The Irish standard., 1886-05-29
THREATENED ORANGE WAR.
Uaustic Speech Of Mr.. Jordan, the National
Member for West Glare, in the
House Of Commons.
ACTUATED BY PASSION, NOT FEAR
Not Only Justice, but Generosity, Shown
by the Catholics Towards Protestants
in the South Of Ireland.

During the resumed debate on the
Home Rule bill on May IL, the plea
made by Mr.. Jordan. the National
member for West Glare, should be re-
nembeIed. He lives in Enniskillen,
the very heart Of Orangeism. Mr..
Jordan is a tenant farmer, as we'll as
being engaged in trade. One sees in
his eyes a reservoir Of ready humor,
and this oyeraowed, when, arising late
in the debate, he said: II have lived
all my life among the Ulster peasantry.
I hear it contended that this bill places
the Protestant population Of the North
under the control of q Parliament elect
ed by the National League, Those
who argue thus seem to forget the ma
ture and constituent elements Of all
Irish Parliament. 1t would not be &
Parnellite Parliament. and the Ma
tional League, having answered it's
purpose, would, in the natural order OF
things, dissolve (cheers). The members
would not be elected On any question:
as to separation, but OH Irish issues,
and the provisions as to the two orders
would afford ample security. 1t was
said that the Protestant people would
have to leave ireland, but they might
go farther and fare worse, Why should
the landlords leave the country if their
incomes We're diminished by half? They
would not find any other country SO
cheap to live in (laughter), Butall this
talk about leaving Ireland is nonsense.
If an outrageous Orangeman was asked
whether he was getting ready to go,
he answered, with a twinkle in his eye,
Not yet Qarghter). The people had
no notion of going, and the more they
assured those Orangemen in The North
of their safety, the greater noise they
made. He did not believe that they
had any fear for their lives, their liber-
ties Or their property. AS to their re-
ligion, property was a very large part
of it. They prayed alternately to
Providence and to the noble Lord Ran
dolph Churchill, the member for Pad
dington Qaughter). One could not tell
whether they put their trust in God, in
the great Tory party, or in powder and
ball, because they used the phrases in
discriminatory laughter). Protestant
ladies and the farmers wives said they
had no fear, and why should the stall
wart majors and military pretend to be
more apprehensive? The truth was
that it was
PASSION, AND NOT FEAR,
which actuated them. These people
had been pampered all their lives. They
had enjoyed ascendancy and monopo-
lized place and power, and they did not
wish now to be put on an equality with
other people. The loyal minority, as
they were called, were enraged because
they would have to go into competitive
examination with their Roman Catho-
lie countrymen. and get only their fair
share of anything that was going Ia
laugh). If, however, thai bill became
a law, I am satisfied that they would be
quite prepared, from the greatest to the
least among them, to make the best OF
it. During the last Ave or six years |
have heard the Catholics and their
teachers, the priests, continually giving
the advice to take and give no offense, ,
and wish the same we're said on the
other side. Then they We're told that
that might be the case i'll the Narth,
but that if they went to the South they
would find Catholic oppression OF
Protestants. have gone to the South
and found not only justice, but gener-
osity, shown by the Catholics toward
their Protestant neighbors. 1t there
was discomfort or disloyalty 1t was
landlordism alone that melted the feel
ing. 1t was against paying tribute to
England the Orangemen OF Ulster
would fight, and if they would fight
against paying that tribute to Eng
land, why, it would be all right (laugh-
ter). A very worthy minister had said
that it would be unjust to send English
and Scotch soldiers to shoot the Ulster
farmers because they would not pay
the tax, but they must do so; other
wise, the loyal minority would not pay
up. The question was, would these
Orangemen really fight? daughter,
and cries of 'sNo.'') Of course, they
would not. They had no notion Of
fighting. The honorable member for
southern Belfast, Mr.. William john
ston, reminded him of a vision in the
Apocalypse, going about Like an angel,
with Bible under one wing, and rifle
under the other llaughter). I never
could quite understand whether the
honorable member was going in
FoR DEATH OR FOR GLORY.
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