The Irish standard., 1897-10-09
TAP ON THE ORANGE DRUM.

TAP ON THE ORANGE DRUM.
The braying of the Orangemen IS
again heard in shrill tones in the land
of the shamrock. The followers Of
King William are alarmed over the ex-
tensive preparations now going on in
Columbia and in Erin for the celebra-
ton Of glorious 49, the year in which
many Of their brethren were ushered
into eternity by the pixies of stalwart
patriots who rose to rescue their native
land from the domination of the blood
thirsty assassins.
On the 21st Of September the Or
angemen of Dublin met in the Kotunda
to celebrate the 1920 anniversary Of the
Battle of the Diamond" after which
it is claimed, the Orange society was
founded. The chairman on the occas-
ion was the notorious William John.
son, of Ballykibeg, who represents
an Orange constituency in the British
parliament, and who is Sir Knight
and Most Worshipful Imperial Grand
Master of the infamous order. After
prayer. which did not ascend higher
than the ceiling, the chairman adj
dressed his audience as brothers and
Knights, brother Orangemcn, ladies'
and brother Protestant symrathizers, /"
and then delivered himself of the fol-
lowing harangue, which was frequent
ly interrupted by "Kentish fire." what
ever that is:
"As they were celebrating centen-
airy that night he must be permitted
to refer to the fact that in 1898 IT was
proposed to commemorate by a great
demonstration in Wexford the bloody
deeds that were done there a hundred
years ago. In the name OF the Black
knights of Ireland, in the name of
100000 loyal Orangemen (rencwed
clapping Of hands, of the British En-
pire, they demanded from the British
government that they put an end to
this proposed demonstration, that they
forbid the celebration of the commeln-
Grafton of the centenary of massacre
and murder, that they carefully look
after the men who were coming across
from the United States to take part in
this demonstration, and THAI as not
very long ago they sent loyal Orange
men to Jail for concentrating the
Battle of the Boyne they forbid tho
commemoratlon of tho rebellion of
l19S. and the treason that took place
in that year prolonged Kentish fire..
They only asked the government to do
in Ireland what they had already done
IN India in the case Of editors and pro-
prietors OF newspapers who had adj
dressed scditious communications to
the native people for the purpose of
leading them astray. and who had been
imprisoned. Ii 1t was fair play to do
that in India. surely it was not less fair
or reasonable to do it in Ireland, and
thus stop the reasonable utteranccs of
those who would stir up the people in
commemoration of massacre and MUIR
der. They should also that night enter
a protest against the establishment of
a Roman Catholic university for the
teaching OF those doctrines and tenets
which have made Europe, In the ooun-
tries in which they prevailed, enslaved
and ruined. They demanded that the
present government should not use
their great majority to set up Papal
1,nis ,,,tJ Of
pacy was a conspiracy to destroy Or
angeism. Orangemen were determined
to carry on the war from generation
to generation, bearing aloft the bar
ner Of the Bible, entwined with tho
Orange flag with Derry's watchword,
"No. Surrender" (more kentish ilrc).
With regard to the recent royal visit,
they would be glad to see royal princes
oftener amongst them. and they would
be glad to see a royal residence in Ire
land, AS that visit was now over he
might tell them secret. Some peoplc
thought it would be undesirable for
the OMngemen to present addresses,
and it was intimatcd in some CORES
pondcncc that passed at the time that
If the addresses would not be formally
accepted that they would be presented
by the Rev. K. r. Kane at the head of
10000 Orangemen."
Another blatherskite followed john
ston with a resolution congyatulating
Victoria on the celebration OF her dia-
mond Jubilee. and created much umuse-
ment among the loyal brethren by say
ing that tho plaques of Ireland We're
patriots, priests. politics. publicans,
potatoes and pothen," piece OF allit-
Grafton that ELECTED more Kentish fire
from the noisy assemblage.