The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-16

it is not only foolish, but it is wicked and sinful,
and anti-christain to give up peaceful means of |
redress and TO fly to violence, INSTRUMENTATION /
and revolution. Though recommending ODE |
dence to established authority and the obser- |
vance Of the precepts of the gospel, we are far |
from being the enemies of rational liberty, and
from condemning love of country"
After closing picture of the purity and
patriotism of the Irish, DR.. Cullen reverts to
other grievances
"Indeed, Ireland has still great material grev-
ance to complain of-grievances owing their orr
gin to prosecutions, confscations, and the mis-
rule of centuries. She is compelled to submit to
to injury and insult offered by the maintenance
Of an establishment hostile to her rights and re-
ligion her poor classes are sadly neglected;
for the small land-hoders there is no protection
and goddess systems of education, calculated to
undermine religion, and to rear up apostates
from the true faith, and traitors to the govern
ment that support them, of whom we have seen
examples within the last few days, are forced
upon US. Even since emancipation, Catholics
are practically excluded from every Office of
trust and emoument. In proportion to the
numbers very few are employed in the post-office,
in the management of the inland revenue, the
poor law and customs grand juries almost in
variably exercise their patronage in favor of
protestants. Catholics are carefully excluded
| from all high Offices in the army and consIabu-
! ferferance of parliament to get one Catholic
schoolmaster appointed in the Hibernian school,
where there at least 100 sons of Catholic sol
diers. In all Ulster the rule is, No Catholic need
| apply , and in that whole province all the mas
tiers, matrons, clerks, and medical officers of the
poor law unions, with very few exceptions are
protestants. In fine, in this Catholic country
| before those who have the highest power in their
hands and those who have the highest influence
| IN the most important law courts allowed to
! enter into office, they must swear that the doc
trines OF the Irish Catholics, with whose welfare
! they are charged, are dsmnable and idolatrous
/ These, assuredly, TO pass over many others, are
serious grievances, and it is our duty to assist in
removing them. If they be patiently and per-
severingly a9sailed they will soon De remeded.-
As the gigantic system of penal laws fell to pie
ces before the powerful and peaceful agitation of
UConnell, so will all other grievances disappear
| if public opinion be properly appealed to. 1t
| seems that at present both the government and
| the people of England well disposed to re-
| dress our wrongs; indeed, they would save them
selves great trouble and expense by doing so-
4 If the people of Ireland were fairly dealt with,
/ revolutions and conspraces, Whteboys and Fen
ians would no longer be heard of; the people
would be happy and peaceable and a source of
strength TO the empire at large; it would not be
| necessary 10 increase the military and police snd
! to double the taxation. Let avail ourselves
! OF the good feelings which now prevail to obtain
all we want but let reeollect that any couspir-
/ acles, any recourse to violence or arms would
! only rivet our chains and make things worse than
they are, and that the calling in of foreign troops
even II 1t were practicable, would bring ruin upon
everything We have, or make slaves of new
masters, who in all probability would think of
nothing but their own interests ready to abandon
US whenever they could derive any advantage
! from doing So"