The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1872-11-24
iing Star and Catholic Messenger.
saTHER BURKE's REPLY TO FRoUDE.
sih History from an Irishman's Point
Of Vlew.ja i.f.-.
y1xsr LECTURE by FATHER BURKE" THE
NoRMANs IN IRELAND"
1 tFrom the New York World Nov. 18th,

on the occasion of the delivery |
OF the frst of the COURSE of lectures by the |
Reverend Father Burke on Irish history,
in answer to the recent course delivered
here BY Mr.. Froude, taking as the title to
HIS lectures the same as MIR. Froude had.
b The subject Of laat evenings lecture was
Ess The Normans in Ireland" The stage
|4as occupied by the most distinguished
|Saergymen of the Catholic Church. Father
arke on making his appearance was
|Gtee4ed with prolonged and hearty ap-
i 6nse. He said:
edies and Gentlemen: 1t is a strange
rS& that the old battle which has been
41ng or708 years should continue SO far
10y from the old land. u The question on
e &lch am conoe to speak to you this
Sning 10 one that has been disputed at
~ o council board, one that has oeen
Il knted in many parliament, one that
G& been disputed on many o we'll fought
eS9s but is not yet decided-the question
Hetween England and Ireland. Amongst
tie visitors to America who came over this
year, was one gentleman, distinguished in
Europe for his style of writing, and for his
historical knowledge, the author of several
works which have created a most profound
|EGonEatioD, at least for their originality.
q HI. Froude has frankly stated that he came
lover to this country to deal with England
ind with the Irish question, viewing it
sfem an English stand point; that like
|f1rAe man he came to make the best case
H 3kAt he could for his own country that he
G&me to state that case to the American
Public as to o grand jury, and to demand
verdict from them the most extraordi-
!K1oey ever yet demanded of any people,
nnmely, the declaration that England was
{ tight in the manner she has treated my ma
tive land for 700 years. 1t seems accord
ing to this learned gentleman, that we
Irish have been treated badly, he confessed;
I but he puts in as plea that we only got
what we deserved. It is true, he says, we
have governed them badly the reason is
4 because it was impossible to govern them
4 rightly. 1t is true that we have robbed
them the reason is, because it was fatal
TO leave them their own, they made such a
bad use of it. 1t is true that we have per-
secuted them the reason is, persecution
was the fashion of the time and the order
or the day. On these pleas there is not a
cyfminal imprisoned to-day in the United
States that should not instantly get his
heedom by acknowledging his crime and
pleadiDg some extennatpg circumstances
our ideas of our Ireland have been al
wrong, it seems Seven hundred years
aRo tue exigeucies of the time demanded
tie foundation of a strong British empire
III order to do this Ireland had to be con
Q1ered. Since that time the one ruling
hi Siiea in the English mind mas been to do al
xhe good they conld, to the Irish. Thei
1orislation and their government has no
been always tender, but always benifcent
They were sometimes severe to US, bu
they were severe for our own good and tn
Sificulty of England has been, that TIN
xrish for these long hundreds of years hav
never understood their own interest o
known what was for their own good. Nov
the American mind is enlightened; AM
q hcnceforth no Irfshman must complain q
the past in this new light in which MI
Ekonde puts it before us. And the amia
Ms gentleman tells US that what has bee
ii the past he greatly fears we must recon
ex1e ourselves to in the future. He come
tA Tell us his version of the history of Ire
land, and also comes to solve Ireland's d.,
Aeulty, and lead us out of tho miserit
that have been our history for hundreds I
years. When he came, many person
Questioned the reason of his coming.
aigning to the learned gentleman this me
tive or that. Some people said that
wns an emissary Of the Euglieh govern
naent; that they sent him here becani
they were beginning to be afraid Of tt
rising power Of Ireland in this great natiol
that they saw here eight millions of lrisl
uaon by birth, and fourteen millions mo
oe Irishman by Immediate descent; al
shey know enough Of the Irish to kno
that the Almighty God placed them q
ways with an extraordinary power N
only to spread themselves, but that in
few years not only fourteen bat fifty nj
~ lions of Irish blood and Irish race won
be in this land. And according te tho
who thus surmised, England wants
weaken the sympathy of the Americ
people for their Irish feliow-citizens; o.
ft was stated that the best way to effe
Ea this, was to send learned man with
plausfble story to this countryZa m
With singular power of viewing facts
Z the light he wishes himself to view then
ga s man with extraordinary power to so n
ur these facts that many single mind
nerson should look upon them as he p'
Shem before them, and so ALLEVIATE t
Sninds of'the American people from II
and of to-tlay by showing what an =
PRACTICAL, obstinate, accursed race
are. Others again surmised that tho ieai
ed gentleman came for another Parpo
They said: ENGLAND is in the hour
her weakness she is tottering. fast
yisibly to her ruin. The disruption of e
old empire is visibly approaching. Sh'
to-day cut of without an ally in Euro
Her army is inferior; her feet is moth
---accordipr to Mr.. Reed, the frst autht