Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-18

It's encroachments, and denied the right
of the Papal See .'times and laws"
1t acknowledged no subserviency to
the court of Rome. and would not re-
ceive its priests or bishops it's tithes
and offerings aided not in supporting the
pomp of the Romish heraldry; but so
rich prize could not be allowed to es-
cape. The free schools, the open Bible,
the simple apostolic faith and practices
of the followers of ST. Patrick, were
standing reproach to that church that
claimed infallibility, and whose Pontiffs
claimed to be the Vicegerents of God;
every artifce must be used to subdue
this rebellious people. Such was the
determination of Ireland's spiritual foes.
Sad day for Ireland when popes and
kings planned her overthrow, day that
ushered in one long scene of carnage and
raplne, persecution and terror, that last
edison centuries. until this once happy
isle was filled with desolation and ruin,
and its natives driven to dens and caves
and the fastnesscs of its mountains for
safety It's bards no longer swept their
harps in joyful strains, but one low wall
Of agony alone was heard. Still they
resisted; appeals to their superstitious
fears were in vain; anathemies only pro-
voked their derision In 1l56 Pope Ad-
rian " sold Ireland to the Normans,
by virtue of the fancied claims of St.
Peter to the Island. Henry Ii, aided by
the traitor, Dermot Macnorough Prince
of Leinster, waged relentless warfare
with its inhabitants; they fought des-
perately in resistance, with varying sue
cess. But it was not until the sixteenth
century that subsection was completed.
Henry Plantagent with his cruel Nor
man knights. aided by Pope and traitor.
could not accomplish by violence what
was done by the wiles of the Jesuits.-
Discussions in England had given the
Irish an opportunity to regain large
portion of their possessions. Their laws
were again in force, their faith unchang-
ed; St. Patrick's church seemed almost
to have obtained new lease of life. The
halls of Tara again resounded to the
| tIcttu VI S6lOlC CHielGdlHS.
But changes were taking place in Eu-
rope that exasperated the vulture that
had been so long kept from devouring
its prey, and hastened the destruction of
its victim. A converted monk was caus-
ing the Italian priesthood to tremble for
its prestige. His voice reached England
and its King and Queen were converted
to the Protestant faith. The papacy
now made fierce and determined effort
to snatch Ireland from the heretics. To
accomplish this the Jesuits found their
way to the homes of the Irish, and
sought to arouse their hostility against
their English oppressors, and unite them
to the Church of Rome, by promises of
protection and support in resisting the
authority of Elizabeth, the Protestant
Queen. And they were but too success
ful. Fated day, when their spiritual
subsection was accomplished when they
became the willing subjects of that pow
er that closed their Bibles, and has ever
attempted to hold them in worse than
Egyptian bondage, bondage of igno-
rance and superstition. But star Of
hope dawned once more upon them; a
distant land offered them welcome to It's
sources of education and prosperity, and
they babe ''Auld Ireland farewell and
aocked to our shores, and although the
grasp of Rome is still upon too many Of
them, may we not hope that ere long the
scales shall fall from their eyes and St
Patrick again become in reality theil
Patron Saint. RUBY.