The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-25
ENGLAND AND IRELAND.
CrOmwelps Rule and that Of the
Bishops. -


Bishops.
ZION AsN.Y. POst) ....
Mr. Froude, the English historian, de-
llyered the third lecture Of his course on
The Relations between England and
Ireland at Association Hall, last even.
ing to . large and attentive audience.
lie began by recapitulating the evils
into which Ireland was plunged by the
REBELLION Of 1911, and asked: What could
Cromwell and the English do?
The English, you may say, had no bus
lness there. 1t was too latO to raise ques.
ions Of that kind. Ireland had formed part
Of the dominlons Of England. 1 will not
ayhow it had come about. England
Ole hundred aud twenty years before
bad shaken of the Papal authority. The
PUpa had levied war upon their devoted
Subjects, as they were pleased TO call all
Protestant States.
The had used the swords Of Spain and
A1iIris to force them back into submis.
,lOn, and the rcek VI slaughtered men
had gone from hundreds Of battle fields.
!,h4l pleased Ireland in this war to take
The Italian side. She had made her
provinces for centuries the theatre OF
desperate Instruction. Had she succeed.
ed establishing her independence, she
would still have been q thorn in Eng
lands side.
What was Cromwell to do? l will
ellyu what he did, and you shall Judge
bT yourself whether he did i'll. The
Irish demanded liberty OF conscience. II
NEEDLE with no mans conscience" the
L0tI Protector answered; "but il you
mean by liberty OF conscience liberty to
We the Mass, that will not be suffered
where the Parliment Of England has
power"
"Nolstrous" you may say. Well,
gsnlemen, suppose it will be easy Tor
nsto utter some commonplace on the
beauties Of liberty of conscience. Speak
ing here In this place, before the freest
people in the world, and speaking OF a
subject on which the English people are
more sensitive than perhaps on any 9TH
e'slbject, al this time cannot utter
those words.
Before | den0unCe a great man like
Cromwell must be sure that either you
@IWould have acted more wisely or
generously under the same circumstances
Tue Mass, as we know it, is the sacred
nIeOi religion, but rs Cromwe knew It,
NWaSa system Furnishing with fire and
iEofd every deviation from its own or
finances | will not pronounce whether
Cromwell did right or wrong, but this
kHoW, that II We or our fathers had been
struggling IN death wreslle tor centu-
win such spirit, we should not hes
AIs Il the chance was in our power, tC
sophie fountain from which those wa.
EtsoI bitterness were flowing. Zap,
bad Cromwelps policy toward Ireland
oeea perseVered in US o whole, l believe
mould not be here addressing you on any
4lTsAons Of difference between EnglanC
and Ireland. We had formed q design
W Iae pacidcatiOn Of that country which
YOU'D have made future trouble there i'm
pOssible
The Ulster settlers who had been driv
cut on the first rising, and all Other
LagIlsh and Irish owners who had stooC
OytAe English Parliament throughout thu
'% were replaced in their estates.
all the other Irish landh0lders hst
oeea engaged in the war against England
Nl The lands Of these were declared con
acaIed. The honest peasautry who pos
Ss'ed any real right in their farms By
slVlg performed honest labor openly
HeFe protected, subject only to the con.
GaOa to be obedient TO the new govern,
lent; but noble lords and gentlemen
Naae trade was fighting, who had callet
themselves lords OF the soil, and as sucI
~ maintained themselves by poor mem
sla'Sy were, by one huge sweep, dispOs
They were not driven out Of Ireland al
SE'aer, nor lett without means Of sup
HIIH they chose 10 exert themselves. D
@TloQF districts of Ireland, one was still
"ee theirs. The great province Of Con,
.AasHt was assigned to the gentry as ex
SsAVeIY their own. AS tho Saxon con
SSVtso's Of England drove the Brltons int
T. %s, 80 Cromwell pushed the fighting
iI .sen into Connaught In the rest o
e ~S'auu ne planted the army who hRC
as protected Irish industry from the
opacity Of English manufacturers, he in
% S,i Ireland into England, ant
S S-+,s us management peace and pros
lae Restoration came. Tho Stuarts
. N.Y. brought back, and with the stuarti
S.T e Inc old story Of compromises and
T Ta measures. The Irish Parliamen
Da SG once set up again. The Irish ex
NV, IVY Ihst Crom wells soldiers would b.
,TA 6'5i that the con6scated estate.
Ia Iu W restored to their owners. Eng
a SS "S content 10 weaken the Protes.
NLnout concilliAting the Catholics
W. %'SasAlng over one.third Of the land.
tS%ssIsloted. The Connaught plan wa!
tSuGaed now; e1Iled. freshmen wer,
6i% Seu 70 return 10 their homes. Two
S.I S. u The land WAS left with the Crom
Ia ;a and old rivals wero once NOR
4, ISe 10 face, with animosities deepen.
RI @ousAndtOld. The Episcopal churcI
ISb established. 1t suited as III tn
PNsb rS,tOleslAnG as it suited the Scotcl
III HSFIaus. The latter set up thsi
sS,,S Se Irish Protesants were less for
p,c ss efc6bishops and blshons were re
,SSs T I'm "a their dioccscs, To counterbal
slshIt aSn the Catholics were allowed Il
PfS.,sta rival hierarchy. The Catholi
Pr 1 Nc was received in state at DuIlir
n,,,I 1Ge Protestant non. con,ormisl.
TSsSwal.e there was no mercy.
and Rsr ws'e assumed to be Republican.
Qpcu %,p9uollcans, Just then, were locke
&s,o > yeenoIous reptiles. The Mo-
F'esoytetisns and the CromTellj