The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-04-20
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DUiLrn, March 9th, 1873.

| DUSLxN, March 9th, 1873.
The Belfast riots Of August last ore sgain o
''topio Of the tine!n The persons charged with
participation in them and sent forward for
trial to the assizes, are undergoing their trial
g present in Belfast. The judge happens TO
be Judge Lawson. This person was Attorney
sell and at the advent TO power Of Mr.. Glad.
Common Plsss, vsssnt By the promotion Of
.Sn Chen Mr 0asga9 to the GhcSss,IoT
lor. as he Had had very good practice az .
Chancery lawyer, bat his religion-he is 3
Psotestant--stood in his way: Gladstone was
so he made the Catholic O'Hagan Chancellor
and Afterwards even q Peer of the United
Kingdom. This sxasperated Lawson, and, to-
gether with the fact that he has naturally Q
bad drop" in him, has induced hum several
times since his accession to the bench to break
out into viperous attacks on the Catholic and
popular cause. During his time at the bar and
but that was because be had an eye to the
bench, and knew that the best thing he could
do was to do his "duty"-earn bis salary
siSIs. But last summer he ga.e sns indioa-
zion Of the stuff Of which he was really made.
he was one of the three judges of the Court of
Common Pleas who held that Captain Trench,
against Captain Nolan's $780, should be re-
turned to the House of Commons as the repre-e
sentative of Galway and on ttat OCCASION he
s 5s asnr the
Galway clergy-for striving 70 show they were
criminals not only legally but morally! Well,
he did better-or worse-in Belfast on this
Antrim, and alluded to the Belfast riots You
will remember that these riots were altogether
and entirely due to the Orangemen. Judge
lies, aud pronounced the peaceful Catholic and
Nationalist procession to Haunahstown as dis
loyal, seditious, and, therefore, An unlawful
affair: He added that its promoters should
have been returned for trial. In fact, he de-
liberately and in the most disgraceful manner
falsified the whole history of that business
But that was not all The trials of the alleged
rioters began on Monday. Several-Catholics
and Protestauts--were convicted. But none
of the convicted persons were sentenced on the
spot except t,co Catholics, who were doomed to
seren years penal ssrvitade for the alleged, bat
had compelled Protestant to quit his house.
This punishment was, of course, seven times
at least as severe as it should have been, The
following day that courageous and honest
organ, the Ulster Daily Examiner, had an article
pointing this out, and on the following day
again it had another article in which it showed
the effect Of Lawson's act to be that Protestant
jures would not convict Professionals, lest heavy
sentences like seven years penal servitude
might be passed upon them. 1t further said
that If Catholics were to be treated with sys-
tematic and deliberate injustice and Partially
of course, though not in words, to
Lawson-they would take again to the noun
tains, and there defy their enemies. 1t was an
imprudent article, considering the summary
power of dealing with such things possessed
by our judges, and considering further that
several of our judges are partial and corrupt
ruffians, like Keogh and Lawson. But it was
true, every word of it, and was an outburst of
the most natural kind in the world, under the
However, that does not avail
with Lawton or his minions, and accordingly,
on Wednesday morning, the local Crown pros
ecutor called his lordship's attention to the
article in n aneech n which he IL
a contempt of court, and asked that the re-
sponsible manager of the paper should be COM
PEELED to attend in court ON the following day
to explain and defend his conduct. Lawson,
of course. agreed with every word uttered by
counsel, and made the desired order. T@day
the manager or proprietor was TO- make his sp-
pearance before his lordship." What hap
pened am unable to mention in this letter.
But suppose heavy fine aud imprisonment
was inflicted. For there is really no justice to
be had here BY men who take the popular side,
generally speaking. Least of all can jastice
be had by D Catholic in Belfast. I should not
wonder if there were great plenty of Orange
excesses henceforth. Lawson, by his rufaanly
partially for them, has induced them to be-
lieve more firmly than ever that they alone
have right on their side, and that whatever
they may do to the Catholics they VIII not be
punished. We have only to hope that one day
or another clean sweep may pc made of such
internal vipers as Lawson, aud O reformation
at'tho same time effected of the blood-thirsty
Orange party.
tx Atu3ulentary cOnke5b ID now proceeding
in Tyrone. Ono OF the two representatives Of
that county1Mr. T. II. Lowry Corry-died the
other day, after having sale represented it for
forty-two years, You may probably ask why,
if he mis-rspresensed thRsPeople, he was allow
ed to sit for 80 lapS time. The answer issof
course, that he was the nominee of the land
lords, aud they, under the open system of vot-
ing, could coerce their tenants to vote any way
they pleased. Now that have voting by
ballot, things are changed; the landlords are
HN longer oPnipotent; aud, accordingly, an
opponent has4been found for the landlord can
,4idate. This candidate happens to be the
nephew of the late member. Ills name is Cap
tain Lowry Cory, and his principles, if he has
any principles at all, the same as his unce's.
He il an oElaeer in the Guards, and knows more
about balls and flirting than about anything
else: Tier. of course, do,s not mako thos
slightest difference with his friends. So long
as he says heis u .Conseng alive, and will pro-
mise to vote against every reform and to vote
for coercve oils for Ireland they will support
him. And this is exactly what he has prom
ised toao. Beyond issuing a written, ingram
mn'lcal address, he has not uttered q word.
i"deed, like most army officers, he is not able.
aud, moreover, does not care to do so. He and
his friends-a few landlords and grand jurors
think they can do now as they have always
done-Oarrv their mint Ke airnlv ;ean;nr