, 1869-08-15
THE IR1sH CHURCH DIsEsrARL15B,
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nest2 In the disestablishment si1 or cigh
lr'ah Biahops hare been unseated as mem
bezH Of the House Of Lords, and alreal,
there is entered upon the notice book o
the House Of Commons q motion 10 th.
effect that It Is no longer proper that au1
bishops should sit in Parliament at all
This measure is received by tho people o
the United Kingdom with diversified feel
inga. The friends Of the English Churct
aze, of cousBe, alarmed. The Church i,
now disestablisled in Ireland aud Scotland
and only exists officially in Englaud. Thosf
persons regard this act Of Parliament as .
concession not only to what is called iustict
in the case Of Ireland, but also rs con
cession to tho Disscntcra Of England, whc
deny the Justice Of any State religion. Il
Englaud and Scotland there arc a fow
| lfotehtanss, not members Of the Estab.
| lshed Church, who have opposed this
heahure beca,sse Ut their traditional lorro,
| ot 'Pope1, and to my recognition that
lEotnnn Catholics havo any rights rs men,
bers Of the community. In ireland, how
crer, this Inter feeling is the strongest.
The population Of TINT part Of the king.
dom may be divided into two general
hea1s-thc no,nan Catholics mi, tue
Orangctutu. While nil Protestant Irisb-
men IRE not Otunge1neu, anil tAonsan1s
l4vl'l the or'icr in .liHguHt, yet thc ac,iyo or
de'nonetrafise part u Tho 1rish protcstants
ar" or"ngctnon III feeling, il hot by nom.
hcrRhp.
There nra grievances which tho wholo
irish population IaLur under i'll co,uuou.
h1e Erenscat VI nll being tho r,ncortai,,
tc''''ro l'y wllc1, they occupy Tue !antl. All
1re'"sld IL deeply md equally Interested III
reform "u thnt subject they nrp III,
eq""lly interested in .!iAeAt4b!,,hing the
Church, ltnf Bnch II tlo histornnss with
"'''h the leorle arc nr1n3c,1 against earll
"f1'rr an Catholics antl t}rnngetnen, Tint tho
l"tt'r ha'o united Will, Tue English t'',nrrh
in "1lnning Tho diHestallshmcut, merely
''ecauso II wuH regarded ~ a oo,,ccasiyn Il,
R''nan ca'f'olic conutyncr,. hut tho
Church haH tccn ,lsratallshed, mud now
~l'at IL +" lo luno Thu 1loiuan f'n,f,.
"'ic t"i','a'ioh of 1rcian,f n divided fns.,
tw" claatcH --- tlo TeuInns a,l tue
"ntj.Frpsnnu. Thu Fritana nro uppugql
l" everything thnt tons nnL involve pnpara.
'l"n !r'tn EuEln1.l n'nl MI irlrf,rnslpnl nv.
fl"nnfffy fur IRELAND. I1to t:I,arch h,ul it4
f"|'"rsH nEr fur sh" sul1rpl iil,rrly anil rig|,t
"I|!ss'''t t"'llt'r"l srImrn."n. I14n ,,ivl.
nl'''' In" "saHt"d st,ur Tho t!nyA NJ Itoury
H.. "14pr III" liinHm of lur1u,m wnrn all
f"i'"'Il'" Thu t'5anErtnrn nrn IT r,u,re
"|1mhe'f I" thu funiaun. IN a,.y ntI4nr
r""'try. null ant,'.E AsIy utllcr t,"ople. ti,urp
wsu'l h" r'1o'ulal,lu iolm lt4at, now tint
thu rlntrl! ohAl,linls.nrlt l4aa lm r,s rcn,oyol.
ahe ~sb}r nntiou would uuito in d..
tnDi'sling Redress fer thu conlu,on wso,,g iy
Which they occupy tbs lunsl ut tho ,.icro A.,f
fesunco VI the NONRESIDENT owncrH Ttlcre
is hartlly uny hope for this. The
old religious antipatly il su irrco III
ever, and there IN moro probability Of
nnion between tho Osange,ncu mud tho
Fcnians, against England, thnn there IL Of
the Hhule 1'upp1e i'll The support OF laud 70
form.
In Scotland the disestablist1ncnt Of the
Irish Church Ii Popular, bucausc it Ii a |
yicdicutiou Of the Scottish wisdom in never
conscnting to have the English Church
forced upon them. But the great strength
Of the Libera] Ministry in this matter was
dtnvn from the English Disscntera, who,
nut sharing tue national antipathiea which
divide the 1rihl, have supported the 1ncas-
ure because Of its justice, and because it is
q step toward d like result in England. Par
lialneut las adjourned for tlres months,
and IN this meantime the cunluct Of tho
H'''se Of Lords, and tho whole theory by
Which that bosly Is part Of Parliament, is
Freely discussed alloser the Kingdom. Such
discussion can laye no result favorable to
the Lurls, nud when Parliament meets
again 1t is probable that ii will be prepared
Tor additional reforms, each Of which will
oe aimed Mt special privileges held by that
portion Of tho population who ore few in
number and represent nobody bu. them
selves. II tue people of Ireland ucrr
united they could obtain my liberty or
right not involving separation o. independ- |
ences and against such separation and indo-
pendence tho discstablish1nent Of the Irish
Church and all other reforms commit the
Roman Catholic hierarchy u Ireland and !!
England more strongly than ever. Evary
concession and act Of justice By England
TO Ireland, weakens the Feniaas, AID !!
strengthens tho union With Great Britain. I