The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-11-03

arms. England was obliged to send every tG
available soldier that she had to America, 70,
her sss 1ses
hired the North American Indians TO cht T
their throats and scalp them. $500 70 q
i. Dc not know, cannot tell, why there fp
should be this great friendship--this great Q
cousinship-this great talk about "6leod Q
being thicker than water" that We always '
hear American admirers Of England speak .
Of. May ask you, II, the American blood
was 40 very thick, why did they hire Hess /
slams and Indians to shedlit-if IT was 20
very warm, SO very friendly And II
it suite England to-day. In the boar Of her
decline and weakness, to talk OF the blood
being thicker than Water, cannot but think
Of the manner she served her own race In I
the American Revelation. - II
| Well, 4O00 Irish troops the Eogtish gov
them 1000 Hessians were sent to keep Ire
land quiet; and also, by way Of inducement, !
! all the Hessians were to be Protestant.
Now, mark the signi6canca Of this. Weare
told that We were never able to hght-that
we pever made good battle III any cause;
We are told TINT the attribute Of bravery T
ia the Irish characters 10 doubtful one
and such words of sneering. Now Ask
; yon, if the 1000 Hessians could bght %
, well as the lrishmen, why did che take the
Irishmen and send Ms the Hessiauss why
; did she not send the Hessiaus to America
instead of sending them to Irelaadi Be-
cause she knew we'll that perhaps the Hes
. sian might turn his back, but the 1rish-
man would fight until he died. a t.'9
Well,I my friends, the Irish Parliament
o gave Thorn 40OO sOlders, but for once IN
9 their lives they had q ray of the grace o.
. tie Hessians, aud said: "Nc, we will not
{. have foreign mercenaries in Ireland; give
o us arms and we will organize volunteers
"a for the defence of the country Ihe
!; moment the word was mennoned IN oe ~
y fast, in the north, the volunteers began to
10 10 associate. Irishmen Joined shoulder 20
IL shoulder, and the government reluctantly,
40 in 1870, gave them arms, and In six monSno
- Ireland beheld 9 native army OF So,USu
ae men, as we'll organised as any army in sns
mt world. The volunteer organisation spread
al the nation made them presents Of art,liery
as the fret ladies in ireland wove their Mage
o. thew were all wondefsof men aud omcered Dl
p. the first nobility Of the land. Lord Charlie
cd Flood and all the highest intellect in Ire
70. land, the highest talent Of its people wes
ne at the head ofSthe volunteers. iu l9e
sns their numbers, according to Sir John Bas
"a. rington, amounted to &c. 600 perfectly o.
aSo.. Tie Henry Of II to
,ll- Grant in religion, for he hated us Catnois
es. az the devil hates holy water. But tho9e
pom intolerant in religion, . man of great min
and of great love for Ireland: 40 go soon
no spripa up ali over the land under Earl Cha,
eo- REX. The men of Galway and Wicklow
NO the South under O'Brien, and in the Nor
So under their great chiefta1s in In, L SnaS,
his under the Earl Kildare, and Lot S, Jasr.
ish- most geueral-in. chief, they got frsgneen'
600 vut Of their wits; but it was too late !.
The 40 back, Ireland YVES armed. And then
lark Immortal Henry Grattan, Flood, Fuse
orth bury, Lord Charlemont, and other disti
} for guished members Of the Irlsh Parnamel
rlN lO.A.~>ah>r nd oeked n eiHDiGcaut out
,alf- ton. HNow we have $4,000 men; WI
kers are We going to do with them IT, i
,rs- answer to the question came from Inc W
ople soul and the great heart OF the 'mmo OF
ugkt Grattau. 1t was in these words:
man that we have them raised, and at our bac
T the we can speak as O united nation, ana
sim not let them lay down their arms until
sopie have achieved the legitimate and Just
their erty and independence of Ireland
Ike Accordingly, my friends, in l7sS' as s.
bron ght into the Irish House of Comm
two a proposition to abolish Sir Edward Pc
Dean ine's law which declared that tue II
q bad sh0uld pot make laws for themselves, I'M
Irish with permission from the Enghsn n
back He proposed this In the lrlsh farIau
Eng The whole weight OF the Engl'sn uor,
8 own ment was against him !; all the rotten
X his of the country was against him. Well,
nut it etreets of D ublin were lined with volunt
sou aud they had on their cannon na3.a a caro-
union @--." Poynipg's law was repea
,men ard tile English King was only too ga
ord us sign it aud say, ireland has .s fa a,sn
ing as make her own ia"s-MaAe .neh AZ. ~
could selves" few nontas-nayt We
.estion later, Grattan brought in another bill !;
l;snni II vas. that there was no more restric
detho. to be laid upon the. trade of Ireland:
nave said, !" You have ruined our WOODEN ,e IT
fonnd sYcessiye taxation" They made q Law
n they when the American tsesoiotioa 100 :,
nccess, tie or food 81 any kind to america.
ckly. easy to-day TO say tnaI .no ,ar;.a
Q time, Ireland were all opposeo U" IL. =
= wrote that the Protestants "eie n1 o"; Z
ireland that favored America: W.! u.u
aims of land make law ob!iging them nae to re Re
,eedom. from sending any neip in VIC euapS ~, W
by the cor to America these iAGs t Tvs -,
me, In in his law in April, 1882; once NOR
England Government OF Englanu was t ~ the