It is much to be lamented^ that there are but too many
examples of this melancholy truth> and that in too
many inftanccs, thefe wretches have been fct on to
commit flagrant afls of outrage, to anfwer the political
purpofes of their patrons, who fhrink from appearing
perfonally concerned in thefe deeds of fhame. On
fach occafions, from behind the curtain, the hireling
crew are fent out to riot on the public flage, and
dreadful are the confequences that follow ; while the
Yile onderft rappers are utterly ignorant of the
caufe, and never queftion the motive of their fubor-^
natioflr

In the beginning of the year 1795, parties of con-
tending rioters, denominated feep o* day hoys, and
^e/enderst difturbed different parts of the province of
Ulfter, by afls of violence and outrage againft each
other. Some fay their animoflties originated from
elcflioneering. To thefe fucceeded, in the fummer of
the fame year, a defcription of public di&urbers, call-
ing tliemfelves orangcmen, who now made their fiirft
appearance in the county of Armagh. Their objeft
appears to have been, not to fuffer a catholic to re-
maio within the limits of their fphere of a£lion. They

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^ofted up on the doors of the catholics, peremptory-
notices of departure; fpecifying the prccife time, «
week ftt the fartheft, pretty nearly in the following-
words: — <* To hell or to Cotm aught with yout you.
^ bloody fafifls j and if you are not gone hy" (mention*.
