The times., 1897-12-26
felt Outraged ut the disabilities entailet
OF. tiie.I Catholc fellow cuuntrymen.

view OF combining into one political pil
lanx as many n possible OF the membnrs
fellow -countrynien and without any sec
tional distinction whatever.
The United Irishlnen Clubs throughou
tile nation Were oath bound. In the repor,
of the secret committee of the House NJ
Commons, which subsequently investigated
the regular q IS aud me thods oftnis formida
bic patrio;-e organization, the followil
humane and broad declaration was quosed
from its constitution, viz: that ''for tile
purpose OF forwarding brotherhood OF
| affection, a communion OF rights an.l :.
unior of power among Irishmen of every
religious persuasion, aud thereby TO OBJ
tair, a complete reform in the Legislature,
| founded on the principles of civil, political
| and religious liberty" the Society of United
IIlsi men was established.
| Parliamentary eform nd Catholic anlan-
| CITATION were strongly avowed objects uf
| tn. United Men. but later that is, in 1892,
| a military force was In contemplation 70
b. named the National Guards, and nol ~
! was readily raised by subscription, begin
nint: in Dublin, toembody aud arm such a
| force, with a uniform distinguished with
| green, which was adopted as the na.io lal
| cclor; buttons nbeilished with the 9rIno
| rial harp divested OF the crown, which
| wculC appear to indicate that 1T was tie
| purpose TO abolish monarchy in Ireland.
da" for the general muster of these
| qua rds was appointed, IL being December 3.
1892. For the time being, while prepare
| tions Were going on, the vice regal govern
ment seemed paTaiyZed, and the nation
| looked Of with lated breath. The ca st of
die WOULD determine whether the watch
! word was 10 be Revolution or Treas
But the British government sprang up and
the lord lieutenant at Dublin issued Il
pere!nptory proclamation, on December =,
interdicJing ''ali gcditiouS assemblies and
commanding the ma Gist rates to suppress
them by military force. The National
Guard deferred The proposed muster, but
the elcatlersof the patriots issued, Un Decem-
Der IL 4 c1uuter manifesto, eXh0rting the
volunteers TO resume their arms :or the
ma intenanCe OF tranquility throughout the
kingdCn Of Ir@i thd against foreign AMI
internal enemies, and advising the Protest.
ants to choose deputies for provincial as
sembiies, prenarautry to a genera conyeu
ton, which tBe5 declared necessary in
cider To- fcrIn a conunuu cause with that Of
the disfranchiseti Roman Catholics"
This manifesto caused many Of the con
spring patriots, SOME Of whom were mea
of the first rank aud fortune, % be scizel
and imprisoned Among them Hamilton
Rowan. an eminent and amiahIe geutlena !,
who was tried in January, 1893, found
guilty, ard hauished from his native land.
Napier Tandy, an accomplished artillery
officer, nj many ether active members pt
the patriot oFga aHizationsfledthe land. Hon.
Simon Butler and 1r William Drrnnan II Were
arrested but acquitted on trial. I hen toI
lowed agitation on the Liberal side of the
House Uf Commons. Lord Wastmoreland,
in a speech from the throne, recommended
the claims of tte4 Cat holes to immediate
consideration. Tbe greatest share of talent
on both sides of the water We're exeTted ia
behalf OF this rei gious enIancipa tioa
Edmund Burke. the distinguished stat. s.
man. Protestant, Wrote and poke fof rIs
Catholic fellc cw-co1ntr ymen and sent his
only son over to Ireland. Great eluquence III
the lower house of Parliament was rousadin
behalf Of the eause.
The PLCToCRATs OF IRELAND OR
CAME THE oRANGEMEN.
To oppose all this tendency to Justice
and G,d-given free,ioni the aristocrcy of
ireland proceeded To array an army Df thsir
cwn, and they organized societies. then
ana aiterw1rd - he Fnown he Orange
men, formed TO perpeipatc the expressions
of the BritiSt government and who
openly aTuwed their purpose ITO shed
the last drop of their blood before any |
concessions should be made to the Cath
oiics' or their advocates, 1t was even |
represented that they had entered into a
''soielnn league and covenant to destroy |
the Catholics, and had sworn to ade up !
tn their knees in popish blood
II Is not d Catholic authority how which |
the writer tlotes.
Great calamities hav, afflicted unfor- |
tunats ireland since blood y-iuindcd land |
lordism initiated this principle OF re-
ligious hate in organized bands. and set
in freazicd feuds against one another two
classes OF Irishmeu who otherwise love
their native land as intensely a s any peo-
pie ON earth cherish theirs. The Orange
purity were under such horrible Influences
that i: openly declared that ireland would
never lie at rest Until the Roman Cath
Giles We're completely eNterminate1."
Thousands of the unarmed Catholic peas
antry lived in fear Of a reign Of terror and
pictured to themselves their
general massacre OH SoTae given day OF
night. Added cruelty and oppression drove
them into secret tands throughout the
country as measure of self-dcfcnse. These
aust have been something like the Minute
fen of the A Iucrlcan colonies anterior to
he war for national independence. The
IRISH Tor! government resisted all Catholic
la'ms, and resisted by such odious methods
hat their measures brought the affairs of
ireland tc speedy crisis and to that
bloody civil war uf 90, which rava ged and
lesolateI her in the greatest ruin. Lord
,astlereagh, for whom Irela nd's noble
rienG, tie hero poet. Lord Byron, could
find inyective bitter or scornful
.nough fer the part he playe a against
Ter, was having matters shaped exactly as
lie wanted them to effect his design In
Lbolishing the last remnants Of irish
legislative rule. In his remorseless plotting
ie was not wanting in the strong backing
4 Minister Willianii'itu They were hand
n-hand. PLAYING for the total abolition of
reland's home rule and the manaclng of
hat nation to Britain through the act of
non, which was consummated in 1900.
Devoted patriot Irishmen like Lord
Edward Fitzgerald, who had been an off
er liz the army, and was a member IF
he Irish Parliament; Wolfe Tone, who
held a commission as lie l.
enant general in the French army; !
Roger O'Connor, John and Henry
shears, Gen. Bagnal Harvey, DR.. w. ].
McNevin, oliver Bond, Thomas Adds
.mmet, Arthur Q O'Connor, j. E. Dcvereux,
simon Butler. Edward Byrne and many
ther able and popular Irish leaders saw
learly throEgli tie intentionsof the British I
abinet which had a strong force of allies e