New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-20
IRELAND DEFENDED.
THIRD LECTURE BY FATHER RrRKy.


l6h THE NATURAL RESULTS or PROTESTANT
| PERSECUTION. 80
Inc third lecture OF the Very Rev. ThOn.
~ Burke, o. p I'm bis course in reply 10 Mr. Froude an
the Academy OF Mnse, last evening was scss.fuI sot
only In point Of interest but on account of tho nnD,
present to hear IT, Al 10 p M tho sidewar In from.
ot tno ACADEMY OF Music presented very much tbs ADJ
pearaDce OF an immense political gathering or the ,poo
tacie usually seen when famous artist from abroad IA
about to make her first appearances before An Anarean
audience. The lobby filed with LADIES' and eeatle
men pressing In 10 swel the enormous crowd which
filed the seats and oVer1owed into tho Orchestra circle
reserved for reporters, tho aisles, abd the gaI.
! ieries, the topmost one containing az largo
number as could obtain places Daring che delivery
OF the lecture, which Was OF almost unDrsee-
dented length, consuming two half hours the vast
audience manifested entire concsrrence with the seut
ments expressed by thu distinguished monk AND vera
frequent, loud and delighted in their plaudlts The
style OF delivery noticeable fOr the quiet yain OF
which the lecturers frequent resort
and which, Indeed ran perceptby through tho entire
address. He said, in part:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: We now approach. IN
answering Mr. Froude 10 OF tho most awful
periods or history and confess that approach ths
terrific period With sadness aud that extremely regret
that Mr. Fropde should have opened Questions in0ur
history painful 10 every Irishman Tho learned
teman began his rieoure by reminding his audience
that he had closed his second with reference t0tho
rise, progress and collapse Of the great rebellion which
took place IN Ireland IN the year l6i lie made only
passing susiOn 10 that great in history and
that auson II he be reported correctly stated /. That
the Irish rebelled {" rebellion" Is his won) In lGil
D. That this rebellion began In and ended IN
ruin That for nine years the Irish leaders had the
destinies Of their country their hands That these
nine years years Of anarchy and mutual slaughter
Nothing, therefore, be imagined melancholy
than the picture drawn Of these nine sal years. and YET
may venture 10 say, and hope shall be able 20 prove
that each Of these without sufficient
historical foundation. lAppaasel Ny first position IL
that the movement of l6 was not rebellion; D. that IL
did MT begin with massacre although It ended In ruin
g. that the Irish leaders had not tho destnes OF their
country in their hands during these years; and, g.
whether they did did that these years were not
period Of anarchy and OF mutual slaughter Appl1use
We must discuss these questions calmly AMI bistori
cally We must look upon then, rather Ike tho ants
duarian than with the living warm feelings OF men
whose blood bos up with the remembrance OF 80 mnch
Injustice and 80 much bloodshed In order To under
stand this question fully and fairly It necessary 70 90
back to tho historical events Of the times You hnd'
then, that James l., the man who planted Ulster
THAT is who conscated utterly and entirely six OF TAO
fairest counties Of Ireland) rooted oct the abolition
irish and Catholic inhabitants even 70 giving tho vh'o
country to Scotch and English settlers OF inc Prot
estant religion. under the condition that they were not
to have even "a much an Irish laborer on Their
man died in 1926 and succeeded By his Unfortunate
son. Charles I. -
When Charles the Ist came to the throne read up
he was in the traditions OF the monarchy which Henry
the With had rendered almost absolute We knoW
whose absolute power had been continued iu Elizabeth
in forms most tyraunical aud continued by James the
Ist; he came the throne with the most exaggeratet
idea of royal privilege royal supremacy But during
the days of his father new spirit had grown up In
Scotland and IN England. The form which Protestant
ism took in Scotland was the hard uncompromsng aud
[ will add cruel form OF Cayansm in It's most repeiah
aspect The men who rose in Scotland in defense
OF their Presbyterian Religion, rose not against
Catholics at all. but against tho EpiScopN
PrOtestsnts England. They defended what they eoa
the Kirk or Covenant They fought braveiy, acknoTF
edge and they ended in establishing 1t as the reld0S
OF Scotland. Now Charles the First was Episcopa
Protestant of the sincere and devoted kind Ths
Parliament Of England in the very frat year OF ChaSles
reign admitted members who were strongly tngod win
Scotch Cllynism and they ut once showed refractory
spirit to their King They disputed his views and ie
nored his wishes.
But while all this was igong on In England nom tho
year 1880 to the year 16, what taking place In re
land One Of the provinces OF the land had boen com
petely confscated by James tho First Charles was II
OF money for his Own purposes and his Parliament
refused grant him any and tho poor oppressed and
prosecuted Catholics of ireland imagined naturally
enough that the King being In difficulties he
would turn TO them aud perhaps lend
them little favor II they proclaimed thet
loyalty and stood by him. Accordingly the Lord Lieu
tenant Of Ireland, Lord Falkland. sincerely attached
he was his royal master. proposed to the Catholics
that as they were under the terrific peual Laws
from the days of Elizabeth TO James the First theI
now should petition the King they would certainly get
certain concessions granted TO them. These concessions
or yraces, as they called simply involved permits.
sion TO live in their land and 70 worship their God
according the dictates OF their conscience Tnoy
asked nothing more, and nothing moro was promised
to them. When the petition went before the king his
royal majesty Of England Issued proclamation 10
which be declared that 1t his intention and that ne
had pighted his word to grant to the Catholics and
the people OF Ireland certain concessions and III
dulgences which he named by the namo OF grlces."
No sooner did the newly-found Puritan olo
mont In England aud the Parliament fighting
against the King hear that the slightest relaxation o.
penal law was to be granted to Ireland than they To-
santly rose and protested that should not be- and
Charles to his eternal disgrace broke bis word with the
Catholics OF Ireland after they had sent him elo IN
acknowledgement Of his promise. liIssesl
IMPRIsoNING JURIEs.
More than this 1t suggested that Lord Falkland
was too mild and just a man TO be retained as Lord
Lieutenant OF Ireland and he was recalled, aud soon
after Wentworth Earl Of STAFFORD sent IN his place
On his arrival he summoned Parliament which met II
1884, He told them the difficulties the Kin; was in and
how he looked to his subjects for support rhrn no
assured them that Charles skill intended to Keep hn
word and grant them the graces he had promised ohet
concessions were demanded, and other Large
amounts OF money were granted to tho Cath0
olics In 1895 the Parliament again met aug
Wentworth, or tho Earl Of stran5ni' then shoWoo
his rpe character and established his eternal afamy by
ignoring the royal promises made the year before Tao
provinces OF Ireland planned to be taken away oy
wentworth basing his dsgracefa and crue! movements
ON the ground OF detective titles In the And hIsseS
wentworth went into the different counties ana p'eo
h,rtb efr var - L.