Smyrna times., 1884-01-23

1oleSCdn ireland would hay
ceased TO be patriotic Ireland
ireland had accepted the so-calle
reformation she would gradually br
surely nave united herself with En-,
Iahu, and in those words lie the 9,
crets of her hatred and rebell;o
against the English Government. An
Ioes not history prove it? CathoIi
England was tyrant over YOU unit
Sne had fulfilled the mandate of IN
Bull of Pope Adrian. Then who
Protestant England commenced :
uhdo the work of Catholic Enol.n
cue was a greater tyrant still and vol
iHisneu Ior the good old times q
Ilehry VII. Then when Mary an
Peared ON the scene you hugged tn
ch'ihs TO your bosom and England wa
your friend once more. But wbel
that bright star" Queen ElizabetI
arose above the horizon. impelIed h,
'ne spirit of Rome and Spain Won ex
claimed, We will not have tbi
! WOniaI 20 rule over us" Then who,
CharleS aud his breach with the Par
liament and .aVored your religion. yor
then could raise troops for his assist
ance and then it was that Won dis
piayed that thirst for murder and ro.
pine which brought down unon Won
anu your clergy severe retaliations
ulluer the strict administration of Oil.
yer Cromwell. And | need not tell
you OF your devotion to the English
crown when worn by James III. how
you then loved England so well that
you wanted an English king ali 70
yourselves. And if the Spanish Ar.
mazda, when it came sailing over the
seas to cOunteract the effects of tho
reformation in Protestant England
had been successful, wouldn't NV
countryman have been proud TODAY
II he could have claimed to he a cit;'
zen of that country of free and RELIGIONS
iloerty? where that tenet of his Telip-
ION love God and love your neighbor
as yourself for the love of God" was
PractIced III its full force and displayed
IN all the horrors of the Holy Inouisi-
tloh' But that Armada was not too
lhv.n 'lbie" for Him who sits en-
tnroned above the Heavens "He
olew upon 1T with his winds. the sea
covered them, they sank as lead in the
mighty waters" There was a greater
work for England to perform. she
was TO DC the means of spreading light
ana liberty throughout the world
Ahotner continent WAS to be peopIed.
anu thoSt great principles of free and
Religious liberty which she proclaimed
were to be carried out in a still greater
degree IN the New World. But scarce
y mas the first century Of its indepen-
uchce passed away when we hear
the faint thunder of a catherine
storm. The same element which has
Kept England in ferment for centuries
mas become power in the land. and
legislators and rulers in high places
DOW their heads in Submission To its
demands, while from across the broad
Atlantic comes the threatening voice of
lnlallibality attacking the public
schools Of America. institutions nm
which depend the purity and great
ness OF the Nation in the days that are
10 come. And if America listens to her
voice and yields to her demands, then
can we eXclaim in lamentatiOn with
1ne OF old: How are the mighty |
allen in the midst of the battle? How |
IRE the mighty fallen. and the wean- |
)nS of war perished -
My countryman also alludes TO GER
am laws which he says are not on the
statute book of England. If they are
lot there does he not know that there
never has been any need of them.
avs are only enacted after it is found
nat they. are needed Has he not
heard OF the chastity of the women of
reland? And does he not know that
N Engllshman or any other man.
you'd be taking his life in his own
ahd II he offered an insult to a daugh-
er OF Erin? There never has been anv
'eed OF such II law, and if it is there il
llght as well not be. But he saws.
Inc murder of native born Irish
IAN Is not punishable by English law"
he poor Irish, what a wonder they
'ere not annihilated long ago! And
et we don't hear of many being mur-
cred ON English soil. | should think
y rlshmeh would stay out of England
men such barbarous laws are enacted
galhst them. Yet London contains '
lore irish than Dublin. That in itself
very good argument that even the /
lsh must be protected in England.
specially when they are trving to
AXE such rumpusses with their dvna- i
lite, or else the English people must {
very IOng-sutfering towards their '
7iigerent neighbors. A table of all 9
lie unaVenged murders of Irishmen
Engilshmen would be very interest t
y Ian my countryman produce the |
atistics? 6
Iheh ne goes unto the " "tithes" ques- b
On, and tells of "a Protestant rector
.oblng poor widow of her cow L
lat must have been very solitary n
sc indeed, as the majority of those a
roteslant rectors usually spent the c
mount of their tithes on the poor of S
eir parlsh-ROman Catholics as we'll
Frotestants. The tithe law has "
Ell repealed about 10 years. and to IL n
Strate the feelings of Roman Catho- "
5 towards 1T | will quote an author o
IL IS a remarkable fact the Il
ople OF the Roman Catholic Church
Ver raised voice against the Church d
England at that time. And whv Il
Is thls? Because the established h
lurch was always considered to be il
church which supported the poor IL
n" III '''1-
Then he asks me "if I can DENY n,
~ Ihere was for long time five
onds reward offered for a priests tn
al" On that question l will have
take the evidence of his own histor- ju
s. Some of them say five al
lnds, others ten pounds" and lii
ne Oh them don't mention it at all. so th
men doctors disagree the PATIENTS nj
Is in danger" But there is no
lDt that after the terrible massacre
ntloned in former article in which
priests took such prominent mart ce
'mwell did resort to some severe ir'
allatlons, though not to such n do
. as my countryman says. Yes nv
" sir, truth crushed to the earth re-
rise again." The time was when Ia;
,,dly remnant was left on earth
land held out nobly and long, the We
gest OF any of the nations of Europe at
the Bull of Pope Adrian crushed Il Du
asst, and Ireland, too, fell into the 10
IS OF Rome as she carved out the WI
ing nations of the world. Then tld
remained that little band of Wal an
ses whose bones lie scattered on MS
Alpine mountains cold" who kent ne
pure from Apostolic times until In
her nailed his theses on the cburcb an
Il at Wittenberg, since which time it ua
expanded, and expanded and will 70
and, until the Isles shall be I'M
ught IN " and Ireland with them. OF
Then like sea OF glory gu
Iwill spread from pole 10 pole the