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

3S9ssances, and taking up arms to get
In .redressed, had not only gained
'fvaea privileges aud immunities, but
eoakpf f30O, 900, for their visit to Eng
skesides ESQ q day for several months
B$6er. The sixth and last reason was
feSey saw the storm drawing near 3
W misunderstanding arose between
King and the Parliament, that they be-
S0a the King would grant them anything
they could in reason demand ct least
S now than they could otherwise ex-
Now ask if these reasons were not
1seienta I appeal to the Americas pep
S.-rI appeal to men who know what DIV
IA religious liberty means, to q Proud,
yspirited people whose spirit was never
Nm and never will be;-to O. people
Spforior to the Apglo-Sax either in
70 Of, intellect or in bodily energy I-fery
5&apple thus persecnted, thne dQwp.trod-
5HAs our fathers were, would nos apE one
3kese reas IDS be ssfficient justiRoaHon
- rs And, with this aecam oiation' Of
*naaes, would they not have been she
nest of mankind il they had not seized
paR that opportunity f.z.i,s-sos,e q, 81
A EnalIsh Protestant wEiterssof the
*assSs, in that vers, year. 1S4l, writing in
fzaelsls Hiberniooa, says that thor Iish had
rn3ry grievances aud grounds Of com
sI5nant touching ~ both their estates and con-
nf1es which they, pretended. TO be far
slreGeer than those of the Scots. For,
,Ahey thin X, n & hss says, 8" that if the
- were suffered 70 ;intrsdnee q new
mi SSen, it was q reason that, they ehould
n6f3ke punished Tor the exercise OF their
*4sfl.n There was smother reason for the
21Tfnlt. NV friends, AID O very potent one.'
- ufnn this: Charles had the weakness and
<f8 fclly-I can call il nothing else-to
ave at the head of tlse~Asieh Government
&sVo Lords Justtces, namsdsSir John Bor-
3aeae and Sir Williams Parsons. These
1eTseSs oboth ardent Paritaus and partiasns
"a 40 Pariiafnert. They were anxious TO
- the fall of the English monarch for
3&kespwere his bitterest enemies; and they
5aSosfxht that he would be embarrassed, in
ssis fight with the Parliament in England,
IN 4 revolution in ireland. Aud 90 the
~e2y men who were the guardians OF the
&t6S6 lent themselves to promote the re-
&el1z5n by every means ia their power.
FOR Instance, sig months before the revolt
breke out, Charles gave them notice that
~ had received Intelligence that the Irish
sS1Se going to rise. They took NO notice
xhkkever Of the Kings advertisement.
me Lords of the Pale, who refused to JOIN
che Krisb in their uprising, applied to the
F.ord Justices in Dublin for protection !;
xi,i2 &c was refused them. They asked to
- Moved to come into the city, that they
$af&ht be safe from the incursions OF the
fts&Ss That permission was refused them
&rIEs Sisey were forced to stay in their cas-
&.sSand housss, ont in the country; and
I4E moment that any of the Irish in revolt
- near them, their houses and castles
s$S declared forfeited to the State. Thu
English Catholics and Lords OF the
&&a.-the Gormanstowns, the Howths, the
sblestons, and many Others, were &C.
Srafsy forced by the Government to join
&&H6s with the Irish, and/ts draw their
esf5zds in the glorious cause that was be-
S,re them. Moreover, the Irish knew that
<hesk friends and fellow countrymsn were
tzr1sng distinction, honor, and glory, upoa
&3f The battle. folds of Europe, ia the SER
&tee of Spain, France and Austria land
tAeT hoped, not without reason, that these
isAds, their countrymen, woa'a neip
iSSs, on the ODD Of October, 1871, they
7S7Ss What was the FIRST thing they did
RkSordiuR to Mr. Froude, the first thing
ssS did was to massacre all the Protest
N&tfthey could lay their hands on. Well,
&Aiik God, that lie not the fact. The very
Nfa& thing their leader, Sir Pheilm oNeiii,
&ia was to issue proclamation on the
lssss slav of the rising, which he spread
xkrS.gi,,,nt all Ireland, and in which he de-
elaxed -
sssHYe rise in the name of our Lord the
Rir9. We rise to assert the power and
preFO4ative of the King. We declare we
a0 not wish to make war on the King OF
Apy one of his subjects. We declare,
rserSover, that we do not intend to shed
blood, except in legitimate warfare and
thatany one of our troops, any soldl sI;
WIN Fobs, plumbers, or sheds blood, ahaIi
- aeverely punished.
Did they keep this declaration Of theirsi
AEost. invlolably. 1 assert in the name ol
history, that there was no massacre OF the
prOsestauts; and will R gs% S,a 1T tIo%
Skou( tho Irish Government to the Govern
rlenk In England dated the 25th to the 21th
81 that same month, in which tiny give an
a66ORnt of the rising of the lrish people
Tlsefs they complained, telling how the
Yefeh stripPed their Protestant feiioW- Gil!
ranes how they took their cattle, took theii
DnsSs, tUok all their property but not
2as Afaele word or complaint about one
srore of blood shed. And If they tooE
tIIsir eattle, heuses and property, you muso
1bEneEsber that they were only taxing Dacs 80.
whas vas their own. A very short tlme
afterwards the massacre began bat whe
beRafiitsf The Protestant Ulster settlers
Esd fvom the Irish. They brought theii
HyoaE with them at least and they entered
che town of Carrickfergus, where they
rorr;snn If Scotch PuFltan6. Now