The New York herald., 1872-11-15
had been guilty OF apostacys Mr.. Froude also
charged tnat the Irish clergy Of that time we're

had been guilty OF apostacyf Mr.. Froude also
charged that the Irish clergy Of that time were
IMMORAL,
that they had families and led loose lives. He
lBurke) had been unable to fnd shred of evidence
~ supporS s ., Inese neavy accusations But per-
maps Mr. froude meant the apostate bishops. In
the year 154l Parliament assembled In Dublin and
declared henry VII. TO be King OF Ireland. For
the frst time the English sovereign, alter strug-
gle OF four hundred years. gained The coveted prize
Two years afterwards Henry, in gratitude. called
over the Irish mobiles and gave them English titles
and vast amount OF property which had heen
stolen from the Catholic Church. Henry was very
generous man indeed-with other peoples goods.
Henry gave these earls all the
CHURCH LANDS
that lay within their territories, and they had the
the irish stood true TO their church. For the 6rst
time they revOtcd against these recreant chiefs.
Each OF them came to Ill; in some cases their own
Mr.. Froude, these men were not PrOtestants; they
were simply schismatics and bad Catholics, and
Ireland would not have Sa Who
for he under the complete control OF the Earl OF
Somerset, who was thoroughgoing Protestant.
were pulled down all over ireland; that Is TO say,
the images OF Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mother
ana the Saints were
INsULTED AND DESTROYED.
Then, as Mr.. Froude said Ireland took her stand,
irrevocably and forever, on the side Of the Pope.
Edward only reigned q short time, and was sue
ceeded by Queen Mary. Mary undoubtedly perse-
cuted her Protestant subjects; but, rs Mr. Froude
had said, no Protestants were prosecuted in Ire
land, because there were none left, as they ran
away Immediately upon Mary's accession. Mr..
Fronde apparently here wished to give the i'm
preston that II there had been Protestants in
Ireland lrshmen would have killed them for their
religion. The truth was that lrishmen had never
prosecuted for religion and the Protestants who
ned from Ireland were simply the usurping Irish
bishops. Indeed, at that very time an English
cnronicler told US that tour Protestant Englishmen
came over to Ireland TO escape persecution, and
were well received. Again, in 1859. there was an
other example OF
IRISH TOLERANCE
v0Ct fhn No thf1tn IN fhA vVNnt nrtfu arr
the first law passed by Parliament, In which they
were In the ascendant, was that never henceforth
should there be persecution for religion. Was not
that magnificent example of true Christianity
had been reluctant to draw the sword, but that she
would not sheath 1t until the star OF victory had
crowned her arms. This was not quite true. The
year after EliZabeth's accession her Irish Parlla
ment passed q law that any clergyman using any
other form than that laid down in the Book OF Com
mon Prayer should be severely punished, the third
prisonment for life. For layman. the same
punishment was awarded for the second time OF
ms OFFENDING IN this way BY using another prayer
book than Elizabeth's: All the Irish people were
compelled to attend the
PROTESTANT CHURCH
every case OF absence being punished with fine of
colors, the desoation caused by Eiizabeth's cruel
war; He went on to say that in the so-called Prot
estant massacre by Catholics, in which Mr.. Froude
a proved thss
total number OF persons slain was only 2,lo0
Father Burke * @ closed by an eloquent appeal to
tiers. Ireland had believed, at any rate, that she
was right in siding with the Pope, and whether she
were or not, she deserved credit for her loyalty to
Ill viii, but he did not think Mr.. Froude had the
right to come here and ask Americans to sanction
by their verdict the robbery and injustice Of which
England had been guilty to Ireland.
Father Burke was hailed, as he closed, with
tremendous series OF cheers and applause.