Another case where two outspoken, knowledgeable  individuals clash from opposite extremes.
Mooney's Deady can do no wrong; Richardson's  Deady can do no right.

Mooney is obsessed with Deady's rulings giving  greater rights to Chinese here, as Deady  should have done.
Richardson is obsessed with Deady's  leading role with slavery and the Exclusion law, as Deady shouldn't have done. 

Maybe we need to get the two of them in a debate-- more facts, less rants.