The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-08

who was discovered to have heard Mass.
Oliver Plunkatt, the holy Pri@ateIof AZ
1870. They knew that they could net conf
vict him of any lawlessness or treason IN
ireland; and they brought him over to
London, packed an English Jury to try MIN
and they murdered him tTyburn, In thas
year. ,. 1.45Essso l:3iE -.s7-.t risl
1t is true that these penal laws were re-
Taxed for some years before. Charles the
Seconds death. That event took place in I
1893; and James the Second came TO tine
throne. Three years afterward Miiliam
of Orange landed to dispute with HIM the
title to tho crown of England. Now, shat
James the Second was the lawful King Of
England, no man,wiil deny. William was
married to James daughter, Mary; and
William came to England with an army OF
Is, 900 men at his back, pretending that ne
came only to inquire about the birth OF, the
Prince of Wales, who was the lawful heir
to the crown. Well, James, as soon as
William arrived with his army fed to
France. Mr.. Froude tells us that he abdi-
Gated whom he fed to France. / deny that
James the Second abdicated, Mr.. Froude
has NO authority to say it. He only re-
tired, for time, frsm the face of his enemy.
He called upon his snbjects, both in Eng
land and Ireland to stand to their King
like loyal mon. The Eoglish betrayed him;
the Irish,-fools rs they were-rOse up
again for START King, and declared they
were loyal men, and they would stand by
! their monarch.
James came to Ireland in 1889; and he
summoned q Parliament, of which Mr.
\ Froude speaks in his lecture. He speaks
y of that Parliament as Persecuting Parlia-
| single Protestant proprietor in Ireland, by
name;' and that they did this, "lsstl any
ore should escape out of their net" Now,
what are the facts of that Parliament of
, 1891 The very first thing that they de-
clared, altongh they they had suffered more
tioDs-the very first laY they made wac
+, that there should be no more religious per-
secution 10 Ireland, and that no man, from
that day forward, should, suffer for bis COM
that they, passed q bin Of attainder bat
| they passed that bill not againgt Protest.
8 aats, but against every man Of the land
that was ia arms against King James,
whom they recognized as their king-every
3 man who refused to obey him and his gov
they not do their dutyi Did they not do
precisely what is always done in times Of
y rebellion7 England was y in rebellion
. against James. James was tteiawful king.
4 James was in Iceland and the Irish Parlia-
1 ment, with James at their head. declared
that every man who was in arms agains,
@ him was to be outlawed. Against these
u outlaws the Bill Of Attainder was passed
= this prosecuting measure of which Mr.
g Froude speaks when he mentions this Par.
V lament. -'
t William came to Ireland and opened the
campaign in 1890. Mr.. Froude says, in Iii.
d description Of him, that William brought
Q with him only a small army badly equipped
8 badly drilled but that the Irish were
J, never so strong, never SO we'll drilled, or 90
perfectly equipped as they were at thai
/. time. Now, here are the numbers as giver
n q hiafnrv Williams n
b first, of 10000 veteran soldiers, well clad
d we'll fed, and perfectly drilled and equipped
: The Irish army of James numbered % ,OOl
o imperfectly disciplined troops, wanting il
t nearly everything necessary for a cam
4 paign. This we have ON the evidence o
d the Duke Of Berwick, who was serving ii
It the army at the time. At the battle o
g the Boyne, Mr.. Froude says that, 9Th
IS Irish did. not make even a respectabl
Q stand =" And regret-I bitterly regret
d forgotten, SO far, himself, what was due t.
i; himself, as to have ventured, even in til
l. fsintest whisper, to impute n want Of cour
;, age to the soldiers Of IFeland.-At the bat
10 tie of the Boyne, james and his army wer
is on the south bank of the river. William
: with his army, advanced down from til
d north. William's muster roll of the army
Is on that morning, shows the fguEe of 81,
q 600 men. James aHmy had not increase
r, from the original $4,000. William was
30 n-he8rCed ana brave soldier. James,
l. am cory to say, had forgotten the traditio
Of of that ancient courage and gailantry whic
t, belonged to him as Duke Of York, when b
,t was Lord High Admiral Of England. On
,t was " an army led by lion;" tho ethe
!" was SO an army ted by a stag" The Iris
Of have fixed upon Janice an spprobriou
II name, in the Irish language, which, on a
ir occasion like this, I will not repeat. o
9. the morning Of the battle of the Boyn,
ID William detached 10000 men, who weE
mp the stream some miles, to ford it nes
le the Hill of Slaae. james could scarcel
st be prevailed upon to send one or two reg
I'd mentS of horse to oppose these 10000 me
with their artillery, headed by the Duke
n, Schomberg. The evening before the bal
tle, James cent away six guns toward Dat
u lin. How many do you think remained
no Only ak pieces of artillery remained wit
nd the Irish on that day. How many wei
.ir opposed to themf We have it on histor
record, that William brought into the fielt
., on that day at the Boyne, fifty heavy piece
GO of artillery and four mortars. Then he at
"a vanced and crossed the river. These Iris
1u IF whom Mr. FrCuda savs hat 2 he