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Eev. 7ATESB MacNAMARA TO THB New York Orangemdn • montrkal:— w. drtsdalb andco., aobnts. HILL, JBOOKBINDER, i MONTREAL. »v • r if.i»'.\,:'. •. . • %• •.) TAe 1 2th of yuly. " . ; ' ' I, :5 / ADDRESS - ■ .', ■,;^'- -vr - .. OP ' ''*" .; '" " ■"- ■■' '■■■ : ' ■ Rev. father STAFFORD •I';;^^ "'■''' •■■■■:■■ ON THE ' . ■ : - :,. :•■•';.;>■■'■, •■:■_:■ y '■-,•■■ • ■ ■ ■■ \ ^.;;»^■■ ?■■'■,'.;, ,s,' '■. - _ - "'.'■'- X M Disturbances ; - AND OF Rev. father MacNAMARA TO THE New York Orangemen -■"%; ON ' ■■ ."Ail ' JULY I2TH, 1877. •■'-'■«■ *: - ,W>i''^ MONTREAL , 1877. '■ » IT .#; The " Boyne Water," ** Protestant Boys," " Croppies Lie Down," and several other airs, which were formerly the cause of much blood- shed in Ireland, are, by the Libera'jor's last proclamation, declared to be no longer party tunes ; and in order to prove them not to be such, he has enjoined all Repealers, Roman Catholics, and Liberal Protestants, to sing and play them, so, that from being party, they become popular airs. — British News, 1846. ♦' -^ . FATHER STAFFORD'S ADDRESS, I ^•» • >» On Sunday mornine:, July 29fch, after mass in St. Mary's Church, Lindsay, and before the sermon (preached by Father Hamel) Rev. Father Stafford delivered the following address having reference to the disturbances of the Twelth of July in Montreal : — The reverend gentleman commenced his re- marks by referring to his recent absence from town, during which he had paid a visit to his old parish of Wolfe Island. He exprep;^-;d his g^rati- tioation at finding there abundant r>vidence of progress and prosperity. There was only one beggar in the municipality -an old woman who had been a beggar when he was there, and who still received aid from the municipality, remind- ing him of the saying, ** once a beggar, always a beggar." The Dunkin Act had been adopted.and was being carried out thoroughly and satisfacto- rily. The men who were formerly engaged in the liquor business, but had now given it up, seemed if anything better pleased than the 4 others. In Napanee those who were in favor of total abstinence reported that the ACT HAD DONE GOOD, but those who took the opposite side said things were just as bad as ever. He had been very much edified by the conduct of the Protestants at Napanee. The great majority- fully two- thirds— of those attending the recent Catholic pic-nic at* Napanee were Protesiants, and the same proportion of money received on that oc- casion came from that source. 1 he Mayor of Napanee and the County Judge, who were unable to be present owing to official engage- ments, sent $25 and $30 respectively. He had thought they had in Lindsay almost a monopoly of liberality in these things ; but he was pleased to find that the people of Napanee were^ ahead of us. He had expected to be back in time for the school examinations, but had staid a few days in Kingston to meet the Apostolic Dele- gate, who paid a brief visit to ihe Bishop on his way down. One remark he had heard from Dr. Conroy he would repeat. Dr. Conroy said he wai very much pleased to see THE GOOD FEELING that appeared to exist generally in Upper Canada between all denominations. There was nothing that struck him more than the common sense that appeared to regulate the conduct and action of all the denominations and all the dif fereut races of which our young province is i9i ravor of composed. He (Father Staflford) was very much pleased to hear thi«. He wished to say a few words with regard to the very painful thing that happened iu Montreal on the 12th of July, and also with regard to the conduct and observations of what was formerly and what purported still to be a Catholic paper— the True Witness There had been language used in that paper that was not Christian ; and he hoped that no member of his congregation would ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE INFLUENCED by the sentiments expressed by that journal. All that was necessary to enable them to. agree with what he said as to the folly and wicked- ness of the sentiments printed in the T^me Witness of the past two weeks was simply to re- call to mind what their little five-cent cate- chism said. It was not necessary to be a great the )logian or divine or philosopher or a man of wonderful wisdom, but merely to remember the simple teachings of their little catechism, and they would know that the sentiments ex- pressed in that paper that came to us clothed in the name ©f Catholic, and with a past history that was truly Catholic, and that we were proud of, — were sentiments that he hoped would not be admitted into the minds of any of the people of this parish, or in fact of any true Catholic in the Dominion, He supposed they all knew what the " Twelfth " of July meant in the eyes of our fellDW-countrymen The Orange institu- tion had been brought into this country and established here in the time of the late Bishop 6 Macdounel], who had spoken and written against its establishment because he was opposed to the importation of passions from the old world, but neither he nor any other pesrson EVER DREAMED THAT THERE SHOULD BE ANY VIOLENCE USED, to prevent the existence of that society in this country. Bishop Macdonnell appealed to reason and common sense against its establishments Politicians of the empire may have thought in the past that Orangeism had some political use in the old world, but it has no use, reason or cause of existence in this country, and consequent- ly should not be established. Every Catholic in this country thinks that we would be better without it- -that this country would be better without it. However, those tha,^ form this so- ciety think differently— they think they are far better with it, and that they should have their celebrations and processions. The duty of Catho- lics in the premises was very simple. We stand in this country on a footing of equality with them ; they are neither inferiors nor superiors as citizens ; we have no rights superior to theirs ; and if a number of fellow- citizens take a pleasure in celebrating a certain day that they hold very dear, he (Father Stafford) thought that all Catho- lics had to do as sensible, wise citizens of this country, j»s men who were deserving to be en- trusted with the rights of freemen, was simply to look on, and though they did- not approve of it, to let their disapproval remain a matter purely personal to themselves. The Orangemen don't ,> the r> but ask U8 to approve of their processions ; and al we should do is to MIND OUR OWN BUSINESS AND HAVE OUR OWN CELEBRATIONS as we think proper. We might say to those who took part in that celebration that they were com- memorating the destruction of the political in- dependence of Ireland ; that it is the commemo- ration of the day that finally terminated the long struggle against the independence of Ire- land ; we may say to those Irishmen — for most Orangemen are Irishmen **you are celebrating that which was simply an event that destroyed the independence of your own country;" and we might say that they would show better taste not to do anything of the kind ; and would show more delicacy and a more tender regard for our feelings by discontinuing those celebrations ; but we have no right to say, "we will murder you if you do it." We have no right to say to them '*We will go to war with you and kill you off the face of this country if you attempt to do any- thing of the kind." No men of common sense — we need not say men with the principles of Catholicity in their hearts or the teachings of their little catechism in their minds — would do anything of that kind ; and those who did so were not acting in the plain teachings of common sense, to say nothing of religion. We are not in a position as Catholics TO SAY THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE for what happened in Montreal. We are re- W^-'t ,-*>. .-...•! . ■,, 8 sponsible. Every Catholic in Upper Canada, every Catholic in the country is responsible for what has happened in Montreal. It is no use for any one to say it was the mob. A mob does not resort to violence without leaders ; a mob is always something that follows and carries out in a violent way some strong feeling that exists in the lower strata of a community. There was no danger of a Catholic mob attacking a Catholic procession, just as there was not the slightest danger of the mob two years ago in Toronto making a similar attack upon Protestants of any denomination. We cannot free ourselves from a certain responsibility with regard to the conduct of those who were only nominally Catholio. It has hurt us,— in the same way as the bad con- duct of bad Catholics in this parish hurts us, and as the violence exhibited two years ago in Toronto hurt those who on that occasion displayed the violence. It has hurt us in Upper Canada ; and will continue to hurt us probably for many long years. Men who do violence hurt them- selves—and any society or denomination that violates the law commits a crime and hurts itself. This assault in Montreal has not hurt the Orange society or individual Orangemen. It has strengthened their hands; they ha.ve received the sympathy of all Protestants in this c untry, iust exactly as we obtained the sympathy of aJl law-abiding people throughout Canada after the riot in Toronto. The True Witness tells the Orange Society in Montreal that it is illegal. He (Father Stafford) did not know whether it was or not ; he did not care ; but if all the old laws on the statute book were to be enforced ■■".i--- ■ ■' rfi, ■-,' :■■-.■■ ■ •■: & .. • their church would not profit by it either iu this country or in Treland. There were a number of things in Ireland that were illegal according to law, but the good sense of the Protestant people had allowed these laws to become dead let- ters. It would be very unwise on our part to ATTEMPT TO BNFORCB ANT MUSTY OLD LATI, if there was one, against the Orange Society. He would simply look on quietly, as did most people, until the time would come when they could say that there need be no demonstrations at all, no processions that would give offence to their fellow countrymen. We could get on veiy well without them, for they were of no practi- cal benefit to anyone except politicians He be- lieved there had been a very unwisse use made of this organization in Canada for political pur- poses by certain men who had been at the head of political affairs, and to them there must be attached a grave responsibility, for they have used the society simply to keep themselves in power. Similar attempts have been made upon the. members of the Catholic Church, even by Catholics in name, who wished to lift them- selves up "By consolidating the Catholics in- to one solid body, and using them as a pedestal oti which to erect the monu- ment of their own little greatness. But they found an influence constantly workincf against them which rendered all their efforts unavailing. They had not succeeded, because they found the Catholic Church an insuperable barrier in their way. The politicians have been :.;t.vv .<%:'■;;,.. ■•>■•■> *■■■"' '.- 10 t-!.\i. more successful amongts our fellow-couiitry men on the other Bide, until there has been very great success attending the coming together and keep- ing together of our fellow-countrymen, the Orangemen, in order that they may be used for political purposes. He thought this conduct on the part of politicians and stalfeBmen was un- wise, and in the long run would do harm. This was simply his own individual opinion in regard to this matter. EVIL BEGETS EVIL. His hearers were just as able to form their own opinions in regard to it as he was. He would say this much plainly, however, that no matter what any society might do in this country, we were never justified in breaking the command- ment which says '*Thou shalt not kill," It was a cowardly, mean, dastardly act for two hundred men to pursue that small, weak man and take away his life. It was no argument in justifica- tion of their conduct to say that this man went to church with a revolver and sixty bullets in his pocket instead of his Bible ; it is no use to say that he fired the fircit shot— that does not justify the conduct of the mob. No doubt this man ap- prehended that there would be trouble and went to church prepared to defend himself. He may probably have said to himself, ''I am going to be murdered, and I will inflict a certain amount of punishment upon my enemies before I die." It was A DBEADFQL CfilME TO KILL THAT MAN ; it was a cowardly, mean act ; it was a disgrace ^''^^y men *^a keep. ^^^' the *^act on i. •latter y» We aand- 'Was 'ured ta.ke fica- ''ent iis say P- nt y )e f t 11 and it would bring disgrace upon us as well as upon the Catholics of Montreal. It was not only a crime, it was a mistake, a blunder. He was confident that if Father Dowd had been at home in his place instead of away the probabil- ity would have been that this thing would not have happened. He felt that if he himself had been there, had he chanced to have been in that crowd, he would have endeavored to have placed himself between the pistols of those infurated men and Hackett and would have protected him with his own life. He would have stood be- tween him and his murderer's hand, and he would have preferred to have received tnat bullet into his own body than have allowed it to pierce that poor, small, weak man, who was a fellow- countryman of ours, no matter whether he was an Orangeman or not. This man was a Chris- tian, and an Irishman as well, and they should not only not iiave done him any harm, but should have done everything to protect and defend him. In doing so they would have only acted as true Irishmen. If we don't agree with Orangemen, and take exception to the offensive airs and tunes they play, and think they are in bad taste and show want of wisdom and civiliza- tion, we cannot forget they are fellcw-country- men of our own, that they are generally Irish, that they are Christians ; and if they are wrong in what they do, it is no reason why we should take away their lives, or do anything to injure them in any respect. On the contrary, the more wrong they are the more incumbent it is upon us to maintain peace, and endeavor in a peaceable Christian way to induce them to discontinue . ,> * ^-^w*-'' 12 ■ -^ , . ■ ■ "i -v.- their offensive practices. If they offer an insult we should not take it ; and if we are strong in the principles of our religion we ought to be able to do that, and then the day would soon come, as he hoped it would come, when all these things could be looked at in a different way, and when they would BE ASH i^MBD TO* PLAT TUNES THAT WEBB OFFENSIVE, or that were intended to be offensive to Catho- lics. He believed that not a tenth part of these men attached much meaning to or knew the moaning of the tunes they played ; he did not think they knew what was meant by ** Croppie^ lie down" ; they did not know where it had its origin ; they simply wished to have a hearty celebration, and did not know what the meaning? of their music was. Under the circumstances the Catholics ought to have common sense and good feeling enough to know that these things would do no harm. This last year there had been no quarrel in all Ireland, and they had had their processions and music, and the Catholics there could even say * * More power to your music!" When they had got so far in Ireland are we going to take up the old quarrels in this country? Because some of our fellow-country- men have the bad taste to make these exhibitions on those days, was that a reason why we should destroy each other? Some people say—*' invoke the aid of the Legislature to stop these proces- 5!K" ■» . ■■•■..'•4-^'-. J^S in ' to be soon : these ^and ::?^ 13 )) sions." He would say do nothing of the kind. He would leave the matter to time and good feeling to effect the desired improvement. He did not want them to understand that there was any comparison at all between the processions of the Catholic Church and the processions referred to. We had a duty to perform as good citizens, as men of common sense, and as members of the Catholic Church, and *o, ese the Hot ie^ ita es d IF THE ABOLITION OF OUR PROCESSIONS would be the means of securing the stoppage of the other processions, healing all difficulties and preventing quarrels, he would have this done, and then all could unite upon one day, such as Dominion Day, when we could meet together and spend it in a social, Christian And civilized manner. As to the True Witness^ he was sure that if the new editor of that paper had submitted these violent editorials to the proper authorities, they would never have seen the light of day, for they are altogether un- worthy of a Catholic paper, and he hoped there would be a speedy end to that editorial policy If it is not controlled as it ought to be, he hoped his people would do their duty. He ob~ served that the editor of the True Witness invoked the lex talionis, the law of retaliation, and went so far as to say that the Catholics of Montreal were " resolved to give the Orangemen a touch of that experience which the Cllster fanatics in- flicted upon the Catholic people of Ireland." He would ask was that a Christian sentiment ? 14 This language was not Christian at all ; it did not belong to any religion ; it was not only not Catholic, but it was not Christian. Inflict upon Protestants the bitter experience that the ** Ul- ster fanatics inflicted upon the Oathob'cs of Ire- land !'' We have not tne power ; but if we had the power are we to inflict upon Protestants here what in former times was inflicted upon Cath- olics in Ulster. Out on such language ! The paper that would say such a thing was not fit to be allowed into any Catholic house. . j^. ■ >'V'i :^^'i:^ i-r. . i &Qi rfl :>. ,-■ , -s' ; ijifjii 1 "■ ■ , ;U i'y*^.-: "^.V ■^l »":'i- ''1', *.. . t. ■■.\ - ■ ■ ^i".:- ,>w P ^ )■■'.. 'If- ■»i-- "■•■' W"''( ', '' ''■ '• ■"'■■ FATHER MACNAMARA'S ADDRESS. ..a-' feT Rev. Father MacNamara, the founder of St. John's College, in New York, on the Twelfth of July last, boarded an excursion boat on which was a party of New York Orangemen, and read the following address : — Gent." emen and Fbllow-Irishmbn,— On this 12th of July, a day, indeed, rendered notorious at home and in foreign countries for the occur- rence of multiplied and embittered hostilities among Irishmen of different religious persua- ions, I present myself before you in the name of God, in the name of humanity, and in the name of Ireland, to offer you as sons of one com- mon motherland the most heartfelt assurances of friendship, brotherhood and conciliation. You are Protestant and I am Catholic You repre- sent one class of Irishmen ; I represent another. Y 17 charity, of brotherhood, and of patriotism— you mav allow me to recall the shocking occurrences which took place in the city of New York on this day six years aj^o, and which we may have but too much reason to fear may be finding their cx)unterpart in the city of Montreal at this very^ moment. To > ou Irish Protestants of this city^ belongs the credit (and cheerfully do I accord ity of having early determined to nold no parade which might be made the occasion of similar scenes. Thus have you relieved the whole popu- lation of the dread that blood may here be shed again on account of those religious brawls that are the surest indication of scoundrelism and. hypocrisy, NO OBJfiOTION TO WEARING THB OBANGB. You wear, of course, your traditional yellow - orange, if you prefer the expression. Who should deny to you the right to hoist that yellow banner and march to th^ inspiring air of the ** Boyne Water ? " The man who would deny you either privilege is an ignorant fool or a knavish bigot, and with equal impertinence would he prohibit you to serve your God accord- ing to the dictates of your own conscience. Show me such a one, and before you and before man- kind in general as before the omnipotent God, I will point at him the finger of scorn, and though he be co/ered in the garb of the sanc- tuary, I will loathe the hypocrite and ally my- self with all enlightened men in heaping obloquy upon him. No, brethren ! no honest, no en- lightened Irishman will to-day deny to you the *v::rjl. ' ■'.'.- '.Mi' f the 'gea n'otic o all Was tants lights bar the aen, out the ally the P- r I Emmet was a Protestant ! Grattan, Curran, Fitzgerald, the Sheareses, Wolfe Tone, O'Brien, Davis, Martin, Mitchel, and a host of the grand- est names that embellish the Irish nation were Protestants by training and by profession ; and their Protestant hearts b'eat their last earthly pulsations to prove that their bodies and their souls were intensely and eternally Irish. Despicable would we indeed be, and deserving the contempt of all well-meaning people, if while we hoiior these illustrious martyrs in the cause of trampled Ireland, we would to-day quarrel with their fellowProtestai^ts on the flimsy pretext of yellow ribbons or unorthodox opinions. In concluding he said : Go on, brethren, and profit by the relaxation of a day's rustic enjoy- ment. Go as Protestants ana return as such, and display your favorite color from every plume and from every pinnacle ; but despise not the cheerful green that delights me and so many others besides me. Let us mingle our colors and our hearts will mingle ; and with our hearts united we may defy the efforts of political knaves or religious bigots to break in upon our prerogatives, or to rob us of that repose, that prosperity and res- pectability which are sure to result from the national unity of a great and liberty-loving population^