The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-09-08
l9afnlng Star and Catholic Messenger.
HW ORLEANS, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER g. 1872.
From. Our Own Correspondent.
OUR IRISH LETTER.
THE BELFAsT RIOTS.
Carnival of Pillage and Murder.

sssN DUBLIN, august *, lc|S
When wrote my last letter little thought
that the disturbances in Belfast would developo
into q REPETITION of the disgraceful riots which
|oecurred in that town in 1865. There had
aesn some ugly rows, indeed, but it was gen.
ss serious, and that al Would be- quiet again
3panded, for while 1 was writing, some desper
ds az morning morning . regular Civil kI war he'd set in.
From that day until yesterday " :Seifass, the
mpst prosperous town ID Ireland-the "a thens
She Betia Of the North would Sbe more APP
rx0priate naine-has been the seene of o carni-
ival Of downright pillage and murder: Rival
shs paid gnardians es thepeacesrith sferoeity
rarely displayed by sayages. Not only stones,
tRickbats and missiles of every kind were
ussd, but also Arearms. The result was the
Mnrder of seteraf Persons, including one Pc,
iicoman, and the filing to overfeyihg Of she
hospitals with men, women and cbihrsn more
FOR less dangerously wounded. The fighting
esnse at last only. by the police and Dragons
/ xfaing with draw swords between the hostile
fexees or firing deliberately upon them, Iasen
fhs combatants, IL scattered and. ISOLATED
groups, would proWi abont tke streets nnocen-
picd by the police" and, military, apd etgike
down unohe ending psseefs-by wiehons regard
sudden attack on private houses and business
kestablishmen to, and wreck thepn aud gut thefp,
Consuming Whatever Intoxicating hquof they
pgoperty into the street, 10 seaasnmed Jy
Z IRE. At last, indeed, It became-es1dent enough
that the desire of plundtf had as thue& 60 DO
with the fighting, and the wrecking, and The
sleu ghtering, as the demon of sectaranism.
All this continued, az 4 have. said, during the
whole Of Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wed
needay, and was certainly participated in bs
men of both the contendiHg parties: The Ca
tholic journals, indeed, contain Oaeeounia only
of the assaults- PsEp atsated- and
ge the wEeeking and Plsaxaefing q Sssh enS
could come to the conclusion that the Orange
men were the only persons who committed out
Eeges. On the other hapd, the Orense jOaInals
naTsy 5 then OF
You would conclude that ALA hs rnflisnism wal
1n the side of the Catholics: The. trath 70, al
have already stated, that both=parties com
$raitted outrages. But am bound to add
THAT is perfectly notorious-tbat the outrage
pf the Catholics do not eonstithte Sne2sensh Of
he whole number, and were, generally speak
Sng, committed in retaliation for other offences
perpetrated by the Orangemen. Besides, ii
vas the latter who both provoked and COM
snenced the whole Unhappy strife Even many
g their own organs do not deny but asser
his fact, which indeed is quite notorious Put
= Ting aside altogether for the present the httsF
~ wanton netsanproked and reckless attacks
"a tho Cattclip. processionists' At Lurgan
i Bcarva and Glft0fdS and continuing attention Il
that took pl&co. az Belfast alone, we find tina
he notorious clefios9 6rebrand, Rev. Roaring
Hanna, swore auAnfofLnation before the maglS
4rstes to the A1E6et that if the Catholic ant
Nationalist proceasion allowed to form al
carlisle Circus, injury might accrue to hi
$resbyteriaa church there; and lest the au
&horities might not prevent the PROCESSION
forming there, he organized an armed band o
Orange ronghs, and Stationed chem uear Car
afBle Circus, no doubt with orders TO ire upol
= lie Catholics in q certain eventually. NOV
The open space near Carlisle Circus is one pc
euliarly we'll fitted for the formation of pro
1ession. There the 0raugenen formed Lhei
Procession there, several other societies nav
brmed their processions, and there, no doub'
he Catholics, too, thought they ought to forr
heirs. But what was, allowed to every otne
eet of persons was NOT to be allowed to then
his was, according to the Rev. Roaring
Hanna, = Protestant district, containing ri
Presbyterian church, and it should not DO u
He'd by the tread of . Catholic procession
How false and impndent an assumption tn
vas may be- judged from the fact that the CT
&holio property in this district is five times
least, the value of that belonging to the Pr
kestants-that if it contains q Pres5yteria
1hurch, it also contains the Roman Cathol
Diocesan College, the convent and schools
he Sisters of Mercy, and other Catholic ed
:. ices. And although it contained these, Il
Catholics did not once think OF ebiecting
The formation of . Protestant procession theT
But the Orapgemen objected to the forming
ahe Catholic procession there tho Rev. "ROa
Ing" Hanna did and thereby he. must be, b Q
mainly accountable for all that has since di
zraced Belfast. Well, seeing the armed bal
81 rougbs at Carlisle Circus, and not WishiI
tAo Svhf hal Gath did. form fhera. h