New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-03
REVOLUTION N IRELAND.

~. ns;,hsr Nv the moral force Of O'Conneli,
nor The physical force Of OMessher for repeating the
sUnopr Both had their day; we're aeAe feasible neE
tier win ever be repeated Know no' no" 'he one "a
nrocrsss In China may end nor the one impending IN
E.isv hut MOI heeun The twelve millions of Greek
s,;,ns In Turkey have much about the same love for
NICHOLAS and Menchikof-feiow Christian. though they
.ress the Irish Catholics would have had for the En-
eror of Austria and Haynau fellow Catholics though
shev we're had they offered them liberation and pro-
~tsrtoys,eD But II does not follow that they love
slayement to the Mussnlman; viii continue quietly 10 II
v;ll NOT establish Christian free Government on ts
Yuins How the efOrt--vhch pU soon be made-fnay
end know not nor how "The Prince Of Pence who
IA setting religopsts, Catholics and Protestans by
the ears both claiming him, may succeed in China
Very likely, revolutions at the extremtes may spread
tothe center Of Asia, and Overthr0Tng the ehete des
potims Of the Oldest regions OF the globe, commence
new order Of things fulfilling, in better sense, the
Msgnus sb intss gro sxelOram nsseltar or3o
But there s a revolution now in progress IN Ireland
changing the face Of the country and the character OF
the people a change 10 thorough physical,
moral industrial or religous-that this island promises
10 become az unlike what was as any revolution cas
make those long unaltered, continental regions
There was time when, with the exception OF a lew
Ush snd Fnolish aristocrats who had lands 10 Ireland
Irish landlords came the possession OF their properties
the sers of usurerswhe they, Ike the ancestors VINO
had thus encountered their estates, we're extravaganr,
proud fond Of the chase hosptable reckless OF every
ling Of such properties have changed hands chiefly IN los
averaging thousand pounds sterling purchased by men
selfraised and independent.
1be other year. the poor houses were crowded TO ex
cess with abe-boded men, driven out by the sales OF
the properties on which they bad squated-whch prop
critics were for the time. waste Then came the t1o
dps still in progress amazing IN ts extent 70 America
less 10 Australia because more expensive, and there
were not there the friends TO send home immense sums
70 bring the people away from misery and starvation
more 10 England supply the lack OF aborers there
produced by the emigration thence NOW, such is tne
demand for lab0rers and such the advance OF wages
that the poorhOuses are gradually empued ana such
the progress Of industrial arts among males aud iemaes
that many Of the pOorbouses are selfsupPortng and
others approxnafIDg
Awhile ago orthe sons Of the gentry TO learn trade
Or scion Of nobility to take TO engineering or mer
cbandse-was the indeble blot on the family cscutch
con. Now because these the pathways TO wealth.
real respectaby and independence, they are popular
and education is shaping itself accordingly, and Od
rinty"s the very first set the example Ohe schools
and colleges throughout the country OF giving due place
10 modern language and the physical sciences
And there was time, too, when the Protestant clergy
had the tthes and the priests the peoples and there was
kind Of tact compact that II should be So IL is NOT so
now. And thOugh-nOw that the Protestants are con
tending for the people, and the Catholics demand their
share OF the church reyenuesthere il agitation and ex
citement instead Of negligence and sumber, good will
come oft The people will be educated; will rise inthe
scale of intelligence and If they will be very devoted TO
their respective felglOuk
other they will be with understanding aud by and by
when raDcor softens down, with charity.
The land the pe0ple-tbe aspect OF the towns, the
face Of the country habits and modes OF thinking OF
the inhabitants OF both not TO speak of railways aud
steam and telegraphs and factOriesa are in traps
ton sate--for Improvement, progress, prosperity.
With regard to politics aud religion there Is not so
much change One, after another Of those who formed
the peoples party at the last terribly contested general
election ia provided for by government place, and
places must be waited for all vacancies arise there
expectants Also and both have thnDedthe Irish party
II il not however likely be much thinner, 0rlt lsc0n
tracted now TO Messrs Duffy and Lucas who would not,
Isuppose, take place If il we're offered; with Messrs
Mcguire Moore and Msgsn, 10 whom suppose, II would
not be offered if they inclined TO take it. And there
In nothing very novel in immense Irish party throwing
the island off its centre and then selling 1t; thanking God
in heart without the honest ayowal OF the Unonst that
they had country to SELL since il their poverty
more than inclination that made the bargain.
The patriotic political party used to be national" as
much in religion as in politics But the national is now
very much merged in the akramoHtane. The liberal
Catholics who agitated for, and carried Emancipation,
cordially united with liberal Protestants for national OBJ
jects But the race of both Is nearly passed away
There IL very little Of the liberal on either side nova
DAYS II may be that the widely extended and jealousy
conducted missions supported by an amazingly lber-
al amount of funds from England and ScOtland-havlng
alarmed and aroused the clergy, they have carried the
leading Catholics along with them Or il my be that the
movement from Rome which set all Protestant Britain
on fire awhile ago, has produced dsncnson for com
mon action on the other side do not say which;
would say both but however il may be there is now no
such thing political action. 1t is all sec
tiOnal.
And now there is in progress religious movement
which, its authors hoped would allay the excited ami
mosies and call the minds Of the contrOversalsts on
both sides to the Gospel of peace and the charity,
which ia the bond OF periectness but which Is
only adding fresh fuel 10 the flame of religious dsc0rd
am about TO advert TO ii as missionary enter
PRISE supposng that your columns not much gwen
10 chronicle the missions Of any religious bodies at home
abroad But cannot omit of the agencies at
work for new. moldng the condition of Irsh Society.
Ahundred ministers, of different Protestant denOm
nations, came over from England and Scotland at the
beginning of this month They 20 60 in pairs into
the cities towns aud villages Of the South Of ireland in
succession and preach the Gospel in its simplest ele
ments in the streets and marketplsces in the court
houses and town halls wherever they should find oppor
tunity and audience. committee OF members OF the
Evangelical Alliance was 20 provide the funds aud direct
the movement. The days of Whitfield and Wesley, and
Rowland Hill returned, field preaching anu street
preaching TO be carried on upon wide SCALE AMI
as the men engaged we're not Of the hated law church
were mainly Scots Presby erans aud English Bsptists
Liberal in poltics-it was hoped they would neither be
denounced from the altar stoned by the pOpulace
IL was quite mistake. They we're everywhere de-
nouneed and fthey were not everywhere peed, il was
merely because in places, the Magistrates took
greater precautions, aud the ccnstab'dary force was
stronger II in vain that in Waterford the Mis-
sonarts talked OF "wronged and oppressed lrshmen-
Of giving foes handle TO them ofbeing hes
tile 10 civil and religious berty,and OF their not
comipg 10 prosecute for they would rather haye-a pous
Catholic than sn unconverted Protestant Their
coming at all was construed into an implied censureoa
The clergy rs inadequate unaithu instrucorsOn the
people as unenelteDed ignorant heathens. And they
were dealt with accordingly.