The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-26
HIBERNIAN.
Some Further Views of Our Readers OF
the Irish Question.
Answer TO anlberno.Amerlcan'.

Editors lntelllRencef.
After the vain attempt OF 'Irishman" t
, stigmatize the honest motives OF a tru,
!, and good patriot by the most unreasona
BILE supposition, another selt-imagineC
Hero OF Honesty in disguise now comes L
his rescue with the nom De plume Of "Hi
berno-American." He, like his prede
sessor, expresses holy horror of Par
nell's plans for the relief OF Ireland, ant
Parnell himself, not that he advances any
arguments that his plan is not the pro
per one, nor that he is able TO attach one
dishonest act 10 the immaculate purity o.
that self.sacrifcing hero, but l suppose en-
tirely on the principles Of Judging 9th
ers as yourself" and the promptings oI
a suspicious and aredjudiced nature, that
questions the honesty Of all.
Stimulated and encouraged by the clip
in your paper OF the day previous, written
by q highly respected clergyman iormely
OF this city, who, no doubt, has studied
Froude and quotes him as infalliable au.
thority, this new advocate, "Hiberno.
American" pursues the same course Of
argument, viz: TO prove that Pope oi
Rome that lived 700 years ago was the
prime cause OF the present starvation and
misery in Ireland. AS any reasonable
person must admit, tho point named is
entirely foreign TO the present question,
knowing as well as the world does that
with a proper form OF government, the
people OF Ireland enjoying the products OF
their own sale and the fruits OF their own
labor, there would be no moro prosperous
people on the earth; for as he himself has
truthlully said that in the province OF
Leinster and North OF Ireland there is no
starvation, not for the reason he cites, but
that as Protestants they enjoy thousands
Of advantages that the poor Catholic
peasantry OF other parts OF Ireland are
deprived oi, i,purely on account OF their relig.
ion. The truth OF this has ever been ad.
yocated by the best patriots Of Ireland the
largest number OF which were Protestants.
Regarding the Pope's authority being
granted to Henry II to subiugate Ireland,
he says: ut Is perfectly true in ll25
Henry II. King Of England, obtained a
bull from Pope Adrian ~, granting him
the possession Of Ireland" etc. Well,
this Is not correct in meaning or in date.
Henry II, in 74,produced letter which
he said he received from Pope Adrian "
According 10 the terms OF the letter he was
authorized TO do what he thought right and
fit to promote the glory Of God and the
good OF the people, upon the strength of
which he invaded Ireland. The date that
was on the letter was 1l54, consequently
1t was twenty years old before it was pro-
duced, and during that time it was un-
known TO any persons but Henry ii. and
an old man by the nam OF John of Sails
bury, whom 1t is supposed procured 1t
from the Pope, and who wrote how he
went to Rome and procured the letter
from the Pope in "hugger.mugger" sort
Of way. Now as regards the date Of the
letter.. According to Rhymer, the great
English authority, 1t was dated 1854.
Pope Adrian was created Pope on
the Sd Of December, 1854. 1t must have
been the Sd Of January, ll55, before
the news reached England; for in those
days no news could come from Rome to
England in less than a month. 1t must
have been another month before the letter
OF the Pope,. he gaveit Immediately upon
his ascension to the Pontiical chair,
reached the King of England. Now it
seems strange that the date OF the letter
was before Adrian was elevated to Papal
honors. Yet how much further from the
truth is "Hiberno-AmeriCan," for he says
Henry II received the letter from Pope
Adrian ~ in ll25, twenty.nine years be.
fore he was chosen Pope, so there cannot
be much in the authority granted by the
Pope, II it ever was granted at all. can
readily see how "Irishman," Hiberno.
American" and others, have made the
same mistake. They have all taken the
same authority, Froude, whose reliability
and truthiulness is especially we'll known
in this country. would refer Irishman,
Hiberno-American and others To the lee.
lures OF Father Burke to find out the
truth OF my assertion, thinking it would
greatly benefit them for accuracy OF Incl
dent and dates. But the cruelest cut OF
oil from Hiberno-American Is the touch.
Ing way in which he relates the inhuman
massacres OF the Protestant Irish by the
Catholics In 1911. or this must confess
my Ignorance, as it is entirely new history
to me, but am inclined to think Hiberno-
American has perverted things for, can
recall how the English, assisted by Irish
protestant traitors, maSsacred the poor
Irish who remained loyal to their country
and religion. Not as a Catholic do l re-
collect this, but, as lover OF that patriotic
Irish Protestant poet, Thomas Davis, as
described in his poem oil Fontenoy.
In answer to whether we as American
citizens have right to interest ourselves
in the affairs Of ireland, I say we have
not only right, but 1t is our duty in re-
payment for what this country owes
Ireland and the Irish people. For In the
times OF 70, when 1t tried mems souls,
who were the first to extend us aid in our
struggle for liberty from the same unjust
tyranny and taxation Of the same gov
ernment that's the cause OF the starvation
in Ireland to-day? Was is not Ireland
and the Irish, and from then TO the pre-
sent have they not been our best and
trusted citizens in the Union, and in Ire
land their love for America Is only ex-
celled by the love for their native land.
As regards all other assertions, for they
are merely assertions, prompted by pure
hatred, / deem them unworthy OF notice.
So II "Hiberno-American" wishes to hear
from me again, let him produce some sub
stantial facts and proofs on the subject,
and an Irish-American boy will show him
where he was wrong. lRlsu.AMRRIcAN.
The Pope's SHARE.
Editors IntellIEencer.
In opa coIuron of Uolna.Jo,,I, ;..,, n