Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15


the House of Commons: "Everythinl
that is done in Ireland will eventual,
be done 10 England. 1t is aconsequenc
OF the English union. Ireland is th,
stepping stone between America arc
England. Initiate q democratic move
ment here, and it will spread. Revolution
will bound across the channel. 1t il
with social revolution that we in Ire
land are menaced now. When Statesmen
and publcists begin to talk OF confisca
ton we are no longer in the region O
reform-we are in the very crisis of rev
olution."
The Orangemen
who inhabit the northern paris OF Ire
land are Protestants, with a bitter ami
mostly to Papists. They swear by
King William, and profess the mos
loyal sentiments towafds-t the Englist
government, but they frequently give
their governments great deal OF trouble
When We feet that at the last census
of Ireland lin 1871 out OF total popu
lation OF 8, ,402, ,759, there were found 10
be 1, 4,l4l ,933 Roman Catholics, and only
$50, ,295 Protestant Episcopalians, and
sos, ,23S Presbyterians, and that many
Protestants are not Orangemen, the mea.
gre population represented by Orangeism
can be gagged. Atthe same time, like
many violent, energetic and noisy sects,
the 0rangemen of Ireland occupy large
space in the public prints. Their
Grand Lodge Has Defied Mr.. Parnell
Himself
aud denounced his agitation on the land
question as a monster conspiracy, hav-
ing for its immediate object the con.
fscation OF every kind of property and
undue interference with legitimate trad
ing. Luckily, politics have somewhat
removed late ecclesiastical differences in
Ireland, and fewer heads have been
broken for King William and
the Pope. A liberal mind is tolerant to
all religions faiths, but the bitterness
Of Orangeism, however, carries its vota.
ries to strange extremes.
Any one in Ireland calling himself
Liberal is supposed to be Wing and
OF the Catholic priesthood. In
Ireland an alliance has always existed
between the
Wings and the Roman Catholic Church
as opposed to the Conservatives, who
support the Protestant Episcopal
church, now disestablished. In Eng.
and, on the other hand, since ultramon-
tane doctrines prevailed, the tendency
pf Roman Catholics is to support the
party. The sympathy OF
he Irish Roman Catholics towards
The Liberal party arises from
.he fact that all the political
privileges which they enjoy we're re-
aimed for them by the Wing party.
Catholic emancipation, the Maynorth
,rant, the disestablishment of the Irish
Church, all these were liberal measures
offered by the Conservative party.
Catholic Irishmen, who have not been
,arried away, like most, by the Home
Rule movement, constitute
The Liberal Party in Ireland.
Among them are to be found Catholic
,eers and extensive land owners, who
lave naturally no sympathy with ex-
RENE land measures. Catholics of
We nth and position, and connected
ar'o Liberal administration OF Ire.
,ureahcracy IhhnFea.-is, numerous
he Irish Liberal party. At the same
ime the Home Rulers call themselves
Liberals" but their support cannot be
confidently relied on by Liberal gov
,rnment, and they must be regarded as
third party in the House OF Commons.
The Liberal and Conservative Irish mem.
,ers make but a poor show in that
House. Out OF the l0S Irish members
eturned at the last general election, 63
ire Home Rulers and only "a are Con-
ervatives and l6 Liberals.
The Home Rule Party is Again Divided
Into Two Sects,
,iz.: the Land Leaguers under MIR. Par.
lell's leadership and the anti Land
.eaguers who follow Mr.. Shaw who was
before Mr.. Parnell's time the leader
If the then consolidated Home
Rule party. The Home Rulers
It the last election carried near
v all the counties, and when the Irish
ourghs receive the household franchise
hey will probably carry them ASP, for
Home Rule is a Democratic movement.
Like the Irish Liberals, the Irish Con-
,ervatives are socially superior class to
he Home Rulers, who comprise the
body OF the people.
The Irish Conservatives
are, l believe, mostly Prostestants.
They represent the class which has gov
arnei Ireland so long by means OF Eng
ish institutions. They are the very
antipodes of an Irish party, IN 80 far as,
with few exceptions, they consider that
Ireland would be infinitely better gov
erned BY an Imperial Parliament
sitting in London that an Irish
Parliament assembled in Dublin:
They have distaste, il not a horror, OF
the 80 called revolutionary doctrines OF
the Land Leaguers, and exhaust the CO.
plous vocabulary Of Irish abuse upon,
to use their words, "the agitators who,
for their own selfish ends, stir up the
Irish people TO sedi;ion and rebellion"
The IRISH Conservatives, however,
have the least cause to air grievances.
Socially they are among
The First People in the City or County
in which thew live. They lead the fac
tons; they sit in the bigh places. Ire
land could not do more for them than
she does at present, and they according
~ decline TO join in any demand Tor
sweeping changes. Thus they form an
obstacle which MI. Parnell and his friends
feel TO be more serious and gall
ing than British antipathy
or GOODNESS. Notwithstanding
the fact that in Irish politics there are
many parties and factions, still II tact;
moderation, self.control could be added
to the virtues OF all Irishmen, then those
who seek to bring about reforms IN this
country might hope for great success
With a unity OF purpsse. an unseihsh
devotion to the Irish cause, an uphold
ing OF the hands of those who are quail
ifed to lead, firm and digniied resolve
to ask nothing but what is right, ana
submit to nothing that is wrong, all oil
the real grievances of Ireland would be
righted; but in order to bring peace and
contentment, imaginary grievances
would have to be remItted. J. r. b.
Murder and Suicide.
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