New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-07
FOREIGN NE WS.
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wIch would icii IN quotation appeal TO tho famous
article OF Lord haoaulay, who says with truth
Mr. Giadstone's whole theory rests upon this great
Sious truth is one Of the nnSns, o eps ., ., To-
government IL Mr. Gladstone has not proved this pro-
position. his system vanishes at once"
The pamphoteer ext enters upon an elaborate yjnd
CATION OF NE poIea eonauct subsequent to she publca
state.
rung out It's note clearly And my ground, right or
wrong it matters not for Its present purpose was this
The Church OF Ireland must be maintained bene
ht OF the whole people OF ireland, aud DO main
tanned the truth. 1t connot be maintained ALL
Aceordinsy my book contsndsd that the principle o.
on and that OF the Established Church OF Ireland could
items Of my Work. was not sngiy but doGby bound I
was bound 70 defend the Irish Church as long IA could
be defended the ground OF its truth But when tho
day arrived on which that ground definitely aban-
doned on which policy was 10 be adopted Dy the I'm,
Irish Establishment was equally bound in such case to
"ScarceIy had my work issued from the press when
became aware that there party no section OF
party, no individual person probably III the HOUSE o.
Commons who was prepared 10 act upon IT, lIouhd
my self the last man on the sinking ship.
In the course OF the year 1884, when was member
OF the Cabinet OF Sir Robert Peel he made known 70 me
opinion that desirable to remodel aud to IN
crease the grant to Maynooth The choice before me.
therefore, was to support his retire from
his Government into position of complete isolation and
what than this. subject TO grave ana generai
mputaton OF political eccentrcity. scarcely be
guilty OF a breach OF confidence when mention that
Lord Derby, to whom had already been indebted Tor
much personal kndness OF those colleagues who
sought to dssuade from resjgnng my Office. LIN the
month OF January 8i5 not sooner the resolution OF
the Cabinet taken and 1 resigned. Now. respect
fully submit that by this act freedom established
aud that has during period OF nearly dye
and twenty years, been compromised
"SOnc may that 1t is perfectly consistent TO have
endowed Msynooh aud yet to uphold on princl-
pie. AZ part OF the Constitution the Established Cnuron
OF Ireland 1t may be consistent for them IL is not CON
sisten for The moment that admitted tho validity
OF clam by the Church OF Rome for the gnt by the
free act OF the Imperial Parliament OF new funds for the
education Of Is clergy the true basis OF the Established
church OF ireland for me was cut away FROM tnat uay
forward have never to my knowledge said word in
public in private, which could pledge principle
20 the maintenance OF the Irish Church Nay. IN speech
delivered the second reading Of the Maynooth C0ege
BILL took occasion distinctly to convey that the applca
ton OF religious considerations to ecclesiastical questions
IN Ireland would be entirely altered by The passing Oh tue
Tho emancipation effected from the net in which
had been bound after tested. In 1919 it WA
newly iormed Government OF Lord John Russell. In my
reply, declining the proposal. wrote thus; AS to tho
Irish Church, am not able to TO with thom on
the ground that they will not pledge them,ses to tho
maintenance OF tho existing appropriation Of Church
property IN Ireland This however was private pro
cccding But early in lS47 Mr. Esconrt announced his
resgunton OF the scat he had held amid universal
pcct. fer the University OF Oxford Tue Partially OF
friends proposed "a candidate was, naturally
Church of Ireland aud distinctly refused TO pledge
self Ia stand by tho IRISH Church. ,,, a,
grant which brought prominently into view the tccesi-
astca arrangements Of Ireland was that OF tue Eccesi-
astca Titles bill in 1851 felt bound one Of very
small minority but III cordial agreement with the CHEF
surviving associates OF Sir Robert Peel. TO offer all the
opposition in NY power did not attempt to mitigate
tie oiense by any profession OF adhesion in principle 10
the maintenance OF tho Established Church OF ireland
'In GJ on the motion OF Mr.. DiliSyn Imade speech,
ia which declared that present action was Impossible
that any period immense difficulties would have TO De
encountered, but that this was the question OF inc
future stated strongly. though suinuariiy some OF
the arguments against the Church rs II stood entirety
absained from advising or RahclhH at Tue suYvct ..
more reform and did not word from which 1t
could los inferred that desired to continue in its pace
"A the National or Established Church or the country.
| "hiy speech was Instantly denounced ~ Mr.: l9Pw
ChiefJusiccI wheside, as one Intended TO be fatal g
| the Established Clutch Of Ireland when an opportunity
should arise and am told that my opponents IN the
Uniycrsy circulated my speech among their portion OF
the cOnstituency-as thnk they were ustueu III "OinS
Mr. GladsOne next addresses himself to thosn changes
which have cleared the for the proposals he Is
now submitting To the country Among these, the most
important the remarkable revival In the Church OF
England. Mr. Gladstone gives curious personal details
the situation Of the Church when he was
The practical conclusion OF the whole matter he
found in the following passage, which closes the pam
"As long as the Church at large or the Church within
the limits OF nation. substantially do not see
why the religious care OF the SUBJECT though DOay
properly constituted for the purpose should cease 10 De
function OF the state. with the whole action ana NE OF
which il has, throughout EuOpe been SO long and 50
closely associated But when. either by some revolution
OF Institutions from their summit 10 Their base, or Dy
silent aud surer process analogous 10 thar which nces
sanity removes replaces the constituent parts OF the
human body the state has come to be the organ or the
pressed through legal canneIs-tben tho Incubation OF
religion longer rest In full or permanent force
munity itself split aud severed into opinions and
OF S are So as S the 'S az
issue so that what was meant for the nation dwiudes
into the private estate as 1t were or n comparative
handful. the attempt to maintain Established Church
becomes error fatal TO the peace dangerous. perhaps
even To the life OF civil society.
But does follow from all this that the tone of
action in the state should be lowered l. who may have
be % mscad serious and sober mon by
nasty generalization, would now submit what TO
me calculated 10 reassure the mind make an appeal
TO the history OF the last thirty years During those
vsars what be called the domestic allegiance or the
state religion has been greatly relaxed; but It's con
sciousness moral duty has been not less notably quick
ened and enhanced do not say THIS IN depreciation OF
10. Rnt All
Christianity has wrought itself into the public fe VI l0Oo
years. 49,, .,.....,. A.. |
Establishments of religion should be tried. Al
Establishment that does its work In much. and mas the
hone and Likelihood OF doing IL in more an Establishment
that has broad and living way open to II INTO the hearts
OF the people, Establishment that can command the
services OF the present by the reductions ana rauOs
Of aching past; Establishment able 10 appeal
TO the active OF the greater portion OF the people
and respect scTupes or almost the whoe whose
children dwell chiefly on her actual living work ana ser
vice and whose adversares she has them. are IN the
main content to believe that there VIII Do lutuFe LOT
them and thr opinions an EstaDllsnleht shoulu
surely be maintained But Establishment that neither
does nor has hope OF doing work. except for fow
and those few the portion OF the community whose claim
to public aid Is the smallest Of all an Establishment
severed from the OF the people by an ipassabe
gulf and by wall Of brass al Establishment whose goOu
Offices could she offer them would Do intercepted ny
long unbroken cham OF painful and shanefui recouec
tom an Establishment leaning for support upon the eh
traieous aid OF State which becomes discredited with
the act OF lending it-sucn an lstao
hment will do It's sake and for the sake OF
m creed dvest ITSELF soon AS may De- OF sauhs shu
trappings, and TO commence new career IN WHICH, re-
noncng ut the credit and the discredt OF tho CIV.
sanction shall seek its strength rom whin auu put
fearless trust In the message that IL bears"
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