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IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MONDA.Y MORNING.
ORANGEISM EXPOSED.
The Dublin Derbyite organ (the Daily Express)
returns to its indictment against the OrangesoSeoacieests)
ly
and its alleged uses, either as a political,
or
religious institution. A long and laboured article
r
in this morning's number concludes with these
damning remarks :—" Orangeism exhibits Protes-
tantism in a camp defended by intrenchments
thrown up half a century ago, then surrounded on
every side by a multitudinous enemy, making des-
perate sorties occasionally, and inflicting signal
vengeance. And now, long after peace has -been
established, when the barracks of the Queen are full
of troops to protect them, -the Orangemen obsti-
nately keep the old ground—branding all Protes-
tants as false or doubtful who do not wear their
colours, and as heterodox who do not speak their
shibboleth. They refused to be merged in the
great Protestant host, which is armed only with
the sword of the Spirit,' led on by ' the Captain of
Salvation,' gathering-in recruits from men of all
ranks and races, believing that God is no respecter
of :persons—that what He has cleansed we should
not cell common or unclean—that, as He made all
of one blood, so He wills all to be saved and
brought to the knowledge of the truth. Let us not
be imposed on by names, high-sounding phrases, or
unfounded pretensions. What has Orangeism done
to check the aggressions of Rome ? Did it prevent
Roman Catholic Emancipation ? Has it prevented
the Ecclesiastical Titles Act from being a dead let-
ter Has it prevented the spread of monastic in-
stitutions •in Ireland ? Has it prevented the national
system of education from being converted into
a system of -Papal propagandism What has it
ever done to strengthen and extend the Protestant-
ism of this country ? By its own confession—
nothing. It was besieged in its camp, occupied
solely in defending its own existence. What has
it done for poor Protestants, even as a bon( fit
society Where are its almshouses and its schools,
its asylums for old age and orphanage ? How many
of the Protestant societies which fill the Rotunda
-during the month of April have been founded and
supported by the Orange Society ? Those educa-
tional and missionary societies are the strength and
the glory of Protestantism. It is by them that
Roman aggression is encountered and repelled.
Instead of lying besieged in their camp, cultivating
lilies, mending flags, and keeping alive the memory
of battles, the propagandists of Protestantism boldly
advance against the enemy, like the liberating host
of Havelock, attacking Satan's strongholds, and
still marching on conquering and to conquer.' The
whole history of Christianity proves that the philo-
sophy of Orangeism on this point is unsound. True
religion cannot be preserved without being propa-
gated. While the church is merely defensive she
languishes and becomes feeble. But when she goes
forward armed for the war against ignorance, super-
stition, idolatry, anti-Obristianism, ant spiritual
despotism, she becomes strong in the Lord and
in the power of His might,' worth ly fulfilling her
mission as the light of the world."