The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-04-03
The Coed Old Timssp-Rslisious Persecution ~
Ireland. -

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Ireland. - |
Every walk in life that could lead to an
honorable or independent position was closed
no would he was bound under o 6ne to attend
Protestant worshipon Sundays "a Protestant
in 1870 blushes ut the thought Of snch n pollu-
ton of Gods holy >house), Catholic school
master was treated as a conviction pounds
reward was Offered for the betrayal of an
usher IN n Catholic school; if the farm held
amount of one third of the rent, his rightto it
was Immediately to cease, and it was to pass
into the Possession of the first Protestant VINO
should discover the rate of profit! In ~!
an act was passed which graciously permitted
Roman Catholics to take a long lease of fifty
acres of bog, to which, if the bog was too deep
be added for house, but it should not ~. be
within mile of city or town w nat the
| meaning of this latter clause, banishlng tne
| farmer from the vicinity of market was IT
| would be difficult to define, unless it were to
prevent his being tempted at sight of the shops,
where some of his co-religionists were carrying
them), to bolt from his bog aud lease, that
Improbable inheritance on the lands OF MS
Landlord. 1t could scarcely have been framed
to prevent market carts over-crowding OF
blocking up the thoroughfares and avenues OF
fashion, for, according to Arthur Young
writing in 1879, such impediments were als-
posed of in double quick time withouS any
} difficulty arisng.s He says:
"a landlord in Ireland can scarcely invent
an order which q servant, laborer or cot aaer
dares to refuse to execute. Nothing satisnes
him but instant and unlimited submission.
Disrepect or anything tending towards
sauciness he may punish with ms cane OF MS
horse With the most perfect securlty-a
moor man would have his bones broken II ne
: dared to lift his hand in his own defence
Knocking down is spoken OF In that country lh
n manner that makes an Engllshman STARE
II must strike tho most careless traveller 10 500
whole strings of carts whipt into ditch, ny
: gentleman's footman, to make way 11r ms rs
q a., fuVn
!, neces. no matter, it is taken in patience; were
S they to complain, they would, perhaps DC
o horse-whipped. 1t is fact that u poor man nan
9 having a contest with gentleman must-Dut
, 1 am talking nonsense-they know their ST.
g tuation too Well to think of it; they can have
y no defence but by means OF protection IRON o.
70 ono gentleman against another, who proDapiy
e protects his vassal he ac0utd me sncep nc ~
e tends to eat" (Young's Tour in Ireland, vol ~
y PIP. 4O-4D. Roman Catholics mad nor OF o a,G'
It Refreshments of Protestant churches, and IRON
!, these rates the landowner was eSemp.'-1ii y
H. occupying lessee, generally N1a h ST. PAL ~
persons robbed by privateers, While England
was at war with France, or any Popish coun
a. try, shall be reimbursed ny grand n jury
"a the goods and lands of Popish inha6itant
"a only In I'LL the gentlemen of the Romisi
20 religion in Kerry, says Smith, M ba sn
~ taxes they lay under, by reason of the freluen
80 rayares and depredations made on the western
a a coasts by French privateers, these damage
10 having to be made good by the Ronal
y Catholics The only result, however, seem
70 to have been the erection of barrack or for
vaenta and the statoningi therein
u, Romanrst could have ever attained to gen
Oh tlemanhood in those times is the real wonder
In u, the machinery for reducing him to the con
w dition of a newer of wood and drawer Q
hs water-for making him not only an ignoran
w. half brutalized serf, but cheat, and hyPocrite
,i i ready to sell his own soul hrst, ana Ineh ~
1911 w
al brother who trusted and loved him, the siste
rs 49, who looked to him for tenderness and prote'
Do tion-was perfect its way. In my chii.
as hood, and afterwards, 1 well remember holdin
nu many q timein my hand a document, (stIii
IRE re believe in existence-I saw it about in ls4s
nd half illegible and falling to pieces with ag
u, 10 bore date abont forty years anterior to l!9
~. 40 and had been fled by one brother agaln
r another discoverer, who with the aid Oh lar u,
pc; Tralee magistrates, that his brother was
ra, concealed Papist; obtained as his reward I'll
IN N, possession of small properly neia ny =, q
ioe his misery affected his leason so that ne
ace fused all nourishment and deliberately starv'
OF of himself to death This story Is not exag q!
AS, was told it over and over again by Protesta
Ine in faith, and O Conservative in politics, OF
har men ever knew least gwen TO eTaegeIa1io
10, " circumstance occurred. The experience OF II
ION since l first heard the story of the old b
,st- - - hnnirsd vaors has NOT in any depr
ng, narrowed or lesssened my natural sympatl
A.. III with feelings of respect and regard TOT
ty.. Protestant landlords of Kerry, but it has CO
. OF siderably widened my sympathies for the
ide se tnon,sa;ance;s sake II is the crown a.
OF glory of Professionalism at the present day, tn
in all Protestant countries. men are free
emit worship God they please; but we LII
rec Professionals are not to forget that our
, 81 relpionists in this country were amongst t
hat very last to cease from persecution entiE'
am inconsistent with, and abhorent to the ii
Int principle of our religion, and that we are
sti. this hour suffering the penalty of their IL
Ollie conduct.
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