The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-03-26

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| tn. thew were at liberty to strike, tbe1 Y,
provided names enough IF 2aRy
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| the Rouaan Seeieolad not, 36rSe moment
tolaante The Roy1I 1920 uy, 0r inspectlon
| or fescrfpts FROM A0H3ea at could not
he a1id, ssever he made q subject OF nego-i
tiatfoU." Itwould be sinful to grant 70 any
lay power the exercise Of that snpremscy
of the Church which had been given TO her
in trust by God. If some Governments,
and even Catholic ones, had assumed sucl
an authority, it was only by an abuse OF
power; and If the Apostolic See had some.
times borne and tolerated such an abuse, 1t
was only to prevent greater evils, and oeI
cause force had been employed. Thus tne
letter of Cardinal Litta shows the utmost
length to which the Holy See was wiling
to move in its conciliatory path, and the
very point at which 1t stopped snort ana
trine and discipline of the Church by adj
vancing q step further. The Pope himself
addressed the ArchbishOps and Bishops OF
Ireland to explain Their nature of the
concession which he had made, and to re-
move tile alarm thathad taken possession
of their minds. He pointed out to them
that no right determination, presentation
or postulation lad been bestowed that the
rule of Benedict XIV, which forbade vest.
ing the nomination to bishoprics and abbeys
in tho hands of non-Catholic princes, had
been observed, and that F." q certain power
Of exclusion" was all which had been
allowed. 1t were to be wished, he said,
that we could enjoy that entire freedom in
the election of bishops which SO peculiarly
makes part of the Church's supremacy,
and that no lay power whatever had any
share in matter of such moment. In the
h1u <la6 ,fU f1f
the Irish prelates to be satisfied with this
decision of the Holy See, and to believe
that, while something was conceded to the
English Government, the prerogatives of
the Pope and the rights OF the Catholic
Church were, nevertheless, preserved in
tact. -,
In the year 1917 Sir John Cox Hippesley,
who had been great friend of the '.Catho
lie Board" made another attempt to Grip
pie the action of the Catholic clergy by the
appointment of aGovernment comptroller.
He would, it seems, have had no objection
to fill the Office himself, and he collected,
in an immense folio volume of GOO closely
printed pages, all the DEGREES and laws
which he could discover, extorted by semi
infidels and Parliaments from Catholic So
vereigns during the eighteenth century.
These he intended to serve as presidents
troll. But the vigilant DR.. Miner was
again in the field, and the Erpostulation
which he published completely overthrow
the authority of these deistical DEGREES,
and was followed by the total failure of
Sir John Cox Hippesley's project.
During the remainder of George ILLS
reign, which ended in January, 1920, the
Catholic question was suffered to sleep.
Though is was left open to discussion
among the members of Lord LiverpooFs
Cabinet, the majority of them were averse
to it. To every thoughtful observer, how
ever, it was clear that the cause of emanci-
patton was always creeping forward like an
advancing tide, and tfIrt ere Tong It must
prevail. Nearly twelve years before his
death Bishop Miner had assured the Holy
See that its accomplishment was certain,
and that it was only q question of time. In
England public opinion was changing on
the expediency of excluding men from
offices of State on account of their religious
profession, and in Ireland the voice of an
oppressed and indignant population was
daily growing louder in its demands for
political equality and the rights of con-
science. The great leader of the resistless
movement in the Sister Isle was Daniel
! trace the steps by which he led on bis
countrymen to victory and achieved the
main object of his ambition as patriot, il
will be we'll to review briefly the condition
of Irish Catholics under the successive
premers in England and vicercys in thu
. Castle OF DuDllu, from Luo uaCo VI Cu'
. Treaty Of Limerick downwards. We hav'
deferred this retrospect to this stage of on
narrative, because the picture which /
brings before us of English injustice and o
Irish sufferings ought to be viewed as
{ whole. 1t is impossible to form a SCUM
opinion of any of the great questions af
fectiug Ireland apart from the previous his
2 tory OF that unhappy country. Every erro
|. and fault of English legislation in regar
y y to its people has arisen from an unwilling
v ness on the partiof our statesmen to ente
. into the peculiar circumstances of the ma
,, tive population - their distinct origir
!, habits, language and religion. All thes
!, required distinct legislation; and when tn
English Government has attempted to gov
n ern Ireland on the same plan as England
> Wales and Scotland, it has committed &
y gross and fatal mistake as If it had rule
10 Bengal, oOrissa and the Carnatic with I'll
:; same codes Of laws as those which obtai
~ in Cornwall, Anglesey and Inverness. TT
~ Hindoo and Mahometan religions are n,
Is. further removed than the Catholic fat
~, from the Professionalism of English Cabinet