Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-10
CATHOLIC EMANCIPATJON-No.


The at English papers bring many accounts
from Gland nt 'iots aud murders The ~
blood Ina exists belw"rn the Orangemrn and
the Caibol cs has not ye, bccomr old nor is
it likely 10 do so. TIE fairs and markets are
as fruitful of brawls aud depre dalions as they
formerly wee, ard believe more so, since the
passing If he Catholic Rel ri Bill. The rights
the PR ileges, aud III" Curious liberty which
King vii Iam won for the Protcsanls Of Great
Britain, seem nov 10 be dsr garded, aud the
memory of them appears To be lost IN oblivion
ln"t Ilusirlous man redeemed the country
from organism and superstition, which then
nearly covered ia" face Of the whole earth
Darkness and one hesh act after another
! peryaded tho land, till that luslrions persons
! age, IL the hand of Providence, put a sion to
all Their midnight reVelliags and ms .assinations.
| Al III Il time the Il ,msn Church IN Great Brit.
ain and ireland WIS acknowledged, and was
| by la" established. II that lay did the Pro.
t"stanis enjay the rights aud the privileges
which the Catholics enjoyed under iht present
| Protestant GoVeThm NJ, previous L. the pass
| ing Of the Emanclp ton Blll ? answer, no.
They were hunted from post 10 pillar. They
had ~ resting plac'--nn place that hey couId
call their home. Their lives were every day
~ danger, an finally drove under the walls
OF Derry, AID kept there by heir vile oppres
! ors, the Catholics, until they died with hun
/ ger Aud of What would ak 7 For thru
beIief-ior the Protestant faith Herein WIS
! persecu ion. Not that the Protrstanis per.
secuted the Catholics but that the Catholics
! FIST prosecuted them
| ln that bloody contest for liberty, King Viii
liam came OF ycioripn-, and redeemed the
country from superstition md hpAthpnism.
| From thence we may date ihr first dawn Of the
X formation. The Protestan, Episcopal
Church wa, then by law IS ab,hed and nc
knowledged through out the Union.
! Things then began 10 wear a different as
pecf. The population became Tranquil aud
peaceable. Bu, bye and bye, the cold blood
| Of he Catholics began TO be lnygoraCed--Pro-
! ie 'tant blood was thlrs'ed after, and every
| Proiestanls liz whicn they look Was consider.
ed "A GodseIvIce. Yes and encouraged. 100,
| IN their deeds Of yilliaGy by taeir Priests, who
! left as an injunction upon them, and bound
/ IN, IN up in one OF the artcl,s of thrir creed
4" not 10 keep the faith with hereiicks :" for
such they considered the Proiesianis aud all
others who differed with them in opinion upon
Religious subjects.
! King William was called Prince Of Orange.
! During us administration II was considered
| mdIspensaby necessary, thai some steps should
| be taken 10 support the Protestant faith and
| lne I-lOieslhht government lnFlOlhfe from the
ravagcs of their more hostile ueighbots. the
Catholics. An association Of men, thea came
INTO existence, calling III, nseycs Ordnge-nlen,
for the sole purpose of protecting the govern
ment Of Crest Britain and Ireland. They, as
every patriot aud loyal s4bjeci, as we'll as eve
| ry Republican in The United States, would, eel
citrate their annual feslivity-celebrae the 18th
day Of July, 1870, the day an which King Will
liam achieved so great a victory for the world.
and redeemed the Quilted Kingdoms from dark
ness and blgolry, From thai time until the
present era, they have conmemoIated that day
the dawn of which was hailed with the great
est enthusiasm aud the elements reVerbra-
ted with the loud peaIs Of thunder from ihr
cannon. Was il not natural would ask, foI
| every Proirsiani's heart TO rebound wi hlr
him on the annual return Of that ever memora
BILE dsy--the day on which his liberty WA
gained--tbe day on which his fathers suffered
BLEED aud died for that liberty, which he hs
ever since enjoyed-but which now, by a la,
act Of parliament in granting Emancipation Il
the Catholics is somew hat impaired Ihc
glorious liberty encroached upon by prohibit