The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-15
R,rning Star and Catholic Messenger.
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But. my friends. the Eosaish sas.ndepov,
or the Protestant ascendancv 10 Irelaud. n
Won will seeinu No. ths1 thev hsI vat
eyery penal law that thava enid asf fer
seeiSp that the onIv' tNiny that rsr,.inaS
for them was utterly to ertermiuate the
Irish race and this they had nearly ac-
complished, for they had driven them into
the wilds and wastes of Connanoht. and
thew would have killed chem ali oi1iy that
the work WA tan large. and that there wa
a certain sny,,ets,ir no IS, shs ala hjoca IN the
old race chat still terrifisd chen, when thew.
approached it.. and thew had 40 far subdued
the Catholics that they thought, now, at
remained for them bnt to make ireland, az
Mr.. Froude save. Garden. They were to
have every induieenco and every privil.i
eye. saAccorling , they ,setste work. They
had their own Pariiamsut. No Catholic
could come near them OF come int their
towns-they were forbidden to present
themselves At all. They were greatiy sar-
prlsed to fnd that, now the Catholics were
crushed into every earth England began
to regard dthesvery, -Cromwelliansa thsn-
selves With fear and hatred. ~ haNa They
the sons OF tbe Pugitans! They, the brave
mon that had sla6ghtered so many Of the
Irish and of the Cath0lio religion, are they
to be treated un5assiy5 Was thearv trade
or their commerce or SueafzEsrhamset 70
All now, indeed, Mr.. Fropde finds tears
and weeps them over the fntustice and
over the folly OF England because Egg
land interferred with the commerce and
with the trade Of the Protestant sascendan-
oy in Ireland. Theygsmade a alaw-thsse
Protestant tradesmen we're arst,class wool
en- weavers, and ct last the cloth they made
became the very best, and their cloth took
the very best prices ia all the markets Of
Europe, because the wool Of the Irish
sheep was 90 fiue. The EDglish Parlia-
ment made q law that the Irish traders
were not to sell any more cloth they were
not to 20 into any more markets to rival
their English fellow merchants. They
were to stay at home they had che island,
and they might make the most Of It but
NO freedom In TRACE. nosn,ne soss wo1la
enrich lreiand-snet tns Gne'isn rama
mont denied. f,. ..ssg .z -tse.,s .4. hs,y e ID
Now, Mr.. Froude speaks Of this in ,his
lecture to this extent "That England at
that time happened 10 be under the donaiu-
lon Of paisry lot Of selfith money -jobbers
and merchanss." Mere accident, according
to him--an accident which, he confesses, 90,
Sliscontented tho Orange factiea in ireland
that many hundreds of thom eOi9rated.
and came over 70 Aserica e settle In the
thew carried their hatred viii, them, and
that feeling WAS one to break mp the Brit
lab Empire. have another theory 90 tbis
great question. hold that 1t was no acci-
dent Of the hour at ell that made E. gland
place her restrictive laws ON the IriAs COM
snerce and trade. I hold that It was the
eettled policy Of Esgiand. Theee men
who were now in the assendancy iaIrsaend
imagined that, because they hsd ruined
and beggared the aacisnt race and the men
Of the ancient faith, Therefore they were
friends. and they would be regarded a.
friends by England. hold IL Was at inst
time, and in o great measure 10 to-day, tho
axed policy Of England TO keep ireland
poor, TO keep Ireland down, to be hostile
70 ireland no matter who lives in it, wheth
or he be Catholic or Protestant, whether
he be Norman, Cromwellian or Celt.
uv,,r .thsrs ~ aavs c,rran sneakipe
our .aees III, .; Ssys LanJrs,d Par az
20 Tue ne" .. u mrs ancsstors thouaht them
ssiS.a tss onnrsssnrs of tbeir feliow sub
49, h S"e ,bep Ssra oniv their iailors and
lSo'e, ou ~ p:s~y ia ha1a hcao