The Irish standard., 1901-06-15
SOME 1HunplNG ENGLISH LIES.

LII Il recent cOnlrlDutlOn Dv Maullcq
Francis Egan to a Catholic contcmp1
rary we find the following passage
quoted from Vanity Fair:
'"Ehe Irish We're the last of the Brit
ish Islanders to emerge from barbar-
ism. Froulc tells us that at Il time
when the arts and sciences had made
some progress in England the daugll-
tiers of Irish kings croucl,cd on tllei,
fathers hcarths, and in the presence
of strangers, as innocent of clothing
! as il Adam had never Sinnrd. And So
late as the fifth century of the Chris
tian eta st. Patrick was working as a
slave for native Irish masters. who
We're intellectually and morally on Il
level with the naked aristocrats of the
South seas.'
What Froudn says of the Irish is Ell
Titled TO but little credence or all
Englishncn who have written on Ire
land since the days of Cambrensis the
late James Anthony Froude is the least
reliable. He has no regard for veracity
when treating Of Ireland. and he is gen
orally referred to as ga lying histoli.
an"
John l.. Prcldcrgast. author of 9TH.
Cromwcllian Settlement of Ireland"
exposes his falschoods. In a letter dat
ed Sandymount, Dublin, Nov. 1t, 1872,
MI PrcndergHst, who was n patriotic
Irish Protestant, shows that Froudc
misquote1 from the state papers in
Dublin castle in order to Islander the
character Of the Irish priests in the
penal days. Men of Ireland" writes
Prendergast "treat Froude not to the
penalty devised against your clergy,
but brand him with the rcd-hot iron
Of tongue and pen on one cheek, with
a large l. as liar,, and on the other.
with an S, as slandcrer of this nation. y
1T is too latte in THE day for modern
English writer's to say that the Irish
were bnrbarians at the time that
Strongbow went to Ireland in the
twelfth century. a Thousand wears
ago Ireland had trial by jury, tho
Anglo-SaNon's boast, and in the sixth
century had her own history written
in her own language. mo nation of
modern Europe" says Sir James Mack
intosll, "can make n similar boast"
1t is needless to give even British
authorities to prove that the Irish were
an educated people when the Saxons
Of England We're painted savages living
in dug-outs and cabins built of wattles
and mud.
When Froude says that the daugh.
tiers Of Irish kings We're "as innocent
OF clothing as If Adam had never
sinned.' he simply lies. On the con
tlTary, the Irish women Of all classes
wore suitable clothing centuries before
the Anglo-Norman invasion. One OF
the historians says Oh this subject:
"rhe Irish women dressed them
selves with much modesty. A small
mantle Of cloth, embroidered or trim
med with fringe, according to thu
quality Of the person, which huns
down to the knees, covered their othel
dress. Their hcad-dress consisted o
a piece Of fine linen, with which the,
enveloped the head in a spiral form
and thus made kind of veil tied be
hind. The unmarried women. as .
mark Of distinction, Wore long hair
plated and interviewer with ribands.
It Is true that st. Patrick worked a.
a slave for pagan Irish master. bu
that fact does not necessarily max
the latter the low type of man tina
Froude describes. Intellectually an,
morally he ranked high in the scale O