The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-18

the Irish. This shows the hOllOWneas o.
} Protestant liberality. The Losd0~ 1S1es
givesthe following reasons for tho discs
tablishment Of the Irish Church
1--WE can all Of MS re.lisc the position Of the
Irish Catholic by conceiving What we should
feel II the religious endowments OF England
Roman Catholic faith. Tho history Of Ireland
down to the present moment attests the irwin
chile opposition Of Liahmen to tho existence
stubborn wihulness of the ,Tudoas, and has
been upheld by the despotic voition Of Eng
lish rule. The barest statement Of tho caae 10
sss01e m. It, We are anew With tho
| to defend It. Mr.. Forster linda tho secret TO
Pugnance Of many honest men to the disestab-
lishment OF the Eish Church in their attach
nent to the English Church, and their zeal f.!
Protestantism. It is difficult to understand
how it can be believed thAt the existence of tho
Irish establishment 10 anything but source
weigh Q fact in history which Il mot without
Its bearing upon this The Episcopal Church
was established in England, and Charles 1. re-
solved upon establishing It in Scotland ALSO
King Charles been content to respect the reli-
glous convictions or his own countrymen-had
he neutralized tho Scotch, he might have over
enfs, and saved the Church and his throne. He
weighed the English Church with . Scotch
establishment, and sunk both. Again, if We
COu&V COnCclv0-u0pplly IL ID almost 10cQ0C61v-
able-that an Episcopal Church was establish
ed In Scotland now, is it not plain that the
Scotch mcmbers would be polled to q man
against all establishments, instead of being, as
now, divided upon the subjectf Upon the
lowest grounds Of strategy tho friends of the
English Church ought to free their cause from
its perilous alliance with the Irish Establish
ment The alien establishments in Ireland has
failed entirely to recommend itself to the Irish
nation, and, to bind the English and the Irish
churches together, is to bind the living to the
dead. In the same way, it is impossible for
Of the case to deny that the Irish Church is .
hindrance to Professionalism Ireland is the only
Catholic country in Europe, with the exception
of SPAIN where the ultramontane party Is su-
preme. The Establishment of the Protestant
Church in Ireland makes conversion to it APP
pear like desertion from the weaker side and
thus arrays the sentiment which is especially
strong in the Irish people, against any dispo-
sition to admit Protestant IDEAS If we turn
to America, we find q constant complaint from
the priests that the Irishman in the second or
third generation ceases to be Catholic, and
we are driven to the irresistible conclusion that
the Irish Establishment, through the antagon-
ism 1t generates, has hindered rather than as
sisted PrOtestantism. 1t is indeed O mOckery
to those who understand that the essence OF
Protestantism Is the Independence of religious
belief, to believe that it can be propagated by
an institution which is founded and maintained
on the idea of compulsion. The Irish Estab-
lishment is o practical denial of the faith that
it teaches. 1t is not supported by the free |
judgment of the Irish nation, but by the abused |
power of Great Britain"