The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-22


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America. And l hope he never will and an
Irishmen Go etand M, and Offer him Ola.
courtesy and yioIeuce. because he speaks
what he imsniues to Be- the Truth.
So much being said In refsreDoe to this
10 which I have sllpdsd
now come to the last Of Mr.. Fronde,s
i.ctnres and a. the LAT Of INV own. The
learned eentleman. In his fourth lecture
told tY5& Americaa people HE View OF
the rrveu,ent of fzeS. ana az the 5subac-
ousntf rebeliion OF 1895. Absorbing TO Mr..
frouie the Irish made q great nistake IN
i7ps by asserting the independents Of tho
Irish Perliament. They abandOned,p
Jaws this leareed gentleman, Ssthe paths Of
nclitical reform and thcy clssn0rede for
politicai aaitation " Now, political asita-
tation IA ore thing. and poiistcal reform h
anotIser thnp. Political reform nv frieuds,
means the correcting OF great abuses, the
repeaIinr or bad lava and che passing or
good measures, salntary and usefal, Tor the
cording to this learned gentleman, England
taught, by her bitter American expert
ence, that cosrciof, wouid not auswer with
the people, and thet' IL 10 impossible to
thrust unjust laws down the 4throats Of Q
people or nation, even at the sword's
professionalism to him. England was only
too willing, too happy, In the year l7S0, to
| cd In the blind and bigoted ages that tsaa
gone by, and to grant TO IreiHud y real re-
dress Of oil her grievances. But, says. Mr.
| Froude, "The Irish people were fc0H9b.
Instead OF demanding from England the
| redress of these grievances, they, inateeed
upon their National and iParlismentary In
dependenoe nndp ho adds, "thsy wore
foolish in this; for that very independ.
ence led TO interior contention, contention
to conspiracy, conspiracy to rebellion, 70.
beiiion TO tyranny Now, am 40 great
al enemy Of political agitation 90 Mr.
Froude, or any other man. ! hold, ana
hold Il by experience, that political Agi
tation distracts mems minds from the more
serious and more necessary occupations o
life that political agitation draws msnt
minds away frem their business, and from
the sober pursuits Of industry that D
creates auimosities and bad blood betwee,
citizens that It affords an easy and profit
} ab!s employment for worthless demegogue
, and very often brings to the sarface til
, All ,bas Grant. But. Mt the same ii me,
hold that political agitation is the only re
source left to q people who endeavOr
a extract rood laws from an unwilling on
svrannicaI Government. May AJAX tn
isarred bistSrian what we're the wars
the seventeenth century, in France, In Ge
n n,onv and in the Netherlands f--the wa
,hat ~ Eroude hinnself adusires so mus
l. ma INA 70 vhich he exDreases 90 much sya
..i,. ."Ehat we're thew but poiiticrl az
p tat;ny,, t.kinr the form of armed revolt.
q "rSer "a ayfort from the governments
a tha. tsms wIat The people Considered to
In mat measures Of toleretiOn and liberty
At conscieneef With these wars, that We
q. wagsd bv the people In armed revolt, agaiT
"a Prence. against Spain, in the Netherland
nd ,oai,,at the Eua peror Charles the V. OF Aui
- aSs..''ss;s,, tbeae Mr.. Froude has the dee y,
~ s rnn na,hS because they were wars made
- Prntssta1t, against Catholic gossrnmen
no The men who made these wars were ini
no vetora or reyolu tiOnistS In, every sense
u, tne " .h ,,t.r hot aieo the estsbllsh
ot on'y 'nS .nn.'... 80, mt wiAh the Tr