The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-08
NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 8, 1873

Next came the usual demand for money {;
and the Irish Parliament granted elk sub
sides Of ESQ 600 each. STAFFORD wrote
to the King, congratuIating him on getting
80 much money out of Ireland "For,"
said be, your Majesty remembers, that
you and I expected only $4,000, and
they have granted subsidies Of e 600"
More than this. they granted him 5000
infantry and !, 900 horse, TO fight against
bis Scottish rebellious subjects and enc
mics.
The Parliament met tho following year,
in 1885 and what do you think was the
fuf6liment of the Royal promise to the Ca
thoiics of Irelandf Strafford had got the
money. lie did not wish to compromise
his master, the King; and he took upon
himself to fix upon HE memory the indell-
Bile shame and disgrace of breaking his
word, which he had plighted, and disap-
pointing the Catholics of ireland. Then,
in 1885 the real character of this man came
out 4; and what do you think was the meas.
ure he proposed He instituted COM
mission for the expresa purpose of conBs.
cating-in addition to Ulster that was al
ready gone-the whole province Of Con-
naught, 80 as not to leave an Irishman or
Catholic one square inch of ground in that
land. This he called the " Commission Of
Defective Titles.". They were men that
were to inquire into the title that every
man had to his property, and to inquire to
into 1t with the express and avowed pur-
| of Rnding flaw in 1t, II they could, and
confscating it to the Crown of England.
Now, remember how much was gone al
ready, my friends. The whole of Ulster
was contiscated by James the First. The
same King had taken the Comfy Of Long
ford from the O'Farrells, who owned 1t
| from time immemorial. He had seized
upon Wicklow, and taken it from the
O'Tools and O'Byrnes. He had taken the
northern part of the County of Wexford
from the O'Kavannghs. He had taken
Iracken, in the Queens County, from the
McGeoghegans. He had taken Kilcoursey,
10 the King's County, from the O'Molloys.
Aud now, with the whole of Ulster, and
and the better part of Leinster in bis
hands, this Minister had come in and in
stituted n Commission by which he was to
obtain the Whole of the Province Of Con-
Daught. root ont the native Irish pOpulR-
ton, expell every man that owned a rood
of land in the Province, and reduce them
ta beggary, starvatiau, and to death.
Here is the description of his plan as given
by Leland, o historian who was hostile to
Ireland's Faith and IreIand's Nationality.
Leland thus described the business:
"This project was nothing less than to
subvert the title of every estate in every
part Of Connaught, o project which, when
fret proposed in the late reign WAS received
with horror and amazement, but which
suited the undismayed and enterprisipG
genius OF Lord Wentworth"
Staffurd's Commission. accordingly, be-
gan in the country Of Roscommon, passed
thence into Sligo, thence to Mayo, and
thence to Galway. Now mark bow he man
agel this tribunal. The only way by
which a title could be upset, was by hay
ing jury of twelve men, to declare bJ
their verdict whether the title was valid %
not STAFFORD began by packing the jur,
-pmckiug them! 1t is the old story owe
and over again--the old policy that la
been continued down to our time-the pol
icy Of packed and prrjudiced jury. III
told the Jury before the trial began, thai
he expected them to find verdict for th'
King; and, between bribiDg them ant
threatening them, he got juries to find 10
him, until he came into my own county o
Galway. And to the honor of old Galway
he it said, that as soon as the com iOl
; arrived in that county, they could no
: fnd twelve jurors in the county OF Galwa.
? base enough and wicked enough tO cOnfs
l cate the lands Of their fellow su bjects. VIVA
was the RESULT The result waS that tn
county Galway jurOra were called to Dut
: lin before the castle Council Chamber, az
{ every man of them was fned E4,0 600 an
D was put in prison until the dne was pait
Every inch of theiT property was take
i. from them; and tie High Sheriff of IL
J, county Galway not being q wealthy ma
}. died in jail because be was not able TO pa
his fncs. More than this. Not cOnten
with threatening the jaries, aud coercin
q them my Lord STAFFORD went to the judge
|. and told them that they were tn. get fou
g shillings il the pound for the value Of eS
n cry single piece of property they conhsca
d ted to the Crown of England. Then, '
- bnasted. publicly, that he had made u
It Chief Baron and the judges at'e"d 10 tn
business BE if It were their own prlvH
& c-bcern. This Is the kind of rule the En-
u IisI historian cumes to America to ask u
z honest and upright citizens of this fr'
Is couotFy to ipdorre by their verdict III
n thereby TO make the mselves accOmpiices
i En- xlish frauI aud robbery.