The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-18

social nus c. He showed too in an elaborate hstorica
and at;St;n atgumen that though the penal laws had
been successful ii keeping down the number of Roman
Catholics when We had begun to relax them the proportion
between the od,e mad mad faPay f State Church
therefore had ent rely failed to PROPAGATE Protestantsm
Passing to his secon1 and third resolutions ME-
said that their object to arrest the crefron OF
ob 40 that the new constituencies might be more tree IN
fnay dec;dne on the question: and he acknowledged that
legislation would be nec %aaly IN the strongest Ian.
guage the intention of ely proceeding into AR an az
sracted resolution "a OF procedure %aen ne sad
and never Willingly would be- responsible Critiesng Lord
Staneys amendment he argu VI thai Moala convey 40
to apitate the question (which he himself had carefully
ecewed having patiently waited uil the hour has Gomez
and that it showed very little respe aor e new Flas'
inasmuch it declined to remove VIZ on ns way
tons which must embarrass it d. aag practically @lth
the question Dealing next with IL @ argument Ga 9lis
concession would pacy the Roma e12n1oncs MI a01
entered into historical retrospect 20 Snow that All our
concessions in Ireland had been the eec OF
and after examining tho character the circumstances and
the of the present crisis he concluded IN a9
peroation by exhoring the House to assist III n.g up
by the of human concord the noble aorc on me
British Empire"
Lord Stanley moved as amendment That this House,
while admitting that considerable notifications to the tenn
poratie of the United Church in Ireland may after the
pending inquiry appear to be expedien is of opinion that
any proposition tending to the dsestabshment olsen
of that ought to be Tor the ae%
Gladstones condemnation of resort to trickey par
cuy he had oreseen that great efforts would be made
put the question false issue. Mr. Gladstones reso-
tonsthough his speech said muchsaid nothing about
dsendowmen But the real question, Lord Stanley said
was not whether anything should be done but what the
particular thing to be DONE Not educated of
hundred ' and Lord Stanley said am not the one
would maintain that the ecclesiastical establishment of Ire
land all that should be- that there scandals
in it. Lord Stanley remarked that present public opinion
could its the praccaby of any of hem
and he maintained that Mr. Gladones resolutions merely
this that something must be DONE without saying
what it Even if the resolutions carried what
be done then? They might pledge this Parliament which
to end almost Immediately; but they could
not pledge the constituencies who must matter OF
course take up this question first OF all Reiteratng his
objections the impractical character OF the resolutions and
the impossiby of taking action them now of pledg
ing the Parliament of the future Lord Stanley deprecated
this particular mode of raising the question. Disclaming
all desire either Mr. Gladstone the Liberal party
with inconsistency or that head each side required
allowance to be made) he condemned strongly change
sudden the present AS this being message of peace
Ireland would it be received in the North? On the
contrary would produce bitterness and anmosy and he
denied that would concate the Roman Catholic peasanry
who regarded of greater Importance the land and the
education questions. Lord Stanley concluded by defending
his amendment the meaning of which that the work of
the session enough for the session.
Among those who spoke the subject the next night
able change if not of view at least of expression which
had characterized the debate Even Lord Cranboune had
seemed admit that the time at hand for
dering his cherished principle of an Establishment while
the Government spoke with different voice from night
night Passing to the main question Mr. Bright pointed out
revolutions" only affected 100000 people, 100000
families about the population of Liverpool or Manchester
and if this change effected the Irish Proestants would
only be left in the position the majority of the Scotch
people, nearly all the Welsh people, half of the English
people, and the whole of our coonss There were only
two preenses on which State Church could be justified
religious and political AS religious institution for the
conversion of Roman Catholics the Irish Church had been
deplorabe failure AS political institution, it had been
equally aure for though for years had defended
it by the sword the present condition OF Ireland was
anarchy subdued by If such evils had been produced
in any of our colonies by State Church, Parliament would
abolished at AS to any danger to the Church
of England her greatest enemy the Liberation
Society but ZEAL the chief peril of all establishments,
whether developed in Riuaism Evangelicanism. AS
long internal harmony the bodest prophet
would not predict the day of her downfall Reasoning
gently with the Mnisteralists Mr. Bright endeavored
persuade them that this diseablishment not