The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-25

distract the of friendly relations which time and
the habit of living together might happen to establish be-
tween the native and foreign The Intervention of
the English Government whatever its osensble object is
always inspired with the design maintaining and widening
the primitive alienation and dsrus In time civil commo
ton It's aid is lent the of the foreign extraction and
when the natives thus reduced a of quescence
the element used is in turn tomented and repressed
Thus it is rendered impossible that the strife should
terminate either by complete victory of of the anag
onists, absolute fusion of both. Otherwise, such
fusion would have been rapid and presented phenomenon
rarely be with elsewhere By of the gentle
and genial disposition of the Irish the invaders
drawn by irresistible attraction assimiae them
selves the invaded in CUSTOMS language and dress The
AngloNormans exchanged their eudal titles for the sir
of Irish chiefs They drawn to Irish song and
mnstresy with native passion invited the bards to their
banqueting halls and gave their children to native
to be nursed These manners the Normans in England
accustomed to lord over the Saxons denounced de-
generate.
To this degeneracy and maintain the Normanrsh
in their integrity, the kings and parliament of
England enacted many barbarous laws of which
parcularze Every Norman Englishman by blood who
assumed the Irish DRESS married Irish wife, was de-
cared liable be treated Irishman that is to be
considered ser both his goods and There
royal ordinances regulating the cut of the hair
and beard in Ireland the number of yards should
go the making of garment and its color Every English
trader caught trackng with the irish punished by the
conscaon of his goods and freshman intercepted IN
the act of passing through Norman territory was
treated if SEIZED spy Every Norman lord suspected of
vong the Irish rendered by that single circumstance
mark for political persecution, and, if rich and powerful
accused of desiring make himself king of Ireland
at least of trying to effect separation The grand council
of barons and knights of Ireland who accustomed to
assemble annually parliament after the English example,
regarded with almost much hatred and contempt
the national assemblies of the native Irish the SUBMITS of
the hills No discretion allowed to this Irish Parliamen
could not without the object of convocaon being
first approved of by the English king and then the
articles which it to vote should have been previously
drawn up in England. On the side of the natives the
English Government employed all its of action to
their of national usages and ancient
social order 1t caused be declared by the archbhops
almost all of whom from England, that the old laws OF
the country such those by which it ruled when was
called "isua sanctOr abomnable in the sight of
God Every native convicted of having submitted any
the judges of his nation accommodated and
ranked among those denominated in the royal enactment
"the Irish enemies of our lord the king"
For the purpose of counteracng these efforts OF England
to destroy their ancient uages the Irish exerted all their
power of resistance maintain them intact They manifested
deep aversion to the affected poeness and refinement of
the Anglo Norman "Settng value" says the
historian Fossar on such gmcrackery and not desiring
make any advance in the arts of assimilation but
preerring remain in original uncouth sae This
gracious demeanor was however, but assumed they knew
we'll how to comport themselves among strangers and
to inspire them with affection especially ifthe latter happened
be enemies of the English Against these they formed
alliances with several Continental princess and when in the
fourteenth century, Edward Bruce had been hailed king
by his compatrots bodies of Irish volunteers
crossed the sustain him. After the reimbursement
of Scotland Edward Bruce brother of Robert, made
descent Ireland.
assisting the Irish to reconquer their country, and the
degerateS to take satisfaction for the wrongs
inflicted them by their king. In fact many of the latter
joined the ScotishIrish army, which, in its march to the
South sacked many and dsmantled several strong
comnanions of John De Courcey.