The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-04-25
Protestant Attroeitss.

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cruel tendencies Of Catholicism, and by
virtue of repetition have <deluded thou
sands into the belief that the natural bent
of our holy religion is to persecution. The
authorities to whom they refer for corrobo-
ration have the faint Of prejudice, to use
the mildest term, and hence prudent people
will be on their guard about receiving their
testimony unquestioned. When Protest
ants are charged with persecution against
Catholics, Protestant authors are quoted
thus placing their records on the basis of
impartiality. To give an example or two.
Froude, we'll known Episcopal historian,
says of the way adopted to impose Protest
ism on Catholics in ireland:
1The English nation was shuddering over
the atrocities of Alva, in the Netherlands.
The children in the nurseries were being
infamed to patriotic rage and madness by
tales of Spanish tyranny. Yet Alva's bloody
sword never touched the young, the de-
fencsless, or those whose sex even dogs
can recognize and respect"
The same author gives q description of
one single weeks operations in the Wick
low Mountains of a detachment of English
Protestant missionaries, under the charge
of an officer named Agard. He thus coolly
records the bloody work:
"The first expedition against these peo-
ple-the first, for, as will be seen, there was
a series-was of no particular moment. A
party of soldiers made their way to the
says, they burned Garrald's house, with
sixteen towns OF hamlets, took prisoner
or two, and forty-five head of cattle, and
had other killing. ..
"The day following, their work lay in
the beautiful valley Of Imale, between Bal
the Sergeant Major, they killed a foster:
brother Of James Eustaee, Pat. Talon, and
his brother David, whose heads were sent
(like bag Of game,) to the Lord Keeper
another J Dung fellow was run into and dis.
patched, after o chase of three miles, and
| much spoil was taken After few hours
rest the soldiers swept around Lugnaquilla
Ito the upper waters of the Avanagh, and
! fell upon the McHughs. Feigh McHugh, OF
whom they were in search, was absent, but
they slew two Of his foster brothers, -four
or five kerns, and as many others as were
in five cabins.' This done, they turned
homewards. On their way they picked ul
q woman, whom Agard carried to the alta:
| ton, meaning, as he said, to execute hel
unless she would serve his parpese.a@Gapt
/ . party of Tallons who had been abroad al
mischief; one of them was killed the rest
| as the soldiers wanted amusement, were
stripped naked and put in the bog.
"At the break Of day they entered in ant
had the killing of diverse what they were
$50 says the report know net.'TheJ
brought away Eve swords with six Gallo
glasse axes. They sle,c many churls, ,con,e,
/ and children.n
! Upon this Froude comments:
.tSuch, and SO related, was weeks ser
vice of q detachment of English police
Agard was casually alluded to afterwards
by the Deputy as an able and,zealous officer
and this was all the notice taken of his per
formances. The inference is but too natu
rul, that work of this kind was the road t.
preferment, and that this, or something LIKE
it, was the ordinary employment of the
Saxon garrison of ireland"