Redress Quotes
He was a Protestant liberal and opposed to the English rule of Ireland and the discrimination against the Catholics. To make an example to inhibit Irish protestants from joining the Society of United Irishmen, he was accused of giving an oath to a British Soldier that he would support Irish independence. This had been made a capital crime shortly before. Actually, it was another member of the Society who administered the oath, but the prosecutor arranged for perjured testimony to convict the more prominent Orr. His execution was remembered by liberal Catholics and Protestants alike and in the rebellion the following year the rebel battle cry was “Remember Orr”.
This quotation helps to explain the 19th and 20th century hostility of many Chinese to Missionaries and Christians. The missionary involvement in and interference with the Chinese justice system, together with their one-sided advocacy for Christians regardless of rectitude developed a resentment by the majority of Chinese who had a tradition of religious tolerance—see {34001}.
This problem in Latin America would continue for more than a century. This however, is the first suggestion that the United States should consider direct intervention to obtain justice for U. S. citizens—and businesses—rather than follow the traditional diplomatic procedures. We evolved from this to trying to control the government of the Latin American countries with a premium placed on stability rather than quality of fairness of the governments.
After the FBI had been spying on him for years. He was convicted of mail fraud for allegedly defrauding one man of $25. He spend 2 years in Federal prison and then was pardoned by President Calvin Coolidge. When he was released, he was deported.
