The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-09-18

eight. Battle for battle. the men Of
that county beat the best armies of
the king until their relative forces
became out of all proportion"
Yes, old Wexford drank deep Of
Orange blood, slain in honest battle.
and, thank God, in the ranks of the
patriots, fighting side by side, were
Catholic priests, Protestant country
gentlemen and Protestant farmers.
with the masses Gf their Catholic
neighbors true champions of civil aad
religious liberty such as we know it
in America.
Such was the Orange record, when
they were armed like Turkeys Bashi
Bazouks to uphold foreign misrule.
In later years they have confined their
deviltry to bloody riots in the north
east Of Ireland, which is the unfor-
tunate locality where "they most do
congregate." Recently, in Portadown,
the beasts sailed out and attacked the
Catholics, who are in small minority.
The police force was inadequate,
armed only with batons, and as a. re-
sui they suffered severely. Testi-
mony is given on all sides that the
outbreak was absolutely unprovoked
by the Catholics. The time chosen for
h4 Of too
when the people were peacefully wend-
ing their way to church to worship
their God. Young Catholic women had
to run the gauntlet between ruff1ans
who assailed them with obscene Ian
guage. and in many cases with stones,
while others were thrown down and
cuffed by these vile brutes in the form
Of men. Orange females, unsexed crea.
lures. as ferocious as their male coun-
young Catholic women, snatched their
books and rosaries from them and act
ed otherwise as might be expected
from creatures of that type.
If the British government fails 10
give the Catholics of this northeast
corner Of Ireland the protection guar
anteed- -tes than by the laws Of Great
Britain, and IA ENSURE tQstbe the full
ENJOYMENT Of every 1eEal ]. right they
are entitled TO-, +hl.n our advice to
every decent citizen, Protestant or
Catholic, is to arm themselves and
shoot down these Ulster Apaches the
first time they set the law at de-
fiance and assail the persons or prop
erty Of their Catholic neighbors. We
think it is up to the British govern
ment to. protect the Catholics in Their
legitimate rights, and make the streets
of every town in Ulster as safe to
Catholics as they are in any other
part of Ireland-or, failing to do it's
duty, ito leave the settlement to the
people. of Ireland. Orangeism has no
right to existence in Ireland. 1t is
not Professionalism. 1t is a disgrace
to any religion, and in lawlessness and
disorderly conduct it approaches the
"Apaches" of Paris. No civilized gov
ernment can afford to tolerate suca
rufhanism, and if the British authori-
ties do not act promptly in the mat
ter we respectfully submit that the
Professionalism of Ireland, in whose
names these: ruf1ans commit their
depredations, should, rise up and de-
mand the suppression of the Orange
order as the author and inspirer o1
these lawless excesses. There is IL:
part of Ireland, outside of this afflicted
northeast corner, where the Protestant
is not held in the esteem and friend
ship Of his Catholic neighbor. The
Catholic in this northeast corner
should be at least as safe in the en-
joyment of his rights as the Protestant
is in every other province and county
in Ireland.