The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-09-28


other Catholic Colleges in Ireland-many of them-and
we thank God for it. There are dozens of Catholic
Universities in America, turning out hundreds upon
hundreds of able and devoted pastors American, Irish,
German, and again we thank God for it. And we pray
that the numbers may increase thousand-fold.
But, then, appears that the "bad bishops were not
Maynooth men, while some of the "good priests were
All we can say is that if Cullen, Morarty, Duggan
Co., were not graduates of the Englshpad college, they
are its devoted patrons and have mbibed its evil spirit
to an extent that their betrayed people and ruined
country will long remember While, if such true pa
trots as Kenyon and Vaughan had the misfortune to
study within it's unsanctifed walls, they have had the
truth and manlness to trampe its accursed obligations
under their feet
The Reverend gentleman would have the world believe
that as regards the the Maynooh Oath not
precisey as we have givenit" This of course results
from our ignorance" We require little of the light
that shines from British gold to illuminate U.S.
Is he aware thatwe have in possession Sir Robert
Peels " Maynooth Act" and that we quote, as we
have quoted from the schedule of that Act the oath in
question, word for word Perhaps he would like a
little more information on the subject If he does he
can have it.
But why enlarge? Has he not confessed all and
everything we have asserted? "The words which
heard" he declares were most insulting, and too hum
iating for any young Irishman to listen to unmoved
This is pretty well from man who is SO wrathfu at us
for exposing an Ubiquitous OATH which he tells us he
avoided taking" We respect him for it. But why
call himself traitor" when he honestly refused to
swear the traitors OATH to do his accursed work
He proceeds to define those things to which the afore
said oath really binds those who take tfrst and fore
most to bear true allegiance to the English Queen and
her successors next to endeavor to put DOM all
secret societies and lastly "not TO endeauor to subut
the Protestant religion by force of arms" he
afterwards explains.
Here is what Catholic priest who studied at May
nooth declares is the true nature Of the Maynooh OATH
We commend it to the careful study of all true Irish
Catholics.
His defense of Irish Catholic clergymen swearing
allegiance to the English sovereign is that all persons
who accept office under the have to take such
oath-judges sherfs, magistrates, etc. If the English
Queen was head of the Catholic Church. she would
like to be- the argument would hold good. But she
is not and will never be, it is simply solemn trifing
As to O'Connell, and other /" Numbers of the Saxon
Pareymint," when they swore allegiance to a foreign
sovereign they did aohat true Irish nationalist can
honestly do Let Irishmen be true either to their
country or to England, either to God or Beial. The
consistent nationalist can be the The Of
English oaths of allegiance ought to be the other
And to tell the TRUTH they generally are So
Although it is quite true that several undetermined
priests joined in the movement for Tenant-Right, and
that some of them suffered well struggled in boot
less effort to obtain it STILL it is equally true that if
Lucas was crushed and Tepant-Right denied, it was
Cuente influence that did it all. This too, can in no
small degree be traced to the workings Of Maynooth
AS to the manner in which the Maynooth men acted
towards the Eenans all that is too well known to need