Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-05-23
LA suite an proclaim numiro..
The Anti.1rish Church in Ireland.

The Anti.Iris Church In Ireland.
This ins,itu,ion-,he greatest ecclesiastical
enorlnity in the world-inherent'y corrnp,
through it is, is fruitful of one advantage
10 our justice. loving cotemporaries-that of
waking UP, from time 10 time, their sentiment
alism touching Irish grievances! 1t is observable
however, that mos, OF the editorial fraternity seem
to be in a mudLIe as 10 what those grievances are
all about willing indeed 10 acknowledge tina,
there is some indefinite evil 10 be redressed /:
and generally concluding, 10 their own salts
faction, that the progressive enlishllnent OF
the age" will speedily rec,ify every new ebul-
iilion Of Irish discomfort, from what cause
soever It may arise
1t cannot be doubted that this a very con-
venient plan which the journalistic corps have
hit upon for ventiIaling their professions Of
universal JUSTICE; nor can we too much ad
mire the exquisite tact with which, not a few
Of them, watch the popular current, in order
10 determine, by the rule Of expediency,
whether a bold or a cautions advocacy of their
cherished doctrine, is the right Thing al the right
time! And, as every contribution TO the cause Of
justice is a popular "ne, gain', we can not
withhold our appreciation Of the shrewdness
that calculates, with such mailematicafPEeet
sion, the conjunction Of circumstance tina;
demonstrate the necessity for all ARTICLE on
ireland! M" M1
We save ourselves from the charge of
,o,:t, h,, nj ,o,v,ioJrin tlof nc IN tha No.
cessi,y Of vigilance on The points indicated,
we are in strict accord with our brothers of
the quill but we are not so sanguine as
they, touching the immediate cure of Irish
grievances; nor do we imagine that The cure
.wonld be at all effected by the overthrow OF
that gigantic maledic,ion-,he English State
Church in Ireland-described by The protes,an,
Macauley, as she most uterly absurd and in,
drfensible Of all the institutions now erising in
the Civilized world'!
ireland las more wrongs 10 be redressed
than those that flow from the State Church
indescribab'y bad, rotten, and Presidential,
though it is. In all the concerns Of life-so,
cial, political, educational, industrial, religious
tile patronage is almost exclusively in anti
Irish hands The benefciaries are anti-lrish !;
the enormous wealth extor'el from an i'm.
poverished people is employed 10 spread anti
Irish influences; and the incumbents, though
iiteral'y gorged with the blood Of the Irish ma
ton, still hold on with vul,ure-Iike tenacity-
accommodating masses upon masses Of money
from a starving population!
This spolia,ion of one Christian community
by another is SO excessively horrible in all its
bearings, that no words can adequately des-
cribe it; and yet it is so audaciously open,
and has continued SO long, that those who are
not deeply interested, fall into an easy doubt,
as to whether the thing is indeed real; while
the alien despoilers themselves, assuming an
immunity 10 plumber at pleasure, NEE, every
attempt TO disturb them, with the old stereo.
typed howl, Of "treason to The Constitution!
Iii not very probable that those vermin of
English ascendency, will be easily routed from
the rich hives they have built themselves up
with, the fat Of the land and as they have a
common interes, in holding tightly villa. they
have got unjustly, We see very clearly that
every attempt to destroy the Sla,e-church
monstrosity, will be met with the usna' poll
,ical jpgg!ery. As has been done many a
time before, false issues will be raised figures
will be employed, by political eyperis, TO faI.
sify facts that vilest Of vile factions-the
North of Ireland Oraugemen-wii be melted
to below forth, with their wonted ma,igni,y,
the stale "No-Popery cry"; parliamentary
commission" will be appointed 10 report that
any Interference with The law Church, would
be = violation Of the Coronation Oath and
thus the putrid carcass Of the blood-besmesr.
ed .'sstablishment,'' will b. once more veneer.
ed. and vanished over, once more loaded with
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS nauseating
~panegyrics, and once more declared 10 be the
chiefaand indispensable bulwark of English
ascendancy! .as
This is the conclusion, a perusa' Of tho An
goldfish History Of tho past, %jnsti6es Us in
drawing. Would to Heaven that there were
good grounds for a lively hope of the con-
irary. But when we think Of the breaches Of
national faith and honor, tina. England has
bsss guilty Of, when we think Other diabolical
''penal oa1en, when We think Of her system.
ATTIC starvation and depopu|ating sciemss,
when we think Of her unreisnting biyotry-as
rife now o. in the days Of that master.demon
Oliver cFomwsIl-wsa dare not indulge that
hope! When We remember that for long, long
ages, tho scope and drift !; in fact the avowed
object, - we'll Is tho practical result Of En-
Cl,sh legislation IN Ireland, was u prevent The