The Irish standard., 1897-08-14

KNOW lHat Wnere tne parliament OF Eng
land have the power that will not be
allowed" On Oct. IS the town sur
rendered. Cork. Youghall, Dungarvan.
| Castlehaven and Baltimore soon after
ward surrendered. On the 9th of No
| vember Cromwell appeared before Wat
erford. After lying before the city for
a week and finding himself unable 20
reduce it. he resolved to seek winter
quarters elsewhere. and on the second OF
December he commenced his march ans
on the fourth reached Youghall, where
fresh supplies from England awaited
him. Here Cromwell established his
winter quarters. On the 4th Of Decem-
Der the Catholic prelates, to the num-
Der of 20, met at Clonmacnoise and pub
lishcd an address to the people of Ire
land, calling on them to join in resisting
Cromwell. From Youghall in January,
1850, Cromwell issued: "a declaration
of the lord-leutenant of Ireland for the
undeceiving Of deluded and seduced
people-in answer to certain late dec
larations and acts framed by the Irish
Popish prelates and clergy" In this doc
ument he says: You warn the people
of their danger. which you make to
consist in the eXtirpation of the Catholic
religion. BY what law was the mass
ever exercised In any of the dominions
violators of the known laws :: 81
| shall not. where | have the power,
suffer the exercise of the mass where
can take notice of it," On the 10Th Of
January, 1850, Cromwell again took the
field. Crossing the Backwater at Mall
low he approached the confines of Linn
erlck. and. then. entering Tipperary,
marched by Clogheen and Rochestown
to Fethard. From the latter place he
marched to Calan. in County Kilkenny,
which. after brave resistance. sur
rendered. Cromwell. in speaking Of
this engagement says: III sent him THE
Irish generaD positive conditions that
the soldiers should have their lives.
81 !" The next day the colonel. ma
jor and the rest Of the commissioned
officers were shot to death. We also
took Popish priest. who was chaplain
to the Catholics in this regiment who
was caused to he hanged !" On the 22d
of March Cromwell and his army APP
pcared before Kilkenny. For six days
the seige lasted. and at last the Irish
garrison. being reduced from 200 to
400 by frightful pestilence. which
ragged within the city. were compelled to
surrender the city. In this city was one
of the finest Catholic churches in Ire
land-St. Canice's. 1t was utterly de-
faced and ruined. the roof broken down
and the beautiful windows for which
ilinuccini. the Pope's legate. shortly
before his return to Italy had offered
1000. were smashed to atoms. EARLY
in May Cromwell appeared before Clon-
mel. letter quoted by Carlyle) from
one OF Cromwell's leutcnants. dated
May 10. 1850. gives the following ,,c-
count of the capture of the town: Yes
tcrday we stormcd Clonmel. We had
with our guns made a breach in their
gave back awhile; but presently charg-
cd up to the same ground again But
the enemy had made themselves exceed
ingly strong by double works and trav-
erse. which were worse to enter than
the breach. The enemy defended them
selves against us that day until toward
the evening. AT night the enemy drew
out on the other side and marched
away undiscovered to us. and the in
habitants of Clonmel sent out for a.
parley. * 4 \; After signing of the
conditions we discovered the enemy to
; be gone, and very early this morning
pursued them and fell upon them and
| killed 200" Another letter says that
they found in Clonmel the stoutcst
enemy this army had ever met in Ire
land. * 81 Il There was never so hot
a storm of so long a continuance, and
50 gallantly defended either in Ireland
or England" Cromwell at this siege
lost $500 Of his army While Crom-
we'll was at Clonmel he received word
that the English parliament desired him
| at home. and on the Goth of May, 1880,
after nine months of "civilzed" war
| fare In Ireland. he set sail and arrived
in London. What a crowd comes out
to see your lordships triumph" ex-
| claimed some one beside him. YES"
he added. but If 1t We're to see me
hanged. how many more"