New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-02

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Rreton law homicide was not felony; II an injury
for which compensation was 10 be Ihde ny the anly
was as much protected by the law az any ono elso TO
kin him was as much felony M to XII AN Engushnan;
But English could not protect those who reissed
TO live It, Questions often rose aS to what was 10
be done when life was lost IN border selle or quar-
rel and Norman Parliament declined 10 attach more
Importance TO the life OF an outside lrlshan tlan W.
attached to T. Father Burke no., gp1 tos case r sI
man. pleading the statute but offering In court 20 make
in consequence acquitted This exactly illustrates what
have been saying. admit, however and lnsisied III
own lectures, that the Norman failures had been
complete that the result OF the contest tn leave the
country after 800 years experience worse than before
RECORDS THE ELIzABETHAS PERIOD
pass to the modern period Father Burke opens with
an eloquent denunclatOn OF Henry vI and as havea
great deal say points of consequence leave
3 Henry his mercics. will only pause out OF curiosity
to AJAX for information about three Carthusan Alb
bots jury refused to find guilty under the SUI
premacy act till Henry threatened II they oid not com
II ply TO prosecute them for treason. thought knew
the history OF all the treason trials OF that reign Know
Of several abbots being tired ana executed
and asOnishingly beautiful IL Is But cannot III on
Father BuTes story to any Of te en- H. as t
records OF the triad prove concusvey that the story
about the Jury cannot be true
Az 10 Ireland at this period cannot make ont Father
Burkes position: He possesses odd te pieces OF rel
him Of Observation-Disclosures In framework OF sucl
singular acquaintance with the general complexion ol
the times that have speculated much how he came by
his know ledge He quotes from the State papers. Let
me tell you generally what these State papers are
their information upon their correspondents, and you
find in these collections letters ana reports OF az illus
from all sorts of people conveying the same hnu Oh m
formation which you would gather ont OF news
paper today-wIth the conflict OF opinions THOSE
relating to Ireland during the reign OF Henry IL nav
printed and filed two largo thick quaro volumes
of 500 or 900 pages each There also four volumes OF
calendars or abstracts OF the later reign or Elizabeth,
known the of the Carew collection OF So WIN
read these Volumes and will read at the time the
Review OF the State OF Ireland ny the poet spencer
sidnoys Correspondence" you win not require either
Father Burke 10 tell You what was the real eohd-
y ton OF the country are both talking about
i Meanwhile. must word or two Father Burke
talks with great yeheenee about inc ro he homes of
their fathers There is document-the opening doeu,
seem to have studied hut which wish he would study,
for Il gives complete key to the real difficulties OF Ire
land and 70 all the policy Of the succeeding rogns.
This document dated 1875 and is called Report on
tho state Of Ireland, with a Plan for it's RefoTma-
der at the time but he says caused by the chief
NOrmans. Now, this report explains thdt tne fea cause
that the real Nor mans bad ceased to become NOT
mans, and had become irish They spoke lrsh dressed
like IRISH adopted Irish habits and laws and customs
Father Burke cannot be ignorant that to the
in Munster and Leinster TO the Buffers IN Kilkenny TO
his ancestors the De Burghs or BnIks In he Wet
the Irish clans looked up with feeling OF loyal ae-
glance. As far as there Was any order at al In tne
race-pad these four families Tney aud the smaller
Norman BarOns who held under them, are SPOKEN OF IN
the State papers English contrast to Ireland IheY
were as much English as you Americans are Engns9 OF
any Grat4an Wolf Tone was English yet tathef
troublesome than tho Irish. or course they were, u
he hear tho old phrase more Irsh hah inc lisn
IELAND's SOCIAL CONDITION.
want you understand the social state OF the coun-
try this report describes it, There at this time
Co great Irish chiefs and 80 great Norman chiefs each
ruling by his sword. and all living in tho same man
They kept 10000 under to do nothing but
fight The chiefs Of this army OF yagabonds were main
tanned by Irish custom called Coque slavery rather
n Burke boasts that there Slavery In Ire
land. There was worse than that, for the wreched
odsing and clothing. Now. II was this lighting CON
ngent that the cause OF all the trouble, Tor WINE
Impossible; peace equally inPoss.be, while thore
were 50 many men kept Tor war 1n9 c POy W f
British Government durlns the ~ 3t NJ
break down this system and to protect tire peasant VINO
Des Sompei this ghtng bandtti TO take to some other
4 employment. Here lies the explanation OF Father
! was connscation simply Of the rights of robbers
10 plumber the poor. lAppause.l All sorts OF plans
quer them, and sometimes the peasantry were armed to
protect themselves, sometimes 70 plant English and
the snahSi uDsbe 70 Ind me means of supnorting
the hghtng battaons. Look at the report and II
this the real condition Of the country aud how
il was reduced Father Burke says nothing about this
yet any one IL he will look into the state papers, and
refer to the head COyne aud Leoing" will SEQ these
The Reformation Of course complicated matters worse
but the social problem then the cause ms 1t Is now
of Kildare royalty experiment of Home
Rule, Father Burke asks me why Henry dd not can
Parliament OF the Irish chiefs rms aunit wo9d nave
been worse form Of Home Rule The present grievances
would have had even less chance OF heIPlng tnen INN
they would have from separate lflsh tournament ~ II
were called to-day. Now, Father Burke says tnat
4 the L ri OF Kildare an kngllshman. lie was as
mucn an Englishnan Lord Edward Fitzgerald, his de-
scendant and DR.. McNeyin that Is TO say ne was the
IRISH nObeman. lApplause anu laughterI rather
Burke says the insurTectOn English inslrrecOn
IL English in the sense that the ASSOCIATION OF the
suppose that his words more than rhetorical
flourish TO gain immediate point II not, and n he
race in their history and misfortunes IL
! is new and significant feature in the
adiaes have been The idols OF the national tradition
O'COnnel used TO say that tic Duke OF Leinster XII
Lord Thomas has been one OF the most popular Irish
that IL ia bad return for which the Geradines
and the BOur6ens OF the Pale lost in the cause OF Ireland
ofism trust that Father Burke Is not In this rep
resena tive Of the feelings Of his people.
SERIES OF CONTRADICTIONS.
Father Burke says this rebellion desoatcd the whole
of Munster and great part of Leinster Now it hardly
touched Munster at all and It affected severely only the
half of Ieinster The chief sufferers those who
were loyal 70 the English rule. But Father Burke does
not distinguish between the rebellion OF the Kildares
under Elizabeth and he Jumps them both together.
in my lecture that the private lives OF some OF
perfectly regular Father Burke made wild and
unsupported assertion was thinking OF archbishop
Bodkn of Turin Another instance may DO found In Dr.
Theiner, whose writings wish he would read Ii comes
ROme-the fountain OF lnfanDlllty rather Burke
does not deny that the greatest Irish chiefs accepted
peerages from King Henry WILL took the oath OF su
prenacy TO him, and called him King Of Ireland" lap
pause1 IL is true the Catholic people OF Ireland
did rise against their chiefs and dePosed them
Con O'Neill, the descendant OF the Irish Kings,
was made by Henry Earl OF Tyrone. This
ONe Father Burke says Twas taken by his son and
capped into Jail, where he died very pOus and
moved entirely doubt, by his zeal for the holy
church This the celebrated Shan bastard son
OF Con, but a. broth OF boy' aughterl and the
darling OF tribe. Shan respected his father for In
one OF his letters no says his father acted like gentle
man denied OF his children. Iaughterl