The New York herald., 1872-11-13

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these ohieftains were the nve princes, who
selected judges to Judge the people, These Judges
which IL was taught. The i've princes elected tho
sovereign, who sat In the imperial hall OF Tara.
There Patrick found them-king and prince and
Judge and minstrel-when he preached to them the
faith OF Jesus Christ. The land was held In
common, the chief giving to each man what
was necessary for his support, and the right OF
pasturage over all was recognized. There was no
such thing a. slavery; every man In the tribe was
noble. When the English came to Ireland nothing
astonisned ~ them 80 much, SO said historian,
BOLD, FREE MANNER
III Wnlch the Irish addressed their chieftains. Ana
was was this anarchy, as Mr.. Froude had chargedf He
among themselves, but that was then the common
state sa OF all Europe. Now to religion, for the
Ireland was the chosen home OF Christian saints
ana a scholars, and men rom all parts OF
the smp on to her .ra shores light
came the Danish Invasion, which reduced the land
t9 state q great wretchedness. The consequence
ol tne DANISH wars was that the Catholic religion
marked It. These wars lasted three centuries, and
period OF bloodshed ? England had been nearly
ruined by the Wars OF the Roses which only lasted
tury the Danes were finally expelled, and We
found ,sSs, tnst law laws were soon again being
them, the Pope's lcgate being received with that
marked respect and cordially which had always
characterized the conduct OF the Irish to their
spiritual leaders. Many councils were held, some
OF them presided over by the Papal legate. Father
Burke alluded to the galaxy OF Irisn saints that
said that only ono year before the coming OF the
N0rmans there was
GREAT COUNCIL
OF all ireland, which was very orderly. Lafrano
and Anselm, English archbshops, had both congra.
tnlated Irish kings upon the profound peace that
this with the darkness and lawessness that existed
in England under William Rufus. As to the charge
say that when an Irish King stole another MANS wife
oil Ireland rose up and banished him from the
country. ntt were true, as the lying Norman
bestial, incestuous people, this king could have
retorted that he had as good right to be black.
said that the Normans had come to ireland to
teach the Irish the
TEN COMMANDMENTS. -s
But 1t was admitted that the Normans did not own
9n inch o soil in Ireland, and they robbed the
Irish Of all Of It, in order to illustrate the COM
of England, had instigated the murder Of St.
Thomas Beckett and was living In adultery, and
Irish that they ought to observe the command
ments "thou shalt not steal" and '.thou shalt not
discuss the question Of the alleged
LETTER FROM THE POPE
to King Henry, authorizing, the conquest Of Ire.
was made Pope on the Sd Of December 1854, and
the news could not have reached England in less
John 81 Salisbury was sent to Rome to congratu.
late Pope Adrian and procured this letter. Ana
there copy Of the letter in the archives al Rome
But this copy had no date, and 1t was well
established that no order or pull undated, was
Froude had said also that the letter had been al.
luded to by Pope Alexander III. He (Mr. Burke),
that this letter was also forgery. It was
true that many Ira also admitted e..
Besldes vSsS Henry had sSed With the 8nspOps
that the latter would give him g rescript OF the
alleged letter OF Pope Adrian! Mr. Eroude had
charged tnat the Nopmans @ nad 6e1gus sne lrsn 70
Yet the first legate that came over after the in.
yon was By Henry he passed
would do nothing against the English in Ireland.
But supposing the bull were given by Pope Adrian,
on the false pretence that Ireland was in
disturbed and disorderly condition. And
promise made by Henry that he would 60 to
Ireland, '(or the glory Of God and the good Of the
Church." which promise had been broken: Besides,
Ireland, except that which was when he came In
possession e the sP Panes with the vroSSs
had said that the Danes and Irish were
then at war. The Normans arrived and the people
ceTan esvs poron Of their and to
love them. 1t was strange, however, that
THESE PROUD NoRMANs
called them "vlains,n showed an admiration for
the Cets. When the Normans went out from the
pale they adopted the Irish dress, adopted Irish
customs, married Irish wives ana were glad
to get them. In the end, indeed, they abjured for
ever the English language and the English GUS
the Norman conquest Mr.. Froude had said that
there had been constant anarchy. And this was
true. The secret OF this inccsSant and desOlating
war was the constant effort OF England to force
THE FEUDAL SYSTEM.
This was the only thread by which You could dis.
entangle the painful history Of those ages. Henry
H., while he made his treaties with Irish kings,
made secret division OF all Ireland into ten por-
tions and gave them to hts mobiles, though Irish
hands and battle blades stood In the way OF their
getting them for many long year afterward.
In consequence an Englishman had the right
TO trespass upon his Irish neighb0r's
property, and the Irishman had no redress IN law.
Further than this, law was passed declaring that
it was no felony to kill an Irishman. And tt was
also impossible for an Irishman to buy an acre OF
land could any land be left by Will to an Irish
man. Would not Irshmen be the
VILEST DOGS .%
on the face o. the earth II they had submitted
quietly to such treatment what race was 1t that
were thus treated by saxon churls Gerald Barry,
speaking OF the Irish, said, ~ know OF no grander
race than the Irish." The English IN dealing with
the Irish made the great mistake Of forgetting that
they dealing with the pr0udest race on the face
prevailed In Ireland for lour centuries, he (Burke
denied that the Irish chiefains had been the mere
robbers Mr.. FrOude had stated them to be. Their
divisions had been the bane OF their country, but
they had at least been, az whole, patriotic and
good. ats. s...ret.
tur0us enthusiasm. r7I