Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-22
THE IRISH PROBLEM
To the Editor of the Eagle

To the Editor of the Eagle
Mr. Irwin saws he is '-wcll yersed in
the history of the Irish PATRIOTS, Cur
ran. Gratfat. Emmett and Wolfe
Tone" and says, furthermore, that all
OF them mere prosecutors OF Protes-
iants, b,irmel their churches and
ba;chcrrd little babes from their
mothers arms. Now, Mr.. Irwin,
were those lnaE who perpetra;ed the
horrible crimes YOU cite Prntestants
or Catholics. Answer fairly. no beat
ing around the bush. II Catholics,
The Eagl-h historian Fronde and Me
Gee. Met auicy. D'Brien and other
STANDARD writers. and all well-read and
Intelligent persons, must stand cor
rerjcd. for all agree that these Irish
men whom we quote were Pr0testants.
Now ii you are compelled 10 admit
they were PrnieStants. can YOU tell us
WHY they committed the crimes you,
and YOU alone. accuse them of OF:
Why they peI secuted their own breth-
the ediiices they had probably helped
rear: and give your historical refer
enccs. You might assert that the
moon was made of green cheese. but
assertions prove nothing and are ut
tcrlv worthless. That motto on the
banner Of william, Prince of Orange,
tell, the whole story: The Protes-
'ant religion | will maintain, and the
liberties OF England" oh, if he were
here to-day with that banner and the
inscription England would not be
compelled TO recall the crestfallen
Wolselcy from the heart of the Sou
dan, and renounce her liberties" to
the unenlightened Soudanese and bar
barous Russians When that banner
fioatcd over blood bedewed Ireland
and for long centuries after the Irish
Catholics were prescribed race,
looked upon as Amalikites, outside of
pity. outside OF sympathy, outside of
all the tender feelings Of humanity,
brayed rs in mortar. beggared by
confiscations, tortured by persecu-
ton, hunted into exile, slain by FAM
inc and the sword of William, Prince
of Orange, As well as Cromwell and
other English butchers, is well de-
scribeG by our matchlcss Moore:
..one of the sanity murderer's brood
To carnage and the Bible given.
Who think through Irish Catholic blood.
Lies the directest road 10 Heaven.
One who could pause and kneel unshod
In the warm blood his hands had poured,
To mutier DER some text of God,
Engrayen on his reeking sword.
Nay, he could ccolly note the line.
The letter of the w ord Divine
To. which his blade with piercing art
Had sunk into his victims heart"
Has ever pen portray ed the charac-
ter of these English butchers more
truly: \ few extracts from the Pc
nal code" will prove what angels of
light" what champions of human lib
critics Protcstant> were in ireland. and
bear in memory that these laws still
exist on the statute books OF England
lasting monument of disgrace 10 this
tyrauj OF nations.
An IRISH Catholic must not be al
lowed To own u decent horse, any
Protestant discovering that that the
col, tie has raised is worth more than
five pounds. can tender that amount.
and take possession of the animal.
The law forbade IN Irish Catholic To
be ANYTHING but tenant At will on
his own land and heritage, and if by
hard toll during occupancy he had in
creased the value of lis tenancy, he
could be compelled TO surrender the
fruit OF his toll 10 any Protes-
tant who discovered the fact.
The tenth egg, the tenth hen.
the tenth sheep, pig or goat was gath
cred from the distressed aud over
burGcued peasan;ry snd given to a
Protestant helot who preached in a
foreign tongue 90 empty walls faith
the people would not listen TO. Their
cwn faith prescribed. their language
prohibited and a price set up the head
OF Il priest or schoolmaster. AT every
tarn the spoiler lay in wait to rob the