The Irish republic., 1867-06-08

British tyrants; and they will then find out, as they
found out after the Catholic Emancipation, that it
is not religion alone the Irish people want but ma
tional independence Also AS James Stephens said,
when the children of the prisoners were crying for
bread, ." fling the dogs some bones,' so DIR. Mori-
arty, and men of his ik, cry out to their English
masters, when Ireland is clamoring for freedom,
fling the dogs the Church Establishment bone"
Our people, thank heaven, have cut the strings
that tied them to ecclesiastical aprons, and have
struck out an independent course and will not be
satisfied with bones. They want meat beef, roast
beef English roast beef that is the roast beef that
Ireland is robbed Of and which is then, called
English. When we hear one Bishop crying out
against another for being favored in the state
in material dross than himself it reminds of the
the boy the street crying out to the coachman
&C whip behnd"-" boy behind |" We all know
that if the boy on the street, who so Indignantly
cries out against the chap behind, could only get
into the lucky boys place he too would hang on
while he had muscle enough to cling to royalty
even at the back of coach.
1t is about time that the fallacy was exploded of
Engand's persecution of Ireland for her Catho-
licity. ROBERT EMMETT, WOLF TONE, LORD ED.
WARD, the SHEAREs' &C., were Protestants; were
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being Catholics? K1cKHAM is Catholic, LUBY is
Protestant Is there any difference in their treat
ment? Judge KEoGH and Dr. MoR1ARTY are both
Catholics, and we all know how those two gentle
men are prosecuted for their belief In fact England
don't care at what shrine you worship if England
is the goddess thereon. She has no God but self,
and requires no devotion but praying for the
Queen, and the royal family, and her altar is the
British Constitution. Bend at her shrine, accept
her doctrine, cothe yourself in Manchester calico
and outside of these, you can worship Juggernaut
or Mumbo Jumbo in the British dominions.
What the Irish people want is complete national
independence. When churches lean on heavenly,
instead of earthly powers, they are sure to be
purer AS for that foul excrescence the Established
Church, it is only grain of sand on the mountain
of grievances under which Ireland writhes and the
British lion, in his magnanimity, may order this
particle to be taken off whenever he pleases but if
he imagines that for SO doing he can continue to
devour our people, and pick his tusks with their
bones afterwards, he will wake up eating the wrong
men.
We wish it distinctly understood by the outside
world that this Established Church squabbe is not
raised by the Irish people. 1t is rather fight of
clerical wolves fat goose. The people know
full well that as long they are the pack horses
for England, they must carry some burdens on their
backs, and they do not bother themselves by what
names the burdens are called Changing the label
from &C Established Church, to something else will
not tighten the load It makes but little difference
to the horse what the color of the rderis if he
his whip and spurs on the horses ribs and fanks
with equal severity.
There is a maotioe however, in keeping up the
fires of religious dissensions in Ireland. That mo-
tive is =" divide and conquer" England has divided,
set Catholic against Protestant, and conquered
When shall this fratricidal state of affairs come TO