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

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for feel as IL were q. lavyer-pleeding
the case OF n poor defendant, that has been
defendant in many q court, for many q long
century. The plaiati6 10 q great, rich, pow
ertui woman the poor defendant has nothing
to commend her but a heart that has never
yet despaired-a spirit that never yet was
broken ant u loyalty to God and to man
treason ask you, o grand jury of America,
to consider how easy it was to conciIiate
this poor mother ireland Of mine, and to
make her peaceful and happy. Pitt him
self had preof of it in that very year,
1894. Suddenly the imp~rious and raagni
changed his mind, and to lave adopted o
policy of Cancellation and kindness to .
wards Ireland. He recalled the Irish Lord
Lieutenant, Lord Northumberland, and he
sent to Irelacd Earl Fitzwillism. who ar
rived on the 4eh of January, 1895. Lord
Fitzwilliam was gentleuan OF liberal
mind and a most estimate character.
He felt kindly towards the Irish people;
and, before he left England, he made an
press com pact with William Pitt that, if
he was made Lord Lieutenant of ireland,
he would govern the country on principles
of conciliation aud kindness. He came.
He found In Dublin Castle a certain Secre-
tary Cooke, petty tyrant; and be found
the great family Of the Beresfords, who,
for years and years, had monopolized all
the pubic offices and emoluments of the
State and held uncontrolled sway over the
destinies Of Ireland. He dismissed them
aH,-sent them all I" to the right about"
and he surrounded himself with men of
liberal minds and large, statesMauiike
views. He began by telling the Catholics
of Ireland that he would labor for their
emancipation. A sudden peace and joy
spread throughout the nation. Every ves-
tige of Standardization and rebellion seem.
ed 30 vanish out of the irish mind The
people were content to wait. Every law
were, for the time being, the portion of the
Irish people. How long did it iaetf In
an evil hour, Pitt returned to his. old de-
signs. Earl Fitzwitliam was recalled on
the 25th of March and Ireland enjoyed
her hopes only for two short months.
When it was ascertainsd that Lord Fitz-
william was about to be recalled, there was
scarcely parrish in Ireland that did not
send in petitions, resolutions, and prayers
to the En- lish Government to leave then
their Lord-Lieuteuant: ALI to no purpose.
The policy was changed. Pitt had made
| up his mind to carry the Union. On the
day that Lord Fitzwiliian loft Dublin, the
principal citizens took the horses from bis
carriage; and they drew the carriage them
selves down to the waters aide. AL Ire
land was in tears. "The scens,' says an
historian Of the time, " was heart-rending
the whole nation was in mourning" How
| easy it was, my American friends, to con-
ciliate these people, whom two short months
of kindness could have thus changed
Oh! if only the English Government, the
| English Parliament, the English people,
| if thew could only realize to themselves
for ever 30 short u time, the mine of aztec.
ton, that glorious heart, that splendid
gratitude that lies there in Ireland, but t.
which they have never appealed I'D never
touched but, instead, they have turned
the very honey of human nature into TIT
gall and bitterness of hatred!
The rebellion broke out. It was defeat
ed !; and, as Mr.. Froude truly says, tn
victors took away the old privileges, NM
made tho yoke heavier. By the cold priv
Ieges," people of America, Mr.. Froud
means the Irish Parliament that was take
away. I hope, citizens of America, tina
this Euglish gentleman, who has come her
to get "a verdict from you, will be laugh
by that verdict that the right to home leg
islation is not privilege, but the right 9
every nation on the face of the earth
Then, in the course of his lecture, goin
to strengthen his argument, he says; :
"You m5st not blame England for bein
80 hard upon you, Irishmen. She too
! away your Parliament; she afflicted yo
with a heavier yoke than you bore before
She couldn't help it !; it was your own fault
What made YOU rebelf" This is the argu
ment which the learned gentleman USE
, He says that the penal laws would neve
have been established, never would hav
been carried out, only for the revolution {
1000 in Ireland. Now, the revolution .
3 1000 means the war that Hugh N'Nei
made, in Ulster, against Queen Elizabeth
8 Aud, according to this learned historian
3 the penal laws were the.result, the efiec
: the consequence of that revolution. X
t member. he fixes the date himself 81
h saws 1000. Now my friends, here is Il
Q record Of history: The penal laws begaa
J, 60 operate in Ireland in 1884, In 1887 Il
: Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ir
: land, who was an Euglishman-his nan
e was Cromer-was put into Jail and lie
It there for denying the supremacy of Hrni
the Eighth over tho Church Of God. Pas
n inr over the succeeding years of Hem
If the Fights reign; passing over the enae
Il ments of Somerset, under Edward u
:, Sixth, we come to Elz,b"ths reign III
" We fad that she assembled Parliament
n I56O.-forty years before Mr.. Froudt
8 revolution. Here is one of the laws pass
l. by that Parliament; All officers and mi
V listers, lay or ecclesIaetical,-tta took us
tt YOU see-were bouud to take the oath
1T of supremacy, and were bouhd to swe
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