The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-01
Tho Irish Church Observation-Disclosures
Next IN Great Britaine

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Tho Irish Church Disest.bllshed-Wh
Next IN Great Brisains
All excitement about the Irish Church being
now over, while the ball must still be kept
moving, the question naturally arises, what
will be the next changer When reading over
the Lords Protested off by Earl Derby's
name-against the disestablishment Of the Irish
Church. it is almost laughable to see into what
grim state Of terror those old fogies have
worked themselves rs to the consequences Of
doing 30 bare an act Of justice as that. They
may dub such measures by any name they like
If they are tired Of those they have 80 often
used-"spoliation and sacrilege" we only
hope to hear Of many more measures like
them. 1t is very probable that such legisla-
ton may hasten on the destruction of their own
fsudal timed institution; but even so, even
were the House Of Lords no more, we can
imagine the people of Great Britain going
about their business al unconcerned as If such
change WAS not 80 appalling calamity
after all. Bat before this takes place, If the
Lords meanwhile are only wise enough to
know when they are well off, and
to 60 with the stream, we shall
have other reforms to record of a
more pressing nature. We find, in the
first place that Mr.. Gladstones Ministry is
pledged b introduce q bill on Irish tenant
right 1t would be difficult to recount the
number q bills that have been already intro
daced, Dme even passed, on this subject;
but these last were-and probably were meant
TO be-Al verbiage, protesting, no doubt, a
great deal, but fencing every concession with
30 many legal yet necessary prelminaries that
the Irish peasant, brought up in salutary
dread Of the law, WAS afraid to have anything
whatever to do with them and 80 things went
on as before. AS the law now stands, when
tho Irish tenant makes improvements out of
his sweat and small capital the landlord steps
in to claim them rs his own, and, finding that
his property has been made more valuable in
stead Of compromising the tenant he increases
the rent upon him-punishihg him thus for being
such fool as to SOW where the other only
was legally entitled to reap. We think it high
time that these Irish landlords should have
law as well as equity arrayed against them,
and Gladstone's Ministry is, we believe, both
able and honest enough to do this.
But while an Irish tenant right bill will be
the next important measure to be looked for
from the British Parliament, other questions of
vital importance will at the same time be can
vassed, and in the end carried through by
popular suffrage. The Liberation Society,
now that the Irish Church is disposed of,
will direct all its artillery, great guns and
little guns, against the Established Church in
Scotland, and the voluntary churches there,
which compose two-thirds of the population,
will not fail to join in the onslaught. When
the Scotch Established Church is brought low
the English establishment will topple over
soon after, thus severing the union so long
existing between Church aud State. Aristo-
cratic institutions, primogeniture, entail and
hereditary peerages will during all this period
| he fiercely assailed from more than one quar-
ter; other times and different state of society
| gave birth to them, and their proper place Il
to be found in medieval history. Some o
these changes we have mentioned are distant
| although perhaps not so distant as may b,
imagined; but, meanwhile, If John Bright
views sway the Cabinet, we may look for oul
next parliamentary sensation to take in the
whole question of Irish land laws, when W.
shall have many an episode on Irish disaffec
ton, agrarian outrages and rights of property
| from those who oppose every amelioratins
measure as to Church or State.