In those turbulent days the Irish were called " Paddies" and Clodhoppers." and. although they spoke English. their convents were destroyed in New York. Massachusetts. Maryland. Kentucky. and Alabama. Astounding to relate. entire Irish quarters in those States were pillaged and burned. We might call these outrages " Irish pogroms." Although the German immigrants were Protestant. they likewise suffered and were ostracized for their attempts to make Sunday a day of pleasure. The socalled "Nativist Party" In 1.855 had a platform shot through with a KuKlux Klannish opposition to all foreigners. and elected governors in New York. Massachusetts. New Hampshire.