The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-04-10
Gladstone's Peace BilI-mart;a1 I.u.

y oenenes on the Irish people, the Enc,
government in its administrat;or .c1-
- aHairs has ever been, however a.
MINISTER'S In introducing any law calcn,a
20 promote the prosperity Of the island
give privileges to her people, thew l,s
Ss oeen SO pretentious and bvnoor;
a -. -. -. 'ne name which they give to eve
= acs 'ney pass in reference to her !. A.;
= uAs one can hardly fail to know J.
. 0nsraeeer OF the act by the name with wh;
y = ushered before the public. Tf;.;. =
, Chn... an act to Disendow theN Apelics
: Suulcn IN Ireland, that is sufic 4 to d
i .ule US thnt it is not the intention of -
ministers to disendow that church. IF
0o an act to give security to tenant,
uo.uines' and compensation in case .
os'on' IL may be looked upon as certai,
.na5 the real intention of the act ia tn n,..,
.enans-rights entirely at the mercy If ~.
landlords, and to clog compensation - :,
~ maze 1t worthless. In the commence.
nenS OF the speech with which Mr.. Glad.
.sone introduced his land bill, he enlarged
oioquent terms, on the miserable con.
uieon 10 which the usurpations of ~
landlords had reduced the Irish tsn.,..
ne declared that this bill was intendod -
protect them from those usurpations -
give them rights where hitherto n. -.
did not recognize any, to enable tho,, =.
'nelr holdings from their landlords
es'aolish their right to commence
uon' and to relieve them from racL-
ions' But when this bill, which. =.
q ss.u' was made especially for the relief If
.no poor, oppressed tenants, was read and
discussed singularly enough, nearly ever
afu IN Doth Houses, English, Irish and
.co'cn, wing and tory, united in sunnort oe
u "hlle the few real friends of the tan.nt.
: ~ notonly because they consider
~ - as giving no protection and confarrino
~ 'A.or on the tenants, but because tbev
1ousne IL would render their sitnat;on
,oise 'aan before. Now, to suppose that
80 "noie body of landlords wouA unite n
s.ppore'ng bill that would put an end
'ne'r usurpations, diminish the richie G
nicn 'hey have SO long and so unscrnn,, O
us'y exercised over their teno,+s p
ssen their profits, would he ahsr,5 tt
"'u 'ney saw-t that the English minister Oh
10 sihpiy trying to humbug the Irish fen u
, 'u,'' no was merely affecting senti- &C
% 20 'il"1 the real character of the hill bs al
..oou.eu oeIled. The whole arran aea,a,.4 al
tue OIL resembles the old comnrom;sa pc
- 70 nave been proposed by the white
10 70 the Indian in their division of 49, mi
Key and the buzzard. Mr.. Gladstoo rel
' 'ne landlord have the turkey and o''
tenant take the buzzard, or let the ten BY
nave the buzard and the landlord taIe the
turkey. But he never once sars TO
!" Inc tenant without putting bnz- get
u ac the end of it. There ia another tiol
u also' just as clear, to show that Mr. by
us.one knew very well that the bill was the
what he said it was, that it VIVA M. maj
= she Irish wanted, that it womb not son
sT any benefit upon Irish ten.nts ~. hare
general dissatisfaction would follow min
He introduced, almost NJ Eng
same Time, another bill, which was may
ny pushed through both Houses. To VINE
OUT all opposition or resistance nm tho IKE
of the tenants to the carrr;ns 'ne slaue
'"u Oil. And, true to the old practice 'ne
English government, he nanoed :.
Or the preservation Off in IroI.a, 20
ia bill ia th. Ia ireland. PERc
woald seem to imply, except under W.
:. s"' ol the old saying, Solitudinem conse,
~ co pdcens apellant-They make n on the
ana call it peace. Instead of nre. One o,
= peace In Ireland, the Object is to Bishop
W desperation people already ex. as sew !,
'ed oy the hopeless misery, Injustice obtain,
preston to which they have been 90 t .hrn to
ActS OF coercion have al them n
'eep the policy of the English Gov Sever
1T in Ireland. whe&ver the people for arS th bis
country were dissatisfied with H. day of
al operation of English law. the the the s see'
"eht' always passed a coercion oct place OF
y them. Since 1900 twelve acts bo1 insilvhl
through Parliament for the extension day afte
lspension of or the suspension of the C che Coo
corpus Act. As for the Peace Preser- Gospel W
cts Arms Acts, Insu ERECTION Acts and az d, rem
10Y Acts etc., during that period We wi
be difficult to epumerata -. Shepherd
were passed to crush out all an the tifril
Vi dlscontent among the peasant Plus N.
hoe one was passed to relieve 5 5,a,.e o9 ~
N the evils under which thew suf- Perches W
he law had placed all power in s OF one nee, of
IN with land in the hands OF the patron. {
, who made merciless use of il martyr AZ
fuei treatment of their wretched just as