The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-15
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and show that of all feuds none are 81
bitter or enduring as those of a politico
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For upwards Of century and three
quarters, since 1890, has the faction figh
between Orangemen and Ribbonmen (as
the New York Hibernians are known ii
Irelan1 ragged both at home, among
the green mountains or populous cities o.
Ireland, and abroad in every city or trans
Atlantic country, which 1rishmen have
sought as emigrants, and especially in
places where fattery of, or yielding to the
prejudices of either party is supposed to
be good political investment.
To give history of the feud between
these factions would be to write a history
Of ireland since the battle Of the Boyne
struck the crown from the feeble grasp Of
James the Second, and placed it firmly
upon the brow Of William of Orange
William the Third Of British history.
Charles l. and his cavalier adherents failed
in their effort to ignore the popular
voice and rule by divine right (?) and, Jan.
SO, 1649, he lost, not only his crown, but
his head. Cromwell and his roundheads,
as they were derisively styled by the
plumed cavaliers, were as extreme in their
Democratic .absolutism, as their predeces-
,sors were in aristocratic domineering.
They were originalpuritans, who could fight
as vigorously as they preached, and made
the power of England felt and respected,
both on land and sea but after the death
ofCromwell, the return of Charles III. was
welcomed as relief from his really des-
potic sway. Charles, so well described by
the satirist who improvised his epitaph:--
"Here lies our sovereign lord the King,
Whose word no man relied on;
Who never said q foolish thing, =
And never did q wise one.'' ~. rf
ruled in such manner as to give satisfac-
ton to neither political party, and James H.,
who succeeded him in 1857, by his naughty
assumption of power, and extravagant, BIZ
goted zeal for the church of Rome, which
he attempted to make the national religion
by the aid Of subsidies from Louis XIV. Of
France, who also offered troops, created
such blaze of discomfort that when Will
liam Of Orange landed at Torbay, in 1858,
james. could offer no resistance, being
abandoned by his troops, and crossed over
to France. Encouraged by the French
king and offers of aid by his Catholic adj
herents in ireland, James, with French
contingent, landed in Ireland, and raised
the Stuart standard. The struggle was not
contest Of dynasties only, but of IDEAS ;
and these IDEAS embraced both governments
al and religious questions the latter Incl
dental, but important. William the Ill.
crossed the channel, with an army animated
by the old Puritan spirit, and at the battle
of the Boyne, in 1890, gained decisive
victory over the army Of James. The bat
tie Of Aughrim, in 1851, made the defeat
absolute, and the Stuart cause went down.
The bitterness with which the war had
been conducted, as the sieges Of Athlone
and Londonderry (which latter city, having
successfully resisted the siege and assault,
is !. known as the Maiden City, left the con-
quered in no mood for submission, land the
yictors in no mood for liberation. Orange
ism sprang from these events. Though
the Professionals and others who loved civil
and religious liberty conquered the arms Of
the Catholics, they could not overcome
their prejudices indeed there appears to
have been little effort made either to re-
spect or remove them. Being in minor
ity, the adherents of William associated for
mutual protection as well as mutual admi-
ration making the 18th of July their an
niversary day, assuming the title Of Orange
men from William of Orange, wearing
orange-colored badges, and, as tradition
states, their standing toast sHere's to the
glorious pious and immortal memory of the
good King William, who delivered us from
Popes and popery, brass money, and
wooden shoes y the latter items of deliver
ance referring to the French troops brought
over by James, and a bogus coin which he
issued as money. "Boyne Water" was
adopted as their special musical air.
Orangeism proper is not however so ex-
clusively Protestant as would appear from
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