The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-08-07

ZION IN OuOlln. l had only TO men
ton the matter when the representa-
to fOreg0 even the semblance of a demon
stratiOn and of this the Home Office was
duly apprised. Your correspondent, there
fore, must have been misinformed. I
never interfered in the way he has stated.
Even if had done SO, the Government
with my letter, or in some other way
equally base but had not. For the rest,
have given the history of the transaction
in my letter of Monday last. If the Gov
eminent, or any one on their part. wish to
lmpugn the veracity Of that letter I am
prepared to meet them. challenge inves-
tigation into the matter, and leave the
issue to the verdict of public opinion.
1 remain, sir, yours, etc.,
Nation Office, Dublin, July 8, 1870.
The Cork Street Riots.-It is stated-and
we believe it is true-that arms have been
extensively imported, chiefly revolvers, for
the purpose of carrying. on this warfare.
The Fenians think that they would be able
like the French in Paris, to make better
battle in the streets of large towns than
in the open country. Well, there seems
to be some truth in the matter, but we
would advise them not to try the expert
ment. What would it avail if. they won
all the strong places in Dublin, Cork,
ming these towns would not accomplish
what they desire-the expulsion of the
English from Ireland. Their difficulties
would just then be only commencing. The
towns would require food, and whore would
it come from if a Gordon of soldiers were
drawn around each of the cities we have
mentioned. The nationalists would then
be compelled by hunger to take to the
country, where they would be routed, and
many of them sent to premature graves.
But that would not constitute all the mis-
chief that would be effected. The trade
of the towns in which street-fghting should
take place would be destroyed, property
would be seriously damaged, and the up
rising of honest, enthusiastic and mistaken
men would result, as it always has result
ed, in the injury of Irish interests. 1t
may be useless on our part to tell the pro-
motors of such proceedings that they will
never obtain their grand object by taking
such o course of action. Ireland tried in
surrections before their day, and we all
know that they failed, and brought much
misery ON the country. They could not
win emancipation, and they left it to O'Con-
nell's peaceful agitation to accomplish the
task. They could not win parliamentary
achieved by O'Connell without striking a
blow. The Fenians take credit for discs
tablishing the State Church, and Mr.. Glad
stone said he put.an end to the anomaly in
order to conciliate them. But what We as
sert as an undisputed fact, is, that paltry
to the Irish people. Ireland has been beaten
in several battles because her army was too
small and miserably armed. She was
beaten at the Boyne and at Aughrim, sim
ply because she had not enough of men in
her warlike ranks. Had she got $4,000 or
even IS 900 men we'll equipped, with suffi-
Gent cannon, on the slopes of DonOre, she
of the Williamite army would have escaped
to tell the tale of their defeat. At the pres
emit time it would require an army of &c.,
600 men, and a war fund of f1O,OOO,O 600 to
free Ireland as the Fenians desire to free it.
Where are these matters to be foundf Ire
land, we are certain, has not the will nor
the ability to furnish the sinews of war,
and therefore our best and wisest course is
to cease to play at paltry insurrection, and
labor in q peaceful but earnest manner to
regain our freedom.-Dmmdalk Democrat.
Lisburn.-The Orapgemen of this district
have just concluded the day portion of the
performance in honor of the Battle of the
Boyne, and up to the present their demon
stration has been happily unattended by
any breach of the peace. / had almost
said, breach of the law, but that would be
mistake. They have openly and to all
cessions' Act at defiance, and they have in
dulged to their hearts content in every alb
surdity that that measure was intended to
suppress. This is the& stronghold of the
brotherhood. 1t was made, therefore, the
rallying point for outlying districts, includ-
ing Belfast, and the result has been the
total cessation of business-save in the
matter of exciseable articles-in n very
prosperous manufacturing town. Several
mills, indeed all the mills in the neighbor-
hood were stopped for the day. Many
thousands of men, women, and children,
have lost sixth portion of their income,
some few for love of nonsense, but the ma
jority in Difference to the fanatieism of an
Institution that is to all intents and pur-
poses an anachronism. The preparations
for the display of to-day were rather ex-
tensive and well planned. The favorite
color was planted in every conspicuous
place-from the church tower and in the
town hall-from windows private and win
dows public-from the lamp-posts and
from the tNees-across the thoroughfares as
arches, on the waterspouts as garlands-
on mems shoulders, and breasts and hats,
pendant from the hair of the women, and
round their necks, and affixed in every va
Lriety of forms to. the dresses of the chill
dren. But th8 display of orange is only
one of the forms In which the nOrtherns
take leave of their senses annually, and to
visitor it is perhaps the least unpleasant.
Another form is drums. They love noise,
which they call music, and each lodge has
band which consists of from three to six
large drums and ffe-seldom more than
lone. The drummers beat with all their
might, regardless entirely of the doings of
/ he performer on the wind instrument, and
as each man appears to act on his own
responsibility, the effect may easily be con-
ceiyed. Now one such band would be q