New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-21
The N,aynooth Question.

We have not seen Il, 10 devote our co!unlns ex-
'ensively 10 the MaynO0tt discussions which now
convulse Great Britain and threaten 10 subvert
thc Ministry of Sir Robert Peel. The amount cl
money proposed to be paid toward the education
If Catholic Priests in lreland-ebout Sl25,IOO in
,tcad of $40, 600 per aunum-Is Of course of little
moment, and we do not perceive that any distinct
principle is involved in the controversy. We find
.mong our British files by The Britannia, however,
one article which docs touch the core of the mater,
md that is the following leader in Ltoy,|s 'Tcckly
London Newspaper OF the lth INST
THE IRISH CHURCH hNoRMITY.
Ifit were the fashion with John Bull to deal with
thugs according 10 their intrusc merits or demer-
Is or even 10 deal with them IN accordance with
he plausihlhiy of the arguments pu forward IN
,hoiI behalf IL would be an easy matter To iorelell
,aw the Irish church establishment wu;ld be dealt
with, and that right speedily. The debate upon
flr. Wards motion for endOwlas the College OF
ldynooth out o the ecclesiastical iurds Of Ireland
houch vapld enough Tor the most part has been
lseiul III bringing thus huge nuisance and prolific
source OF mischief again under pubic nouce {; and
ti,e speech OF Air Macau!ay, especially, deserves
20 have accorded 10 II all the honor 10 whicha most
,blc philosophical, and fearless exposure of what
he denounced as the " most absurd and unus,liia-
,ie Institution iii the world" is entitled Let anv
nan turn to the report oi the Two nights debate,
md see whether he can iiRd Il single valid reason
idduced in defence oi the Irish church Not one
No one pretended 10 Justify /, upon The ground of
.liher religious political, or SoctdI advantage; no
had the face 10 say that IL sihrr had been use
iul, or was likely 70 be useful The utmost that
vas said IN lis defence was tIlS: thai II had long
-NStcd, that lis integrity guaranteed bv the ar
.lclcS OF Rnlon and that II would be dangerous 10
he SacredneSS OF private property 10 attempt 10
ALLEVIATE lis possessions. Wellmsh, Mr.. Macaulay
ask, If the world had ever heard OF such an lnsliu-
tlon being defended upon such grounds Said he
"Wha MI these objections, after ALL but shifts 10
avoid the question: Have heard ANY honorable gem
t'ernsn treat the question in the only way in which II
should DC treated BY statesman: Have We heard any
say, This Is good institution; the ends for which
esab he'd church shoild be up and 50. and
viii show this church those end, Have heard
such prooss Have NC heard thing OF the Kind. Has
NY speculative writer. who has written in general
Of church establishments, been appealed 10
coavUc> ,ht the grounds which The Irish church
kept up scund snes: Have the divnes he Eng
sh church written any thug which may be construed
defence Of the church Of Irclsnds Take foreign
writer, European Amerlcaa Catholic Protestant
whether partial 10 England prcadcc3 against US and
10 all say that tie abuse Is monsrorS they could
lsYdy have credited lis existence: And they rgh;
Was there thing k, II In the history OF eccleSas-
teal establishments Look the Continent. from the
White the Mediterranean and from the Voga the
Atlantic and YOU Will search lii Vain parallel lii
America every oChyiSiisnity from tho loves, f it
called so) Of NorrorSn, 20 the Roman Catholic
eliei, supported in p The voluntary pfsnci
pie Some single church and in Others several receive
public support; bu, in place the church s the
" the established church OF the STATE Take En-,
lre. The established church OF England is that Of the
joTy That Scotland up 10 recent period. Was also
that az the Majority IL is rot even that OF small
minority. In colonies have nowhere set up the
shntch of small numcer OF adhereR;s entitled excu
,eS 10 state support. Even In those dependencies
~asle absurd and bloody supeIsiiiions prevail we never
meae OF esaehssins our church. entitled TO the
elusive support OF the inhabitants We never took into
our heads parcel Bengal aud o I,6i,r
INTO 80 many parishes Tor our parsons. We support three
nsi ehufcnes-iae Protestant Presbyterian and Cs,ho-
e We eei pound 10 supply religious instruction 10
mar civil and military servants WHOM, VIC have SEN, ,her
10 defend orr interests bat leave h,r proper,y
mosques and temples The only country In all The vo,i
where the POPULATION s ooo church is ,hst o
500. 900 inhabitants, Is Ireland" -
What mons,rous anomaly isthis. Is not The Irish
church very much like what II was humourly drs |
cribed 10 be, yihe Edinburgh lRevieo, some years
since-an Irish Regiment of volunteers, Consisting
of sixteen Lieutenant Colonies, two drummers and