New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-02

er Burke them that they would not
ploy single freshman Catholic" Has not Father
burke omitted one small hut important expressios
Was IL true that they were not 10 employ single IrS
any Irshman that refused 10 take tao oath oi
allegiance know that the oath Of allegiance was the
general condition. Let me remind Father BURKE OF an
act of Parliament passed at this very time, by the very
men whom accuses bitter enmty to tho irish u
repcals foreyer every law which ma male h
try 1t declares them all citizens of common Empire,
enjoying equal laws and protection Itexpressesa nope
that thenceforward they would into one nation In
perfect agreement with utter oblivion OF Its FORMER
differences lApglans.e.l 10 from t,,o date
Of this settlement the English and Irish did live together
on these hafmillon acres and cultivated tlelr lanl
together. Their houses and heds lay side by side they
helped each other employed each other, and grew INFO
useful social and kindly relations with one another u
was the close intimacy THIS seeming frlendsmp mis
adoption by OF the Irish OF the laws and Gus
toms Of the settlers, which constituted the most n9
painful features in the Rebellion OF l6il. Tn ds
is the gravest matter win which ] have mad
TO deal the hinge on which # later ru es Se
the English robbed the Irish OF their lands tried TO oo
them OF their religion massacred them when they re-
reality our own and took away from them as punish,
ment, all the lands aud liberties which they retained.
IL is true, the English owe them reparaon II IL - NO,
true then this Of heartOunng ought TO be taken
away cannot regret, with Father Burke tlat t tho
bottom Let the last drop OF secreted ialsehood DO de-
tected and purged out of history lAppianSe'I
THE IRISH NOT EDWARDS
Father Burke has studied my lectures imagnatiyely'
and has Internationally misunderstood me. He charges
mo with defending the Irish Administration Of the Earl
OF STAFFORD rs having to America TO ask free
people to ndorse straifords despotlsm Unless words
be taken 10 conceal thoughts, said that strahords
policy i'm Ireland was tyrannous. cruel and dangerous
lie speaks IA If the Puritan party in England and scot
land bent destroying the Catholics IN Ireland
The commission which went from the Irish Parliament
TO London to complain of STAFFORD composed jointly
OF Professionals and Catholics. tApplauseI Inc ar
raigunent OF STAFFORD was conducted by the great
Puritan statesman, Pym. and i pointed out IN my
lectures that his Administration In Ireland formed
OF the most serious counts on whlch ne was con
demned. Does this LOOK as II the cOmp lntS or ireland
could receive no attention from the Long Parliament
Docs this bear out Father Burke IN charging me Witn
defending STAFFORD and calling his conduct Justi Jap
plause.l Again. Father Burke accuses me OF having
said that the rebellion began with massacre a. II ~ Wa
precOnceiyed intention In the summary or the events
OF the 10 years said generally that u began with mas
whole. But in my account Of what actually passed,
said expressly that far as could make out from tue
contradictory evidence thought mat tne l'i "u O'
intended that there should be blO0dshed at all.
LASTLY he accuses me of having called the lrsh cow
ards and he desires me 10 take 1t back cannot take
back what never gave. Applause ana aughteLl
Father Burke that such words cause bad blood anu
may one day have cause 10 renehDer ooiI i h1t
they cause bad blood have reason 70 know anealy Du
recall them Not once but again and again have
spoken OF the notorious and splendid courage OF ltsR
over again l was asking how IL was that race
whose courage was above suspicion made so poor a
thar the irish would fight only for cause in which
they readily believed and that they were too shreMd TO
selves TO play will add that II 500 Of the present Irish
police Ces and Catholics, all or most OF them enlisted
M TO and walk through the large mob which the 80
called patriots could collect from the four provinces
under the severest trials the Irish display the nobe5
qualities which do honor to humanity when they are on
the right side, then and only then nave qucSchoo
the courage OF Irishmen. tApplauseJ
SO much for myself Now Tor the ia9ts o. the rebel
universal rising of the Irish race and an attempt TO ex
s the PTef e PnfS Lord justices in Dabn knew
the rising imminent and deliberately allowed u 10
break Out 1 must meet him at once with dlstlnct
dpuia %
Lords Justices, before and after The outbreak, mas
been happily preserved. and anything more unlike the
state of their minds than the idea which Father Burke
assigns to them be imagined They had no troops
they could rely upon. The country was patroled by
bv STAFFORD, aud anerward disbandcd, and the LORDS
s wee they " w ss SS5 gS mad had hey
seen what was to happen, ana PurPose p1,% 20 =.
VINO denies 1t Certainly not 1. lApphuseI
HORRORS OF AN IRISH MASSACRE.
Father Burke says the first blood was shed by the
Protestant should not be surprised If it was 80 Men
assaied by mobs who turn them naked out Of their
houses are apt at times TO resist But this is not what
Father Burke means The origin Of all the after horrors
he SAYS was an atrOcity committed by the Protestant
garrison at Carrikergus, who before any lives mad
been taken BY the Catholics slled OUT ana Gesr4yea
place called Island Maghee This story has been
examined into, and bears examination as Ill as Othef
nars of tine popular version of the massacre but APP
parently TO no purpose Father burke, following tne
usual Irish tradition insists on commission Issued ID
December by the Dublin Council TO inquire into the
OF the Scotch and English settlers by plumber Be
cause says nothing massacres he ufers that it de-
MES that there had been any massacre. lLaughter.I
Unfortunately for this theory there Is letter dated the
of December from the same council TO the Long Tar
lament, declaring that at the timo when they were
writing, there 10000 rebels In the Held,
Women and children that were Protest,
ants l-using the women and dashng ontthe brains OF
the children before their parents iaces avoided De
fore and shall avoid all details OF this dreadful sub
Jee Ia tenth part OF the sworn evidence be r1e' the
Irish acted moro like hends than human beings DO You
suppose ladies and genllemen' that tAe Irlehds aug
sounrymen OF these poor bnO Women VEIN seb
before themi DO you suppose that, when they knew
thar other English families within reach OF inc cry
posed 10 the same treatment they ought 10 nave
sat still aud allowed the Irish to repeat IN Lelnsier
the y a9cGs 'n cSoe Collected body Of horse
OF tho fugitive men who had crowded into DnDlln Inc
Irish were beginning tho same work IN an adjoining
county Cooe into the wicklow mills, and gave
them lesson that two parties could play at murder
Questions H. Who began all these horrors ana what was
the extent Of them Father BURKE thihks every
perfecty iustifahle. lie says Protestant has proved
mat the Catholics killed only 2,lOO people, ana
therefore t must be so. Again, compliment 10
Protestant; but IL is q matter on which VIII not
accept the mere opinion OF any ono man, even II he
DO call himself Protestant am sorry 10 say that nave
known many PrOtestans entirely unable 10 distinguish
truth from falsehood: Laughterl Sir William Petty
all the evidence himself, within ten years OF the
events; went TO the scene OF tue massacre ana con-
cluded after careful consideration, that the number
OF Professionals killed in the first six months OF the
rebellion amounted to $4,000 Clarendon ana Cooe gave
dependent opinion on the matter advise to read-wnA
ever you rcadSr John Temples history OF tue rebel
lion ana Borlouse's history Of 1t. Temple was as said
an eyewitness. shall still be met with the Thunder
have mt nv assertion against Father Burkes In my
opinion he treats the Irish massacre precisely as he
treats the Alya massacre aud the SAINT bartholomew
massacre The wolf lays the blame the lamb llaugh
teri But that you may fairly say,ls only my view OF
the question very WE'LL / have proposal 10 make,
which hope you will mdorse, and If work together
and If Father Burke will help, We may arrive at the
truth yet Ireland and England will never understand
each other till the story is cleared up
A COMMITTEE OF ARBITRATION PROPOSED.
Now am fond of referring disputed questions to in