The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-08

In order to understand these questions
fnlly and fairy, lit is necessary for us to go
back to the historical events of the time.
We find, then, that James the First, the
man who "plan tied" u lster-that is to say,
who confiscated utterly and entirely ak of
the fairest counties in lreland-an entire
province, roofing out the aboriginal Irish
Catholic Inhabitants, even to q man, aud
giving the whole country to Scotch and
English settlers Of the Protestant religion,
under the condition that they we're not to
employ even as much as an Irish iaborer on
their grounds; that they were to Danish
them all. We find that this man died in
1925, and was succeeded by his unfortunate
son, Charles the First. When Charles came
to the throne, bred up as he was in the ira
ditions of monarchy which Henry the
Eighth had rendered almost absolute, as
continued under Elizabeth under q form
the most tyranncal; whose absolute power
was continued by. his own father, James
the First-Charlcs came to the throne with
the most exaggerated ideas of royal privi
lege and royal supremacy. But during the
up in Scotland and in England. The
form which Professionalism took in Scotland
was the hard and Incorporating, and /
will add, cruel form of Calvanism in its
most repellant aspect. The men who rose
| in Scotland in defence of their Presbyterian
reh8ion, rose NOT agathsU Cathoilclty AT ALI
but against the Episcopal Professionalism Of
England. They defended what they called
the Kirk" or the covenant" They
fought bravely, acknowledge, for it; and
they ended in establishing it as the religion
of Scotland. Now Charles the First was
an Epscopalian Protestant Of the most
sincere aud devoted kind. The Parliament
of England, in the very first years of
Charles, admitted members who were
strongly tipged with Scotch Cslvanism,
and they at once showed a refractory spirit
to their King. He demanded of them GER
tain subsidies, and they refused him. He
asserted certain sovereign rights, and they
denied them. But whilst all this w as going
on in England, from the year 1850 to, let
Us say. the year 164l, what was taking
place in Ireland7 One province Of the
land had been completely confiscated by
James the First. Charles the Fret was in
want of money for his own purposes his
Parliament refused to grant him any and
the poor, oppressed, down trddden, fetse-
cuted Catholics of Ireland imagined natu-
rally enough that the King, being in diff :.
culties, would turn to them and perhaps
lend them little countenaDce and little
] favor, if they proclaimed their loyalty and
stood by him. Accordingly the Lord Lieu
| tenant of Ireland, Lord Falkland, sincerely
attached as he was to his royal master,
limited to the Catholics and proposed to
them that, as they were under the most
terrific penal laws, from the days of Eliza
beth aud James the First, that perhaps if
they should now petition the King, they
would get certain graces or concessions
simply in volved permission to live in their
own land, and permission to worship their
God according to the dictates of their own
conscience. They asked for nothing more
and nothing more was promised to them
Wien their petition went before the King
| Ana1 Masn nE I'D a
pr0ciamation, in which, he declared that il
was his intention, and that be had piightet
his word, to grant to the Catholics and t.
. the people of Ireland certain cOncessionl
and iuduigencies which he named by The
name of graces. No sooner did the newly.
, founded Puritan element, in England ant
. in the Parliament, that were fighting
against their King-nO sooner did they
= hear that the slightest relaxation of tn,
penal Jaws was to be granted to the Catho
, lies Of ireland, than they instantly ros
and protested that it shOnld not be an,
Charles-to his eternal disgr&ce-broke hi
word with the Catholire of Ireland, afte
they had sent him E 1870, 600 10 acknowledg
ment of his promise. More than this {
7 was suspected that Lord Falkland was to-
= mild man, too just a man, to be allOwet
tO remain as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
He was recalled, and after short lapse
= Wentworth, who was afterwards Earl c
= STAFFORD, was sent to Ireland as Lor
| Lieutenant.
. Weutworth on his arrival, suEmoned
n parliament, which met in the year 1863
d He told then tue difficulties the King wa
e IN; he told them how the parliament i
d England vas rebeiling against him, All
q how he looked up to- his lsish subjects d
loyal. He, perhaps told them that, amunG'
Y Catholics, loyalty was not mere sent
t mept, bat is an mistaken priuciple, Iestin
IS upon conscience aud religion. And the
q, hs assured them that Charles the Kii
10 of England, still intended to keep b
20 word aud grant them the concessions
Rracee.