Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-01
Political Religion.
Radical Attempts to make Capital out OF the
New York Riots.
[FrOm the PAiladelphis Age.

The radical press, which is eagerly fan
ming the flames OF religious Intolerance, IL
the hope OF making political canital ouE OF
At, falls mao the gorgeous oiunder that the
principles represented by "UrsngeIs IL sre
those OF all Protestents. They are not 80 ::
no, not even IN ireland. Some OF the most
eminent Irish pGtrIotS, who died on the
scSfold, or In PRISON, or exile, the victims OF
British tyranny, were stauGch Progestants,
and Joined hands with their Roman Caihu-
lie oountrym IL resisting the political op-
preston which rAdIcElsm now espousss,
under the name Of "UrengeIsm, and iauds
with laundering ignorance, or wiitul dIsiD-
geDuousness as the representative OF reHg
ious liberty. Il Isa gross misre presentation
OF political history. In the catalogue OF
Irish history patriots, some of the most emf
Dent were Professionals. Wolf Tone vas &
Protestant, and has Thrilling Appeals to his
countrymen called on PrOtestsnts and CathJ
lies 10 unite IN one common cause, the re
generation OF their country. They did thus
unite IN the well kuow8 organization, II ue
! nited lrIshmen.n Lord Edward Fitzgerald.
the Emmetts, and many more vi names III
known 70 fame 10 the struggle for Irish
liberty, were Protestauts " hen the victims
took their places IN the cumInHi dock, II
was Ourrsn, the Irish Protestant who de
Tended theIn with blaze OfelOqUence, some
snGtches Of which were familiar to all
school boys 10 the days when tteir booss
took examples Of oratory from the great
efforts made ia defense Of civil and religious
liberty.
Robert Emmett died on an English soGf
fold. Thomas Adds Emmett escaped with
his life; came TO New YORK; received there
the hearty welcome Of the people, and sur
mounted the opposition which the Federal
ists-ihe foreiathers of the RAdicAls--dis-
played to him and his cause. II is not the
religious element, the Protestant element,
In Orangeism that now attracts the Rad
Gals; il is the political element in il, the des-
potism of the English domination in Ireland,
so like the military subjugstion which IS the
political policy of the bastard Americans
who have forsworn all the principles on
which American liberty is founded. They
cannot now cover up their political designs
with snivelinR, hypocritical zeal for Protest
Gntism, which they falsely represent Rs the
same thing as OrsnReiSm. This is either
blunder or q fAlsehood, and as such every
decently well-informed man recognizes IT,
The political Significance of modern Irish
OrangeiSm lies in its sympathy with English
rule in Ireland, imposing political disabili-
ties and religious tests upon the maj ority of
the people in the interests of the minority
This is az we'll recognized now az it ever
was in Ireland, by the lovers of liberty Of
every creed. The leader of 10y Dung Ireland, !"
Smith O'Brien, and many others of his par
", we're Protestants, and IN earnest sntsgo-
uism to the political element in the Orange
organization. 1t is an imper,inence to d warf
belittle and demeAn American Protestant s,
embracing various denominations wholly
founded on religious principles, By contour
ding it with Orangeism. We utterly repu-
date the impu.ation; neither as Professionals
nor Americans will we wear the badge OF
English misrule and oppression in Ireland.