The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-22
THE MORNING STAR AND SUNDAY DECEMBER 90

Because historian is supposed to be q mar 4
razor OF dry facts and, Tho,d, ought n.
To- deal in theories or fsucies-at all.
lieve my learsed antag onisti to be too mneh
of philosophers te be- goed historian. l
aIso believe that he is too, much of o his |
tt0rlan to be a good philosopher. |
The first of these three designs Of VIII.
iiam Pitt was accomplished in 1885, Hell
mcreased the standing army in ireland to
ls.NV. He obtained from. the Irish Parlia-
the militia. Between the army on the one
side, and the militia, on the other, he took
the" olunteers' in the centre, and dis
armed them. On the day when the last Of
the Volunteers" laid down their musk cts
lrelands hopes were laid down with them.
The second of these Overwhelmingly
the forcing Of the =. United Irishmen" to
this manner :-In February, 1903, lie pass
ed two bills through Parliament. called the
"Gnnpowder Bill" and the s. Convention
tBih." public meeting of, the 4" United
Irish nseh" was held in Dublin ga public
neeting--there was nothing secret about it
| to protest against the inq uisitorsl meas.
ures OF certain agents of secret commit
tee OF the House of Lords, in going into
peoples houses at any hour Of the day or
night, without any autherity-under pre-
tence that there was guup0wder concealed
In the house. For this meeting held legal
I y anu Iuo IlOUs SituVu
Butler who was president of the meeting,
and Mr.. Oliver Bond, who was the secreta-
~, We're both imprisoned six months, and
I fined f500 each.> When the iiiustrious So
ciety found that they were thus prosecuted
they were obliged to take refuge in secrecy
and thus it was that the United Irish
men" were forced to become a conspiracy.
The first really reasonable project that
was ever put before the United Irishmen,
was pnt before them in April, 1874, by the
Rev. William Jackson, Protestant cler-
gyMan, who came over commissioned by
the French Convention and the Rev. Will
liam jackson, who was q true man, was &c
companied on that mission by q certain
John Cockayne, an English lawyer. from
London; aud he was the agent of William
Pitt, the Prime Minister of England. Thus
did the Society of the United Irishmen be-
come a secret conspiracy ! and this vas tue
action Of the English Government. Before
that, it was perfectly legitimate and con
stitutional. All! but it had an object,
which was far more formidable to the Eng.
lish Government than any commission OF
Irish treason. The English Government is
not afraid of Irish treason but the Eng
iish Government trembles with fear at the
idea of Irish union. The United Irishmen
were founded to promote union among all
lrlshmep, of every religion and the Eng
) lish Minister has said i'll his own mind :
} Treason is better than union, will force
; them to become a reasonable conspiracy
and their project of union will be broken
up." 1t is worth your while, my American
friends, to hear what was the oath that
was administered by the " United Irish
men," Here it is Let US suppose that
f was going to be sworn in:-" Thomas
Burke"-"i the presence of God, DC
pledge myself To my country, that l viii
. use all my abilities aud influence In theat-
3 tainment of an impartial aud adequate
Representations Of the Irish nation in Par
D lament, aud, as moot absolute and i'm
D mediate necessity for the attainment O.
f this ch.if good Of ireland, will endeavo
e as much as lies in my, ability, to forwart
/; the union of rights, and the union Of pow
j CT among Irishmen of all religious persua
u sions, without which everyr eform in Par
d lament must be partial, not national In
g adequate to the wants, and wholly and en-
;, tirely insufficient for the freedom ant
t United Irishman's oath. protest befor
! high Heaven tonight. that, priest as an
IT if was asked, in 1879, to take that oath
Ia / would have taken it and kept 1T. lie
= member, my friends, that it was no SO
cret oath ; remember that it was no treas
= enable oath; remember that 1t was a
n oath that no man could refuse to take
= unless he was dishonorable man aud
d traitor to his country: The founder Q
q this society was Theobald Wolfe Tone.
= admit that Mr.. Tone was imbued wit
10 French revolutionary ideas; but he Ger
3 tairly never attempted to impress thes
SO views upon the society until Mr. Wilfiat
es Pitt the Prime Minister of England, force
- that society to become secret orgahiza
Ie ton.
lie The third object of the Premier and tn
lie Government, namely to create an irish re
bellion, was accomplished by the crueltie
q and denominations of the soldiers, who wer
n, quartered at free quarters" upon the pes
o. Pile, destroying them-violating that mos
N sacred and inviolable sanctuary of Iris
~ maidenhood and womanhood-6urn'9 e til
III demolishing and cutting their houses; III
70 til at length, they made life more intoleri
os BILE than death itself; gonding the Peep
Of at the very bayonets point, torise in thi
no fatal rebellion of 90.
SO Thus answer Mr. Froude's asscrtic
of that " the Irish people left the paths.
=, political reform, and clamored for pont'e
on agitation; from agitation grew c"nsp'rac
e. aud from conspiracy grew rebellion" No
e you may ask me what motive had villa
| D;tk ha pran,iar e ENGLAND to do all TIL