The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-01

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mildred miles in length and moro.''osI 0~
tiie Mere LaU this, We, have tho evidences ol
the StAtespspers ID tho time FRAT ,Heuryy
fthe EsgatH nieditated and contehblaSed afi
sss s %s s ss sss &
ipeplty and Council, in Dnblin. WRITING to
khieI Majeetyp;s and ,kered are, their .yserda:
bTheytelh him tthatshis project isinpFaeti-
cabls,sthsy sAy,pH the land 10 large by
estimation a. large 80 England; % that b
lAnbabit thS wh5lSn with rev inffabftants
would be ri sntsfpffss 10 great thai. there
IL NJ. PfiRSses ,shr4fatsped that III ght oppmd.
dlons!z spsFe se @aSx sHhiests. b, depart
dostraetien and total suhjectienI of the hand
would he a'Imasseloas land stapead0us
Achistensess1 from the great rdiGicufties,
both by laek' Of fhhsbftanfe and tfs irSat
|dhsrdidessi Or thess irish, who cad endure
both hunger and cold,' and thisst and evil
lodging, far more than the inhabitanA Of
any other land.,i And il would be unpreee.
dented.t the. conquest Of this iand.7 We
have not heard nor read Of any country
that wsa subdued by such conquest, the
whole Inhabitants Of which had been ut
terry extirpated and banished." +,,lr
IS Great God is this the man Nj. Froude
tolls us was the "friend OF freland,n that
never showed any design to take their
lands or TO dispossess them Of their pos
sessioass The the mau,-the model q sd-
mireg of order, !" the hater Of disorder n
Surely, DO wac bonad to create magnificent
order; for If people are troublesome,
aud you want to red uce them to quiet, the
best way, aud the simplest way, lie to kill
tlem ali. just Hike some Of those people
in Eugland-nurses We read Of q few
years ago,-that were farming ont children
and, when q child was little fractious,
they gave it nice little dose of poison
md lnl hot
. Do you know the reason why Henry the
Eighth pleased the Irish, for there was no
doubt about it,-that they were more
pleased with him than with any other Eng
lish Monarch, up to that timer The rea-
con is o very simple one. He had his own
designs but he concealed them. He was
meditating, like m anticipated Oliver
Cromwell, the rain and destruction Of the
Irish race. Bnt he Ind good sense he
kept it TO himself; and it only came out in
the State papers. But he treated the Irish
with a certain amount Of courtesy and po-
likeness. Henry, with al his faults was o
learned man, an accomplished man, o man
OF the very best nssnnsrsy---a man that,
with q bland smile, would give yen a warm
shake Of the hand. Il 10 true tho next day
he might have your head cut OF; but stiff
he had the n1snnors of q gentleman. And
it is q singular fact, my frienis, that the
two most gsntiomaniy Kings OF England
were the two greatest ecoundrefs, perhsps,
that over ltved,-Henry the Eighth and
GeorGe,the Fourth.' Henry had deass with
tho Irish PeoPse" with certain amount OF
civilisy' aud courtesy. He did not como Id
amongst them, Hike all hts predecessors,
saying:i "You arc the Kings enemies
you ought all to be put to death yoR arc
without tho pa.e Of law; you are, barba-
riansi and savages and will pat y Ga ,nn-
der nay heei.ji Henry cause, and s1id
LAT A,s.
difficulties; let as see II we cahbot FIVE in
peace and quiet" and the Irish people
were charmed by this mans mar ner. All,
my friends, there was q black heart under
that smiling face but it was also true,-i
q fact that Mr.. Froude Acknowledged
that Henry the Eighth had a certain
amount of popularity with the irish poo
pie which proves that, if Englasd only
knew how Co treat MS with . certain
smonnt of kindness, they wonld, long
since, have won the heart Of Ireland, in
stead Of alternating and embittefing it by
tho injustice 90 much az by the cruelty OF
their laWs.. And this 10 what meant on
last Tousday, night, when / said that the
English contempt for 1rishnaen 10 really
the evil that lies deep at the root OF all the
bad spirit that exists between the two ma |
for the simple reason that the Irish |
people are too Intellectual, too strong, too |
too pure Of race, aud OF blood |
too ancient and too proud, to be desPised. |
Aud now, my friends, Mr.. Froude IN his |
second lecture gave us proof OF the great
love Of the Irish people for Henry the |
Eighth. He says that they were SO fond
Of the king, that actually at the kings re- |
guest Ireland threw the Pope overheard. /
use the gentleman's own wOrds Ire |
land threw the Pope overheard" No, Nc. |
FrOude, fond as We were OF your glorious
hero, Henry she Eighth, We were not go
Of him, wo had not fallen 20
deeply 10 love with him "a TO give up the
Pope for him. What are the facts Of thei