New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-24
IRELAND'S FATE.
Continued from First Page.

80 MemDers The Irish seats were bolu
the average price nobleman could sell peeragou U
$4,000, aud buy half dozen with the money Mt
ara. h anu cop Ter PtOmnent asn nDy rIcuons
formed themselves into an organization IL was p Saou
menary reform but what that reform was TO be lhey
could not agree among themselves 50 great was ho w
position Of the Catholics.
CATHOLIC TRANSCRIPTION A POLITICAL NECESSITY
Generally IN Europe when the Catholics came In con-
tact with the spirit OF Reform 1t not as friends but
as enemies, There too ugly stories of rampant
spoiaton Of many kinds in circulation. The Protostan
held nneenths OF the land and the Irish masses stood
uncertain when the French revolution broke ont AFTER
the first year or two the friends OF liberty weren ecstacy
tremendous transaction became apparent, inc wing
spirits were dismayed and horrorstruck. All human
society appeared TO be threatened, aud estab-
lshcd courts and established Institutions instinct
iyely drew toward each other In defense OF
reigi on and good order England declared against
the JacObns, and her attitude toward the Roman
Catholics Immediately changed. Hitherto the Roman
catholic religion had been treated as its dangerous
enemy. 1t held as conservative law: hitherto
the severe OF the penal law but the great
English statesmen William Pitt and Burke
The Presbyterlans OF tho North had been Republican
from the very first They retained their APPRECIATION Oh
in America had quckened the ashes OF the OLD hres
Cnlyinism dying away. The spirit OF the dead
passed from religion to politics ana tnr luminosity ot
Catholics was but little less than their resentment against
the landlord Some Of The more ,,o ardent t sP a
ing when Ireland might indeed rise out OF the ashes OF
Catholic and Protestant religions, ana then
supreme effort to establish an IRISH Republic; neeu
only mention to you the names OF the two pd rd
Fitzgerald They were patriots true patriotsgenerous
brave, enthusiastic, and unable TO believe that they
They were filed with the passionate conviction that
without political Independence all their blessings would
and step toward 1t they demanded parliamentary
REFORM and far unwilling TO act with the WING
BODY 0d Ueq Y s;bS5aie braHeGe scattered
fnr flp
Of the revolution lad touched the Irish harp and Struck
its strings with passionate impulses OF the Irish people
Between the Government and the United lrshmen lay
the Catholic gentry bishops and clergy They saw there
tbraldom in order their valued privileges rs
citizens; but whether to receive their emancipation
revolution, not easy for them To- decide.
Tney, too were organizing themselves Ihey nae telt
Parliament and Mr.. Pitt had not only misconceived
their probable sentiments but some OF them the Bsh
ops especially, were deeply shocked and had fresh
cause to shudder the thought OF an alliance with the
assassns OF Louis the Sixteenth. II the Gov
eminent would do them Justice they were
more inclined to stand by tho Government mt,
Catholics had already recovered the elective franchise
in 1898 they yet to the right to sit in Para-
made bountifully clear that half Catholics in
league with the united Irshnen In the presence OF
such spirit further concessions were necessarily ex-
tended and those gradually other discontinued par
ties demanded under the protection Of the Repub
leans.
Such were the fruits Of ten years Of lbertya liberty
which had been held by Grattan the dawn OF a
era Of peace and prosperity The constitution tied the
hands Of the Government. They saw rebellion APP
preaching at that time, and knew not how
10 check it, in the provinces in connection
with the United Irishmen there was
body OF defenders fOrmed-defenders OF the rights Of tho
pesantry They were combinations against landlords
tyranny and reign Of terror ensured. Houses were
defenders aud bodies OF soldiers OF frequent occur
renee The lodges of the United Irshmen spread
ing shipped France for their revolutionary
Now once more Ireland had real chance. England
aud the OF the revolutionary arms promised
long and most desperate struggle. The Northern Pres
CathOs one hundred thousand Protestant farmers
living i'm the Ulster province had been into the
ocailon all armed all reconclled all determined to have
done with church and land and landlords ana English
tyranny Two hundred thousand Catholics at least had
been enrolled in the other provinces The great
towns Of Dublin and Belfast especially were
have come at least OF such a mighty preparation.
Then. II ever Irish nationality ought 10 nave become
visible in the proceedings OF me United led
appears TO have been another Franklin, listened
TO the original plan for the formation OF
secresy something Of the ceremonial Of Preemasonry
secresy," It sad, is expedent and necessary; &c
viii make the spirit OF the nation ardent, and will
confOund and terrify by it's agency"
TRAITORS IN THE CAMP.
This Is not the stuff Of which successful revolutions
aro made This is the stuff OF which most admirable
and most excellent leading articles are made Attached
10 this paperis private letter Of Wolf Tones containing
further account Of his views He mentions the names
of a few OF bis friends who had promised
TO stand by him. Where did l find these papers
In the English State Paper ONCE. Before long.
before IL was printed almost before the ink dry IL
tbc men taken into their counsel must have been
traitor the first dawn OF the conspiracy, one or
members OF the Council Of the United Irshmen united
I'm what they prOessed 10 regard as most holy cause,
and lives 10 the English Minister. OF such material
have the cOnspiraeies in that unhappy country been
than upon Grattans Among the Irish there ran many
veins Of downright treachery Men II whom to the last
cry the miserable profits OF thelr Dasehess, only
supulatng that they should not De Drought INTO tn9
friends betrayed woftone These damDing evidences
OF treaehery would hyG fo ~ the everonce
OF Ireland from England, being formed out OF irish ma
il ed itself IN act OF treason Now and then
some made slip, wrote treasonaDie letier, OF
something OF that kind. Papers were seized, and men
were tined. No one knew where the information came
from. ., VT, ,,..,
the atmosphere. Wolf Tone also fled TO America, with
his wife aud children Tone escaped, but went back to
Psrs and worked 10 bring about an INVASION OF leahu
The Irish only needed spark OF announcement from
abroad Lord Edward Fitzgerald went to the Continent
French Minister OF War. Almost before they met little
bird carried the news TO DOwnngst. Lady Edward the
celebrated Pamela, had house at Hamburg. Ihere
tne Irishmen could meet and from there communicate
with their friends in Ireland. But her most trusted
friend was coiling like "a snake upon her path. There
came one night to the Minister'S house In London man
wrapped in great cloak He had secrets 10 tell OF the
greatest mpOrfance concerning movement against the
GoyerDment and his conscience would not allow him TO
keep them. His information tailed with what the GOV
eminent had already learned and they saw therefore,
that they might trust and use him. Ho went TO Ham
burg; he lived in Lady Edwards house, and saw ana
smoke with unsuspeoted every who came there lie
gave information which led Mr. Pitt 10 seize letters OF
penson from the Crown. HIS was-I would better
not mention his name.
FAILURE OF TIE REBELLION OF 1893
Meanwhile, unconscious OF the treason which was I'M