Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05

The gentleman pininC in inc Rasselas
 Ian valley also charges that the P0ntif
 who filled the clair of Peter when Vii ham ot NC-mcusy Invaiei the cCuntrl
 which he slOduad SO elsily hr did il
 with h sanction ard .-ves no histori
 cal pr 4 to sUst.ln ths cLarge Nhyl Slmp. because history is eleut regard.
 lng any such sanction having ever been gwen tlat Norman brigaLd to possess | himself of England by virtue of con | quest. Ibis IS another one of the Nun | chausenismS he seems Co have a weak ' ness for. In the character of umpire | the Pope, of course, was often appealed 1 to by princes and others to settle differ | ence5 between them, and only in this capacity did be ever net or advise. as | having no political power over & coun- | try he could not. had he even desired. l sanction the fOrCib.e possession of it bv another party. In the frudal days. how ever, might was right, and what the head oi the Christian church did not sanction the swords of the free lsnces of
 the period carved 6 road to tbe prize to
 be won.
 So 1t was h the case of Ireland l03
 years later when StrOngbow and his
 forces, with Henry the Seconds sane
 ton (not Adrlan'sl, invaded Ireland, or
 at least stole theIr way into it as would
 a band ot marauding pirates. Henry three wears later, or in A. D. 1I72. foi-
 lowlng to see what Strolg5ow had ac-
 complisEed, winch was cJusid -rable. as
 he had marIieI aud settled among the
 natives, himself and his followers de-
 scendacts becoming more Irish than
 the Irish themselves"
 What failacy tJ aIsge that Adrian
 deeded Ireland Go Henry and that the deed may be seen iEurGed ln the BritIsh
 Museum, winch the writer in IS5I
 visited many times during his say in London; and were such 60 famous d0cu-
 meut tLere he could not well miss see-
 lng lt, and ha has yet Co meet man
 who has seen II or even Co allege that 1t
 vas there untI. my English loyin.
 adversary so atatel las; Saturday. But as assertion merely constitutes not proof l must be excused for doubling.
 Neither Adrian the Fourth nor any prey,Ous or subsequent pope, not even St. Peter himself. tha first pope. could give a fee simple deed tO Ireland any more than ''Sum Romlpus Civis" eoui3 give a quit claim deed to the site of Fuc- son. Spiritual and not political allegiance vas and Is yet what the Irisn people cheerfuiy gives Rome; but out -Ide Of this they ignore its claim as do all Cgthohcs. What Adrian never owned he could not deed, and the Irish people of that ern would have Gs toustiy resisted p0pal authority in that respect g5 tGe-r .usierity u- tsIs epoch wuu i. 1 We all remember the Iudiruat,Gn ty- hlbited by irishueu everywhere, land where are thes not where freedom ! reIEn) when it was reported Rome requested the Irish bishops to Liscour- age suhscr gt.ol- .' tl. Panell fund, winch thereafter Increased more rGpidiv ] than i- diI previously. lri hueu prove | loyal industrious and good ci-iZans cfI any country Tn wa--1 they live, bUt Go | Lnk.auu5 government they give Ho ! loyalty that Is no; eZactej by the sword l and the C1aIOn as demonstrated by the | cDefcIye end oppressive measures of | Gladstone and The sixty thousand ! bayCDets repaired Co enforce them. The loyal y oL the citizen Co the govern | meut q his con. .try Is she tribute of ! his heart and tGe prIca 0t the freedom | he erlnys under J.. Bob h.n of this, gs | the IT. hman ss homs is robbed and ! lis log elty chan -es to hate. and this to | open armed revolt where arms can b9 | had.
 To my rngraeiOGs opponents coarse | 60 the respected heads of tine ] sstbolc church. % Che prince of the | reElblc. whose broad end deep iounda- f .;, .. e nays La parjs j,,, beg g9uJa aud attention as the allUsIon and glatuItous insults bear thelr own condemnation with them. Ama-ican history records the homage paid by IrI=hMen GO its government, laws and free iusiitCtIoGs; and looking abroad over the land. through the colleges and in the ianks Q. the learned proles-lO1-, lu the walks of science end iu the halls of state and | national legislation d7 we not behold Irishmen CT tho descendants of Irish men filing eminent petitions m all?
 To conclude this already over long trespass. "Sum Rlmauus" and bis Scotch born friend of A glO-Auerican | and AnElo-I5ish p-5clvi-i-s, who are | now beginning tO be known by Che | resident Irishmeu and women whose | country and religion they have jointly ! bqs lr traiUs-d. asks why Sco'chueu 1 a5a not governed gs are lrlshmen. II refer b.th 70 Scotch and English ! history for my answer. IrishIaeu are too honorable, tOI true, patriotic and l yirtunus to sacrifice a friend much less their king, country and religion. For the pres ervatio oi these they have dled on the battlefield. on the tcalJid and m tue dungeons of England which Scotch men have not done. J. D. PovEE.