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memorated in all quarters of the
globe, wherever the descendants of
the victors are sufficiently numerous
to muster respectable procession.
This battle was fought in 1890, on
the River Bovne. in Ireland. between
the forces of William, Prince of
Orange, (who was husband of Mary,
the daughter of James H. and the
adherents Of that gloomy and super.
stitlous prince. 'who sold his king
dom for a mass, as some Of his own
followers contemptuouslv expressed
it. The followers of William were
called Orangemen, from the name Of
his house, and IN their historical cele,
brations and associations are still
thus designated. James IT,, who
was then Duke of York. succeeded
his brother Charles to the throne of,
Great Britain and Ireland, and took
the oath, when crowned, to maintain
the established religion. He took
this oath in subtility with deter
miration to break 1t, or render its
force nugatory. He was a Papst,
and he did everything that he could to
weaken Protestantism and strength
EN- Popery land with such lnds.
Greet zeal as to alarm the udicious
Catholics for the probable conse.
quences). The Protestants were
alarmed for their liberties, and, en-.
ranged at the rerfdy of their King,
and dethroncd him. This occasioned
the revolution of 1855 that led to
james yacating his kingdom, and
leaving the country and taking refuge
in France, and to the crowning of
William and Mary, and investing
them with authority over the realm.
Louis NV. who then reigned in
France, viwed James both with con.
tempt and pity, being Jealous Of the
power Of William, delermind to aid
James, and sent an army into Ireland
for the purpose, but his efforts were
Of little avail in behalf of the de-
throned monarch. The French forces,
with the Irish adhercnts of James,
made their last stand for that bigoted
and unfortunate king on the River
BOVINE, north Of Dublin, and the con.
test between the two rivals for the
British throne was then decided in
what is called by way Of courtesy
the Battle Of Boyno. 1t was not
much Of battle. There was little
blood shed. 1t ought to have been
called a race. and had it been so de
nominated, the friends Of James
would have been the victors, for they
were swift of foot and did outrun the
Orangemen, and escaped ont of the
contest with slight bodily injury. -
But this battle, through comparative.
| " bloodless, was the battle Of the
age, so far as British affairs were
concerned, and decided the contest
/ between Professionalism any Popery
in that kingdom for ages 10 come,
aud had powerful influence III sbsp-
! ing the subsequent destinies OF Con.
| tincutal Europe. 1t was the moral
| questions involved and decided by
The Battle Of Bovine that has led ihc
descendants of the conquerors on
that uA,asion to celebrate the day.
1t is to them somewhat like the
Fourth of July to us, and the great
national day &c LIBERATED short time
since among the Norweglans to
them, and the unitication of Germany
TO Germans,--a day of the triumph
of what they regard as important!
principles, and in this view dear to
them symbol both of the triumph
of their civil and religious faith, and
such as men in all ages viewed With
reverence and celebrated with de-
monstrations OF Joy, and with this
view the instincts that impel to the
observance of such days are common
dablc and ennobling, aud have been
so regarded from the beginning -
The Egyptians, the Hebrews, the
Greeks and the Romans had their
days, typical of important events,
that they observed with great re.
yrrcnce, and hardly any calamity
would permit them to neglect the
accustomed observance. The prin.
ciple of local association must fade
from the mind, and the great ethical
aud intellectual elements that men
admire must be banished from the
earth before they will cease to ven
crate aud honor DAYS associated with
the triumph OF great principles.