The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-19

awaiting solution. He tells us that any laws
which cannot be enforced had better be re-
pealcd 1 agree with the right honorable
gentleman, take hin at his word. There are
many such laws relating to Ireland, hateful
relics of n bygone time when oppression ana
persecution were free to wrcak their will upon
onr land. / call upon the right honorable
gentleman to keep his word with us; and l
beg him TO begin by repeating law cruel,
unjust and wicked, which has never been en-
forced which never could be enforced in Ire
land. allude to the law against the Regular
Orders of the Catholic Church. 1t may be a
surprise to some honorable gentlemen to learn
that at the present moment, in this age
lauded for tolerance and religious equality,
the Religious Orders of the Catholic Church
are still under penal prescription, and may,
every man of them, be dragged to prison or
deportcd az a criminal! The Irish Secretary
will hardly Say that this is n law he means to
enforce; it was and is too outrageous to be
rejoice to find her Majesty's Minister COM
pletely committed to its repeal. He has very
eagerly grasped at the speech of the honorable
member for Belfast as set off against the
demands of the Irish members. Nay, he COM
plains of us that we speak as if in the name
of all Ireland forgetful, he says, that Ulster
is determined to have q civil war rather than
let the rights of this house or the crown of the
sovereign be assailed. Sir, il is true we speak
in the name of all Ireland, and represent, not
party or a faction, but "A nation; in this
sense, sir, and in no other that are a ma
jority of the national representation; a ma
the present admin -tration commands in this
house. mo doubt the honorable member for
Belfast and friends are able to muster about
thirty out of the one hundred and three Irish
members, while we number about twice as
many. We make him q present of the fact,
and repeat that we have the right to speak for
our country as whole But the right honor
able gent eman opposite appeared to take to
his heart, with great consolation, the promise
made by the honorable member for Belfast
that Ulster would go to war against Ireland
in defence of Parliament and the sovereign.
Sir, 1t will be well for this house never to need
to put that promise to the test. 1t is prom
Use that will not avail you much. When last
the House of Commons needed arms to defend
it-when armed men broke into the Commons
chamber, and when the mace was ordered to
be taken away"-the Parliament found no
defenders in Ulster, unless mayhap amongst
men like myself while the destroyer of the
Parliament found help and corporation from
the men of Ulster to whose principles the hon
orabe gentleman has succeeded So, sir, if
this house is to be again broken into, and in
vaded, and dispersed, and Overthrown-if
yonder mace is to be again removed "bau
ble"-it will be poor reliance to look about
for tho honorable member for Belfast and call
up the promise of Ulster. And the Queen too
The sovereign also has been SYSTEMATICALLY
taken under the protection of the honorable
gentleman and his men of Ulster" Why
there never yet was sovereign of these realms
engaged in armed conflict for this throne that
he did not find the "men of Ulster" in the
camp of his foes. Whenever Englishmen chose
to rebel against and drive away their sove-
reign, how did these men of Ulster act Did
they back the kingf Nothing of the kind,
air, as history attests. The men who, unfor-
tunately for themselves and their descend ants
backed their loyalty with their swords were
the men whose Irish principles pervade the
constituencies represented by my friends
around me on these benches. 1t will be poor
day for the sovereign if her reliance is to be
on the promise of Ulster made here to-day.
But indeed have we not had quito recently
good illustration of Ulster loyalty-aye and of
the dependence to be placed these threats
of civil war by the "men of Ulster" Have
we forgotten the threats of some of the hon
orable gentlemen's {. lends to " kick the crown |
into the Boyne" if certain measure then
before the house should receive the royal as.
The bill-the Irish Church Bill-was passed
it received the royal assent yet the crown
sits securely on the head of the sovereign, who
may, trust, long live to wear it without dan
ger from such foes. So much for these won
derful threats SO constantly paraded of what
"the men of Ulster" will do. We can discuss
this amendment without minding such me-
naces.
When Mr.. Sullivan resumed his seat, Sir
George Bowyer (Iiome Rule NJ. p. for Wex ford
county, rose, but neither he nor the other
persons who spoke after him-Mr. Redmond,
Sir j. Mckcnna and The O'Donag
heard in consequence of the cries for a divi-
sion. Mr. Butt, from motives of prudence had
unlimited that he would not go to n division.
Tho apostate member for Tralce thereupon
said that Mr.. Butts motion was a mere feint
and that the debate was intended to delude
the Irish people. The most notorious traitor
of modern times had actually the audacity to
to say tho Home Rulers were not honest l
believe he will be, on the strength of his ma
jority of three, the most brazen faced and
most impudent blackguard in the House. But
he was not allowed this time to go unansw er-
ed. AS if he had been expecting such cir
Sir J. McKenna, the Home Rule
NJ. L. for Youghal, at once got up and said the
only person who was deluding was The O'Don-
aghue, and that The O'Donaghue was one of
tho first to intiame Irish auimosity against
England. At last the division came, for Mr.
Butt answered The ODonaghue's taunt, and
the numbers were, for Mr.. Butts motion So,
against it 81 This defeat was expected. of
course, by everybody. Bat though defeat
was recorded for Home Rule, two things wero
made pretty plaiu-that the Homo Rulers are
earnest and united, and able to give trouble;