A GLORIOUS MEMORY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1721, 17 July 1883, Page 2

A GLORIOUS MEMORY.

glf TO THB^KpITOj^ ii|j'*'*\ J TO}amiif|§i YhffllPaikatfi Tl |& an<|tqthesl nls\vsp&peYs fepiSrt^of meet: ugs, dinners,? * ' mbcessibiis," etsX*et3jK-heldEjtsy ■ member* particularly drawn my attention 'to' the movement has been what appears to be an nfter-dinner custom with them, that is, drinking to, the" glorious memory of William 111, ..Prince* of Orange:" Iwonder, Mr .Editor 'how .many of tljese; Orangemen know anything about the glorious memory. In the days of Rob Roy there were no police, troopers, or Harrisons in his part of the Highlands of Scotland,, $ud, no law was recognised savo that of the good broadsword. William 111 had recently been placed on the throne, ,and he v e,xasperated the Clan MacGregor by restoring all the oppressive acts passed against them, acts which had been repealed by 4 Charles" 11. Thus they were again compelled to take to the hills, assume other names than their own, or forfeit ' land, arms, and all means of obtaining a livelihood. The name, qt William of Orange is to this day abhorred in the Highlands of ' Scotland. He was the king whose cowardice lost the Battle of Stqinkirke, and by whose behest torture) was last judicially used on Neville Payne an Englishman, in a Scottish court of law. He introduced the brutal and degrading punishments of flogging in the army and keelhauling in the navy, " and he" says Sir Wm. Napier "is the only general on record to whom attaches the detestable distinction of sporting with men's lives by wholesale j and who fought the battle of St. Dennis with the peace of Mineguen in his pocket, because he would not deny himself a safe lesson in his $rade." And.it was he, who by his own sign manual, condemned the whole of the inhabitants, men, women and children,, of a peaceful Scottish valley, to be murdered in cold blood in their beds nt midnight, and this was after he had satisfied the treaty of Acharader. Such, sir, is the glorious memory of William 111, Prince of Orange. "While there's leaves in the forest and foam on the river, Macgregor despite them shall flourish for ever." Geegalach.