the publio 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 tbia. (It
was as important for us to know who
wob innocent as it was to know who
was guilty.)
Tho detective who operates for re
wards, who is only paid upon his con
viction of tho offender, has a motive to
incite him to action which I would be
tbo last man in tho world to arouse. I
knew, for I had bad experience before,
of tho National Detective Agency ot
Allan rinkerton, ol Chicago, wnion
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 1 applied to Mr. i'mkorton.
His plan was simply this : . "I will se
cure an agent, or an oflicor, said ho,
to ferret out theexistenco of this so
ciety, n bo ever I got la to be paid so
much a weok, no matter if ho finds out
nothing. Ho is bound to mo, never,
under any circumstances, to take a re
ward lor his services, irom anyDony,
and, if he spends fivo years and ob
tains nothing tn tbo way ot inlorma-
tion, ho must havo every month or
every week exactly the same compen
sation us if every week ho had traced
a now murder and ovory month had
discovered a new conspiracy. Uo is
novor to gain pecuniarily by tbo suc
cess of bis undertaking; but as a man
who goes into this organization, ns a
deteetivo, takes bis lilo in bis own
bunds, I will send no man on this mis
sion of yours, Gowon, unless it bo
agreed, beforehand, nnd I can toll him
so, that be never is to be known in
connection with the enterprise." Upon
these terms this man James jticrarlun
was selected. A young Irishman and
a Catholic, but six or seven years in
this country, eminently qnulilled by
his peculiar Irish accomplishments to
ingratiate himself with those to whom
he was sent, no ennio bore In tuo lull
of 1873, and within six months he had
so fur won tho confidence of tho class
of peoplo who constituted this onlor
that no was admitted as a member.
liemembcr, now, bore, and I advert to
it lest I might forget it, that ho came
pledged that ha should not be used as
a witness. Therefore tbo only object
of bis coming was to put us upon tbo
track, so tbat wo could discover the
crimo when it was being perpetrated,
and this is the best answer that ran
possibly bo made to the charge tbat ho
wtlllully withhold his knowlcdL'0 when
ho might have saved human lilo. His
only object bore was to got knowledge.
llo novor was tn be used as a witness,
Hi only objoct was to find out whon
a murdor was to be committed, to bo
with tho perpetrators if ho could, and
to give notico to Captain Linden, who
had an armed polico force ready, so
that thoy might be waiting at I he
very spot, and not only save the life
of tho intended victim, but arrest every
man engagod in the perpetration of
the oltenso. In order that there could
bo abundant evidence of thoir guilt.
Tbat was bis wholo object. Almost
every night ho made 1iis report; and
how woll he has performed bi duty,
the security of human life and proper
ty in this county, to-day, a compared
with what it was six months ago, is
tho best commentary I can make upon
the subject
Those coal fields for twenty yoars, I
may say, hate been the thoatre of tbo
commission of crimes such as our very
nature revolt at. Tbia Tory organi
zation that we aro now, lor the first
timo, exposing to the light of day,
has hung liko a pall over tho peoplo of
this county, iielore It tear ana terror
fled cowering to homes which afforded
no sanctuary airainst the vengenee of
their pursuers. Itclnnd it stalked dark
ncss and despair, brooding like grim
shadows ovor the desolated hearth
and the ruined home, and throughout
tho Kimth and breadth of this lair land
thero was heard the voice of wailing
and or lamentation, or "Kachci ween
ing for hor children and refusing to be
eomtortcd, because tucy were not.
BLICAN.
Nor is it alone those whoso names 1
have monlionod-not alone tho prom
inent, the upright and the good citizen,
whoso remains have been interred witb
Eious care in the tombs of his fathers ;
ut it is the hundreds of unknown vic
tims, whose bones now lie mouldering
ovor tho face of this county. In h id
don places and by silent paths, in the
dark ravines ot the mountains, and in
secret led eo ot the rocks, who shall
say how many bodies of the victims of
mis order now await tho nnai trump
of God and from thoso lonely soput
chros, there will go np to tho God who
gave them, tho spirits of thoso murder
ed victims, to tako their places among
the innumerable throng of witnesses
at tno last any, ana to con iron t wun
thoir presence tbe members of this
ghastly tribunal, when their solemn
accusation is read from tho plain com
mand ol tbo Decalogue, "Tnov siiai.t
Nor KILL."
But wo are told that In tbe commis
sion of these crimes, although Mr. liar
tholomew admitB that they existed
long years betoro McParlan came Into
tho county, this man abandoned his
duty as a detective, and became an ao-
complico in tho crimo. And updh
Whose tostimony docs this charge rcstr
My friend invokos from you a careful
attention to the facts of this caso, and
properly endeavors to exclude from it
an examination of any other circum
stances or any other facts than those
which nave been proved in this caso.
Hut npon whoso testimony is Mc
Parlan an accomplice T Upon whoso
tostimony is tbo chargo made tbat Mo
Parian onirairod deliberately in the
commission ol offences nnd secreted
tho offenders? Vpon Ned Monagban's
and Patrick Coy lo s, alone. I pon yea
Monaclian, lor whom tho doors of
your jail open wido to-day, never prob
ably to reopen until no comes oui in
company with Jack Kohoe and tho
other murderers to stand his trial for
his life. Cpon Monnghan, tho Mollio
Maguire, tne man who was on tho
Ilingtown mountains helping to select
tho committco to kill William Thomas,
Edward Monaghan, who, to-day, is as
guilty of murdor in tho first degree as
any othor man now confined within
tbe walls of your prison.
And who is Patrick Coylo ? A man
who saw McParlan drawing a pistol
and novor heard bim say or saw him
do anything else, and becauso ho did
not bear him say anything, he swears
ho believes that McParlan was incited
to murder.
What need I say furthorf An ac
complice I McParlan an accomplice I
Mr. Bnrtbolomow tells yon that ho
permitted Thomas Hurley to escape,
and that he permitted Michael Doyle
to escape. Noitber Thomas Hurloy
nor Michael Doyle havo escaped ; but
tho excoriating denunciation which Mr.
Bartholomew burled against Thomas
Hurley will effectually prevent him
from defending Hurley, when be comes
belore this Court for trial lor murdor.
It will not be long, bolore ho cornea
bore. It is simply a question between
tbo Mollio Mogui res on tbe one sido
and Pinkorton Detective Agency on
tho other, and I know too woll tkat
i'mkorton B Detective Atruncy will
win. Thore is not a place on the hab
itable giobo wboro thoso men can nnu
rcfuire and in which they will not bo
tracked down. Lot thorn go to tbe
Itocky Mountains, or to the shores of
tbo Pacific ; let them travorso the
bleak deserts of Siberia : penetrate in
to tho jungles of India, or wander ovor
tbe wild atcpnes ol Control Asia, and
thoy will bo (Weed aud tracked and
brought to justico, just as surely as
Thomas Munley is brought to justice
to-dy. The cat that holds tbo mouse
in hor grasp sometimes lets it go lor a
while to play ; but she knows woll that
at her will she will again havo it 10-
co.ro within her clawa; and Pinker-
ton s Aironcy may somottmos permit a
nan to believe that bo is froo who docs
not know Uiat ho may bo traveling
hve thousand miles in tho company ol
thoso whoso eyes are novcr closed in
sloop.
Thoy may not know tbat the timo
will come, but t say that so surely as
I am standing before you to-day, the
time will come, be it snort or long, bo
it months or be it years, whon every
single murderer then living on tho face
of the earth, who has committee a
crime in this county, sinco April, 1874,
will answer lor that crime boloro tho
prosenco of this court. "Tho raoo is
not always to tho swill, nor tho battle
to the strong." Thoso who see what
we are domir now, have scon but little:
lor it is only tho opening ol the book
of this vast conspiracy, and behind the
meaner men who shot tbe pistol, there
stand others far more guilty then they
who, with tbem, at some time will be
brought to justice
"For Tim, at laat Beta all LhiBga area,
Aad If we do kut wait tke hour
There never yet wee human power,
That ooald evade. If unfortriTea
Tke patient erarch and vigil long,
Of blni wko treaauree up a wrong."
And now somo words about Ibis so
cret organization of Mollio Mairuires.
My Iriend, Mr, liartbolomow, is not
correct in his statement of their his
tory. If, after this caso is ovor and
when you are permitted to rend, you
will get a little book called 'Irench e
Itoaiilioa ot Irish Life, written by a
relativeof that celebrated Dean Trench,
whose namo is well-known wherever
Enulish literature ia road, you will find
the history of this organization. It
was known aa tho Kibhonmcn ol Ire
land. It sprang up at a time when
tboro was an organized resistance in
Ireland to the payment of routs. Tbo
malcontents became known aa Kibbon
mon, and they ircnerally made thoir
attacks upon the agents ot tho non
resident land-owners, or upon tho ton
stables or Bailiffs who attempted to
collect the rents. Their objoct was to
intimidate and hold in terror all those
to whom thoy owed monoy, or who
were employed In its collection. Aa a
branch ot this society, and urowinir
out of it, sprang the men known as
Mollio Maguiros, and the name ol their
society arose Irom tbia circumatunoo,
tbat in the perpetration of thoir offen
ces, they dressed aa women, and eon
orally ducked or beat their victims, or
mnicted some eucn punishment aa in
furiated women would be likely to ad
minister. Hence originated the name
of the. Mollis Maguiros, which baa
been handod down to us at the present
dayc and the organization of the Mol
lieMagniroa.thereforo, ia identical with
tbat of the itibbonmen itt Ireland, who
have torrorizod ovor the Irish peoplo
to so eroal an extent.
How this association came lnt tbia
county we do not know. We had sus
pected for many years, and w know
now, that it is criminal in its charac
ter. That is proved beyond peradven-
tnre. . It will not do now to say that
it was only in particular localilios in
this county, tbat it was a criminal or
ganization, because the highest officer
in the society in I bia county, tno dele.
irate. Jack Kehoc, the man who at
tended the Stat Convention, and was
the represTntntive of tho wholo order
TEEMS $2 per annum in Advance.
NEW SE1UES-V0L. 17, NO. 31,
In this county, la to-dny, as you hear
from tho testimony, in prison await
ing his trial tor murder. Whether
this society, known as the Ancient Or
dor of Hibernians, is, beyond tho lim
its of this county, a good society or
not I cannot toll ; but I havo believed
at sometimes that it was, and I am
willing to bo satisfied ol thnt fact now,
if thero is any ovidenco of it. Hut
thero boa been nn attack mado upon
this organization, and up to this time
wo havo not hnd furnished to us any
ovidence thnt in any place its objects
wore laudublo or conimondnblo. Crim
inal in its character, criminal in Its
purpose, it bad frequently a political
object. You will find tho leudors of
this society tho prominent men in tbe
townships. Through tho instrumen
tality ol thoir order and by its power,
they were able to seenro offices for
themselves. You see horo, and now
know thnt ono of tho Commissioners
ot this county is a member of this or
der. Yon know that a previous Com
missioner of this county wns a mem
ber of this order, convicted of a high
offense, and pardoned by tho Govern
or. You know that another county
Commissioner, betoro that, was a mem
ber of this order, convicted ofnn ofTenso
and pardoned by tbo Governor. High
constables, chiefs of police, candidates
tor associate judges, men who were
trusted by their fellow men, wero all
the timo guilty of murder.
Hut in addition to tbo criminal and
tbo political motives, these peoplo claim
national characteristics. 1 bey claim
that thoy wero par oxcellenco tho rep
resentatives of tbo Irish of this coun
ty. They claim more than thut, that
they represent tho I rish Catholics of
tliis county. 1 shall say but little
about the Irish except thut I am my
self tho bqu of an Irishman, proud ol my
ancestry, nnd of my race, and never
ashamed ot it except when 1 sue that
Ireland has given birth to wretches
such as theso. Theso men cull them
selves Irishmen I Theso men parade
on St. Patrick's Day and claim to bu
good Catholics I hero aro the hon
est Irishmen of this county ? Why do
not they rise np and strike down these
wretches that usurp tho namo of I rish-
mcnl if a Gorman commits nn of
fense, and engages in murder, do all
tho other Germans tnko bis purt and
establish a false alabi to defeat the
omls of justice? If an American bo-
comes a criminal, do tho Americans
protect him ? Do thoy not sny, "Away
with yon ! ' You havo disgraced llio
country that ooro you ?" If an Eng
lishman becomes an offender, do tbe
English nation tako bim to their arms
and mako him a hero? Why then do
not tho honest Irishmen of this coun
ty como together in public meeting,
and separate themselves widely from
and denounce this organization? Upon
what principle do theso men, outcasts
from society, tho dregs ot tho earth,
murderers and assassins, claim to bo
Irishmen and arrogate to themselves
tho national characteristics of tho Irish
pooplo? It is a disgrace to Ireland
that tho honest Irish ot this county,
probably five or ton thousand in num
ber, should permit a tew hundred
wretches liko theso to say that they
aro the true representatives of tho
lnshmcn ot Schuylkill county.
Does an Irishman. wonder why it is
somotimos difficult to get a job in this
oountyT Does bo wondor why tho
boss at a colliery hesitates to employ
him, whon thoso pooplo havo been per
mitted to arrogate to themselves the
Irish character and bavo been permit
ted to represent themselves to tbo peo
plo of this county as tho proper repre
sentatives ot Ireland ? 1 ho timo has
come when there must bo a lino of do-
markation drawn. Tbo timo has come
when honest Irishmen in this county
must separate themselves from any sus
picion of sympathy with this associa
tion. Ilo must denounce its members
as outcasts from tho land tbat gavo
them birth. Jle must denounco them
as covered with iuTamy and blackened
with crime. Ho must say that they
aro not truo irishmen and that they
are not rcprcsoutivos of Ireland.
out tar beyond this attempt to in-
voko your sympathy on account of
their nationality is tho attempt to in
voko thnt aymnathr on tho ground
that tbey belong to a porsccuted relig
ion. as there ever such subhma,
such tremendous impudence in tho
world, as that a member ot this secret
society, a society which l as been do
uounced by its own Church, nnd each
member of which has been excommn
nicatctl by tho Archbishop of Philadel
phia, and by tho Topo himself, out
casts from society, and from tho com
munion or thoir own religion, tho door
ol tho Church shut In their laces nnd
tho gutos ol heaven closed ngainM them
by tbecxcommiiuicntiono! their priests
theso men, infidels and atheists, car
ing for no Church, nnd worshipping no
(iod, set themselves up ia this commu
nity ns tho represent atives of the Cath-
olio faith.
"Juat Allah ! whetjnuil be thy look '
When aurh a wretch kefore thee ataod.,
Ilnlilu.hlng, with thy aaered book,
Turning ita leaveawilh blood -atalned handa,
And wroetlng from it. pagea rublime,
Ilia creed of luit and hate and erlme.
A few words more upon this subject
of Irish Catholics. 1 was born and
am a Protestant, but I was partially
educated among tho Catholics, and I
have always hnd a kindly tooling lor
them, and when these assassins. through
their counsel, speak of being Catho
lics, I desire to say to you hero, in tho
iirsi, pioco, mat tney nnve been de
nounced by thoir Church and excom
municated by their prelates, and thnt
I have tho direct personnl authority of
Archbishop Wood himself to say that
ho denounces tbem all, and that he
was tully cognizant of and approved ot
tho means 1 took to bring them to Jus
tice. And, for myself, I can any that
for many months before any other man
in this world except those connected
with tho detective agency know what
was being done, Archbishop Wood
of Philadelphia, was tho only confident
1 had and tally knew ol tho mission of
McParlan In this wholo matter. So
much then for tho assumption of Mr.
L voile that these moaclnnn sympathy
on account of their being I'atiiolica. 1
can hardly reply camly to audi an ar
eunicnt. 1 believe that there must bo
different sects in this sonntry as thore
are in ail countries, and 1 am ono of
those who beliovo that a good Catholic
is botU'r than a bad Protestant.
Mr. L'Vollo. I repel tbat remark.
Mr. Gowon. Mr. L'Vollo repels the
remark. I cannot help it, and 1 reit
erate the fact that although I am a
Protestant, 1 have been taught to be
lieve that a good Catholic is belter than
a bad Protestant.
1 bave boon taught to beliovo tho
eyes of justic are closed not ouly
against individuals and corporutioiui,
but against nationalities and sects. 1
have boon taught to believe that ho is
the good citizen who is truthful and
honest, who is Itind boartod and affec
tionate; and, whether he kneels before
an altar or worship God in his own
chnmlicr, ho is entitled to tho favorable
consideration of his fullow-tnon. And
I do know, oh I so woll, that when our
lives draw towards their close, and tbe
oponing porlala of tho tomb revonl to
our eyes aomo glimpses of the bound
less wntors of that vast eternity upon
which wo will all ombark, that then, at
that dread moment it will bo to the
recollection of tho possession of these
simple virtues, this puro morality, this
unostentatious charity that I lisve
named, thut wo will all cling, In the
sublimo confidence that It will avuil us
most, when tho timo shall como that
cuch ono of us Catholic and Protest
ant, Lutheran nnd Culvinist, Gontilo
nnd Jew shall bo stripped of the thin
gnrb of tho sectarian, ann stand in equal
favor before tho grout white throno of
God.
And now ono word more on this sub
ject and I dismiss it. Whenever you
hear a complaint made against a man
because be is an Irishman, or bocause
bo is a Catholic ; whenever you hoar
atsj one, no matter who he may be, say
that the on trages of this county are duo
to tho Irishmen, or due to the Catho
lics, do not, I beg of you, forgot, in
your secret hearts, thut tbo highest
prelates of that church have cursed and
oxcommunicuted this order. Do not
forgot thnt whatever littlo credit may
bo duo to bim who has conceived the
plan of exposing this association is due
to ono who is the son of Irishman ; and
do not forgot that a great honor and a
grcator meed of praiso than is due to
any othor, is due to Dotoctivo McPar
lan, who is an Irishman by birth and
a Catholio by roligion ; and if those
who profess to be Irish Catholics in
this county have brought their nation
ality and their religion into disrepute,
I beg of you to remember thut both
bavo been gloriously and successfully
vindicated by an Irishman and a Catho
lic, in tbo person of James McParlan.
Why, it is just twenty-one years ago
lost week, thut tho citizens of Pottsville
laid the comer.stouo for that monument
on Sharp Mountain, which now com
memorates tho memory of Henry Clay.
It was believed that tbe political course
of the statesman had greatly aided in
the development of the material inter
ests of Ibis county, and without parti
san fooling, for tho time bad then passed
whon Henry Clay's partisanship was
remcniborod, tho citizens dedicated
sufficient ot thoir means to commemo
rate hia momorv bv a monument. He
did, I bolieve, do much for this county,
but what would it bave amounted to
if this this oriranization we are now
contending with had succeeded in ob
taining tho control ot all tbo interests
in tho county ? Of what use would
capital or wealth, or industry, or enter
prise, or protection, amount to if tbe
administration of tbe resources of this
county and tbo developmont of its
oalth wero intrusted to thoso who
went to do thoir duty, dogged by tbe
assassin and tbo murderer, unknowing
whether, whon they loll thoir houses
in the morning, thoy would not bo car
riod back dead before night ?
And now lot us look to socioly in
this county, as it wus three months
ago, when men retired to their homes
at 8 or 9 o'clock in tho ovoning. and no
ono ventured beyond tho precincts of
bis own door ; whon ovory man on
gaged in any enterprise of magnitude,
or connected with industiial pursuits,
lofl his homo in tbe morning with bia
band upon his pistol, unknowing whom
or bo would again, return alive; when
tbo very foundations ot society wore
being overturned ; wnen tbo adminis
tration of justice, which should always
bo recorded with rovorenco, had almost
sunk into contempt; whon men doubted
whether it was in tne power oi organ
ized society to protect their lives and
to secure their property ; and, then re
flect upon tho change which a few
weeks bus brought forth. To-day I
give yon notice that thero is no part oi
this county tbat is not as safe aa the
aisle in which I stand here now.
Is thore a man in this audience, look
ing at mo now, and hearing me de
nounco this association, who longs to
point his pistol at mo ? I tell him that
tie bos as good a cbanco hero as ho will
ever havo uiruin. I tell him that it is
just aa safo to-day to murder in the
tompio oi justice as it is in tne secret
ravines of the mountains, or within the
silent shadows of tbe woods. I tell
bim tbat human lilo is safe. I tell him
that tho monibors of bis society, whom
we desire to convict, all, save one or
two, are either safely lodged within the
walls of your paison, or aro fugitives
from justice, but almost within the
grasp of the detectives, who are npon
their heels. I tell him that if there ia
another murdor in tbia county, com
mitted by this organization, ovory ono
of tho fivo hundred members of the or
der in this county, or out of it, who
connive at it, will bo guilty of murder
in the first degreo, and can bo banged
by the nook until ho Is dead, not by
igilance Committees, but according
to the solemn forms ot justico, after be
ing defended by ablo and experienced
counsel ; aud 1 tell bim that if thero
is another murder in this county by
litis society, tboro will bo nn inquisi
tion fir blood with which nothing that
has been known iu tho annals oi crim
inal jurisprudence can compare. And
to whom aro wo indebted for this
security of which 1 now boost ? To
whom do wo owo all this ? t nuer mo
Divino Provideneo of God, to whom bo
ull tbo honor and all the glory, wo owo
this safety to Janios McParlan," and if
tboro over was a man to whom tho
peoplo of this county should erect a
monument, it is James Jicranun, tuo
dotoctivo.
I havo said to you beforo that it
seems to mo as if thore bad been a di
vino interposition for the investigation
and punishment of crime in this coun
ty. Jicmember that McParlan enmo
horo pledged tbat ho should not bo
used us a witness. Wo placed no reli
ance upon him as a witness. Wo could
not arrest a man beennso ho told us
anything about him, becauso ho was
protected by tho pledge wo bad given
him thut bo wus not to bo exposed, and
wns novcr to bo known in tho investi
gation ; and I tell you that, no matter
what the consequence would have bocn,
when I becamo an instrument to lead
him into tbo danger to which be was
subjected when bo took hie lifo into bia
own bnnd and entered into tho secret
councils of this order, 1 would bave
been tho last man in tho world to havo
askod him to relievo mo Irom the pledge
which bad bocn mado to him. You
bavo heard that his mission became
known to this order, how or by what
manner I am not at liberty to tell, be
causo it is not in ovidenco. We have
tho fact, though, that bis mission be
came known to this society, and we
havo tho fact tbat thoso from whoso
vengeance bo wo to be protected, by
ignoranco of his Iruo character, acquired
information that enabled them to know
tbat ho was in reality a detective ; and
ho was compelled to leave tho county.
And tben 1 saw beforo me my path as
clear as day. Then 1 saw tbat some
miraculous Inferjrosition of Providonce
bad bocn vouchsafed to permit us to
use tho testimony and the knowledge
of this man JUel'arlan. Then 1 breathed
freer, and trod with elate stop ; then I
know that I had within my hands the
power to crnsh thoso villains ; then and
on tbo day when betook hisplaceupon
the witness aland, I took my seal at
this tablo as counsel for tho Common
weal th, and tho warrants wore executed
which consigned to tbo prison every
one of thoso criminals, witb the excep
tion of ono or two, and of those who
bad ran away when Jimmy Kerrigan
turned State's evidence. When, in all
the history of criminal jurisprudence,
did ever suoh a change of society come
ovor a county as that which earn over
this county on tbo morningthat MoPar
lan first became witness, and on the
morning when J ack Krboe, tho county
delegate, with twetve or fifteen otlror
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