New-York tribune., 1873-06-26
4 NFW P1N1CEA FOB IRELAND.

England might be said to hold toward
Ireland the position of an adopting parent for
purposes of correction. For long time tho
adopted child has been suffering from
conflicting maladies, which have Kept
its system in continual disorder and
prevented its healthy development. The
parent, having no decided affection for
the child, and regarding some of its charac-
teristics with strong aversion, has never mani
tested any interest in its welfare. When its
complaints became so loud as to be veXatious,
n vigorous application of the rod reduced it
to temporary, sullen silence. From cOnsdera-
tions Of peace and quetness at home, ficti-
tious sympathy was Ostentatiously proclaimedn In
the administration Of specifics; but these were
mostly prescriptions Of mpircism-nostrums
which might be efficient for while as
sedatives but exercising no permanent restOr-
ative power. 1t was only after some attack
of more than usual violence, which threatened
to sever the connection between the rebelliOus
patient and the insensible parent, that the
latter was induced to apply few notable
remedies based on proper principles. In gen
eral, England shut her eyes to the evils
which afflicted Ireland, and avoided any COM
plete diagnosis which, it was feared, might
require the application of remedies incOn-
venient to cOncede.
The Parliament of Great Britain has seldom
assembled after adjournment without a prop
osition from some private member of pana-
cca for the aflictions of Ireland. There has
not often been anything to commend in these
measures, but they point unerringly to the
necessity for thorough inquiry into the ma
ture of the disorders which they were de-
signed to remove Earl Russell, who has ac-
guired the reputation of Veteran Statesman,
more Oh account Of his aristocratic con-
nections than by his success in the service of
the State, astonishod people few months
ago by advocating doctrines which bore very
strong flavor of the obnoxious and subversiye
principle of Home Rule for Ireland. Al
though nearly the same doctrine had been
maintained by the radical DR.. Butt,
the member of Parliament from Limerick,
without causing any particular concern in
England, it was with q certain amount OF ap-
prehension that tho friends of Earl Russell
awaited some manifestation from him which
would afford an explanation of his theory of
reform. Tho relief was great when, about
fortnight ago, he laid bill before the House
of Lords which could claim as little merit as
the multitude of similar expedients only pro-
posed to be forgotten.
1t may be assumed, without entering into o
very exhaustive statement of the condition of
Ireland, that most of the disorders which have
taken place there of late years are chiefly
owing to sectarian partisanship. 1t would
seem, therefore, that, to remove these disor-
ders, we ought to remove this spirit Of secta-
rian hostility in affairs of State. Against
most of tho measures which have been
devised, the radical objection may be
urged that concessions were proposed to be
made to the clamors of one sect at the
expense of the others. In this way, while one
wound is healed others are torn open.
Recently public attention has been drawn to
Ireland by the case OF parish priest of the
Roman Catholic Church, who, having incurred
the dissatisfaction of his superior ecclesiastical
authorities, was suspended from his sacer
dotal functions. The higher educational
authorities, assuming that this act of
his snperiors in the church tended
10 impair bis efficiency az q school panager.