The Morning herald., 1876-07-15

or for any longer term than thirty-on'
years. any Protestant could by law taxi
the farm from the Catholic and enjoy thu
benefit of the lease.
Ifany Catholic took farm by lease fol
term not exceeding thirty-one years, a!
he might still by law have done, and by
labour and industry raised the value o
the land SO as to yield profit equal to one
| third Of the rent, any Protestant nigh
then by the law evict the Catholic, anG
enjoy for the residue of the term the frui
of the labor and industry Of the Catholic
If any Catholic had horse worth more
than five pounds, any Protestant rendering
i've pounds to the Catholic owner, was by
law entitled to take the horse, though
worth fifty or one hundred pounds, or more,
and to keep it as his own.
If any Catholic being the owner of a
horse worth more than five pounds, con-
ceal his horse from any Protestant, the
Catholic for the crime Of concealing his
own horse, was liable to be punished by
an imprisonment of three months, and a
fine Of three times the value of the horse,
whatever that might be-"
SECONDLY
Acts of 1905 and 17O9.-"If a Catholic
kept school, or taught any person, PROBES
tant or Catholic, any species of literature,
or science, such teacher was for the crime
Of teaching punishable by law by banish.-
ment-and, if he returned from banish-
ment, he was subject to be hanged as a
felun.
If a Catholic, whether child or adult
attended, in ireland, a school kept by a
Catholic, Or was privately instructed by a
Catholic, such Catholic, although a child
in its early infancy, incurred forfeiture
OF all its property, present or future.
If "a Catholic child, however young, wa,
sent 10 any foreign country for education.
such infant child incurred similar pen
plty-tha. is, a forfeiture of ali right to
property, present or prospective.
If any person in Ireland made any re-
mittance of money or goods, for the MAIN
tenance Of any Irish child educated in a
foreign country, such person incurred
similar forfeiture.
Lir5o1SAL
Acts Of l7O5, 1905, and l7o9.- -"The law
rendered every Catholic incapable of hold
ing commission in the army, or navy, O,
even to be private soldier, unless he
solemnly abured his religion.
The law rendered every Catholic incap-
able of holding any office whatsoever Of
honour or elnolument in the State. The
exclusion was universal.
A Catholic had no legal protection for
life or liberty. He could not be Judge,
grand juror, sheriff, sub-sherilf,, master in
Chancery, size clerk, barrister, attorney
agent or solicitor, or senesclal of any
manor, or even gamekeeper to private
gentleman.
A Catholic could not be member of
any corporation, and Catholics were pre-
cluded by law from residence in some cor
porate towns.
Catholics were deprived Of all right Of
voting for members of the Common House
Of Parliament
Catholic Peers were deprived of their
right to sit Or vote in the House of Lords.
Almost all these personal disabilities
were equally enforced by law against any
Protestant who married Catholic wife, or
whose child, under the age of fourteen, was
educated as a Catholic, although against
his consent"
FoURTHLY.-RE
Acts Of 170S ond 1709.-"To teach the
Catholic religion was a transportable
.elony; to convert Protestant to the
Catholic faith, was a capital offence pun
lshabie as an act OF treason.
To be u Catholic regular, that is monk
or friar, was punishable by Punishment, and
10 return from Punishment an act of high
treason.
10 be 4 Catholic Archbishop or Bishop,
81 to exercise any ecclesiastical urisdic-
ion whatsoever in the Catholic church in
ireland, was punishable by transportation
to return from such transportation was
an act of thigh treason, punishable by
being hanged, embowelled alive, and after
wards quartered."
Match this for pure wickedness and
intolerance if you can. We are not the
apologists Of the denial of the liberty
ofconscience, whetherit be denied in Spain
Italy, England, Sweden, or New Hamp-
shire-where by the way bill was intro
duced into the State Legislature few days
ago, to permit Catholics to hold office,
they being now utterly disqualified but
when people with wilful ignorance, talk
bumptiously, Of the freedom of the North
ern countries Of Europe, it is due to the
many, to expose the lie, and let them then
deal with the inferences drawn from such
premises, as they please.
eLVLRAI' letters That have recently been
put in the Post Office at New Castle direc-