The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-25

matters CIRCULAR and spiritual they had
the stern resolution which distinguished
Calvlnism; yet It was thought wise TO lei
the bishops persecute these men.
Their chapels and schools were closed
their ministers were enjOined, and It was
u tuEnlDg.point in the history Of the coun,
try. The proudest and brayest OF tho
Puritan colonists sold their allotmentl
and babe ireland astefn farewell.
They had given their blood In vain
Kings and priests had come back again
and with kings and priests i! seemed they
were to have no abiding place. They
turned their faces to the setting sun, and
the descendants Of the cOnquerors Of Ire
land are now citizens Of the United States
Of America. ApplauSe.1
oHe oy3 one the new, arrangements
Were swept away, but just then tic Eng.
llsh revolution occurred. James abdi.
Gated and went to France, and William
oil Orange became King Of England. How
was all this to affect Ireland?
The Irish insisted that, though James
might have lost the English crown, he
was still King Of Ireland. They invited
James to come to them, and he came,
They invited Louis XIV. to help them,
anu he sent money, 5000 men, and some
OF bis best officers. The factions Crom-
we'll had ovGrthrown were once more In
the possession OF the Irish government.
The battle Of the Bbyne lollowetll lie
Catholics were defeated, the magnspi.
NOUS William made treaty whose stipu.
| latlOns were soon broken. Penal laws
wercput in force.
The revolution had lett the Catholics
for tue present deprived OF power to hurt,
and Oppressive laws proved only a mock.
cry and an insultR Religion should have
been declared free. Their law should
have been Protestant In return; for moi.
wlthStanding the bishops prosecutions,
there were still Presbyterians. The Low.
atty OF the Presbyterlans had been proved
in the rebellion. 1 - :
Protestants oil all persuasions should
have been allowed to settle there, and
the disabilities OF the Noncomiortists
ought to have been forever abandoned.
Applause
Meantime two great Industries had
sprung up In Ireland-the linen manu-.
lacture in the North, Ia the hands Of
Pfotestants, and the woollen manufacture
largely in the South, where the Catholics
were numerous. In particular woollen
weaving was growing 80 prosperous In
Ireland that the English manufacturers
were trembling for their own supremacy
England thought Of Ireland only as col.
ony, and we all know how England has
handled her colonies in tho last century,
Was England to DO ruined Tor the sake Of
miserable and troublesome dependencyY
Her manufacturers petitfoned Parlia.
meut to lay such restriCtiona upon Ireland
and the Irish tradeas should destroy that
trade forever. Parliament regarded Ire
land as powerless to resist, and the fatal
laws were forced on her which at one
swoop overwhelmed her woollen trade
! and cut of at single blow that great
source OF employment for her unhsppy
people. = : 'lflV E'IIL- 'tF'
The Episcopal Church had been rein.
stated in its privileges. BY the Act Of
Uniformity, no person might preach in a
church or chapel who had not been or
dained by the bishops In England the
law had been softened By liberation
act. 2 8;ss sst- TrEyTl
IN 1relandthete was no federation d act;
and, in passing, / must say l believe
bishops have produced more mischief in
the world than any other set OF men.
Laughter The bishops took upon
themselves to enforce the Act of Uniform.
ity. England's arms had borne the brunt
OF the battle in the rebellion, and this was
their reward.
In this emergency Ireland prayed for
union with England, but the prayer was
refused. On account Of the intolerance Of
the bishops all moral principle was root.
ed out OF the middle and upper classes
Children even pretended TO become Prot
estant 10 free themselves from their pa.
rents. Smuggling grew into great ma.
tlonal business by reason Of English re-
strictions on trade.
This was the condition Of Ireland at the
accession OF George the First. The es.
tablished and dominant church amounted
to no more than onetenth Of the popuia.
tion. ~ a. g q - NJ u.s. 1'ht' -
The bishops were appointed by the
crown. Some of them were very excellent
men. Bishop Berkeley alone would have
redeemed his order from obloquy. lib
Dean Swift said: mo blame rests
with the court for these appointments
Excellent, moral men are always selected
but fortunately, it always happens that
as the worthy diyines cross Hounslow
Heath to take possession Of their bishop
RIGS, they are regularly robbed and muir
dered by highwsYmen, who take their
robes, go TO ireland, and are consecrated
bishops in their stead:,' - b
l found in Dublin Castle request from
a bishop for q separate ship for himself
and his property, and to carry 4O0C
ounces OF silver plate.
The Irish legislature became corrupt
and when a man manifested much opposi
ton 10 the existing state Of affairs he wa!
bought up. The money, however, wa,
wruug from the pockets Of the poor peas
ants. -i , ~
Mr. Froude closed with o reference Il
, the prevalence Of corruption in govern
ment to-day, and said that the matter |!
reduced to this proposition: We mus
either have liberty and cast out corrup
ton, or have corruption and cast out lib
erty. prolonged applause.I
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