The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1873-03-22

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The Irish University bill, the rock
Oh which the Gladstone Ministry
ioundercd, is a measure which real.
" ought to have been carried, and
which, we hope, will eventually be-
come a law. Tho bill was framed
with a view 10 give 10 the Irish peo-
pie n .scclarian education, and it,
therefore, encountered the hostility
OF the churches. There were ar
rayed against this bill ihe Catholic,
the Episcopalian and the Presbyte.
rian. They made common cause to
accomplish It's defeat, and they sue,
ccedcd. The main features Of the
bill, ms summed up by the London
Speetotor, nre as follows:
It will open to every learned Irish.
man the chance of training, for the
new University of Dublin, pupils
who may earn in great part the coat
OF their own instruction ii they can
gain ono Of the proposed hundred
bursnries OF Sl25 year. Tlr
would be less expensive TO many OF
the peasant.y than the present Gus
tom Of educating their sons at Ma,.
nooth. While receiving instruction
Oh general subjects in the uniyersi-
ty, aud thus open TO tho honors and
degrees, they can still obtain what.
ever sectarian training they want
elsewhere. In the desire 10 make
the university free from all religious
bias, the professors are prevented
from teaching, not only theology,
but history or philosophy. The ex-
clusion OF these two important
branches OF knowledge seem. de.
feet in the system, though ii is dilli,
cult to soe how it can be rctnedled
by any plan consistent with the nom
seclarlJn method. The new uni.
yersity will have for its chancellor
the Lord Lieutenant oi Ireland the
vice chancellor will be elected by
the governing body, to consist OF a
council OF twenty.eigbt person to DO
namedin the net, and yacanciesto be
filled, for the first ton years, alter.
nately, by nomination Of the crown
aud by 60 optati1n or election by
the council itself.
Had this bill passed, the new uui.
yer,ity would have supplanted Trim,
ity College, dublin, which for cen,
turica has been the great centre Of
Irish education, where Oliver Gold
smith, Dean Swift and other wor-
thiss received their training. This
old institution OF learning has been.
ever since the days ot Queen Eliza.
beth, under the control OF the Epis.
copal Church Of ireland, and was
consequently for a long timea pure
/ ly sectarian school. II was only in
1856 that Catholic pupils were adj.
mitted, and even then the struggle
was severe. The clergy of the
Irish establishment are not friendly
/ to Mr.. Gladstone, who effected the
separation between Church and
State. and hence they were more
than willing TO helpin his overthrow
On the other hand, the Roman Cath
olic clergy Of Ireland, headed by
Cardinal Cullen, feared the estab-
liahment OF n non.religious uniysrsi.
ty ~ dangerous to Maynootli, the
great Catholic school, which has for
q number Of ycars received annually
n Government subsidy from parlia-
ment. They ieared a dangerous
rival. and were most earnest in as
sisiing to defeat minister who has
on many occasions assisted The Irish
Catholic Church. They rs well as
Episcopahans joined the conserva'
tive minority In Parliament and
helped TO throw ont q bill, which