The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-08-06
What the C0mHnotlon' I'm
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: American readers Of the daily pa.
''pers have some difficulty in under.
standing the situation Of affairs in
the English Parliament. These
arc easily removed. When, by the
revolution under William III, Ire.
land came Under the sole govern
ment Of England +; that King, not
'content' with the political govern
'ment of the country, confisc led
the church lands, religious houses,
and funded property Of the Catho-
lies. and handed them over to hire
ling partizans Of the Episcopal faith.
From tina: period until now, the
Protestant clergy have had posses
sion Of these lands, with the titles,
offerings, church rates and all euol.
uments of the church, to the exclu-
sion Of the hereditary owners Of the
same, and the Catholic and dissent
ing bodies have had to pay these
dues to church which they neither
believed in nor attended. while they
have been heavily taxed by their
own will in the shape Of voluntary
subscriptions to support their own
priests and places Of worship. In
fact, as the old quaker observed,
they paid the barber at whose shop
they DID NOT get shaved. In Scot
land it was different. After the
Union of that kingdom with Eng
land. the crown tried to force upon
the, Scotch people the obnoxious
episcopacy, but their resistance to
it was SO strong, so universal, and
50 protracted, that the English par
sons we're Withdrawn, and the ma
tionaf religion Of Presbyterianism
was retained. and is their State
church at the present day. OF
course this continued injustice has
been q sore thorn to the Irish, and
for many years. liberal men. of all
grades, have been anxious for, ,soms
wise settlement Of the great wrong.
The recent extension Of the, suffrage
In Great Britain. introduced The
liberal element int parliament, in
sdffcient force, TO justify Gladstqpp
in bringing in the bill. which. at
this time, is shaking the long estah-
lished institutions Of England. to
their foundations. II. . tew words
the requirements Of this bill, are as
t. 70 throw all til, property ,lva y At !.
prescnt solely, in the hands, of the
Church Of England into the hands
Of Commissioners. L., !,
g To abolish the, collection Of
tithes-i. e, the tenth Of; all pro-
duHtiops Of the soil claimed by the
church. .:t -.
8. To throw the Protestant
church upon its cvn resources, Civ
hight no advantages over dissent
ing, bodies. sEsDoii - ag if9e9.|
40 The commission to have equi-
table powers for tho disbursement
of,funa $, an allowance to As made
to the present incumbentS 6fprotes-
tart liyipes..o a...oa Isl li;ssa q "A
s.. AZ. the present, inoumbsntsI
die.out the endDwments 81 to follow
suit. and no incoming Protestant
ministc0 to receive q salary from
this church prspastys=sa IL bo,sss
Now it. may be seen.ata glance,
thet, taking the tempors lities away
from the State. church would, be to-
destroy it in Ireland-and therefornl
the Bishops had stirred up all the
high Tory feeling Of England against
tho bill. and the Whole power Of
THIS parity wasa brought forward t.
crush or 50 tiaanglep as to 'stnitifyl|
the motion before the hHnse. 1T Was
a'psSple's measure. = popular meas
ure and.f not passed BY the house
mus. caused = dissolution Of parlia-:
ment, ssnd resulted in a strong
er msjoritysin tho . house Of Com
moAs. and the creation by the
Queen (hafsslf . WLig) of a new
patch OF peers to 00tvote the sleepy
headed old women known as the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal.
.',vHELr Hunsye-They had to
''let.pp = on lager beer in Boston
under the pxohibitory liquor law.
The Germans threatened to vote
IN MAssE for the democrats, and
the republicans "gave. in.''' The
Law stands but It winks at lager so
severely that lager can't DO seen
either ia the :. mugs" Of the deal