The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-08-13

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sent the opinions and feelings of the Irish ma
| ton; and that, with q view of rendering mem
| bers of Parliament and their constituencie.
more in accord on all questions affecting tn,
| welfare OF the country, 1t is recommended by
this conference that at the close of each session
! OF Parliament the representatives should rem
DER TO their constituents an account of theil
| stewardship"
Moved by Mr.. George L. Bryan, NJ P.
| (kilkenny), and seconded by Mr.. p. Callap
| Mp. (Dundalk):
That In order to carry these objects into
practical effect, an association be now formed
| to be called The Irish Home Rule League OF
OF which the essential and fund smentai princi.
pies shall be those declared in the resolutions
adopted in this conference, and of which the
object and only object, shall be to obtain for
Ireland, by peaceable and constitutional
| means, the self-goyernment claimed in these
resolutions"
The remaining resolutions dealt with the
constitution or the new organization thus
founded, and decreed an appeal "to the
Irish race all over tho world" for funds to
assist them In the great struggle now en-
tered upon.
Thus was established the Irish Home
Rule League" which to day holds 30 promi-
nent position in Ireland
American readers, familiar enough with
O'ConnelPs demand for Repeal, will natural
ly be anxious to learn in what precisely does
the above programme differ from that of the
great Liberator. O'Connell, who had him
self seen the Irish Parliament, and, Young
as he was, sought to resist it's overthrow.
grew into life with the simple idea of undo
ing the evil which yesterday had wrought;
In other words, restoring the state of things
which existed before the Unionr This
was known as "simple Repeal Repeal
and nothing more. Such de mand, arising
almost on the instant, or out of the evil act
complained OF, was quite natural; but
when time had elapsed, and when eerious
changes and alterations in the circun!-
stances and relations of the countries had
come about, men had to perceive that sim
pie Repeal would land them, in some re-
spects, in an antiquated and impossible
state of things. Thus in the Irish Parlia-
ment no Catholic could sit, while the act of
1929 admitted Catholics to the imperial
Parliament. Again, the franchise and the
" pocket constituencies that had returned
the Irish House of Commons could not be
restored without throwing the country into
the hands of Protestant minority. Nu-
merous other absurdities and anomalies
things which existed in 1899, but that would
be quite out of all sense in l644-might be
pointed out. OConnell saw this, but relied
upon the hope of obtaining not only simple
Repeal, but also such improvements as the
lapse OF time had rendered necessary and
he relied further on the necessity which
there would be for Ireland and England,
after Repeal, agreeing upon some scheme
for the joint government of the countries
ia other words, some shape or degree of
federalism.
But the great blot upon the old system
was that, although under it Ireland had a
totally separate Legislature and excheuuer, |
she never had Tor under it had the right to |
have) a separate responsible administration |
Of cabinet. The cabinet or administration |
that ruled Ireland was formed by, and sole
y responsible to. the English Parliament. |
The Irish Parliament had not the richt or |
power to remove a minister was not able, |
40 matter by what majority, to dieplace
even an administration actually conspiring
irish standardization, responsible to the
IRISH ParNament, removable by it's vote,
md liable to its impeachment, it may be
aid that the legislative independence of
Ireland was frail possession. Events
bowed this to be SO.
The Home Role scheme has been con-
isely described by some of its advocates
8 offering before hand the arrangements
IetWeen the two countries which under the
tepesl plan would have to be laid down
tteTsrdrd8. Instead of first simply sever
ng the Union, and then going to work to
econstrnct everything, the Home Rulers
reject their recon struction beforehand. and
lain that one advantage of this is in
arge degree to allay alarms and avert hos
llty. Their plan proposes to secure for
roland the great advantage of a separate
Irish ministry Offering, in ex- !
hange for this, to give up to the imperial
xecutive such powers as the States in
merice give to the Washington Congress
nd executive, as distinguished from the a
overs aud functions reserved to the State y
gislatures and governments. In fine, the
ONE Rule scheme has been borrowed o
rgely, though not altogether, from the
nited States of America Ireland to rule =.
I'D legislate, finally and supremely, on all
omesric affairs; all affairs common to
ngland, Ireland, and Scotland to be ruled 8
i'd legislated for by an administration and
arliament In which all three will be re-
There are, no doubt, in Amer :
a many patriotic Irishmen who think this
+ too little for Ireland to demand; who
intend she should seek nothing less than I
tai separation and independence; the
ice, undisguisedly, being civil war with =
3 lottery Of risks and chances. However D
is may be, the Irish people, if ever their
'ice has been heard for a century, on the
tn of November, 1873, solemnIy and pub
'ly spoke for themselves, and their de- ..