New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-22
IRELAND NOT At FAULT.
FATHER BURKE's FOURTH REPLY TO Mr.
EROITDR

PROTESTANT INTOLERANCE DURING QUEEN
ANNE's REIGN-sOWING THE WIND or RE-
STRICTION AND REAPING THE wHIRLwISD
or REBELLION - IRISH SYMPATHY FOR
AMERICA DURING TIE RBYOLUuON-IBISiI-
MEN NEITHER UESSIANS nor TRAITORS
GRATTAN's ATTEMPT TO ORGANIZE a NATION
-JNSURRECTION STIMULATED BY MISGOY-
EBNMENT.
The fourth lecture Of Father Burke in reply
to Mr. Froude was delivered last evening at the Acad
envy OF Music before q very largo audience although
scarcely equal In 10 that Of the previous HgA5
Father Burke in substance spoke as follows:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: have perceived in tho prt
lie newspapers that Mr. FrOude seems % be somewhat
irtatcd by the remarks mado ga 20 h5 accuracy asa
historian. Lest any word Of mine might hurt ~ tho
least degree the just suscepGDh1os Of an honorable
man. beg beforehand TO say that nothing Is further
from my thoughts than tho slightest word either Of per-
sonaity disrespcct for WHO has won for himself
80 high namo "a tho English historian. Therefore
merely hope that It Is not any word which may Layo
fallen from me- even In the heat our amcaD'e
troyersy that has given the least onsc TO that gentle
man. Just as 1 would expect 10 receive from him.
from any other learned add educated man, tho treat
mept which one gentleman "a supposed to show
other 30 do I also wish 20 give him that treatmont
fApplausel
Now. my friends yo como to tho matter in hand. On
the last evening had to great portion Of ny
coptry's history in reviewing the statements Of Tie In
gish historian. and WAS Obliged 20 leave al"oS' IN
touched ono portion Of that sad story. namely tDe
period which covers the reign o. Queen Anne Ihs cn
mabe lady Of whom history recalls the unwomny vice
Of an oyer-fondness for eatne, - the English
throne on the demise OF William OF Orange an II,-' ana
on that throne she sat until l7 A. IJc'oTo remif"e1
II WAS perhaps natural that the Catholics OF md
trodden into the very dust should have eNpcea some
quarter from tho daughter Of tho men Tor whom theJ
had .hcd their blood and the granddaughter o. tho
other stuart king FOR whom thcy had ioagnt Win 80
much bravery in lcA.
Protestant BGOTRY UNDER cU'EA ANNE'
The return the irish people got from his good lacy
was quite Of another kind from what they might nave
expected Not content with the atrocous laws Whioh
had been already enacted against tho Catholics OF
Ireland not content with the nlgrlnt breaGl OF lhe
articles Of Limerick Of which her royal brother in1A"
william was guilty. no sooner dil Anu3 come 10 me
throne and send the Duke Of Normandy as Lrd L2u.3n-
ant Of Ireland than the Protestant faction Of Ireland
came upon their knees TO the now L)rlLeuJehah't 70
beg him to relieve thom from those desperate STRAITS
Great God! people robbed prosecuted, l.a until Only
remnant Of them was left without voice IN tho n'toAS
councils without vote even IN tho humbiest assem-
blages-theso were the men against whom the Strong
Protestant ascendancy OF Ireland made their complaints
in 17o And 80 well were these complaints heard, my
friends that We 1nd odict after edlct coming out,
declaring that no Pap5t snail be allowed TO inherit lana
or possess land or buy land or have 10 even unH'r
lease; declaring that il o Catholic child wished 70
| bpoOme
child become the owner aad tho master Of his fathers
estate and his father remained only pcDsioner or ten
ant for life upon tho bounty Of his ap0sate son.
declaring that chld however young, even an infant
became Protestant that that mOnon that chiid was 70
DO removed from tho guardianship and custody Of ne
father and was to be handed over TO some ProtesahI
relation Every enactment that the misguided ingenuity
| Of tho tvrauuical mind Of man could suggest was
! adopt,I and put in force. "Ole yht be inclined"
says Mr. Mitchell TO suppose that Pypcry had already
been sufficiently dis ,ei, seeing That tho clergy had
been bauIshed the Catholics excluded b. Law nom
all honorable and lucrative empoymcuts carefully d-
armed and plundcrod Of almost every acre o. Their
ancient Inheritance"
But enough had not ye been done omak. the Protest.
ant interest feel secure Consequently these laws came
in and clauses were added, Ter this good cen AIMEE
that no papist or C,,noc could live IN walled town.
especiaIy in the towns OF Limerick and Galway that
10 Catholic could come into the Suburbs OF tuc
town but were obliged 20 remain seyefa. miles outside
The persecution went Oh. In 7ll We tnd tncm enaclRs
new laws Later the very last Day Of Qioan Anne's
reign we find them eDactins their laws bounding tLo
magistrates and the police Of tho country, AMI tie in
formers Of the country, oGrns them brides and pre-
miums to execute atrJcious laws, and to hlat
Catholic people and the pre5.ood OF Ireland as
| IL they were fcr)cious aul uutamtble wolves.
THE LEX TALIOSIs ARGUMENT.
But my friend Mr.. Froulo jlstiios al this on two
grounds-not word TOR TIE people tlu5 trsated-not
single word the manly protest against the shedding
Of that peoples blood "a cry in the audience Of He's
too mean l-by unjust persecution against the robbery
Of legal euactment but he says there were two reasons
which seemed to justify the fcrocious action OF tho
British Government Tho FIST "a, no says, thai, after
| ap these laws were only retaliation for the
| terrible persecution that was suffered By the
| Protestant Hagucnot7 in France. He says; "The
Professionals Of Ireland wero only following the
| example Of Louis XIV, who revoked the Edlct Of
! Nantes" Let me cxpi1G this somewhat 10 you. The
Eiict OF Nantes was law t1at gave roIious liberty
10 the rel gous Pr0es-ants wen the French Cath
olics. IL was law founded ia justice. It q l.w
founded IN the sacred rights tat belong TO man but
this law revoked AMI c0Ds,g outlY the PrO"sG-ts
Of France laid open TO rsocut0u. Bat there IS
this difference between the French Protastants and the
Catholics Of Irelnd the former had their liberty
guaranteed them by treaty. The IRISH Catholics had
their liberty guaranteed them 0y tho Treaty OF LmereE
q treaty which they Won by ther Jwn brave hands and
swords lAppauscl The e'iet ~ Nantes was uEiIStly
revoked but that revocation lch OF any royal
! word pllghtcd 10 them. Tae Treaty OF Limerick was
broken Catholics OF Ireland and tho breach OF
tth, King Of England, tao Plrli1mon; OF England tho
arisOcrIcy England. the peopcof England, well rs
the miserable Irish Protestant fac5on aj home became
J perurers in the history OF the world. II sses
Here arc the words OF the celebrated Eimuud Burke
on the subject OF the revocation qt this very Eliot:
This OF injustice" says tho s5It Irish sAtesI1
(which let loose on the monarchy Of louis XIV. such y
torrent of nyectyo and repgoaca and VII c threw dark
cloud the splondor q most ir,trouJ r.igr. fails
far short OF tn ease OF 1relanj'-lomomber that ne lie
an English statesman OF Irsh birth, and q Protestant,
who speoks-"the prlyCLe5 when tGo Ptot,si % OF
Franco enjoyed antecedent 70 This revocation were far
greater than the Roman Catholic OIL Ireland over
pred under the Protestant Embellishments To ulm-
Der Of itch rcTs. f considered H5solu'cly, D. rot
half OF ourssf consdrcd relative TO abe bOdy OF cccN
cnnnnnv N ~ nnrLnns mot ~ -ntlnfh nlrf md mon