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

SN PcoPfc auu tuSy bfdukuCST00 0SSlS
man. woman, aud child, until they left
5000 dead behind them. We have the au-
thoEity of Leland, the English Protestant
historian who expressly Gays that "this
was the first massacre committed in Ire,
land on either side" This was tho first
massacre! How, in the hafne Of heaven
can any man so learned, aud i make no
doubt, so truthful as Mr., Froude--how can
he, in the name of heaven, assert that,
these people began by massacreing, IS, 900
of his fellow copntrymen and fellow rei-
when we have, in the, month, of
December, few montlia1 after, % Commits
sion issued by the Lords Justiees2iu DUB
lin, to the Dea1 of kilmore and seven
other Protestant clergymen, to make dill
gent inquiry about the English and Scotch
Protestants who were robbed and plumber
ed but not one single word-not one sin
gle questioned those who were murdered.
Hero are the words of Castlehaven
The Catholics were urged into rebel
lian and the Lords Justices were often
heard to say that the more that were in
rebellion the moro lands would be forfeited
to them" 5-r.a.s ...,Yri
It was the old story sit was the old ad-
age Of James tho first 7" Root out tho Ca
tholics-root out the Irish, and give Ire
land to EDglish Protestants aud Puritans,
and yoa viii regenerate tho land" Oh l.
from snch Regeneration of my own or any
other people. good Lord deliver us, pray.
" This rebeliion, >" says Mr.. Frsuae "began
m massacre and ended in ruin." 1t ended
in rain the most terrible /; but if 1t began
in massacre, Mr.. Froude, you must ac
knowledge, a. historical truth, that tho
massacre was on the part Ut year country
men, and your coreligionists. ~,
Then, the Irish having risen, the war
began. st was q war between the Puritan
|Pretestants Of Ulster and other parts Of
ireland, aided by constant armies that
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q war that continued for eleven years !;
and it wes . war in which the Irish chief
tains had not tho destinies of the nation in
their own hands, but were obliged to fight
and fight like men, in order to try to
schie visa better destiny and better future
for their people. Who can say thas the
Ilish chieftaias held the destinies Of Ire
land in their own hands during these nine
years, when they had to meet every sue
cessive army that came to them ,infamed
with religious hatred ssd enmity. epd ami
mated, l mpst says. by spirit Of bravery
of which the world has seldom seen the
like. Then, Mr. eFroude' adds t1at these
were years ofanarehy and mutual slaugh-
ter" Now let us consider the history of
the events. No sooner had the English
Lords Ss the Pale-who were all Catholics
Joined the Irlsh, than they turned to the
Catholic Bishops of the land. They called
them together in Synod and on the 10th
d.
| Lords Of Ireland aud the gentry and Com
moners and estated gentlemen of Ireland
met together and founded what is called the
$ Confederation Of Kilkenny" Amongst
| their number they selected for the Supreme
Council three ArchbishapS. two Bishops,
! four Lords, and fifteen Cou..nvners. These
! men were to meet and remain in perna-
nent session, watching over the country;
making laws, watching over the army; and
| above all, preventing cruelty, robbery and
murder. A regular government was form
ed. They actually established mint and
coined there money for the Irish nation.
They established an army under Lord
Mountcashel and General Preston and, in
q short time after, under the glorious and
immortal Owen Roe O'Neiil. During the
first months they gained some successea
Most of the principal cities of ireland
opened their gates to them. The garrisons
! were carefully saved from slaughter; and
the moment they laid down their arns
| their lives were as sacred as that of any
! man in the ranks of the Irish armies. Not
| a drop of unnecessary blood was shed by the
| Irish with any sort of countenance on the
part of the Government of the country.
chat is to say, the Supreme Council at Kill
kenny. I defy any man to prove that there
was q single law, which that Supreme
Council enacted. that was not enacted tt
prevent bloodshed or murder.
4 Nov, after o few months of success, The
armies of the Confederation experienced
some reverses. Tho Puritan party was re
cruited aud fortified by English armies
coming in and the command in Dublii
was given to a Governor, q gentleman
whose name ought to be known to ever!
tIrishman-his name was Sir Charles Coote
4 waat to read some of that gentleuaan'
exploits for you. Sir Charles 10 thus por
trayed by Clarendon who was no friend .
Ireland:-
| "sir Charles, besides plundering ant
burning the town of Clontarf, at that time
did massacre sixteen townspeople, men ant
women besides three sucking infants; ant
in that very same week ffty-six men
women aud children, in the village Of Bul
lock, being frightened at what was done a
CIontarf, went to sea to shun the fury OF {
party of soldiers, who came out from Dub
lin undes command of Col. Clifford. Be
ing pursued by the soldiers in boats, the.
wore overtaken and thrown overheard"
Sir William Borlsese had, by letter ad
yised the Governor, Sir Charles Coote, Il
burn all the corn, and to give man, woman
and child to the sword; and Sir Arthu
Loftus wrote to the same purpose and ell
feet. An edict of the Council at that time
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