The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-03-14

soil hi. wassr ssiIl god sals, rals; shas istl,e
This the Irish Pesra vsry sos1s "a Eom
II hs aaslis ssss smsssI Sass e
shake or the sabjcctis sis< SD her
dependence H5spn ia Tn fn of fkis
realm and yss5eas TIE 5s',s q a g
sirssd . aEsssss q posyss ga jalisdisiion
a oEa,ssfns and Ssidnl {ecrS6S Of tho courts Of
.stice ~ Ireland tIi1rstere etc, q Y taclasel
inna hath been, n, and sf Ilght ought to be,
sEin9rdjnatB unto aud deper1r1s9 npon The lBt-
pegiax Crown Of Great Brifain, - being 1nsn4a-
Kings Majesty, by and with the e0nsessE OF tho
Lords spiFituaf and temporal, and Commons of
Great Britain, In Parliament assembled, had,
hath, and Of right ought e have, fuL power
sufficient force and validity 10 bind the people
of tho kiud0m Of Ireland. Aud II II further en-
acted end Declared that the House Of Lorsls Of
any jurisdictiopyfo judge Of affirm, reverse,
any judg ETC., made In any conFt within
tie said Kingdom, etc.n This - the ictlehratcd
repealed BY the stiii more ceIe6ratod Declare
ltion Of Irish Independence, carried In an epoch
inseparably associated with Grattan's enduring
fame.
BY this statute the Irish Parliament was Mt
teriy degraded and provincialized individual
members might occasionally, IL they pleased,
let oil some steam in the shape ef historical
bluster and fgurative rhodomonkade; but ire
land had nothing TO expect from al assembly
as utterly bercft Of MI dignity. and independT
ence as the !. praise God, Barebone's Farliameut
of England Well had il been for the charac-;
of the unfortunate Irish Catholics, If, when that
Parliament was thus rendered poweriess for
good, il had also ceased to be potent for evil.
fis.ivisluais and bodies OF men sometimes net
as il they were covetous for their own degra-
dation. In the depths of the humiliation to.
which the English Parliament had sunk it, the
Irish Legislature found for itself n still lower
hers passed against their Catholic fcllow~coun->
tryinen. Fortunately, the full and proper
treatment of our subject does not require that
we should t;wsll infinitely on this dishearten-
rnention only few facts, which, sufficiently
illustrate the character and spirit of those dren-
~ times. In that saas izs95 in which the
y provincial asseR1bfy, it passesta act exempt
ing Protestant 5issenters fropn certain penalties
10 which they were liable, in common with tlae
malignity 70 make the Paiist feel that exenp-
item IN favor of the diBseaters still more sorely
9 bill was brought In In 1723s for still more eff
6fectuaily preventing the further growth of
Popery, This bill, however, contained q clause
Of soAtroeiotis and monstrotis nature, against
Ebe Catholic clergy, that the whole barbarous
bieasare was suppressed In England Thus, for
Papist find the statute (6th George ~ a bless
ssg and o protection. What q striking ercnt-
psiiication of the workings OF that Providence
'o GOOD S every syi In i7 on te
session of George n, the Catholics ventured to
prepare AN address 10 the new monarch. In
shis address they gave strong expression to
heir loyalty, ard pledged themselves to a con-
flHanee Of their faithful and penceable de-
;tz:sscs. TisS address ss.ss presented By Lord
Dalyiu 10 the LORD Justices, and was accompa-
% the King; but it was received with the most
,ontemptnons silence, and WAS, of course, never
forwarded to England. Hzthert0 Catholics |
night vote at e!eesions iy ticking the oath Of
'liegianae and Al,jurntiun; bnt In this very gear
n y Aleh they aklaressed tho new snunArSh, tho |
etsh EaRliaa1ent rewarded their loyalty and |
BY bin which depsiyed them of |
his last vestige Of Unconstitutional rights. Such |
hen was Ireland, degraded in her Parliament |
md her people, when Gfattan--the day star |
rose above the darkened horizon Of his coun@l
ry's ruined hopes and fallen fortunes--the har- |
finger OF brilliant. but trapsient epoch, which
eKyes, alas only to reader still more hfdeous-
y manifest tho hoiTid gloom which It dispsfied
nd the hideous darkness In which it was itself
a turn extingufshed. When we parted COM
amy with GTatten we left him at school, en-
Dying himself with the hardiest, but by no |
aeals the most agreeable of tsieslAnly exer- |
Uses. In the interval, whilst we were journey /
ag over the historic Geld down 90 the point at I
Thlch we are now arrived, he has passed /
hrong h Trinity College, " eaten his terms y {as
is phrased) IN she Middle Temple, listened I
9 the glowing orntory Of Burke and Chatham,
nth the wrongs Of America for their theme;
eft the avocations of tho Bar, to which no was
alLstt7n 1919, foI1tlle more exciting aud congo
taI pFusuits of politics, and Is now sitting
member for tina borough of Charlenofit. Of
Which his friend, Lord Chnrlemont, had she I,a. j
ronHge. The principal talent of the Irish Pda-
lament was, nt this time, arrnyed against theJ
atIfiAteEst aud tho cloqusnoe OF fhe intellectual
fray within the House YVES effectnaily aided
u the more potent, though y0iceless eloapeace
the narrIeA Tnnk Is nufsifin Of i've soldieryJ
silcAe name and exploits shall be more exrfis
lily mentioned In the proper place This armed
took rts Ttsv I'm f777:-5 IN thEC ysay, +
r consequence Of blte war which was zhctnR +
aged with the Americe6 revoated eol6uies, a
~ soldiers ohly weps1eft in ireland TO resist
lfeatenoa invasion, and u petition 10 the
rown Ter garrison was met by the answer
hat the government could not under this cirS
nlnstanees, afford any adequate protection.
oterpfheHF being thus coftfessetfy unable to
rlf3ct them; Che Irish resolved 10 prntact
! elves, and acccrdfngly volunteers, COM
eeed Of men who had q stake in the country +
the upper and middle classes--fo formed them
dives into regiments, and those were headed I
y the Epri ST Charlcmont, who played a most
fpninchE iAyt Ia the transactions of this
lefnofable pertoa. The effect of this general i
rtntng Of the respectable classes soon beeain6
epareFlt in Parliament and 50 confidenf did
ne Readers of the Nj