The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-06-08
From Our Own Corrsspoudsnt.
OUR IRIAN LETTER.

F,om Der Own Co,-s.soesSest
oup inIsH IrrTrR
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N' my $50
may az well begin tbts letter ~ stating
that am not going to deal in 1t with the enief
toPiclos this weeks irish news mean me
trial OF the action which has been brought by
Father Vkeene against Cardinal Coiien: !
could not DO justice TO It unless 1 devoted an
day Or two, tor the benefit Of yopr ycaaers.I
Next 70 the frssi, the renewal Of the Coercion
Act most excitee pablo attention jnst now in
fortissh q its kind since the Uaion-:vas ip-
troduced into gssfiameut In 1870. was - enact
Cd with additional clsuses in 1874, sass agstn
a.. In as and !: n1w sssiS 70 b. re-
bly, it will be again reuewed. fts provisions
are Of the most odious and sssanical charae-
ter. Under il 0 man may Sc arrested any
WHORE in ireland ON the warrant Of the Lord
Lfsutenant, without canss shown, and may be
detained in prison for an fndcdnifes period
without keina brought to trial. Under e, 10
.anriss . s.SasiSnt reason tor for srrestns you
aud dstatntnE You in prison. Under IT, the
police may bssak into your house as snys hear
Tss
. penal offence, punishable with two years i'm
psieonnsns with hard labor. Under it. the
Lord Lieutenant may, after one warning in the
official Rasette send his police to seizo aad tho
police may seize and conhscste The type, pFess,
machinery, and every other rsq uisits 81 . nsws.
pspee ofaos; and the journalist can do nothing
for wrongful seiEure, which ten thousand to one
will go against him and involve him In further
| loss. Suoh are Q few of its provisions. The
ssouss offered for its ptroduSsien IN is1o va.
| was distinctly promised that as soon a. the in
crease was converted into decrease, it would
be allowed to drop. Well, crime has dimia
that nsa this is very pSobabS the ost peaseabs
tors Being taken Of onr hands. they are only
s people 81 thought
Act But they w. wese in error Rn's On fharsdsy
Secretary syA for Ireland %oved the second read.
ing Of bill providing for the eoutinuation of
the Act. He had nothing, to Bay in favor Of
his sOnod the
most barbarous and exasperating restraint.
Bat IL was not necessary with such an audience
as he addressed TO give any solid reasons at all
The House of Commons is at all times quite
too ready to vote coercion for Ireland without
even pretending to debate the matter. On
this particular occasion, 90 sure were the Gev-
eminent of their ground, that with tho excep-
tion of Lord Harrington, the Chief Secretary
for ireland, they staid away from the House
altogether And SO sure did Lord Harrington
feel that his proposition would DO carried, no
matter how little might be said in its favor or
how much against L BY the Irish members,
that in the course Of q long debate he did not
put up q single man to assist him with q speech.
He left all the talking to the few Irish oppo-
nents of the measure, knowing he had, what
they had not, . sure majority Of voters In any
emergency. Two other persons, indeed, did
address the House In favor OF coeroion-Col.
Wilson Patton Gan EngHshman) and The
OOonoghue, the member for TraLee; but thess
rose probably without any concert with Lord
} Harrington. lt thus happeHea thes tho de-
bate resolved itself into protest. deltyored BY
lKinEs County, me- r: J: Smysh lWestmessh)
= NJ. Suit, Mr: MITCHELL Henry, NJ. Ronayne
SCosk). II: munster 1A1allow), ana Die.
reiSly IN fayor Of iriSI Eishss: Sat vhsn III.
D division came the numbers were 223 to 80
a Only th1rty-eight could 20 got TO vote agains
coercion for Ireland. and Of these, thirteol
were Scotohmen and EnGliDhmeu.
You may probably inquire why only twenty
Eve Irish members could be rot to stand fru,