The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-08-14
IreIand's Hope.

!, lreIands Hope.
The English press affect great disappoin
d ment, that what are called concessions
nave failed to make the Irish people fail
. love with British rule. Catholic Enaucip,
zion, Church Disestablishment, and I'll
present land bill, have in turn been give
as magnificent boons; but like Olive
Twist, the cry. is still for more. The Iris
are unreasonable and ungrateful. So it
said- How have these measures bee,
grantedf With grace SO i'll, that n,
amount of regeneration can conceal tn,
1act that fear alone originated and caused
their ultimate concession. With regard to
Catholic Emancipation, the Memoirs of Sir
Robert Peel and his letters to Vesey Fitz-
gerald are extant to prove this. AS to the
Two last measures, disestablishment and the
land bill, they were not the result of a.
generous or magnanimous legislation. but
extorted alike by the unanimous demand
OF a people ready to take the alternative of
refusal, and the pressure of civilized public
opinion. What then Z The questions which
nave been settled may be said to be those
affecting the Irish as individuals. There
Is another and far more potent one-the
national question. 1t has been we'll said
That this will not be the wish of one nor
tlon OF the people, opposed to another sec
ton. as has been the case in the Church
and Land questions, but it will be ma
'lonal cry taken up and re-echoed bJ Ca
holics and Professionals Landlords as we'll
70 tenants. We have seen the question
'ublicly asked, will this agitation For ma
jensf1tH be snccesafa3 Tha ..ssies I
re Tar more likely atsthe present hour for
uccess than when Catholic CHARACTERISTICS | |
'as first proposed. Lord Kenyon, az chsas
elor of England and consciencS.kd eperE
George the Third, declared that no |
nglish sovereign could ever approve that q
1t without perjury and fosfsiture of his /
ght to reign. We answer the question Z
len undoubtingly, it will be successful. il
hen a nation gives resoluts expression to fs
will, its demands must be granted. OF v
Sc the humiliation Of those making the a
'mand must follow. So far as regards "
'gland and ireland, the day for this is tt
'ssed. Ireland was notoriously robbed of I'll
II independent power of legislation-Aand a,
Will be no boon, but an act of sheer iuss I'll
e, to restore that spower where it right %,
!ly belongs. It would be suicidal for tr
gland to hesitate or refuse, OF put off to &c
lime of difficulty. or danger, when to de- m
md is to command, the restoration of d,
f-government to Irishmen. The Imperial
riIament cannot rule Ireland in accord at
co with the feelings and prejudices of ~ ~
inhabitants. And no matter how wise, nc
" good, or how just any government mi
y be, its attempts to manage the affairs as
a people differing from them in race. in az az
'sion and in character, as do the impul- lee
Irish from the stolid English and cal Oei
atins Scotch, must end only in one way "o
isaster. 1t must necessarily follow,
n, that a repeal of the union between
gland and Ireland is inevitable. The
etings which are being held by the g
nds of repeal are well known to be only ~.
urinary to a monster public catherine. Joi
Which the inmost wishes of the heart are 10
to find imperiOus expression. A por- oi
OF the English press have taken a firm ny
i'd against aspeaceable solution of this ''e'
Iect. The London Spectator makes this NJ.
'ble admission with regard to the ma no'
al feeling Of the Irish people:
| Irish representative body sitting in Col -
Green wonld, N i've years, either be dis WIZ
ed by military srce, or would be sover- bitt
Boy
he Nation, commenting on this showing yea
ne case, takes this as clear testimony feel
ne desire of the Irish people to "clioose bre.
own rulers and maketheir own laws" men
the Statesmen, press and people of is C
and said fewsyears ago that it was for
light OF every people to do that very
3. The English journal goes on to r
j.
mater nov limited its attributes might and
o matter how clear the distinction be- ,rh;
n its powers and those of the Parliament VIM
'ndon, no matter how small its patronage. Hol
.,stt oS ISeIsn% ,t9 exeenfive authority, day
a IN yearit wanld be the only authority com