Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-07-29
Chairman Republican Standing Committee.
Il. NJ. FRIoK, Secretary.
EMIL WILVERT.

ORANGEIsM VS.. CATHoL1CIs1f.-A cor
respondent, in the Democrat of last week,
attempts to explain what Orangeism sand
is particular in endeavoring TO create an
impression, that the Orangemen are inhu-
enced entirely by their political and not by
their religious opinions, and that the bit
ter and unrelenting prosecutions of Roman
Catholics against the Orangemen or Irish
Protestants, are not on account Of any re-
Igious opinions entertained by the latter
Such conclusions can be drawn only by
persons whose minds have been perverted
by bigotry and intolerance, or who having
read the history Of the times, are incapable
of comprehending the facts or wilfully mis-
represent them for selfish or sinister pur-
poses. AS is we'll known, the order was
established in 1905, to counteract the effects
of the Roman Catholic secret associations,
called the "Defenders'' or "Ribbonmen''
whose cruelties and prosecutions were only
equalled by their bigotry and intolerance.
Tho attempt of the writer to convey the
impression that Orangemen are adher-
ents to royalty, and opposed to Republi-
canism, is simply absurd and not warrant
ed by the facts. The British Government,
at one time prohibited Orange professions
in order to concilliate the Irish Catholics,
but Orange lodges are not now prohibited
by law as stated. Nor does the fact that the
Prince of Wales refused to join in the pro-
Cession Of Orangemen in Canada, justify
the conclusions arrived at by this writer.
The Prince was an invited guest of the
Province and could not, with propriety,
recognize any distinctive class-though
That class numbered 100000 persons in
1861. The order was named after William,
Prince of Orange, afterwards William III,
King of England. He was grandson of
Charles I. of England, and his wifea daugh-
ter of James II, the bigotted English mon
arch who turned Roman Catholic, and in
his efforts to subvert the Protestant religion
even humiliated himself and offered sub
mission to the Pope. Hewas driven even
tually by his cruel and arbitrary reign into
exile, and in 1858, the crown was by act of
Parliament settled upon Mary his daughter
NtuCCL, anu w IliICC Vi OIuISG,
her husband, as King, to the exclusion of
James the III, the brother of Mary, known
il history as the Pretcnder. On the 1st of
July, 1890, James the II, was again defea-
ted at the battle of Boyne in his attempt to
recover Ireland And here let US suggest,
that if any school boy "knows that the
battle of Boyne was fought on the 1st he
ought also to know that the 1st 70. S. was
the 18th according to the IN. S.) new style
edopted in 1852. So much for criticism.
The inference of the writer that
Orangemen were monarchists, because
they named their order after the Prince of
Orange, who prevented the re-establishment
of Popery in England is therefore absurd.
With much greater truth might it be said
that the Romanists of this country favor
monarchy, by sustaining, as most Of them
do, the attempt Of the Pope in usurping
temporal power" and what is, perhaps,
more ridiculous, if not worse, his claims to
the absurd dogma of infallibiity. These
are attributes, or rather pretensions that
Rre c.assed by intelligent and non-biggoted
men with the dogma Of the "divine right
Of Kings" and wholly inconsistent with
civil and religious liberty. Nor is it fact
that Orangeism was instituted to keep Ire
land under the Stranger Its origin and
object, whether polite or not, was to sus.
tain the Protestant faith and counteraci
the effect of Catholic influence and Jesuit,
cal intrigue. That the Catholic church il
uairersQ" and the "same every where,n i
not strictly correct. If il is in some degreC
tolerant in this country it is simply because
ii must be. But few years since q Protes
tant American lady of standing and char
acter, while in Rome, was cautioned by tn,
church police to refrain from the expression
of her opinions in the Holy city under til,
penalty Of expulsion.
Tho writer concludes by saying that 9Th
Catholic clergy enjoy one proud pre-emi
nence, they have never bartered Tho gospe
OF Jesus Christ for any political creed" I
tho writer Intends 10 say that the elerg
Lave not, time and again, bartered ia
suIlIages Ol their lloeks at the elections, a
freely as the high diguilarles ofthe church
Formerly sold indulgenees for tho commi,
sion Of crimes, he must have been wohll
bind To passing events aud the history
the tlules.
u tho above Lels prove any thing, II
conclusion IL lasyilable that lhe dsctrlne
ol the iioman Calholics, 40 promulgate
~ tho head of tho church, are inln,loal ,
clfll and religious lhcTiy ora HepuLllea
iogm u goYelnmelL
The American people DO tnog "shal
blessing afil asd Religious hberly TO-" b,
lAsy sie eol s,lll,g lAal |. el4ss oi l.al
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