The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-02-08

tain the struggle alone But after time nature Also had
to YIELD and grace in other words the Church. had the laurel
of victory placed on her brow.
The Church, now apowerful educated the people of Ire
land she viewed the matter But there
portions of the people of Ireland aso of other countries
who on this subject differ with the Church These
III process OF Time threw off her authority, and without at
all abandoning the religious idea, which they only modified
listened to the dictates of nature and reason and applied
themselves to human learning These masters
Where and the Irish faithful" the Church calls them,
Vare their servants and slaves Thus far the things of
our suounary world concerned the Irish know what
they ought to be ignorant of and ignorant of what they
ought to know. And this is way of explaining the
mystery OF being educated and ignorant at and the
time.
Ii my counrymen not thus circumstanced, if they
were wholly Ignorant like little children their cause
would be vastly better than for in that case and
no obstruction being then in the they would like Others
learn what would be useful and their worldly advantage
and being by nature blessed with quckness of parts they
would advance in the delightful paths learning and science
until their country instead of being nursery of servants
would take its place among the foremost nations of the
>earth But they not ignorant as little children; their
brain is not unimpressed for it loaded and overloaded
And with what? With that which fourteen hundred years
of experience proclaim be utterly barren of any national
benefit them The brain loaded with this the
sary exclusion of other and better learning The religious
devotee will listen to the dictates of follow the
light of science; he not only will not but he has the firm
belief that he ought mott The Church will ask than
this and the State cannot for is the voluntary surrender of
the whole man, body and soul.
The Jew, from whom the Protestant well the Catholic
has derived the egheen-twenehs of his religion was, in
Van especial the archeype of the Irish Catho
c for he loved his religion better than he loved himself
his country What this religion of the jews in the
estimation of surrounding nations? mass, for the most
part of it, of degrading and contemplate superstition This
did hinder the Jews from claiming theirs alone the
religion and that they alone the special favorites of
God. In their incesan with the nations of antiquity,
particularly the alpowerul Romans these exclusive and
offensive claims of theirs lost them the sympathy of the
world Every other people depsed and hated them, and
scattered them to the four winds of heaven that at this
hour they do not govern single village the habtable
globe The paraelism here the e is not very obscure
The Protestants of Great Britain and Ireland with
their grievances and in seeking their redress could
be nsensble the value of the active sympathy of the
Catholics of Ireland If the latter could only fall into
liberal and hearty determination with the Professionals the
demolition of governmental tyranny and the just punishment
pampered and uneelng arstocracy in Church and
State would speedily follow But the thing cannot be done
the religion of Ireland and its bishops in the way as
fear, an nsurmounable obstacle.
To hearty union, the Proesants have their objections.
They love liberty and human improvement Now they say
that Ireland gained its independence tomorrow the
oc Church there backed by the greatly superior numbers
Of her adherents would oppose the establishment of Re-
public or being established in spite of them they would
neutraize its benefits When told to the contrary they shake
heads and hold up Merco Ohello did the handker-
chief Here they say, country with which England has
had nothing whatever to do country where all is Catholic
-ingraned and thorougha country in which the Catholic
Church regns supeme-a country enjoying every natural
advantage What is its condition. It is nation of the
most ntolerant bgotry-plunged in perpetual anarchy
ignorance and povery-the of this modern Eden
~gong about free from the claims the architect and the
tailor as was first father Adam, in the original Eden
whilst the bishops and priests oppressed by the weight
of their riches and bask in the sunshine of earthly luxury
and irresponsible power
believe it is Mr.. OConnell who represented an