New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-26
IRISH REFORM.
MR. rRoupTs CLOSING LECTURE.

LIAMRNTARY MEAsURES-rIlb sVOcSDyTIoNs
THE PEAsANTRY DUE TO LIE THouGuTs.
or LAND TENURE--CONOLUDlNG IN
Yar,os Anthony Froude, the Enghsh ms
.~,aD dol,vercd the fifth and last OF MS seii.S u
,oatnres on "Tho Relations between England anu nc-
landY at Association Hall, ast evening, ino uVi0 '
portant parts Of his lecture will be tounu pelo"'
vuAr CONSTITUTES GOOD GOVERNMENT.
49,, onovo an questions OF forms OF government lies
,bo higher question What is right and what is wrong
let mon fix their minds wrong to be rtdresseo OF
right 10 be asserted the chances arc that u they arc le
iute m demanding Justice Justice will not long DO
n the Government whatever IL be- deteImine;y w 70
sist in false course, and not nnti tno evil mot when
attack the constitution. constitute I INT vhen t
upbolds imonity revolution is benetcAi Wen WEI "
Undertaken as last re ys then i disappear wnen the
tyranny which maintained II is oyer, atation with
verse the process; Se bv change is desired 20
transfer the power from kings TO mobiles, ron
mobiles TO the middle classes, anu from thH IN 70
ale the people and 1rS Sg5 BV or So6es or
middle classes or people are 10 40, tne result - he
nut amleSs confusion Of power YaSeu al pVhnN sno
air and multiplication OF praetlcdI ni1 Sa2o the KEY
10 the failure of so many Efforts 10 So'% No
WnTs has wrong been admitted and beginning
made towards redress than the Ilse nave resorn
for political emancipation. From aeltaton tley nhH
fallen into conspiracy, and from SonSpHy is'O resent
ment follows il-will; them perhaps, iTesh gran5i
The stone OF sisphus has 20 Sgop from tho
beSipnine Had there been no rebellion in 1890 the
tion There would have been no contscation, no
penaI laws no commercial restrictions Alter yeSdS S
misery the OF reformation was again IaaeI ~ r
free trade was restored the laws against Gahohcs wIe
relaxed; they we're admitted TO sGnlase Tor tie
nOOth was established and endo Mw I Ior its
education Of Catholic priests trinity CoeEe opcndeS
aoorS 20 Sl0 @ rd Of them What was there, then,
amiss with Ireland
IREIANDs REAL ENEMY
Iroapd's real enemy was the landlord An English
man or a scotchmsn would buy an estate, seeing the
capabuities OF the SOIL II properly cultivated ana
manured would establish large farms, build barns cat
tie sheds put his capital into the ground, drain the
water. plant and manure. Finding his property inc
first year Uttered with paupers he womb Gear gS
baiH no would cultivate his farm scienuhcaIy Which, nc!
mob. until the remnant could be cleared away But
this harsh tteatment, aIter az, Ioa n tn ~" tie
same spot 1t their home They adhered 10 IL ;
'hsE ccrdne 10 tie priest the interests their immortal
souls we're Of far more consequence IMAM tne DRAINING VI
bog OF hlside and against the baIbaIlan eOnH1 i
thew could take the pike the bunderbuss to deiena
their rights in their own way The landlord tOoK new
baihf and found his door broken open on sone uS d
night and himself taken out and shot on ms knees' anu
LUCKY If his wife and ms e d bc SnpSeT England
had begun gOverDfOr 800 years -Four haln Pol, .
of the people Their trials were as much rom CIR
cnmsaH SSS Sad Saen trained in system which was
compounded of anarchy and injustice The law had
See5 their enemy therefore they lawless. They
peS SntbIne from being industrious therefore they
were idle lime only with better education and bet
ter administration OF law cOuId remouy 'n0 0'A ~
was 50 deep-r00ted
LAwIEssNEss AND RELIGIOUS FEUDs.
Next more effective police was wanted. Inc sranu
rudnentary elements Of civilization are neompa'iple
with the private the gun and pistol No country
could stand by aud see murder committed by organized
assassns over the whisky bottle. Again, 1t
would not answer to punish the robbers
stand Which provoked tho crime. Again. all men
Considered ii advisable that authority should assert
-hedo
the rgIts OF R 1d9Dd Ind taken the ian from Inc old
isb holders i'm order to better the relations for them
selves substituting for the naons chles al
seeaed: the whole condition Of the Irish tenure lay
had to be revised the power which they had abused
Iasy. there was the religious difficulty. After the
Reformation the Episcopal church hdu Oe6h
IN Ireland u had been endowed IKE nc sLsoa ~ ,
land with the tthes and property mat Deohge1 10 he
other country, IL mad been IN England by the people
That hope h9d been dSapRqt 9 TO Temsn so Of tie
Professionals little more than haf belonged 10 the Esta9
fu OF Churchmen mOnopolized everything II attaeh
less Importance to the last grievance 'n u eS ds
signed It. it is not that DO not Know now ueely u' d
ions in religion have created trouble All over Englana
and i'm Ireland. II is because have eareheu te points
in which England has been UNJUST anu oToause nm, ,n
there Is less ground 10 complain OF the ueaihen9
which las been exerted in ireland by the modern Catho
lie priest, would not SUR over ireland Is ono OF t1e
bousebreanng and robbery OF all kinds IMAM IN ANY, any
other country IN the world In the Wld District WIere
lived i'm Ireland, slept with unlocked doors with as
much security as if all precautions had been taken Ths
don and New-York, for would be extremely sorry to
have tried the experiment in either place Laughter
In fRe sixteenth century the Irish VIGOROUSLY
uroAgate aud what is technically called morality had
no existence among them, and purity was almost un-
known. But in the last hundred years an ths vulgar
crime has been exceptional, and the credit due alike
to the order and Influence OF the catholic eergy, ~
don't that they were called on 70 use the power OF
the confessional TO put down agrailan conspiracy Ior
they had not been politically loyal 10 Ireland I9ey re-
10 which they belonged more than any allegiance whlc
tbev oWsd 10 the English Government. 1t pleased
the Roman Church 70 pursue this policy, ana II inc
waters have been bitter the bitterness was OWhg 70 tIe
course which that Church TOOK In tne Ioh Suls
policy fell into pieces. Germany and other countries
had declared that her doctrines were not true anu Ir
nearly 200 years In order to sls herey t9e GnIEn
aud princes against princes as to hold to her political
and spiritual supremacy.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND PAPAL SUPREMACY
The history Of the struggle religious liberty Is writ
ten in characters of blood which can never be efaeed
So far were the Popes from hoping TO get their power
hack again that no Catholics were allowed TO become
the subjects OF Protestant princes, In countries that
had established spiritual independence and were deter
mined to maintain it, From this state of affairs 1t was
inevitable that the Catholic Church should be watched
carefully IN kingdoms where portion OF the subjects
were Catholics ireland was the English dominons,
and yet held the Pope of Rome The Pope had re-
OF their allegiance 10 England, ana the rlsn
felt that their duty was 10 the Pope, and not TO
the English sovereign. Was the English sovereign
TO stand by aud let the enemy Walk over
Tho Kingdom because II chose 10 clOthe itself
I'm tbe mantle OF religions 1t would be much rs II Prince
Bismarck should Dc called 10 let the Jesuts control
The state policy of Germany III the days Of the Popes
snpremacy the English princes not permitted nor
obliged 10 exact from their subjects tribute In the
Sote Of Angbrin hundreds of the Protestant gentry
Tond have made complete work Of the disafectiOn In
Ireland and have driven the last priest out OF the country
they had net been prevented WIN Ine ACCESSION Ul
anew era The Roman Church changed IT'S tactics, II
not s aspirations Sne nT mem 10 escb tbat the