The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-03-29


POLLS AND ST. PAU
first act of any note was to cross Aver TO
| France where his nephew Arthur was
in prison and stab him to the heart with
his own hand. He got into wars with
his barons, attacked tue Church, was ex-
communicated and died detested. His
son Henry who became the third Of that
name was one of the weakest Of those
princes. Very little can be said OF him
other than he succeeded in retaining
the English in subsection during his
long reign though the Norman nobility
made his life miserable. He was sue
ceeded by his son Edward the First,
who had all the courage and prowess of
the old Normans, with their unsuitable
desire for conquest. He conquered
Wales and Scotland, forged new fetters
upon Ireland and died leaving the crown
to his son Edward the Second, who was
defeated by Robert Bruce at Bannock-
burn. He 1t was who married another
divorced French queen and who was
murdered by his wife and son, red hot
irons were driven into his body in such
a manner as to conceal the appearance
Of murder and this son ascended the
throne as Edward the Third. He, aided
bv his son Edward, the black prince,
scourged France, depopulating that
country for years; impoverished his own
subjects and embittering the French.
They died at length within short time
of each other, having gained nothing
for their subjects but more firmly rlvet.
ing the chains Of Norman s:scendency
upon them. Then came his grandson
Richard the Second who was feeble
prince and who was murdered by his
cousin Henry, who became Henry the
Fourth. During all these years when
the favor of any of these kings was to be
shown follower for a deed of blood in
the interest of the Norman dynasty he
was given a barony or earld0m in Eng
land, Wales, Scotland or Ireland and
upon the least objection being made by
the legitimate owners they were ruth
lesslY murdered or driven into exile.
After this Henry came his son, Henry
the Fifth, who conquered France and
became King of France and England.
No sooner had he reached the summit
of his ambition than fle. died and lsft'
THESE crowns to his infant son, Henry.
who became Henry the Sixth. Joan
D'Arc soon aroused the patrlotlsn Of
| the French nation to such pitch that
they threw Off this yoke and again left
him but the kingdom of England. The
Normans would not be governed by
such mild prince as this Henry, so
his cousin, the Duke Of York, and his
three sons, Edward, Clarence and
Richard, after the most bloodth1rsty
battles IN which the English nation
was divided and made to fight against
itself at the dlctatlon of these Norman
6ends, captured and murdered Henry
and made Edward king Of England as
| Edward the Fourth. He did not live
long and then came Richard, the great
test scoundrel Of them all, Richard the
THIRD, who murdered his aunts, cousins
and other relations, he. in his turn, was
dethroned by another Henry. He was
called Henry Tudor and became Henry
the Seventh and the son who succeeded
HIM was Henry the Eighth. Henry the
Eighth was succeeded by his son. Ed
ward, then Henry's daughter, Mary,
and she again bv her sister, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth was one of the truest Nor.
mans OF the line. Her father had muir
dered his wife and all who opposed him
in the qualification of his wishes. She
murdered her earls and favorites ana
was as bad as her father. When her
cousin, Mary. Queen Of scots. was
shipwrecked on the coast Of England,
she captured her and caused her to be
publicly executed. She then took the
infant son Of this Mary. whose name
was James Stuart, being James the
Sixth of Scotland, and educated him as
a Norman. BE succeeded her as James
the First of England. After him came
Charles, his son, the First. He was
not warrior, 50 Oliver Cromwell, a
Norman, but not of the royal line,
1 headed a successful rebellion, murdered
the king and became the protector OF
the English nation. He protected them
80 well that he caused his soldiers to
murder the unprotected peasantrY of
| Ireland by the thousands. Their chill
dren were tossed by his soldiers from
pike to pike in the presence Of the
mothers. He it was who when asked
wnat to do with the Irish whom they
had captured said, .tdriYe them to he'll
or Connaught. 1 have read in Car
isles collation. of Oliver Cromwell,s
letters some of those which he wrote to
parliament when he was in Ireland.
They reek with venom and bitterness
towards our people. Since the time Of