, 1881-09-11

| IT. the prcSavlrriaus rs late as 1872. Their
| repeal WIS inc to Presbyterian effort. and.
! when tl.cS hat! freed themselves. they dill
mt Test until they h:ul liberated their weaker
| Entcnat"r;ni5. brethren.
IN tho ys.:ty ls;s;. I.,:t Chief Baron Joy. in
delivering his nnt.i,i il, tie east OF Dill y>.
Watson: now historical and kilnwn by tie
lla,c Ut til" ''Cvu=ti Chapel c:.se'' said that
'''Il!ey, the Irish l'yc,1ytHri..lis, were su>~
|ert tn N"l1;tiil., :'y te tnr acts Ut Uniform
ity the al III Elizabeth, and tho Isth and 18th
! ai Charles H., tor IlpHcouformity. In i1lJ
tlt' :ts:t uf inltrI.nn wa, enacted the 9TH Vi
"er,. granted the free tNsrclsr OF tl.eir rtli-
| :5ion: and from having been, strictly
speaking,
/ AN lLLEGAI 1:0pr,
they became. Il legal no,y''
4 modern historian states that the plan
ta:ion of Ulster by Srutth colonists iii the
r"i:n IF .ja:n'.s l.. ct,!ui'int.l with the pre-
la;ir1 prosecutions; oi ls"s'yt,'ria!!S Ia Seat
lal!4 and Furi1:ll,> in En.iand, leh 10 tile
settlement "f several ;S"ot:l Preshyte1
r%il and Ei,S}isu Nolcn1fornist Of
PnritaH ministers, in tile North Of lrs.
- After undergoing t:tc most, vari,Ht expert
tn:cl ot gpt,u and i'll fortun,. during tic
::i:!fs Ut .}alltrs L.. Charles l.. fie t:on1non-
wealth. i!'t. l'ru:trtura;c, Charles H., James
H.. and William iIf.-p"rsHc,lt*I in turn by
EpiSeoIttli:1,s. ln rlldel,ts. and l'apists. us
they haa the pp"tr-rxllOting throughout
Il loyal yrf lntrp"'l:'nt @oirit-:l;>y:,,S passed
| through The HORRORS nj lbli. and the rcsolu-
ilof Ut lsi>>. lt: Irish i'r-byter;aIss reached
at E1l"th ha'irr tic fostering care OF the
great ard y'n;l King William, Il time OF safe
ty AMI pace
1nulIn;.. tile words Of another historian,
''.ttlits VI, of Scotland First Uf Elglnnd)
had a
FINED AVERSION To 4 PRESBYTERIAN
Cffi'i:CEf,
i,, i Emit
copaIan p!;tn- \ Presbyterian Church call
nut easily he ssut u Ito rnS:tl " cotirtly bid
ding. -tH its ministers bving equal in office
and power, nothing can he stnle except by
the 'n,t Ut tc majority. THIS requires
public assemblies :Ill free discussions
tlnny> which ttrspotS cannot bear. 1t Is
quite different witt EuiSrnp;tcy. Tilcrr the
minister Is I'D more thai Il Corporal or Il
Sergeant. subject ~ his Captain. the bishop
.-,capt. Bisilop bein:: subject to his Coln'!tI,
Bishops and the .,r::hbi,ltops:. s." that the
wiaoe fabric hangs 1T ,sse ltnya! glYslle.
kilg5 Of .:tn,:> temper iovctn llaVea Church
dependent and n't:'ilInt. It Is {, sight 10
see Il vast tArtnrJ W!icr. i thousand stlutt!eS
are 5ianrIng like arrows, aud the !li!l oi i
Thousand wheels aud Shafts blends intu one
roar It's OF Il c;,ta!act- \ little man IN Il
fuSllis jacket steps Hp t.. tho throttle-y:sive
oi the stt:,:s-engine. and stops the whole
viii. his finger and thumb. Arbitrary rulers
naturally prefer ti1at form of ecclesiastical
nl:lcililrr;' which c,n bt. acted upon by the
touch oi Il masters haEd:'' (Mackcnzic's
Scotland tH..}
In tue year 1t:f, Charles /. appointed Lor.l
Wrn1"nIlt. Niceroy ul Ireland. The career
ri this able but unfortunate statesman Is
wel! iznnwi, IL all raatiers Of English his
tory; and Ireland was The theatre "llr;c he
performed tot Il few vi Ills must daring acts
Ut
TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION.
{n.ff
their living, IL Ireland TOR no:lcolforM!!y
found Ill asyltlm Ill Scotland. where tie
rrugrcsS Ot events SnDu issued i'll crisis
LII .n!t, li', III. attempt rodtlcc az Oh
n9NioN, lii1tg}' Dgt,.la<:etl Il riot III Ettiti-
burg. and Terminated in all ecclesiastical
revolution.
i bond known as the "the National Cove
uunt'> w,ss prepared: mobiles, gentry minis
tiers. and people subscribed to il With cnthusl-
a.1,i: and tho pr'.shyterians OF scosiand.- tnaS
firmly united. proved nh nvertHatch Tor tho pre-
ascs and their courtIy patronS. Almost :lN tho
Scotch bishops HID into England in ds1nay; and
the King wis compelled u abandon the policy
Which ne had 50 hong cherished. Ey II General
Assembly h"ld 1T Glasgow towards tho close ot
the year ls;'s Diocesan Ep'seop'c; WIS over
turned unu Presbyterian church-goEernmcnt
WAS r.vstattis:ui.
In,lstd l,y rho snrccssf,i example Of their
brethren in their uativr Land, many u the St'ot-
tisi. residents in the Northern Fro,i'c,: Of lrc-
lind were disppscI to combine together IN ,lc-
i.uS': ut thelr r.:lisioil and liberties Hut Went
such IL r'xsliiqn. He accordingly prepared Z
form Of otiE conceived III The mn%t &Avish style
Of passive oe'l:ence. plrtsS;ns asl wo took It To
ho,ior King Charles. not to pratGst against onu
of his ltt,yal commands. and not 10 enter into
my covcn.'ls for mutual dcfcnse without his
AajestS's sovereign anu regal authortts.
Wentworth. in pursuance ut his prEchntlon-
nry plNns far preventing The septs in Ulster
frn:tl joining III the covenant, or opposing III
ANY way ih. designs Of tho King, natt recourse
to in cxlnulent src iilc ii i'll its character and
more oppressive in IT. elects than any which be
h:sa yei adopted" This was the imposition on ;.ll
dismal cs.!:s1n!t!es which it otcasanrd'
''TNE BLACK uArll.'
il, which they were com ilI,rd t' swear never to
oppose .eus III She N'1l-s commands. and to a-
irtt alt covenants and uAthS contrary to tic
tcI,;,:,f this Unconstitutional engagement.
The 1i1si i.A IF TINS measure originated Win
Charles. In he u,'"i'aof January. Icy. he s"s-
.rt.$fr,i 4 to Went twoT1h rs likely 70 furnish an
additional security to lis cas'. in lister tssh-
WORTH VII. .rls.l
objections were made by some to tho oath:
The: cntrca;t'A that the vsat!fyi'g phrase ot
i;l:t cou&tuAnd5, .'contand5 according to
law might be inserted. But Wentworth would
;tt:lN:t of nt, alteration.
:liI the St:utti>h r.snttnts in Ulster. above tho
III III yt'rs were rstsllrs' 70 take thlS ottn
.'u1,,u 1ao iIuy Evangelist and that upon PAIN
ri his Mljestys high ,isp!eas,irc, und the utter
tr,s,sr aud mos! Severe punishment 'nch may bc
inflicted according II tue ln"5 of this realm on
cu;.,ilners Of sovereign authority. toml'ls"
sions were is!ucI IT. the northern Hagls;rucy to
;.,ltninis,er THO ttn I'll their respective districts
:l,1d they were directed to p:ucetl in tho most
:.lllry 1n;slllier The uAth w:ls imposed
alike u.i r:llts and Females. 1t WAS enforced
without an, authority from Parliament: by the
;:l,itrurr vii! NJ tho rti::f Governor Tho Ells
colai clergy .1ld churc4-w:arlens were required
10 uiakc Il return Ut III, tho natives OF North
britain resident in thnr respective parishes;
and the OATH when reAI publicly by magistrates
appointed to administer it, was to be taken by
the people
OK r11EIE KNEES.
Scntch,rcn who p-ofcsSri Il, be Roman Catho-
lies were ,lut obliged tu swear. The nnlles Of
s,lgtl :s declined 1S ~ pledge tte4als .lvt5 were
jt.,inctatty lorw.lris'1 10 Dublin: and officers
wt.ru liSpAlrbti from tho seat Of Government
nil; !lris. Il, deal with tho recus;nts according
Il, Instruction received from the Lord Iislsy
T.: exac'nS this ul:h, Wentworth hoped So .u
crll1h the s{ryis Of rue Frr.sbytcrinns of the
North hat 1rtlccfprth they wo1ll be- nEaunnesit
l., his dici:t;ion. The event proved that tie had
n'S4:r:t,l: uiSta{cl,:Ateti- To his astoushuitnt
ll.ilt r::uSs, III itkr the oath, and disp4ayc.l
dc;rfsi,at.un 4, submit to any penalty riIther
than enier into an engagement which they alb
hnrrt:sl. All were 'tfite Eeatly to pledge ihe;n-
selves tD constitutional !uSai1y; btit they we're
not prepared Soicinnly to vow uncondltionali;
III IL, wl,u1eyur the King pleased. The attempt
to ufnrcc the oath only aggravated the dissatis-
turtion WHICH prevailed. aod spread dis
may throughout Ulster. But, though the meAs-
urt: evoked such rtsolltc and general OPP
fpf}n