The Irish standard., 1893-03-04
e IRISH STANDARD: sATURDAY, nlARoH 4.

LIE IRISH ST AND Ar.
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as they pleased for nearly three hundred
years, and did they not, for power and
pef, destroy the Irish parliament ninety
three years ago by annexlng it tosthat OF
Great Britain? How then can it be ex-
pected that the descendants Of the men
who sold their country can live in self
governed Ireland? Perish the thought
Well, if they do not like Home Rule. let
them get ont, and God be with them.
From the day that James the First par
celed out six counties of Ulster to their
forefathers, after ejecting the native Irish
from their possessions, civil war has
ragged in that part of the island. The
transplanted foreigners have never taken
root in the country, nor become racy OF
the soil. They did not assimllate with
the native stock, and the latter may feel
grateful to kind Providence for that same.
If the strangers had amalgamated with
the native Irish, it would prove the death
of Irish nationality, for the virus of the
exotics would destroy the spirit that has
kept Ireland natl n. The Orangemen
are braggarts and will not fight as they
threaten to do. They are poor fighters
except when gang Of them meets some
solitary Catholic on the 18th Of July.
At the Boyne their forefathers were the
first to run, and the brave Dutch COM
mand-r could not make them stand be-
fore the onslaught of the Irish cavalry.
They have never produced first class
military man, and in art, literature and
craftsmanship they are far behind the
mon of the other provinces. In Ulster
they are not so strong in numbers as one
would suppose from their rampancy
The Catholics are forty-six per cent OF
the population in that provi CO and are
amply able to take care of themselves in
case of au uprising. Twenty-three years
ago when the Irish Church vas disestab-
lished by Gladstone, these same Orange
men threatened to line the bitches and
pitch the Queens crown into the Boyne,
but their courage oozed through their
tongues and they submitted gracefully to
the inevitable So will it be with Home
Rule. Ireland is now under the admin
istration of Mr., Gladstone. He has 10000
red coats and $4,000 constabulary to at
tend to the warriors of the North, and
they know it. Their threats will vanish
in smoke, but it will not be the smoke OF
battle. The Canadian, American and
Australian brethren naturally sympa-
thize with their Irish relatives in the
great affection that has befallenn, them in
getting parliament of their own. The
Orangemen in Canada are said to be de-
termined to cross the Atlantic to assist
the Ulstermen in fighting. There is no
danger they will risk their precious lives
in such foolish undertaking. They are
brave at distance, but after mature re-
Election they will consider discretion the
better part of valor and remain at horae.
The Australian Oraugemen will 1pru-s
IDENTIFY follow their example. As for the
American members of the order they will
prefer to stay under the refuge Of the
stars and stripes to protect American in
situations from the wicked "Romanists"
who are bent on their destruction. So
far as Orangemen here and everywhere
else are concerned, they can bark all they
please and rail at Irish Home Rule, but
Ireland will soon have it's parliament in
spite of them.