The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-16
IRELAND.
TATHER BURKE IL REPLY TO JANIS AN.
THoSY PRoCDE,

TATHER BCRKE IL REPLY TO JANIS AN.
TAoSY RRorDE. N
RFOl WedasstAy'S n. 7. POst) '4
Last evening the Rev Thomas n.
Burke, the celebrated Irish Dominican
orstor, delivered the drSt Of 8 series Of
lectures, 10 reply to those recently given
BY James Antbony Froude, in relation 10
the causes Of Irish grievances and the
means suggested tor their settlement
The Academy 81 Music, where the lecture
was delivered, was denSely crowded, and
the orator was greeted with the utmost
enthusiasm. BIisfy promising his re.
marks By observing the AinguIaFily o, The
position Of the Lrish people alter seven
hundred years Of English government, be
preceded 70 Observe that among the late
visitors 70 Ola country was one gentle
man, Distinguished 10 Europe for bis style
Of writing and Tor his historical knoRi.
edge-the author Of several works witch
created q q. found sensation, at least for
their originality. Mr.. Froade frankly I'd.
united that be came 10 this country 10
deal with the Irish question from an Eng.
lish point d view, and demAGded nom
the Aneticau people the declaration that
England Was right In is treatment Of the
lrish during The past seven hundred TeArA.
According TO this learned gentleman,
the lriIh have been badly treated, but II
WAS only what they deserved. They
we're outraged, robbed and degraded, bat
il WAS for their own good, and during
those loUgyeArs the heart Of BhgIand has
pulsaied With sympathy tor The intGresta
O Ireland. Laughter. Regarding Mr..
Froude personally, the reverend orAtor
distinctly discredlted the slrmises public.
y canTAsSed, - 70 his motives in eonsti-
tutiDg himself the advocate Of the Eng
lish cause. Hs-belieVed that his puI-
pose WAS simple, straightforward, ho6ora.
Die and patriotic, and as that gentlemAn's
motives hsd been miSeonstr1ed and mis-
represented, be had no doubt but that II
would Be alleged against himself tdat he
80 the emissaTy q revolution and febd.
lion ISppssuse and was endeaIotiDg 10
excite religious and political haired.
Protesting altogether against the inp1ts.
lion Of such designs 10 himself, he assign.
ed three reasons, showing Hr. FrOude's
entire unftness Tor the task Of properly
representing the true coalition Of the
lnsh question. First, bOeSnsein his writ.
ings Nj. KrU1de declared be despairs Of
ever finding . remedy for Ireland, and
that he gives it-uP-as-A bad JOB. ZAP
plSuss The second reason was thai be-
vas no exception to the whole body Of
The R1giish ptople, Who entertained {
profound contempt for everything Irish,
aud the third reason vas because OF
the more than contempt and Bit
ter hatred and detestali0n in which
ne beld the Catholic religion and
the Catholic Church. fApplAuse I
Father Burke read numerous Quotations
from Mr.. Froude's essays, In which the
Catholic Church was described a. Q ser
peot whose poisonous isDgs have been
withdrawn, and on this subject the very
gentlemen who surrounded him In New
FORK did not deem bin worthy Of credit
Applause He criticised Nj. FrOdde's
representation Of the character Of Henry
VIII which WaS 50 appAreHIy IAlSe q
not to deceive the most bigoted English
man, and he denounced that monarch A
monster In hnmAn form Sharply
glAncing over Mr. PrUudes Arguments 10
Justification OF the invasion, ne directed
attention 10 the statement recently made
BY him, that the ancient rdttS were the
homes Of the Irish, when be had in his
published book, in 1865, declared that he
could form no conjecture Is 10 their use
Replying 70 the theory that every Irish
family befjre the time Of Henry Inc Sec.
ond endesVored as best II could do to
maintain itself, be explained lhat family
in Ireland meant 8 sect or clan, sub
jected 70 q regular code Of laws
and extending over several couu-
ties BE defended the character oil
the people from the charges Of ignorance
and immortality, cOntendlng that the ex.
tremest bigolty alone could draw such an
inference from tho psges of history. he
Characterized Pope AdriGn's bull, and
Pope Alexsnder's letter, as tOrgeris, as.
serving that none oil them being thoroush.
y coguIzsht II King Henry's murder Of
Thomas a. Beckett and his incestuous
chsr1cters would charge him with the
preservation OF the morals Sud religion OF
the Irish people Rapidly following in
the wake OF Mr.. Frou1e's argumen Is, he
maintained that the intestine struggles
OF the Irish were attributable 10 causes
arising from their determined and victor
lnus resistance otthe Danes; that through
Europe a this period anarchy was the
rule, not the exception; and that, 10 their
bitter contest with Engllsh power, the
only CLEAN Of sunshine exhibited through
the darkness and gloom Of It's history
was furnished by the heroism, the devo-
ton 70 faith and morality Of the Irish
themselves. Father Burke eloquentiy re.
lated IrelsBd's history within lie period
embraced in Mr. PUu e's fist lecture
distinctly couradicting that gentlemanS
statement Of facts, and on concluding his
lecture WAs EarmkY rheppad