The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-18
Lecture ON the reformation In Ireland.
nv muouAa NJ pcy M'GEF.

Lecture ON the Reformation In Ireland.
BY THOMAS DARCY EGEE
very large audience Of the Irish portion OF our c
assembled last evening the Tabernacle to listen to
the lecture Of Thomas Darcy McGee upon The present
and past attempts to establish the Reformation in Ire
land" The Speaker, when he upon the stand, was
greeted with loud applause. He said
Ladies and Gentemen-I come before you to night to
speak Of Ireland This country cannot be cooly judged
by traveller of window he travels through
fields its bey towers that bell less and scenes Of
oppression cloud appause). This subject is interesting
in being the only subject ct the kind shall give as
well present The first King of Ireland Of foreign
race was Henry the Eighth of England, of whom,
R V1I, Of pIou. and m%ost.l memory; laugh.
teri was the first King Of Ireland of foreign extraction 1t
not my business to lecture the de as of Irish his
tory-I wish it was that might have opportunity to
blot out many Of the mistakes and false statements,
which been recorded of her which are accepted
as true because takes the trouble to enquire into
them What we're the privileges OF the Irish church in
Ireland under Henry the VIII 1t was eminently Roman
And before they give up their religion their history
will prove that their eminent men consented to Danish
ment and death. Great appause) The sovereignty OF
Ireland being vested in Henry living only aer ne
made nterlsr with Irish religion but when an attempt
made destroya statue of our Lady Mt Tuam II ose
who made the attempt were severely reouked by the
king. During the age find correspondence 10
Cromwell from Bishop Brown, stating THAI none WIZ
listen to the Reformation Lit lie over three hundred
wears ago an order was issued calling upon all the
Bishops Ireland 10 meet at Dublin to receive the new
liturgy from England This was an interesting meeting
They had long and exciting debate, and finally, we are
told the Bishops and left the convention refusing to
be bound by the liturgy Of England (Appiause)
These the facts in the reign OF Henry and his son Ed
ward and in my mind there was never any greater reec
on Of any schism than that given to the Professionalism
OF England shall proceed TO shsg how Protestant
i'm was introduced into Ireland under the English
kings Sroliation was the means used; great wealth
collected in the monasteries and cathedrals and
tempted the robbers At this time science and religion
not divorced but science sat AZ the knee Of religion
and the shadow OF the cross fell upon both and the
henediction was to each alike. Cloud appause)
where the conqueror denied the conquered the right to
live their soil except where this was refused by
England Ireland. The first conscaton in Ireland was
under Henry VIII. In the old Celtic times, the chief
vested with fee simple Of the SOIL but every clans
ha right to his soil g eat As the right OF the
chief his patru onia Therefore, when Queen
Elizabeth confscated whole province, under the pre-
tence of furnishing the Earl Of Desmond, she ccnscated
land which he ned and to which he had right
Therefore, when the people forced to rebellion by such
injustice such rebellion mac pretext OF condscang
were al an early 6ay The fourth great eonscation
under Charles under his agent, STAFFORD who is known
in Irish history sRlack Toni" Ulster and Leinster
had been conscaed STAFFORD proceeded to examine the
estates which intended to conscate being attended
with an army of ten thousand men, which he called
good lockers on Of course all titles decided by
the CRANE juries defective. This agent returned to Eng
land with of million dollars, which the
Irish had been obliged to pay for what called their
now come to speak puritans It
Is very much the custom here to praise this body of
should much as any other man In New York,
like to be fashionable, if could do it with clear
science. (Great applause.) The Puritans. say were
the founders OF bloody dynasty, and prepared to
intention of putting down the Pope-they made war upon
Ireland in 164l, which lasted TIL 49, Cromwell whipped
England in three pitched tattles-it took him two
years before he could conquer the peasantry of
Ireland poorly supplied with food and arms. (Great
applause) Cromwell when, bareheaded, he entered Dub
n told the burgesses that he did no. intend leave
the island till he had established the true religion (the
Protestant and annhilated idolatry. Among the acts
of Cromwell, who the unionionis of England Ire
lane and Scotland Is one which says that Catholic
shall live within six leagues of any vailed town. and all
who were in such towns should Immediately depart. If
any Catholic should be found with in his hand he
must be immediately shot and if he should
be found out Of his house after the curfew
is the history of Ireland under the Puritans
and these some of the have for remember
ing these people Great apptuse) Vixen persecu. ton
had done its worst and when all the land of Ireland had
been confscated behold the people as far from
ton Now had to be adopted another system of tactics
Professionalism started with the assertion that every
had right to his own opinion ant 10 argue freely upon
the question of religion Now, will defy any to
find single in the first two hund,e and fifty
years of the Reformation, where single discussion was
red To Catl oics. There is single instance this
me whsre Professionalism dared TO stand upon the merits
OF Discussion (The speaker here related the many in
stances Of persecution and nartTrdoru under Oueen
I1zabeth shall pass from these facts rs pos
site Alter two honred years OF persecution, it
found that persecution would not answer that notwth
Catholicism increased. Tie iah scholars scattered
over The EARTH and every r-hnan should remember the
fact that TO the Irish students, during these times,
were opened The doors of the colleges of Spain
Of France. OF Rome, and of Getmany-and there were
heey Civ education and bed and beard to the Irish
students Of the west who TO return to their native
land to fight the battle of faith (Applauc.) 1t in
1913 when England conceived the idea of PROSECUTING
schools was said that the only way to produce the
desired reform, TO take the children and educate
them for 1t was impossible to change the faith of adults.
and thus were the whole energies of powerful gov
randsO
and within hundred years. they thus hoped to alter that
opinion which they could not change with their free dis
cussion. applause laughter The present refor-
nation of soup ade and missionaries will all end did
the forIna ton Of old Three hundred years time
enough TO try the faith of nation; three hundred years
have passed since the of the first
nation and today, in the gocdly year of Lord
thousand eight hundred and fifty three the Irish nation
Is as much unit With the Roman Church it was.
loud and prolonged appause)
The speaker clos with splendid prophecy for the f-
ture Of Ireland His close greeted with great enthu
siasm.
Wallack's Theatre-Reply OF the Defendant.
N JAMES COP RLAA ESQ