The Sunday herald., 1881-02-27
IRELAND.
uer wrong. and Her Remedies.


one the most extraordinary circumstances of modern
times md his assumption Of possession and civil
upon mere permit OF the Pope, who
had no civil rights In ireland and no earthly control
or power, except ecclesiastical. This was the pre-
tended claim upon which Henry II divided Ireland
and gave control Of It to ''ten Englshmen, " who
were the original ''fcudal lords f" landlords re-
serving their rights intact to Ave aistocratc Irish
families only, which were In law styled the 'fre |
bioods.', This was done for motives of policy aud
creating tory or kingly party, which has been
domestic faction and the worst enemies OF Ireland |
from that day to the present time These are the |
corrupt and mercenary Irish. Although not one |
third part OF ireland ever conquered by Strong
bow and his army, yet the King went to ireland In
person and took formal possession OF the other two
thirds on which not one Of his soldiers put his
foot Thus feudaiism established, and the system
of "hndlordism ~ established by tho ten chief
landlords who assumed possession OF all Ireland and
dspossesscd the natives OF the lands that they had
held In fee for D. 900 years under their native kings and
Brehon laws The country was filled with ''under-
takers, " or adventures OF England Wales. and
Scotland generally unscrupulos they were the
orscourngs and scoundrelIsm OF Great Britain. The
Irish were turned out and declared to be senemIes
and not entitled to any rights not to live II any
outlaw desired TO Kill him.
From the reign OF Henry II to that of Henry VIII,
period OF 400 years, during which time sixteen
the condition of Ireland was appalling most of the
time. The determined purpose OF tho Anglo Nor
mans Catholics of England was to wholly and ab-
solutey destroy the nationality of the Irish raceto
make Saxons and Normans Englishmen OF Irish
men. This was impossible. The Normans dcs-
pissed the Sayons, whom they snblucd In single bat
tie and reduced to serfdom. You could not insult
Norman more than to call him him ai;axon. The Irish
man despised both for cowardce aud pusanimity.
The Englishmen went into battle covered AMI de-
Tended by his heavy armor. The Irish met them
with lefenses and no weapon but the battle axe
and short sworl-with the former lie shvered his
mall and with the latter he handled him roughly, so
that the Irish soldier was terror Ia the Norman
knights Of the twelfth century. Until the contro
versy Of Henry VIII with the Pope, the subject of
putting away his good but old Queen Katharine and
| taking handsoner and younger sweetheart Ire
| land under Catholic rule MS cruel as she ever
experienced and rs unreenting tyranny ever ex-
listed In the world She laid the foundation Of all her
| woes, and Henry VIII, MS an apostatr. was no
worse than he when he was defender Of
the Fath,'' and peShaps hal aspirations FOR
| cannonzation. Nor was Elizabeth OF COrn-
we'll In their new division OF their sroils and
plumbers Of Ireland into hands any more than
those who preceded them. With the history of my
country aud as Catholic am forced TO this admis-
sion The 'penal laws, spoliatons. and robberies
of Ireland for seven centuries were the Internal work
oil wicked anu cohtenllng arlles, WHO ciaiieu W pc
Christians, but were u disgrace to Chrstianty-inen
who wore the livery of Heaven TO the devil in
ireland was the sufferer and was constantly ground
powder between the upper and the neither stones.
1t mattered little whether stuart n Tudor, a
Plantagenet Hanoveran, Protestant Catholic
was upon the throne Of England, Ireland was the
recipient of unmitIgated oppression.
In the processes and assimations of centuries, how
ever, Catholics and Proestants alike felt the necessity
of union and sympathetic cooperation against thu
same common and Unsuitable Oppressor and as late n
7ss there found In Ireland 500, 900 'united Irish
mostly rrOtestlnts united nay sworn tofghiit
the liberties Ofll the people alike Four fifth
of the people, especially the Catholics, were dis
franchised by the penal laws and the laws of property
The first article In the code of laws of this half mil
lion OF men was the enfranchisement of TIN
Catholics The 2ad Of May, i70s, was fixed upon Il
rise. '.to strike for iberty.'' on the 18th 1.or,
e Edward Fitzgerald was captured upon information
n | furnished by irish trdifors months before Thu
failed what promised to lie the emancipation OF Ire
n land "from that superinhuman oppression unde
e which she had so long and patiently suffered. y
| Notwithstanding this disaster, Robert Emmett AM
a Protestant martyr for Irish liberty, Ave year
after declared 90 there was union and strengt
In Ireland sufficient to accomplish that nobles enter
a prise Does the same union and strength in Irean
G exist to-day? Again he said on his trial:
My Lord, acted as an Irishman, deter
a mined on delivering my country from the yoke 9
d a foreign and unrelentng tyranny. and from th
u more CALLING yoke of domestic faction. Its Join
partner and perpetrator In patricide; whose reward
Sc spendor and the consciousness Of depravity It wa
the wishes OF my heart to extrcate my country frof
"a this dounly ryeted desgotism. wished toplaoe he
10 Independence beyond the reach Of any power o
d earth wished to exalt her to that proud station
W the world which Providence had destined her I
10 MI. These were my views, and these only becam
:, Irishnen. 1t was for these ends sought aid fr0i
France because France, even as an enemy could NJ
= be more implacable than the enemy already In I'll
i'd bosom OF my country
ly Again he said
When my spirit shall be waited to some moi
friendly port; when my spirit shall have Joined Il
bands Of murdered heroes and patriots who have gor
before me, who have sled their blood upon the sea
fold In the field In the defense Of their country M
- Of virtue wish my memory and name may animal
placeny the destruction Of that perdous goveri
in which upholds Its domination by the blasphcn
the Most los weh me @ us power ns 0sef n mt
his brother and lifts his hand against the throat Of
fellow, who believes or doubts little more or hit
IN | less than the government standard-a governme
steeled to barbarity by the cries OF orphans and
ic tears Of widows which 1t has made-ths is my hope
~ These were the views Of Robert Emmet and the mt
"a Of ss. These should be the opinions and purposes
is the Of the present day. because the same caus
se exist in an aggravated form. ,4l siria
es The Irish should never relinquish the purpos
he of the men OF '96 OF Robert Emmet, DAM
OF times shared the undivided confidence Of Irishm
is everywhere. Ireland at his heels and he spo
he words Of peace and conciation, hoping these
y cure all the ills Of Ireand-hat England would reso
~ ~ her Parliament 70 her and grant Catholic emancip
M tion aud enfranchissment. How vain were all |
Il superhuman efforts and his hopes! EnfranchGeme
nd meant liberty, and she opposed to that except
ss 20 a limited extent to Englishmen, Scotchmen. al
od Welsh only. although the "Magna Charta" W
wrested by Catholics from tyrant king. St CathO
u Ireland has forever been dearred from participate
s In Its benefits. The Parliament she couh not resor
Nv because the Act Of Union cost s5, 0O0 900 Britt
N gold to corrupt and buy out mercenary members
ire Parliament. Besides all these the experience
a. a. America In the matter OF independent legislati
ke taught here, that Irish Parliament not
aid tyranny, shown by the services render
IN aud acknowledged by the Patriots OF Ireland In
re British aud Irish Paraments England has ne,
IT. forgiven Ireland for that. "If the Americi
ng Yield, cried Barre, 'they are cowards,''. "I
war is fruiess, hopeless aud unnatural. y excain
IN Edmund Burke, In the interest OF the insurgen
le The Irish House OF Commons refused to send troops
TO America. "if we give our CONSENT cried ~
m m sonby, '.we shall take part against America c.
WIS trary to Justice. 10 prudence, and humanity
Others cried, 'The Is unjust, and II
r- sent America send the foreign mercenares, not
brave sons OF Ireland.' England was forced to h
nearly thirty thousand Hessians to fight against
., Americans, and afterwards oppressed the Irish
.,y more because sixteen thousand Of them had fou
a., on the side OF the Americans. sneh the fact
a., | history which cannot be denied. Nor was this
nm Irish money saved the American Army from staryat
se- at Valley Forge. .I.Il.f. U.t
,a- In testimony OF the cordial and mutual feelings
a., ireland and America as sufferers from the conn
~. oppressor, as early as May, 1875, the Cpntner
de- 'ohgfesS aa"'e'Se" t"e 'n" "p '"''p"S'
ey- You had ever been friendly to the rights OF m,
of Kind and we acknowledge with pleasure and grs
md tude that your nation has produced patriots who
a.. nobly distinguished themselves In the cause OF
III manty and America. Accept our most grateful
nowledgements for the friendly dispositions You h
on | always shown toward us. We know You have "
has | grievances. We sympalhize with you in your
tfess and pleased to hnd that the design OF sub
teu eating ~ has persuaded the Administration TO d
ms, psnse 10 Ireland some yagrant rays Of minister
cry sunahine. Even the Tender mefeies OF gosernm