The Irish republic., 1867-06-08
The Established Church in Ireland.

miseres of Ireland may be laid at the doors of the
Established Church. On the other hand, if we are
to believe the organs of the Established Church,
Irelands miseries have been brought about by the
Bishops and priests of the Catholic Church. Who
is right and who is wrong in these recriminations
do not trouble ourselves at present to determine.
They may both or neither be right. So we will
leave Ireland's miseries between them, remarking
en- passa,st that though Ireland and her people
stepped to the lips in sea of misery, the Bishops
and priests, Catholic and Established, manage
somehow to skim over the troubled waters in their
spiritual barks, with colors flying, chanting their
songs of praise Ito themselves) the shattered
wreck of ruined nation.
It may be we'll to inquire into the blessings that
would flow to Ireland from the bursting of this
huge gas-bag called the Established Church and
investigate the motives of those pure and patriotic
clerics, such as Dr. Moriarty, who cry out against
it on every possible occasion.
After the Bishop of Kerry had consigned the
Fenans to hell for all eternity, and growled at the
Lord for not making hell hot enough nor eternity
long enough" to punish those miscreants, who
would break away from the British Constitution,
he turns around and says to his English masters,
smash up this institution Of yours (the Established
Church) and you will endear yourself to the Irish
people forever The respectable Caaotholics, DR..
Moriarty thinks, are all loyal andif this Establish
ment was broken up there would be no more in
centives to rebellion IF her Gracious Majesty
would light up the dark places in the hearts of the
Irish people with her illustrious countenance, Ire
land would dance in her rags, from the poorhouse
to the prison, and back again.
"Oh if the would deign but to smile
The slaves would all dance in their chains'
AS there can be nothing "hotter" than "helP'
according to all accounts nor longer'' than " eter
nity' we must credit the DR.. with one Of the best
breeds of Irish bulls since the days of Sir Boyle
Roche. This same breed of Bulls-Irsh Bulls,
Johnny Bulls and Popes Bulls-has kept our coun-
try we'll gored Poor Erin has been tossed from
horn to horn for the last seven hundred years. until
her robes that once were erich and rare,' are now
ragged and BARE
Are the people of Ireland crying out against this
English institution alone, or against English insti-
tutions in general? Would the breaking up of the
Established Church in Ireland better the condition
of the Irish people? Does England care about
any form of worship in particular? Has Ireland
been prosecuted because the majority of her peo-
pie were Catholic, or because they were rebel
lious against English domination? Did not Ireland
suffer 400 years of crucifxion when England and
Ireland were both Catholic? Are not Catholic
Colleges in Ireland to-day receiving pensions from
the English Government? Are not Dr. Moriarty and
Cardinal Cullen English any Bishops of the
Established Church, and trusted as much by the
English Government?
We could go on asking such questions for
week, which the most unthinking and lterate of
our race can answer. The Established Church is
supported by taxes levied and paid by the land
lords, and if those tithes were done away with in
the morning the tenant would not have his rent