The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-27
A Cha,,tar Of History.
[rrom ihc london Times.l

from the London Itmes.i
The modern spIrit OF liberation. mingled
with n good deal Of indiherentism, Is re-
pelIed by the hot zeal which Is kindied ny
the stirring strains Of "Boyne Water" by
toasting +" the Glorious. Pious. ana lmmor-
tai Memory" OF William III, aud by
brandishing Orange flags in the faces OF
The Roman Catholic descendants OF
the soldiers OF James. Historically,
however, the Protestant and Saxon
coloniSts Of Ulster have no reason 10 be
ashamed OF the chapter OF history which
was practically closed by the battle OF Agh-
rim. The victory may have been abused,
lis fruits NAV have been misSpcnt and
wasted. but what il IL had been a defeat ?
The tyrannical policy OF Protestant ascend
ancy was ruinous. but into how much
deeper rum would the success of James and
his Irish adhcTcntS and French auxiliarics
have plunged the two countriesg Ii is
somewhat remarkable that the EnglShry OF
ireland should have chosen the anniyersa-
ries Of the battles OF the BOVINE and OF
Aghrim-thc lst and the 18th OF .July-as
the dates specially conSecrated in the
calendar OF OyangciSm. Those triumphs
were won mainly by foreign arms. At the
Bovine IL WAS 10 William In person and to
OF the glory fell. At Aghrim the Dutch
Ginkell and the IIuguenot Ruyigny divided
the honor OF the achievement which shat
tered the .Iacobite cause i'm ireland. Yet
the coloniSts Of the "Black North" are
able 10 poin; 20 deeds still more glorious.
because accomplished with inferior means
and in presence OF greater dangers. II Is
doubtful whether the battles OF the
Boyne and OF Achrim would ever
have been foucht-at least under
the actual conditionS-but for the
defence OF Derry and the victory Of the
EnniSkllcucrs, led by WOlSeley, al New
ton Butler. But these critical operations,
priceless rs the results were, could not fail
to be oyCrShadowed 10y the more decisive
campaigns Of The succeeding wears. When
Orangeism, ~ a political organization. was
called into existence, the struggle between
Jacobites and WilliamiteS had passed into
the phase OF Legendary yaguenesS. The
first Orange Lodge was founded in Ulster
during the crisis Of the French revolution,
shortly after faction fight on great scale
between the Pccp-o'-Day Boys" and the
Defenders" popularity known a. the
" Battle Of the Diamond" Then il was
that the anniversary OF Aghrim obtained
the most prominent place among the feSii-
walls OF Irish ProtcStantlSm that "Boyne
Wa-er" became the war-song Of the Saxon
cOlonists OF Ulster, and that the memory OF
William OF Orange, one Of the coolest and
least passionate Of statesmen, was chosen
to represent Il form OF ZealOtry with which
lie would have had no sympathy. The
annals OF Orangeism during the present
century are rot pleasant reading FOR those
who desire to see The extinction Of
traditional ieuds,' and especially OF
sectarian aniipathies. But we have to
deal with the facts rs we find them,
and among much that is coarse and repel-
lant in the doctrine and plactice Of Orange
ism we are bound to admit that its vitality
is a proof OF the intense and deep-seat0d
loyalty Of the Protestant element in Ulster
10 the British connection. We are not pre-
pared 10 acknowledge that the result OF the
Monaghan election has disproyed the eX-
istcnce OF feelings which have been so
thoroughly incorporated with the life and
character Of the sturdy yeOmanry and
shrewd men OF business OF the " Black
North" Al all events, we are inclined to
wait for c0rrOboratiye evidence before as
senting to the conclusions which Mr.. Par
nell and bis party would have us draw
from that event.