How dare you, then, polute the house of God, or come in presence of His Holy altar, wid such a crust of crimes upon your soul?
Can you deny that you entered into a league of hell wid the devil and Major Vanston, and that you promised him your vote if he'd get the fine removed ?" "I can," replied Bryan; "there's not one word of truth in it." "Do you hear that, my friends ?" exclaimed the priest; "he calls your priest a liar upon the altar of the livin' God." Here M'Mahon was assailed by such a storm of groans and hisses as, to say the least of it, was considerably at variance with the principles of religion and the worship of God.
"Do you deny," the priest proceeded, "that you received a bribe of fifty pounds on the very day you voted?
Answer me that." "I did receive a fifty-pound note in a--" Further he could not proceed.

It was in vain that he attempted to give a true account of the letter and its enclosure; the enmity was not confined to either groans or hisses.

He was seized upon in the very chapel, dragged about in all directions, kicked, punched, and beaten, until the apprehension of having a murder committed in presence of God's altar caused the priest to interfere.

M'Mahon, however, was ejected from the chapel; but in such a state that, for some minutes, it could scarcely be ascertained whether he was alive or dead.

After he had somewhat recovered, his friends assisted him home, where he lay confined to a sick bed for better than a week.
Such is a tolerably exact description of scenes which have too frequently taken place in the country, to the disgrace of religion and the dishonor of God.