Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-17
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To the Editors of the Vrginiian.

: To the Editors of the Vrginian.
GESTLEMEN,-ln your paper OF the 10th inst
perceived communication signed An Oh
server !" in which it is said recent accounts
from Ireland shew that the people IN tina coun
try are more disturbed now than prisr TO thu
passage of the Catholic Relief Bill Aud why
is il sol He tells us himself tie reason, by
saving that the Orange men or the Orange
lodges, (or which no doubt the writer was,
il now, a worthy member have Come TO au
ma limous determination 10 resist the law, ani
u nhict punishment on heir h trayers.
suppose be means the King, Lords and Com.
mons We'll, amongst them be il | am out of il.
Destiny, happy destiny, has cast my Iol in an.
1the and more fortunate land. Yet 10 say
did not feel for my bleeding country the land
81 my ancestors would make ma unworthy of
a home in any country, but more particularly
amongst a people, who. at all times, have
NANTES ed tue warmesi friendship tor the un-
fortunate oppressed and homeless Irishman.
Yes, NV last expiring wish will be for the pros.
peri,y # my native land i; and with her unrI-
vailed bard, Isay,
40 Erin, my country love thy grenn bowcrs,
No music TO me like thy murmuriug nllsi
Thy Shamrock to me is the farost of fowe,s
And nought is dear than thy daisy clad hills"
veried OF redeem ID from paganism and super
stfioh by ST. Patrick, aud the Irish, in general,
take il for granted but itremained for " An
Observer" to shew that Christianity in Ireland
is ola more modern date-,hat il was inrodu-
csd by William the 81, of England, a Dutch
man by birth, VINO deposed his faiher-in-law
Jane. The %, England's lawful and hereditary
mDnarch btnished him from England, hunted
him down in true Orange style IN Ireland and
drove HIM to q foreign land, where he lived on
the bounty of another, and died, II is said, in
peuurv. Such constitute part OF the actions
! of this glorious Christian apostle of Ireland,
who redeemed her from heatheDism and super
slit,on. But how did lie accomplish such a
glorious work. Was it by mud persua live
gument, the weapon ofthe Gospel NJ! |
was il true Mdho netan style, a; the point of
the bayouet. William, like Mahomet. was no
fool he we'll knew that blows were more CON
yincirg than words; and Accordingly, the poor
unfortunate mo ffending peasantry were, bv
ra pacious ldiery, hunted Ito use he express
SION Of an Observer, " from post 70 pillar: the
wealthy or Mobiles, The natural protectors of
h poor, were massaGreed or sent TO seek an
asylum IN a foreign connr y in open violation
ola sacred treaty, (trpaty of Limerick --their
estates which had been theirs from time imm'-
morial, were transferred by this King William
IN his followers, whose degenerate offspring
nay probably he recogniz d in the person of
Z - Observer
Win a view 10 interest the people Of this
country, or excite their sympathy, tine gentle
nan endeavors 10 prove that Protestaniism
and Orang- ism dr.. nseparaby connected IN
Ireia,d and accordingly dates the Reiorma-
lion from he days of King William. Whet IA.
natcism What eilrontery What an insult 10
he Pro estant world Sorry, indeed, should
-, 4 ProleSta ntism was not basnd on a more
noble foundation. Butte shew tina, the Pro
testant gion has nothing TO do with Orange
ism-Did not I'll the protestant wealth, talent
and intelligence ofIreland on recent oCca-
sion, meet at the Rotunda in Dublin, aud there
pass resolutions in favor OF their suffering
Catholic Countrymen? Recommending their
Just claims 10 both houses of Parliament How
many Of ireiands bravfst patriots, protested
that Holy reIigion-her Emmei her Fitzger-
aids, her Shears, her Orr, and "A host of 9th
ers, who died on the scafI1ld, or were butcher
cred by the Orange party Did An Obser-
er" ever hear OF the crueliies Of BeresioFd and
his blood hounds--t Black Jack. be was called,
by The United lrishme land Tor what did
they suffer? For breathing the very essence OF
Protestantism-free and religious Liberty.
Thi. gentleman talks of rights, privileges and
glorious liberty, the 18th oIJuly, &c &c.-and
insists that il shaiib be celebrated IN Ireland ny
his brother Orangemen and that the elements
shall reyerberate TO the cannon's roar. lhese
are very fine aud high sounding words indeed !;
bot in he sublimity OF his flight, he has lost
sight of very important article, namely, COM
mon sense. / would ask An Observer what
is Iiherty9 Is it the dominering OF iavoured
few over the many Ifso. confess ] have to
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