Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-05-23

Irish people from acquiring property IN their
own soil and to punish education as a crime /!
we can not entertain any hope for ireland
from the cold b'ooded. calculating, matetialis,n
of the always intolerant, always prosecuting,
always-iominating Saxon! #
Indeed this materiali~m (houeh people will
not look it square in The face) lies at the bot
tom Of the whole difficulty in removing the
monster Church establishment from the pre-
sence of a people thai loalhe it, and feel i, 10
be, as il is, the badge Of their rational ahaSe-
ment. The Anelo.Saxon is essentially a mat
ter and matier.of. fac. worshipping race and if
the Irish establishments We're no, surrounded
with so many material Interests, it is quite
snpposable that John Bull would no, be so
deeply in love with it, so dull in comprehend
ing its iniqui'cus working, aud so reIuctan, to
consent 10 its overthrow.
Those material interests, which orr CO.
temporaries mildly designate 'endowmen,",
we call by their appropriate name--'plnuder".
The reader needs bu. 10 90 back to the violated
treaty Of Limerick: and trace thence mp to the
present moment, the marks of the State
Chureh's ferocions tangs, to be assured that
we give the "revenues',. of the pernicions
establishment, their right name. Bnt, lei
us place before the reader, a few statistics,
illustrating, at once, the dreadful abuses Of a
system that is deemed indispensable 10 British
national integrity the enormous wealth i,
consumes; and The natural attractions it pre-.
SCENTS 10 Mr.. Bull.
The population of Ireland, may be set down
in found numbers, at about Eight Millions
Seven Millions of these are Catholics; On.
Million. Pro,cstants. For this. fraction Of the
population, composed entirely of English mer
and their lackey<, a gorgeous Stale Church i
maintained by the starving 1li>h, who are com
PEELED TO pay, "no!ens uolsns"! And what, j
they refuse : Reader, this State Church, wllicl
p~re,ends 10 represent the spirit Of Christianity
, is gar.isoned by sir1y thousoaa bayonets! SIN,
thousand armed men, comprising The regula1
military, naval warriors, and armed police
employed TO protect the fabulous revenues o
VIZ august - AloSNo''S ('''''''''o-
The successors ~ Of the poor fishermen 0
Gali|ee!
g The admirers of this State establishment
whether through a stupid self-de'u>ion, o
sheer impudence, sometimes style i, ",rhs
Poor Mans Church,! In very truth il is 50
but in a sense, the opposite of that which They
mean it possesses HE pam mans proper7y
Dives robbing Lazarus Let us see. A few
items Of the revenues, Changing Sterling
Money into Dollars) give these figures
ArcLbislops and Bishops, say ssooo0o. tilCoooo)
: Deans and Chapters 10000.
GIehe Lands 100000.
1.-THE Composition, abou. 100000. tThree Mil
lions I6OOOu0.
ministers Money $4,000.
Making a total Of nearly Fire Millions pc
year in bard cash And this is only a small part 0
The profits TO which must be added The zen
of about 100000 acres of land attached TO til.
establishment: The livingS Of what are Gale,
'benefced ciergy'-aboul 2ooo-averasing al
annual income Of El5O0-(s75oo.c and The
incomes Of the "parochi,l c'erey''-a vas
army of shepherds wi,hon, nocks!
'Shepherds without flocks " and vet pal,
for the "cure' Of souls This is one Of tht
enormilies which honest Republicans Gnd diff
fcult 10 swallow. Here are the figures as de
tailed in a book published ia England. q
the 1884 Protestant parishes into which The
comfy is divided, 1855 have no Proleslan,
Church; no Protestant iuhmbiiant ss5 num-
Der each less tiian so Prorcs,anlS, including
men. women and children. But this does no,
relieve the whole population from compulsory
payment TO the The Poor Mans Church.,
The Dean oil Raphoe receives $500 per year:the
Precentor of Lismore, $2500. the Archdeacor
Of Meath. $370O,-lhese, from three parishes
in which there is not a single Protestant soul
10 'cure'!
Again the "Benelices''. or l3s5-,he estim.
ated number-223 have less than so Pro,eslants
in each; yet see in The single item of "Tilhes",
how the clerical horse.leeches bleed the poor
people!
TABULAR STATEMENT, AS AN EXAMPLE.
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