The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-18


ars, and mea from all parts OF Europe came to
her shores to light the lamp OF knowledge and
sanctlty, Then came the Danish invasion,
| which reduced the land to state OF great
| Wretchednees. The consequence OF the Danish
wars was that the Catholic religion remained
sadly shorn of the purity that had first marksd
1t. These wars lasted sRree centuries. and
| what people would not be demoralized by 30
long q period of bloodshed England had
been nearly ruined by the Wars OF the Roses,
| which only lasted fifty years In the beginning
of the twelfth century the Danes were finally
expelled, and We found that laws were soon
again being re-estabished and the people
| cheerfully Obeylng them, the Pope's legate
being received with that marked respect and
cordlality which had always characterized the
conduct or the IrIsh to their spiritual leaders.
Many councils were held, some of them pre-
sided over by the Papal lpgate. Father Burke
alluded to the galaxy of Irish saints that illu.
mined The history Of Ireland at this period,
and said that only one year before the cunning
of the Normans there was
GREAT COUNCIL
of all ireland, which was very orderly. La
franc and Auselm, English srehblshops, had
both congratulated Irish kings upon the pro-
found peace that had at this time rested upon
ireland. Contrast this With the darkness and
Iawlessness that existed Ia England under
William Rufus. AS to the charge that Ireland
was without morality he would only say that
when an Irish king stole, another mans wife
all ireland rose up and banished him from the
country. II it we're true; as the lying Norman
chroniolers had said, that Irishmen were then
q beslial, incestuous people, this king could
have retorted that he had as good right to be
a blackguard as the rest OF the world. Mr..
Froude had said that the Normans had come
to Ireland ID teach the lrlsn the
TEN COMMANDMENTS.
But 1t was admitted that the Normans did not
own an inch OF soil In IreIand, and they robbed
the Irish of all Of 1t. in order to illustrate the
commandment 'sthou shalt not STEAL" Henry
II, King of England, had instigated the nur-
der OF st. Thomas Becket and was living In
adultery, and yet his Norman mobiles went 10
observe the commandments "thou shalt not
stealn and s.thou shalt not commit adultery"
Father Burke then went on TO discuss the
question Of the alleged
LETTER FRog TIE POPE
to King Henry, authorizing the conquest of
Ireland. The letter was dated 1lb4. Pope
Acrisn was made Pope onlthe 81 oil December,
1854, aud the news could not have reached
England IN less than month. According to
the English account, John of Salisbury was
sent to Rome to congratulate Pope Adrian and
procured this letter. And yet II was dated In
il54! But, said Mr.. Froude, there is copy OF
the letter 10 the archives at Rome. But this
COPY had no date. and 1t was we'll established
that nc order or bull undated was valid. The
letter was lie on the lace of 1t. Mr.. Froude
had also said that the letter had been alluded
10 BY Pope Alexander III He, {Mr. Burke,)
on the autnofity of msiy learned men, said
that this letter was also q forgery. 1t was
true that many learned men elsO admitted
the authenticity OF both letters; but having his
choice between these authorities he (Fathrr
Burke) chose TO believe That they we're FORGE
geries. Besides, henry had sided with The
Anllnope a9.inei p noope Alexander, and was il
likely then that the latter would give him Q
reacript of the alleged letter of Rope Adrian
Mr. Froqde had charged that the Normans had
taught The lrish to
RESPECT TEE POPE.
Yet the first legate that carhe over after the
invasion was Intercepted BY Hsnry as he
passed through EuTlaud, and forced to prom.
ise that he would do nothing against the En-
glIsh In Ireland. But supposing the bull were
given BY Pope Adrian. 1t was OF no effect, be-
cause It was procured on The false preLence
that Ireland was In disturbed and disorder.
~ condition. Aud again, 1t was invalid. be.
cause 1t was given on promise made By Hen
Iy that be would 60 to Ireland Gr the gGsS
promiss had been broken. Brsides, Henry
had never had possession oEaay part OF Ire
IauG, except that which was when he came
In possession Of the Danes, with the consent
of the Irish. Yet Mr. Frouds had said that
the Danes aud Irish were then at war. Tue
Normsns arrived and the people gave them
very little opposition, yielding them certain
portion of lheir lands and learning sooHto
love them. 1t was strange. however, tEat
THESE PROUD NoRNANs
who 90 heartily despissd the Saxons that they
called them "villains," showed Al admiration
for The Celts. When the Normans went out
from the pale they adopted the Irish dress,
adopted Irish customs married Irish wives
and were glad to get them. In tne enc, ip'
deed, they aojnred forever the English lan-
gnage and the English customs. During the
four hundred years that followed the Norman
conquest Mr.. Froude had said tnat there nad
been constant anarchy. Aud thls was true
The secret of this incessant and desolating
war was the constant effort OF England TO
force upon Ireland
TIE PEpDAL sYsTEA.
This was the only thread by which you could
disentangle the painful history OF thoee ages.
Henry II, while he made his treaties With
land Into ten portions aud gave them to his
MOBILES, though Irish hands and battle blades
stood in the way of their. getting them lor
many long year afterward. In consequence
an EnglIahman had the right to treGpasS upon
his Irish neighbor'e property, and the Irish
man had no redress In law. Further than
this, q law was passed declaring that II was no
felony to kill an Irlshman. And 1t was also
Impossible for s1 Irlshmsn to buy an acre Of
la9d, ner conld suy land be left by will to an
trishman. Would not IrisEmen be the
vILEsT poGs
on the face OF the earth II they had submitted
quietly 10 such treatments What race was 1t
that were thus tresled by Saxon churls
Gerald Barry, speaking OF the lrlsh, said: II
know OF no grander race than the Irish" The
EnglIsh, iu dealing with the Irish, made the
great mistake of forgetting that they we're
dealing with the proudest race on the face of
the earth. Granting. however, that anarchy
had prevailed In Ireland for four Centuries, be
(Burke) denied that the Irish ohieftaIns had
been The mere robbers Mr.. Fro9de had stated
them to be- Their divisions had been the
ba1e of their country, but they bad OF least
been, as a whole, patriotic and good.
Father Burke, as he closed, was hailed with
rapturous enthusiasm.
JUDGE THOMAS JEFFERSON M4GKEF