The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-01
1orning Star and Catholic messenge[
~ VA suNDAY. DECEMBER l. 1879.

1ss sss az aasSsEl:s aSS assa TsaSsfI
thought it the best Of their a';. pay hat thew
o o.t.S Tery prudently. But 50 Tar as re-
EarSSs . i"s sie never persecuted on account
If religion. lam proud in addressing an
American audience, to oe a1le ~ ius -.
che Irish people is not prosecuting one.
There - is . 1Ss Rf q pGashS religion
ss the Irish race but there is nota people
On the @ q .ss sSaa e e the cause Of
rpeiipion as the Iffsh. And, here are my
proofs !: Nj. Frouds says that the protest.,
eents f1ed ont of, Leland AS soOn az queen
Mary came to tho throne; but SIR James
;@Vaie, in hiA snaals, tells ~ sa;e 1 Rs.'anS
nnSer Mary. and that they actually. TED
over to Ireland for protection. He gives
even the names Of sOme OF them: lie tel's
nat Ds that Joha HsfveyrAbel. Eli. Joseph
Edwards, and Henry Hall, natives o
Cheshire, came over to .se,ana i So Eusssnd
and thew brought with them Welsh FRO
+astanA !, miuister named Thomas Jones.
These four gentlemsn ware received 30
cordially, were Welcomed 90 hssPataoly,
that they actually founded hlgniy resPsos
able mercantile families in Dublin. - - =
Rrt re have smother magnificent PROOF
tbst the Irish are not prosecuting race.
when James the Second assem- caeo als
Catholic Parliament.in Ireland, In !oeS'
sftar thew had been for more than one hun
dred years under the laso OF .ne'I ilo Saan
robbed and plandered, imprisoned and PIT
+o death for their adherence to the Csthoile
faith. at last the wheel gave turn anu,
in 1859, the Catholics were up and the Fro-
testants were down. Iaas f oos s.s,srs
The Celts the Irish, the Catholic element.
nod a sweaninc majority. What wAs tho
6rss la,v that they made The very First
law that that Catholic Parliament passed
VIZ Va ~ Ssseby decree that it is the lawqoi
sehi. iand Of ireland that neither now Dol
ever again shaA any man be persecdted for
his religion" sH..> az "a 20 ~
That was the retaliation We took on
them: Was it not magnificent Was i,
apirlt of Ohrissis1isy, that spirit offofgfve'
ness aud charity without which, IT It b
NOT in q man, ali the dogmatic truths tha
ever wern revealed win mot save or snnobs'
Now coming 70. .'soed 9sesn Bssa,n e
bears % very Reavily' upon her, asd spsak
of her really in Language - eerriEic in it
severity as any that I could use, AID fa
moro, for have not tho learning nor tn
aloauence of Ar. Froude.a He says on
little thing of her, however, that ID worth!
of remark. He says: s.,.s.
ssEiizabeth was reluctant to draw th
avord but when ehe did draw it she RSSe
sheathed it until the star Of freedom wa
Axed upon her banner, never TO pale"
N1 that sas, Is Of = truth
true, historically that Elizabeth wes n
iuotant to draw the sword Answer it. y
Irish annals Answer it, oh history of Ii.
landf Elizabeth came to the throne
1855. The following year, in 1859, the,
In Dublin. What do you think were I'll
laws of that PaEliamenta It was not
Catholic Parliament nor an Irish Parlii
ment. It consisted of seventy six men
bers.. Generally speaking, Parliaments
ireland used to have from 300 to 230 men
bers, This Parliament of Elizabeth cor
sisted of seventy-six picked men. tt
lava that. that Parliament made wer
first: "Any clergyman not using the Boo
of Common Prayer (the Protestant praye
public or in private, the first time that b
is discovered, shall be deprived of h
-benefics for one year, and suffer imprison
ment in Jail for six month. For the secoD
offence he shall forfeit his income forever
and DO put in Jail at the Queens goo
pleasure 4" to be let out whenever sh
Thought proper. For the third offence b
was to be pat in close confinement for lif
This was the lady that was "reluctant {
draw the sword" and, my friends, rerner
her that this was the very year after Oh
was crowned Queen-the very next yea
She scarcely waited . year. Tbis was th
woman s.relnctant 10 draw the eword !" 8
much for the pfiesss; now for the laymet
Ifa layman was discovered using any oths
prayer, book except Queen Elizabeth
prayer book, he, was 70 be put In Jail fc
ono year; and il he Was oanght doing IL
second time, he was to be put in prison 4
the resi- Of HIS life. Every Sunday @
people were obliged to 60 to the ProtestaI
Church; aud u any one regased to 60. fl
every time that no refused he was fine
twelve pence = that woRld be abot
twelve shillings of our present money an
besides the fine of twelve pence, he wa
'tincur the cessures of the Cburch.% TT
star of freedom" says Mr. Froude, I" Wi
never to pale. The Queen drew the swol
in the cause of the star of freedom!" Blu
my friends, freedom meant whatever htts
in Elzabeth's mind. Freedom meant eli
very tenfolA increaeedy- with the additit
of religious persecution, to the unfortuna