The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-08-13

OF various OistrlcCs OF ehat region had assem-
Dled, marching oy various routes, at the
! seat of the Earl of Roden, one Of the high.
est dignitaries Of their Order. One of the
parties had marched through an excluaive-
~ Catholic district, and in the true spirit
of the anniversary, had insulted the peace
able people with the Haunting Of their
before the poor cabins the tune Of "Crop-
pies Lie Down" After the muster at Toll
ignore Park, q dinner, and some drink.
and speech from Lord Roden, concerning
the Mystery Of Iniquity, and the duty Of
all good Protestants-if they were to be
martyred .0r their faith-at least to die
with their Bibles clasped to their bosoms,
1t was determined to march back by way
Of Doiiy's Brae. One Beers, very ignor-
ant Orange magistrate, accompanied them
Violent proceedings were expected to occur
upon the passage by Doliy's Brae, aud
might have been prevented by Lord Roden
and otber magistrates present at the ban
fQuet, If they had used their influence to
prevent the march by that particular road
but it was thought advisable to give the
Papists u lesson, and the lodges started for
Dolly's Brae. 1t appeared, ON the subse-
quent investigation, that so strong was the
reason to appreheDd disturbances a. to in
duce some magistrates to send forward a
strong force of police. On the arrival of
the Orangemen in the tOwnland, it Was
found that most of the Inhabitants were
gathered near the roadside, whether for
mutual protection or for active resistance
to the Orange march in that direction, did
not clearly appear; but the latter motive
was unlikely, as the Catholics were quite
unarmed, save with a few cythes and hay-
forks. An immediate collision took place.
of course. The chief of police led his men
at once into the scene Of disorder, ascer-
tanning to his own satisfaction, as usual,
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and were the atrocious aggressors, he di-
rected all the efforts of his force against
then. In short, by the joint operations of
the armed Orangemen and the armed DO
lice the unarmed Papists were VIGOROUSLY
defeated; several corpses were left upon
the field, and most of the houses were
burned or wrecked.
Such was the day of Dolly's Brae. A
lawyer was sent down from Dublin as a
Commissioner" on the usual pretence of
examining into the facts, and collecting
the evidence; and it appears that his re-
port was not so grossly partial as had been
expected, for Lord Clarendon could not
avoid the plain necessity of Diminishing
from the Commission of Peace both Lord
Roden and Beers. 1t was on this report
that the debate arose in Parliament, and
many severe Judgments were expressed of
the conduct of the Irish government in en-
and armiug snch 9 bauditti as
VIC SAuuSCu0us ASVEO ISttNDOOOf WHO nv
tended in his place in the House of Peers
upon this occasion, defended his proceed
ings as he best could and in particular,
he moot emphaticaliy denied that in I646
he had furnished arms to Orange Lodges.
He said that, in fact, certain Captain
(at the time of debate serving in
India), had given money out Of his own
pocket to provide arms for lodges; but he,
Lord Clanderon, was quite innocent of any
such proceedings. 1t Is scarcely necessary
to say that nobody believed his lordship.
What had been charged was, that not
money, but arms, had been sent from Dub.
lin Castle to Belfast for distribution
amongst the orangemen and, besides, If
came, in fact, out of the Secret Service
Fund, Lord Clarendon, as the distributor
of that fund in Ireland, would have felt it
his right and his duty to deny the fact
when charged. 1t is an official necessity
because, otherwise, there would be nothing
secret nor sacred in Secret Service money.
1t only remains to be mentioned, that no
person was ever brought to justice for the
massacre of Doliy's Brae.-t
NeU York Citizen.