The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-30
WAS IT A RELIGIOUS RIOT,

gance Of the municipality of the city
of New York, occurs the following
sentence: SIS it strange that the draft
was resisted i'm New York in 1868 OF
that a religious lot occurred there IN
1872" With the first portion of the
article l have nothing to do, not being
a politician, but upon the religious
riot portion of it | shall, with your
permission, offer Il few remarks. L
utterly deny that the riot in that city
ION the 18th of July was a religious
ione, and ! Will prove the fact. 1t Is
my solemn conviction that if all the
Protestants in the United States
Thought proper to celebrate the Pro-
l~testant Reformation, for instance, and
place upon their banners the like
nesses of those great men who figured
in that transaction, there conld not be
| found in all America, or elsewhere, an
Irish Catholic who would offer the
slightest insult to such procession.
The present Prince of Wales Is, of
course. a Protestant; if he were King
of England he would forfeit his crown
should he abandon that religion. Well,
pened to be in Canada on the 18th of
July, and was importuned by the
Orangemen to join in their procession.
He refused to do So- and Were it not
tor the bravery of his coachman, who
droves so rapidly away from the crowd,
the Prince would have been muir
dered. 1t is not proverbial, yet how
often must it be repeated, that the
greatest of Irish patriots who. either
upon the tented field, on the scatfold,
or in the dungeon, offered up their
lives for love OF country and liberty
were Professionals. Benedict Arnoid
held high command in the Revolu-
tiOnary army of America. and Vet so
long as the sun shall illumine the day
so long will his name be eXecrated.
George Washington held supreme
command in the same army. and as
long as the name of America and lib
ertv shall he pronounced upon the
earth. 50 long shall his am be re-
memhered and blessed as the great
patriot and savior of his country: 50
i'll like manner in my native LIANT the
names of Emmett. the Geraldine. and
thousands of Protestant patriots Will
/ be cherished and Observation-Disclosures
name of Orangemen Will he eNecrated-
Emmett. previous to being sentenced
to death. addressing the Judge. used
the following language: If all the in
nocent blood which YOU have shed
1 u-as ua;barnI i,fn nna pr4lf ra~ar-
voir YOUR Lordship might swim in it,
and | say TO the Orangemen, if all the
innocent Protestant and Catholic blood
which Won have shed was gathered
into one great reservoir. not only
I could Lord \Orbury swim in 1t. but a
British man Of war could float in 1t.
The late learned NJ. j. Barry of Cork
enunciated this grand sentiment:
Whether on the scaffold high,
or in the battles van,
! The fitte<t place for man TO die
Is where he dies for man.
The Orangeman does not die for
man. bat is dyed in the blood ami
degrelation of his country. | am not
the apOloGist for my misguided
trvnen. who perpetrated such an ont
rage a. to oppose the laws of their
adopted country; but if e~verthere was
a society of men on the face OF the
earth who de>ervet0 he frowned down
il is the society Of Irish O~rangenen.
l have no wish to occupy any more
space in Your valuable columns but to
enter my solemn protest against the
airing taisehood. that this was AN at
tack bv Catholics against Prote~tantS.
BY the heroic blood of you. my Protes-
tant cOuntrymen by o self sacrifice
and love of liberty. your names shall
be enShrined in the hearts of your
Catholic countrvnIen. and ever YER
dant bays shall encircle your brow>.
And when my country shall {a> IN
Gods good time she will he redeemed
from her bondage, let a pillar tower
ing to the skies be raised to your mem
Dry: let the dream of the poet-let the
vision of the writer be v~eriiied-and
in>cribe on that pillar,
"Sainted be the names and peaceful the
SlumbarS.
Ofthe heroes who struggled their
try to free:
Who, banished, oppressed, but not van
QuiShed by numbers,
And streamed out their life's blood dear
Erin for thee.
OA the national banner in letters OF glory.
Raise hig the proud trophy To tell of
their fame:
| Let the cairn Of their deeds be heard by
the fountain.
| And the some of repOSe bear the spell
OF their name"
For all men of all ~nationaIities. of
| all color~ and creeiS on the face of the
earth. do | entertain sentiments of
Christian charity; but for the system
of Orangemsn-the Oppressor, the
hater, the en-laver ofhis country-my
eternal pity and most u~nhounded con-
tempt. SHAMROCK.