The Irish standard., 1893-12-16

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! jecr to the call of the committee.
| ORANGE oRANG- OUTANGs.
| The Apes From Ulster Picturesquely De.
| scribed by an Irish Protestant
| Some months ago, Mr.. Joseph Smith
the editor OF the Lowell (Mass) Arena
| described the Oranaeman Els follows: HE
is roaring, ranting, noisy blatherskite,
with just enough Scotch in him to be
devoid of humor; Just enough Irish in
him to to be pugnacious: just enough re-
ligion in him to be bigot; and just
enough reverence in MIN to bow down to
lord and insult God Almighty. The
Orangeman is rara avis; &C lrishman
| who hates Ireland; slave who loves bis
| chains and stripes; Christian who de-
spises the teaching Of Christ; a patriot
who clamors for bad laws for his coun-
try, and who glories in the oppression of
bis fellow -countrym and the humilia-
ton of his native land"
Quite recently an Ulster Orangeman
IN Lowell wrote to the Mail Of that city
telling why he and his kind oppose Irish
Home Rule and also why they wish to
continue the war against Catholics in the
United States. In the course OF his let.
ter he said there were too many Roman
ists' holding Office in Lowell, the city
solicitor, city clerk and his assistant,
street inspector superintendent OF build
ings, chief of police, and seventy out of
ninety Of the force being Irish Roman
Catholics.
Mr.. Joseph Smith, who is Civil Service
Cor, missioner in the city, and also the
editor OF the Arena, answered the Or
angeman in letter to the Mail, in which
he Sums up the history of Orangeism in
few lines, every one Of which turns the
knife IN the vltals of bigotry. Mr.. Smith
says: 49,
Il never knew that the particular ele-
ment of Irish Professionalism the Ulster
man speaks tor-the Orange Unionist--
cared to be known as an Irishman. He
usually calls himself Scotch Irishman
whatever that is-thereby insulting
two races, neither one of which is very
anxious to own him.
For three hundred years Protestant
ism has been politically and socially on
the Top in Ir land; not from any inherent
virtue that was in it, but by reason t
the strong arm and the long purse OF
England. It has gone through Ireland
in Moalem, not Christian fashion, with
sword and torch, plnndering, numbering,
prosecuting and expressing in the name
OF God and religion. When tired OF
hu ting down Catholics, this official
wolf in sleeps clothing turned on the
Presbyterians and other dissenters and
drove them in shoals to America. 1t
robbed the Catholic and sneered at his
poverty; it denied him education and re-
preached him with ignorance; it robbed
him OF home and land, and stigmatlzed
him as a pauper; deprived him OF his in-
.dustries and termed him idle and lazy;
it drove him to frenzy and despair and
sent him to the hulks and penal colonies
when he dared to strike back. And
when in the providence Of God the nobler
spirits of Irish Professionalism revolted in
soul and conscience from the hideous
mockery of religion and government, and
said: The Catholic is our brother and
countryman; we are the children OF q
common motherland and this night OF
despair must end official Professionalism
organized the debased, immoral and ig-
norant elements OF it's rabble following,
into the Orange Society, and turned it
like rabid wolf to prey upon Catholic
and Protestant alike, who dared to love
his country better than the scoundrelism
that misgoverned it in England's name.
The torture and plumber Of q fellow
oountryman have in Ireland been Prot
estant privilege and luxury; and the in
fanny aud shame that. thief and harlot
even seek to hide, have been the glory OF
the Ulster Orangeman. He can have the
glory to himself; but, thank God, there
are Irish Protestants who hate them as
cordially 40 they love their land, their
liberty and their religion; and who, re-
specting the patience and sympathizing
with the sufferings Of their Catholic
countrymen, hope by fair dealing and
political honesty to wipe away the shame
of those wretched penal days. 4
z MI. Smith adduces unquestionable
figures showing that Protestant Ulster.