Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-11-16

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found In your columns last Saturday report q
ularksofMr Di1l s3sins( - Co1bo1lo Sharch
and religion. Il il NOT long since seport q !
similas nature sppeared-a report Of . lecture de-
ivercd sznong the EpicopalIsns b some Ir,sh
ci9xymen Whe w.s begging noney 10 esishlish
proselyting schools among The Catholic chi1drc,,
| q Ireland, Asa cseholic. feel nat Il il now
time for osv sids 10 be hesrd in your paper.
Mr.. Din says Of Ireland thst the cussc Of d.rk
nss, s1pssesslou sne igneance wss IN the lad. =
preceding part Of the lecture, hut r1ore perfieo-
lsrly In the following slanderous passage: = 9
Tee x oman Catholics had bad pousesuion Of
ssk what Cstbolicism had done towsrds ne pro-
perity Of that country! She had not enlirhtened
ths people che bad hardly ciyilissd them; and
the eyes Of al the nations q Eusope.s 80
II is evident from these extracts that Mr.. Dills
assault - not only upon the Irish people, but upon
his conduct is sducine bis own iand Sn1 h,s
wncountrymen; Il must At once excite the dfsgust
q ell rightthiakng men. am no Irishman;
And should und:rtaks 10 vindicste them from
the aspersions Of this itinerant calumnator Of his
brethren e 2 not from the impulse Of national or
well Is the English Or The scotch o. the Amer.
leans; but there are noble teai In their character
| which reader them eninently worthy Of the e.
L tcu1 anu fcxdf0 OF t0elf Ie1kOW-ulon. MP. Dill
pronounce them DEGRADED people, know
that the Irish people are generally poor; and
know that poverty and degFadstioi are one and
The The, sans thing Il the opiaion Of some people
Cssholicisml No It was he iniustice. tvrsnny
roSossy and bloody prosecutions which tie Eng
iish Protestant Government has exercised against
Of their poverty, or degradation, II M Din win
have 1t so. Every one who IL familiar with the
history Of that HPpressed and abssed land knows
this 70 be the net But the moral condition Of the
Irish people-an1 this IL the main point in one
ton Of reiiNion-wiii compare favofsbly with that
Of the Engiish Of the same class. Inregard to ed
ucMsen they are not behind the Engiishi and every
OF The criminal Statistics Of the two countries tells
greatly In favor Of Ireland
But NJ DilI ssys the Catholics have had posses-
SION OF the Land for centuries and that " Catholi-
cism had not enlightened the people, nor even civ
ilixed them.n Il Ii not correct to say that the
Catholics have had possession Of the land They
despotisfn OF the Englfsh Government. but thew
have been almost literally and entirely deprived
VI the land BY the operation of the penal laws Of
Catholic people have been robbed Of their prop-
erty In their native soil, and the lands Of their
fosefafhers have been bestowed upon the English
thither: It's the English who have virtually had
possession Of the country, and by means of stand
Jag army made slaves Of the Catholic natives, and
even compelled them out Of the lille that was len
them, TO pay tthes In support Of the Protestant
parsons. Under such system-a system Of legsi-
lied robbery and plunder-Mr. Dfil has the su-
dacisy 70 AK, what has Catholicism done foe the
The English Government has waQed an fnces-
Hhtwar against Cafholicisnl, and sought by every
species o. Injustice to diminish its su6jects to i'm
pair us influence, and to thwart It's salutary and
benevolent action In this warfare Catholfcism
has had 70 struggle Tor its own existence and i'm
this struggle for life it, energies were nearly all
| required to preserve the faith and morals Of the
people. The enlightenment and education Of =
people, intellectually, cannot be fully carried ON
without ample means; and IL there is any marked
| deficiency among the Irish people In these re-
spec II Is sufficiently accounted for In the csnses
| above mentioned. The Engiish Protestant Gov
eminent has deprived the Catholics, TO great ex-
tent, both Of the means and OF the lberty ID pro
mote the enlig htenment OF the people. r.
IL this - not evident from the foregoing r.
marks, LET me specify q few Of the laws OF the
Ireland for so long fine ii erc,ndsd c.shl
oics from Parliament and from an oicex M trnst
and profits 2 1t deprived them Of the right to vote
fused to ALLURE his religion; O. 1t forbid them to
l keep arms In their houses, 4 II fined them Gao a
month Tor refusing TO attend Protestant worship;
.. IL enabled any two justices to render Catholic
| who refused TO abjure his religion incapable Of
Possessing land; g. IL forbid Catholics 70 ,urch.se
any manors or even to hold under lease Tor more
than thirty years; 2. IL enabled any Protestant
who inspected person Of holding property in
trust Tor Catholic to file bill against the aus
4 pected trustee and take the property from him: g.
Catholic had horse worth more than i've
poandss any Protestant could take it from him bv
rendering him i've pounds; 8. II Catholic was
heir-at-lsw TO q Protestant he could not Inherit
The pfopesty 70 which he was thus entitled hut IL
was to goto the neaiest Protestant relation IN any:
3. III the child 0f a Catholic became Protesfs nj
the Chancery could instantly make such distribu.
uon o. the pa!ents properly a. It (the Chancery)
snougnt ~ and thai child became sole heir to ali
Thsse ars some Of the uoustro,,u euacsc..rs. ~
which the Catholics Of Ireland were gradnaiIy
education and improseinsnk 81 he ssms miami.
tous code edHcation among Catholics was virtual
" prohibited; TOT Il imposed fne Of 10 month
Tor employing . Catholic schooln1aster in mi :
vate family lie also imposed fine o. e 90 Tor
sending child to Catholic foreign school, and
the child 20 vent was disabled from inhefitInQ or
sss N aalas OF any Other properly
be % unjcst az 20 upbraid Catholicism with the
absence Of education among the Irish people.
ane Ca,hoi'c Cnnrsn Is not opposed 70 the ed.c
promote according 70 the circumstances In which
sss Pssso 10 country Z more shoroughly
prsyided with schools and universities as that
The Enslish Government CONTINUES al thIs very
1 day 70 throw every obstacle In the way Of Cath
4 oiic education In Ireland, although fhe above
mentioned code has been repealed Ffve or air
year. ago the Catholic bishops Of that county
Governments has 10 this hour refused 10 grant Il
charter = In view Of all these fhings, ist the i'm.
partial reader decide which Is responsible fof the
alleged Ignorance and degradation Of the Irish
people CathoE cism % Protestsntism; and Let him
at TIE same time decide whether the best way to
enlighten the Irish would not be by Arst enIieht-
sning the benighted, bfgoted Protestant govern
nsenf Of England - government which not only
refuses 70 admit Catholic young men to the old
nniyeuities OF Englaad founded and endowed by
their Catholic ancestofs, but also refuses to allow
Catholics 70 have university Of their own. s 4
r Ever since the days Of Henry VIII, the Enolish
Government has wagcd a mefciless war against
ths Catholics Of Ireland. IL has mot only ROBBED
them Of their lands, but sou9ht By every spccfss
OF psoSec1tion % rob them Of fkeI aith the pes-
cious legacy Of their ancestors. A. one time Il has
Pursued cruel and sanguInsry measures 70 pervsst
them to Professionalism - another Il has sotkie 70
pefvert them by bribery, In its most rev6lting
forms One Of the laws above mentioned held out
an inducenent 70 children . spossatfze by en- I
ebling them 70 inherit all the substance o. their
Catholic parents. Another, which have not
mesacsed hss.sss dserssd % snypstee nat vopld
and powerful 6ovennssaf, q pesyers I pocr ana
Oppressed people 70 The religion of DER fick and
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