The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-07-21
B u T A MEMORY
James Second, Practically and Hap.
PLY the Last Of the House of
Stuart in England.
THE BOYNE AND. ITS FRUITS
A Little Over Two Centuries Ago
Occurred the Unequal strug-
gle on It's Banks.

Occurred the Unequal Strug.
gle on It's Banks.
The Importance Of q battle is measured
by it's results, not by it's blood Letting,
says Joseph Smith in the Boston Pilot.
The men who die upon the field, the sol
diers who gasp in the agony Of gaping
wounds and mutilated limbs, fill the
public mind with wonder and pity for a
brief hour, and then all but the names OF
the field and the leaders pass into obliv-
ion; but the effects upon the world are
remembered, the current of history is di-
verted from it's channels and the fruits
OF the bloody seed ripen in ages when
the name of the battle is but memory,
and it's victims but mouldering bones
turned up by the ploughshare of the hus-
bandman. ..
The battle of the Boyne was fought on
the t1,st day of July, 1890 '(July 10Th our
time, New Style), on the banks OF the
Slyer near the village Of Oldbridge. The
battle is memorable sign post on the
trail of Irish and English history. The
bitterness of the defeat Of that day has
been in the mouth of Ireland for two
centuries; and the evil harvest OF that
day has been paral, zing the arms OF the
victor for as long period. The name
of the battle has lost much ot its import
ance and has grown odious as being the
rallying cry Of a sect OF pitifully unpatri-
otic bigots; but it is an historic event
that Irishmen today can look back at
without regret and with perfect eqnan-
unity, for out OF the disasters OF that day
the Irish nation has grown, created from
the fragments OF the tribal SYSTEM that
had from time immemorial been the;
weakest and most vulnerable spot Of the
Irish. Under the tribal system nation
was Impossible, disunion and strife were
chronic; and loyalty and allegiance were
not with the country, but with the tribe,
che locality and the CHIEF. As in Ire
sand, SC in Highland Scotland, the tribes
had to be wiped out to make the nation.
/ Let us very briefly look at the events
that led up to the Boyne. The king OF
England, James Second, was practically
and happily the laat Of the house of Stu
art in England, 8 house whose kings and
princes are memorable for their ty granny,
dishonesty, immortality, treachery, dupli-
city and utter. worthleRsness. James
First, who came from Scotland to sue
cead the dead Elizabeth, was contempt
IDLY wretched coward, false to his friends,
unfaithfnl to his partisans; q son who
condoued his mothers murder, and re-
'warded her murderers; q king who &C..
cepted the bribes of his country e bitter
est foe His son, Charles First, was q
spendthrift tyrant, whose one commend
able act was in carrying his worthless,
head to the block With the courage OF 8
man. His SOD, Charles Second, was 8
false, tickle, disreputable roue, who be-
trayea wife, friends and country with
equal shsmelessness; a king whose court
was brothel and whose intimates were
blackguards; sovereign who betrayed
,his supporters in Ireland and Scotland
who had lost all in his behalf, and drove
them over to the mercies Of their bitter
est foes. James Second, his brother and
successor, was as cruel, false and con-
temptible as all the Stuart brood. He
wes Catholic who sacrificed his Catho-
lie supporters and who refused them the
recognition of their plain rights for fear
of offending his Protestant enemies; he
was king who repaid the foolish loyalty
of the Irish with slander, double dealing
and betrayal. England revolted from
the cruelty and weakness OF james, and
he fed to Ireland to seek and find that
support and loyalty he so little deserved.
yet SO readily received. England called
to fill his shoes, William of Nassau.
Prince of Orange, the son-in-law OF
j ames, and as the Dutch Prince was at
war with Louis Of France, that monafch
took up cudgels for the English King
and landed an army in ireland. An Irish s
army was raised, made up Of 9 splendid
body Of we'll disciplined, and effective
cavalry and q loosely rganized force of
infantry that was no better than an
armed mob, being without discipline,
training, or officers of any military kqnowl- q y
edge. This infantry force was IN later te
/. years to grow into q splendid army but but
then:it was, assI ord Macanlla.y so truly e
says, q body that Ahad merely not been b en-
trained, but thay had been elaborately
D ll-trsated /. hey 10 pay and
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