Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-02-08

the English law, were rot communicated to the Irish,
nor The benef, and protection thereof allowed to them,
etc ,....." "Ilow ,sen is it possible tina, they should
be- other than outlaws and enemies to tic Grown Of
England ?'
But it is needless 20 continue tits evidence Of the
wholesale vilanies rerpe.ra,ed by England on the very
~iscep.ion of her rule in Ireland. The history Of that mn
happy country attrsts them. No greater crimes were
ever committed by man against man, than those com
United in Ireland during Henry'x reign: and that reign
is but an epitomc Of the multiplied horrors of seven
woeful centurie. Of English dominion.
Seven hundred long years Of darkness, Of shame. Of
sorrow, of ahjsct poverty, Of persecution, terror, tor
tnre. force, fra"d, corruption ; in short, Of the mast sn-
relatively Infamous tyranny ever exc cisel by one
people over another this, surely, is a sufficient ex.
pertinent for the returning a~t'rihntes of England. And
the Irish are not yet reformed The conquest Of Ire.
land is mt yet accomplished, Ireland still remains an
anomaly among the rat'ons Of he earth at once a
degraded province, and a living nationality For, not
alone in Ireland; but all over the world in III. ir expa.
triation, the unvanqn>hed children of the Green Isle
entertain the same intense hatred Of English tyranny
that animated and sustained their patriot ancestors;
and the same undying aspirations for the revival of a
national life that hnuri~!eI before England had any
knowledge of social exis;enre, when Easii,hmen were
ta'tooed barbarians "a national liE- which we trust
will yet be in full Wig ", when, as Macaul, y predicts,
'sone traveller from New Zealand. standing on a
broken arch of London Bridge, may be s%ke,cling the
ruins of Westminsta. AIhey.'
To detail one tenth of the e~normitfes rsrrr.r,ted by
the English government in Ireland, woaid justify a
volume. Very slightly indeed have we alluded to
them bnt sufficiently to show that the English king
neither fulfilled. NOR int eu!si tn fulfill the rnnlitionv If
the grant" Whence it is clear that his possession Of
lrelana-a usnrpation from the beginning ~hegotten in
fraud baptized ia the most outrageous injustice and
confirmed $50 far as il. WAS confirmed w'thin the narrow
limits Of the 'Pale') in an ocean OF blood, never ac-
CURED the character Of a legitimate government; AMI
is therefore ind-fensible on any hypothesis that can
possibly be assumed.
Though we are discussing this question o, principle.
and not on expedisnts. we are yet willing to give the
advocates of English sovereignty in Ireland, the bsne-
fit Of all the curren. ohject'oas to Irish indie pencence
u these, there are two that seem TO meet with more
or less of popular favor, One is, TINT England has by
lapse Of time acquired a 'rr"scriptivs right; tie
other, that the right Of empi'r, is inamis~ib'e; in ro-
pnlar phraseology, that a govfrnment once established
IS perpetual, and cannot be "~disnembered' without IN
voving the crime OF 'reaSoa.
FN-~' "'N H
leading The popular understanding the perretuity OF
empire, the best refn,atIon OF IT, is found in the example
OF The ten tribes of lsrfe', who "dis'nembsre1' the Elm.
p"e :" i'cooa"'' "hen ."al Prohd sovereign refused 10
">"h 70 she'r appeal 'of a relaxation CT tue inSap-
portable yoke under "H'ch the people were s"'isr'ns'
AND those revolving rebe'''ous' lSrae5ttes, not only
had not committed treason but were placed under HE
special pr''"c''o" nj the DIVINE care; Tor wien To-
oo'm attempted 10 reduce them 10y ioTce, the Lord
sent d prophet 70 warn MN not 10 .sit against the
Ash tribes that had FeVo'e' ana SO the hinsdnm o..
israa as con'raa's'ingn'sheu from the hi'sdom Ct
'"u'' was IN d he" Gays oy Inc f'sht, ana by the TACT
o. neSo"'o"' constituted INTO ne" sovereignty by
pNt"s approval ahd coa''fiHaale 10 Inc biVine COM
A'an '"'s' we "ah' 10 'ef'ef authority tor me right
" es''"NontN"s d government oe"' 10 Tue popular
"ppe"' Ut J 'S"ee wa" '"'S' 'hs'e ~ Ut DETER de-
mo"S''"''"" '"'' '' p"p"' 'o"s' es'-e ''N'a''sh'a''
y !" NJ Pe"p'e a"u mat ""e" u ~ aouseu' '"ey can
resume ~ CT transfer >, d : pleasure
Ana MS IS So"'o oa'"''c uoc'I"e' maintained by
tath'lic P"oi'efs's OF u"'ihpeacfaa e standing The
Divine n's"o Nhgs aS P'P"f"f's UNDERSTOOD Is
oota ffo'es'ahe Vas''y' "a" power is from yea and
As the BOOK OF Daniel explains he always retains hs
common over hhhlah governments !eaV'ns 10 society
the liberty 70 establish the sovereignty !" what way
soever the general voice may deem best calculated to
subserve the common "ea.-"pohtc cos"oscant VI
ven'es qnoniam d"m'hTtnr ESee'sas IN regno hons-
nun, ct c"icnmque vo'uerit dablt lIi"d."
The right OF prescription Is equally nneenab'e. for,
tits a matter Of plain common sense, that the CONT
n"ance Of injustice, SO tar from correcting the wrong
OF "snrpat'on' a'es but aggravate 1t. Some OF the best
writer's on pubic qn'st1o"s' however, recognize the
fact th't an unjust INVASION may he converted, and,
sometimes has oee' converted INTO a government.
having all the attributes OF legitimacy. This happens,
when the invader leaVesint'ct' The constitution, natural
rights, privileges ana fe'ision OF me people invaded;
and the latter sa''shtd that the new rulers govern
with reason and Justice accept a domination, to which
in t'me' as II proves 10 De exercised for the public
good they become attaeieo' ara recognize as a pf'n'
clpIe oil ordef, slao'aiy, ana hatlonal happiness. Is