Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-06-23
THE HERALD.
How the English Treat Rebels.

In the just published fourth volume Of
Massey's History of England, during the
reign o. George the Third, We find the fol-
lowing account Of the way in which Irish
rebels were treated by the English Govern
ment and its officers:
"a part OF the Mount KLneedy corps Of
yeomanry were, on an autumn night in
the year 1903, patroling the village Of
Del6ary, in the county Of Wicklow. Two
or three OF the party, led by Whollaghan,
one OF their number. entered the cottage of
a laboring man named Dogherty, and de-
manded if there were any bloody rebels
there? The only inmates Of the cabin
were Dogheriy's wife and sick lad, her
son, who was eating his supper. Whola-
CHAN asked if the boy was Dogherty's
son; and being told that he was, 'Then
you dog said Whollagan, you are 10 die
here. 4 hope not answered the poor lad.
And he prayed, if there was any charge
against him, to be taken before MIR. La
touche, magistrate in the neighborhood,
Off, gn humanity and justice. The fell
lev replied that he cared nothing for La
touche, and raised his gun, The mother
entreated him, for the love Of God, to take
her life instead Of her child's. Whollaghan,
with volley Of abuse, pulled the trigger
twice, but the piece missed fire. A com
rade then handed him another gun, and the
woman rushed at the muzzle to shield her
son. In the struggle the piec1 went off,
and broke Young Dogherty's arm.
"When the boy fell, the assassins left
the cabin; but Whollaghan returned. and
seeing the lad supported by his mother,
cried out, is not the dog dead YETI? 20
yes, said the poor woman, he is dead
enough 'For fear he is not said Who'll
laghan, iet him take this And with de-
liberate aim, be fired fourth time, and
Dogherty dropped dead out Of his moth
er's arms. "Whollaghan was tried for
murder, not by the civil tribunal as he
should have been. but by coun-martial.
III facts were not disputed. but the defense
was that the poor boy had been rebel
aud that the prisoner was a humane and
loyal subject. That the Doghertys were
rebels is probable enough; as. indeed, it
was hardly possible that Catholic peasant
should have been anything else. But no
legal evidence If the fact was rendered and
the hearsay which was admitted was about
as credible as the oaths Of the Orangemen
who came to give WhoIlaghan character
for humanity. But the real defense was
that the prisoner and bis companions had
been sent out with general orders from their
officer to shoot anybody they pleased. The
Court seemed to have been Of opinion that
such orders were neither unusual nor un.
reasonable, anu it is difficult to collect from
their finding that they thought the prison
er had been guilty even Of an error in judg-
mept. They found that the prisoner did
shoot and kill Thomas Dogherty, a rebel;
but do acqul him Of any malicious or viii
ful intention OF murder.
Nothing like this has ever occurred in
our war. The rebels have committed afro
cious outrages against loyal men; and in
some points their conduct puts one in mind
of the barbarous crueltes of the English
against the Sepoysi but on our side, not
eyen in the heat Of battle, have such muir
ders been committed as the English en-
couraged in Ireland.