Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-21
To he Editors Of The Iirgiaian

GTSTIEMCS-lV tnt ,itnlst reluctance
intrude IN. sr,i ancr more on the notice of your
rea lers. u snht NV Ini,.ntinn 10 DISCUSS thu
merits or 4 IN 'rIls nf Catholic I'm ,uripaiion
with IN 0hsrrvrr.' nor Ia enter into any
further controversy Wiih hum snve what may
be contained IN these iaw remarks. That ques-
iion has agnateti iceland tor the last p years,
and sorry am to say. there have been more
heat burnngs, aud more mallgnhy Of feeling
man tested, lhaa perhaps have ever been e&hi-
bitpd on any poiticai q esl'on ~ that Or my
other country,
II isnow settled. forever. hope aud il is
my ardent wish that ir,shm al every denom-
lnation woul ieomr the altar OF pence there
lay down lh-i foolish, uueharabe aud IN.
ehr ian preiad''es aud, forgetting pas
wrongs ana chickering's, form one common band
| ct parrots. never agaln - be- severed.
" An Observer inIorms IN thc bill has pass
ed inIo a law, aiid W. may look Tor the good
| re- snldug rom ,L-PmVions 10 the passing Of
| the blll the Orangpmen declared, II u should
| pass, tnnt boodshrd and massacre would FOL.
low. Judging from thu late deptedhions com
united ht Ia, Orange party. II seems they are
deter nnedt 'reais then threats. Spgreat were
| the excrssrs camn,n' ed BY them Oh the last Il
| Of nly, that he Lord Li"utenani aud PlIvy
| councI1of II Gland nav issued circulars through
ont the kne dom, msnauliug the entir. sap.
| pre- ,soa of tina order Ia valn, thin, does
4" Az Observer atlenptto show thai the %
anpe cause ~ the proe siHni cause al Ireland.
! The Prole,taoi IT, loa Snll llonfishs 81 bu !
earnestly hope the illusions ut " An Obser-
yer, " ia Lyuchburg, Is Toe Ian kek OF Orange.
Ism.
He al.o attempts the Justification oil his broth
81 Orange men IN Ireland, by stating that the
life al - Ma sis,rnte has lale,y been taken he
H.. h,.#t
Ia allude - che unhappy affair that Ia'ely took
place the counsv oil llpperary, where the
armrd Orange Pc ice wantouN attacked the
una rmed popnlace aud actually shot down Sc
ven OF them IN tn spot. Is u then I" be wo,-
dered nj 1.-THE people should retalialc, when
goaded Ia desperate = lhe,a notorious, exc
CRADLE unpuuished wfschrs tthr Orange par
W have hrrn duminecring aud ramphng an
der foot for centuries Their unortunate coun-
trymru-sumeilnes walIo" ing in Their hood.
assuming the sacred lmnle OF kehgion-aud
10 support asceajancy. have committed iero-
cious barbari,ies.t sufficient 10 make human ma.
tire starr back with horror, and eHclainI. poor
fallen man, - Bat, nov tn tpoiiIcal Inonopo
v has escaped their vile grasp, they turn o"nd
and nsulfthei vpnotable Nonarch--aud use
! the m'ost rrnsondbIr aud Insulting expires.
sious agaius tir gallant Chiei that saved
thr,r country from the iangs oi an enemy and
defeated the greatest warrior Europe ever pro
duced YET ihese are HE men, An Observer
says, who hled for the Il 'ltgion of CHRIST. |
think the reader will agree with me IN sayng II
was for the Oavrs anI fishes
He then goes on 10 apologize for The people,
by saving thev goaded IN by that aspiring
demagogue HON lac sneeringy calls hmB
| q C0nneH'
Here would ask The American reader IN
'mag ina,i0n, 10 suppose himself ~ France,
England or Ireland, aud that he there met -
native Anne rio an citizen, " ha would proclaim
10 he people of hal cnnnuy that The immortal
Washing ton, Henry, Adams Hancock, or auy
of the Fathers OF 70 were demagogues, aud
only seeking their Own aggrsndlzemen', not the
amelioraton OF the pc ppie--Wonld moi his
heart he ready 10 burstu in Ia IgnnlI III Yet
Is il not cieartn any impartial mind TINT with ibis
malignant spirt " An Obsefvrr' writes What
has Daniel O'Connel been struggling far these
thirty years past Was it Tor a,cru danay D.
| No il WIS equal RIG hts for all Religious
den umlnati ons whit the Intelligent citizens OF
this country we'll know ard still this " Obser-
vpr au aciopsy, add in defiance of all ruth,
says, ach party are now couteuding for as.
cendancy The struggle "a now over, and, no
doubt, thr propifious brre2e that waited the
yful intelligence To this happy country, struck
daggers 10 the heat Of" An Observer
This gentleman speak ofprivnte letters aud
co, responsiveness lila lac consulted the pub ic
pl ints Of the day, he might have Informed him
self Of The true state DfIrrland ~ pre-enr and
have discovered thai thc cause he adVocaics Is
veIy umpopn'ar ~ this country. Had he ~.
formed himself how thc intelligence of Catholic
FrnNr ripation was received j. Phil Ielphla, he
would have Sem IN modification, thai the
morning foloUine wasush cred IN by the ring
ing o { bells and the joyful acclamaiions OF her
public spirited itizens, who. with thousands Of
others in this country, had contributed liberal
~ Of their funds To rescue Ireland from Orange
bondage. Yes: and, Ia his startled Imagina-
,lon, he m ght have fan led that he heard the
Genius al Firm who has been weeping for a.
ges " itb he EARRING harp, vibrating the prophet
&c notes Of her beloved bard:
nj still tho la7t crown Of thy toll. is remaiDng
4'he granIct TIC purezt e'en thou hasi yet known,
Tho proud tbs task, other Nations enchanting,
Far proule' II heal tho deep wounds Of thy own;
At the foot Of ihat hrone for whose veal the hast
stood
30 plead orthe land that cradedthy fame,
And bright DER the food
ofher ean and her blood,
Let the rainbow orhops bs lIer Wellington's name"
lam truly at loss to know what motive
could have induced An Observer 10 intro
duce his mum beers into your Columns. Was II
10 open n fresh wound IN the remembrance of
his counir yrnen 1850, envy him not. In
my opinion his productions were uncalled for,
wish the reader here to undo rstand latl am speak
ing of the majority Of that class have known some
good aud humane members Of that Society, who have
on Ell sheltered and saved the lives Of some ofther Gath
oic country mem aud VIM would have done honor to
better Caue.
tAner the hattie If Arlow, some soldiers of the an
c.ot British Reg Used the body of Michael
Muphy { stoic Priest amougstthe slain. THIS CleT
Nv man some prior that well contested battle,
| had his chapel fire by party of the Cory feo-
many during the time Of Divine service, the Sab
bath day In the moment desperation, he flew to the in
urgents and willingly laid down his life at the shrine of
his country Demons cut his body open plucked
thence his hcat roasted the carcass, and oiled their
boots with the grease that dripped from it, See Ed
i L.u,. nj Ireh RehtLill Of ll9 In