The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-08
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In this same year Stafford inatituted an
other tribunal In Ireland, which he called
the "Court Of Wards;" and do yoa ksew
what this wssf It was found shat the Trish
people, gentle and simple, as they were,
ants. ! have not . harsh word to say Of
Protestants. But this will say that every
high minded Protestant In the world mase
admire the strength and 6delity with which
Ireland because Of her conscience, clnag to
her ancient faith. This trihuna, was insi-
tinted In order to get the heirs Of the csth-
OHIO gentry, and to bring them mp In tho
Protestant religion. Aud 1t ia to thia
Court Of Wards" that we owe tbs siunsh-
cant fact that some Of the most aneieat
and the best nance In ireland the names
OF men whose ancestors fought foe faith ana
fathertand- faro now PrOtestants, and tho
enemies of their Catholic fellow subjects.
that the men OF my own name became
Protestants. There was no drop Of Prot
estant blood in the veins Of the Dan Earl,
or Red Earl Of Claarickards. There ~as
no drop of any other than Catholic blood
In the veins OF the heroic Barkes wae
fought during the long five hundred years
that went before this time. There was NO
Protestant blood in the 0'Briens Of MQn-
ster, or in the glorious O'Donnelrs and
O'Neils of Ulster, that are. ProtestantA TO-
day. Let no Protestant American citixea
here imagine that am speaking In disdaAa
of him or his religion. No; bat as hts
torian, am pointing ont the means, which
every high minded man must pronounce TO
be nefarious, by which the aristocracy Of
Ireland wero obligad to change their rei-
gion.
The Irish, meantime waited, and waited
in vain, for the fulfliment of tie kiogss
promise, and the concession of the gracea,
A. -
grew desperate between Charles and his
Parliament; and the year 1910, he agaiR
renewed his promise to tie frish people,
and he called q Parliament which gave him
-four subsidies, 5000 men, and 900 hereo
to fight against the Scotch, who'had re6ah-
ed against him. Strafford went home 70
jOiciog that lie had got those subsidies and
this body Of men but no sooner did hc
arrive In England than the Parliameatv
now Ia rebellion, laid hold OF him aud In
that came year lG40. Suafford's head was
cut off; and be would be strange Iriah-
mar that would regret it.
Meantime, the people of Scotland rose In
armed rebellion against their king. They
marched into England and what do you
think did they make by their moveoaentf
They got full Acknowledgements of their
religion, which was not tho Protestant, bot
Presby terian they got GOO 600 and
they got, for several months, Es5O day TO
support their army. Then they retired 10
to their own county, having achieved tho
purposes for which they had rebelled; aod
in the meantime, the Catholics OF Irelan&
were ground into the very dust. WhaS
wonder, ask yon, that, seeing the kiaG
40 afraid Of his English peopae, though peg
sonally inclined to grant these graces-aG
he had declared that he wished to grant
them he had declared that it was his in
tention to grant them; he had pligbte4
his royal word to grant them-what Won
der that the Irish thought they had every
evidence that, IL the King was free. b1
would grant themf Bat he was not free
hecause bis Parliament and the POritas
faction in England were in rehetiinn agaios.
him. So the Irish said -" Our King - non
free il lie were, he would be kind to us
let US rise, then, In the name Of the k'aS
and assert our own rights" They rose IL
l64l they rose like one maH every tTisn-
man and every Catholic in Ireiand, rose O
the 23d of October, I6II. with the exeeP'
ton Of the Catholic Lords OF the Pete
And nov Give you the reasons OF thir
{ rising. a. recorded in the "Memoirs" q
o Lord CastfebaveB, who was by no meAni
: prriudiced 10 favor OF Ireland. He telis q
4 that they rose FOR six reasons. The ass
I was because they were generally iOokoe
!. down upon az o conquered Datlon' -
n seIdom or never treated like natura
@ or free born subjects. The old evil sftA
J, coming up, my dear friends. The VEG
y fret reason given by this EnGlishmans Viii
I the irish people rose. was that the Eagl'aa
{ people treated them confirm ptH~nrly. Oh
}. when will England learn tO treat her sus
T i.cts or her 1TiendS with common respect
= When will that -proad, stubborn Angie
= Saxon hauehtiness ceadeaeeDd To uFbanit
e and kindliness in dealing with thOa
= Aronnd themY said it in my tirst iectuI
5 eaid it in my second lecture, and l no
Q repeat il in this. that it was the e"ntemI
: as much As the hatred OF EBsaisl
e men for Irishmen that lay at the TOss-
e that lies at the root tO-day--pf that hitt'
d spirit ard terrible 1ntRg"nism that eXis
Of between these two DGkiona.
R,nntnnad q thiia narAl