Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-29
Paddy O'Raneriy.

T the Star, of the 1th of March, into my hands, and demands a reply. If the prayer of the Duke of Wellington (him Self an Irishman) that the Island should
 be submerged for four and twenty hours had been granted thes world would have been at peace-Ireland would have been happy. Ins iead of that bounty the world must be tormented for countless ages by the woes of Ireland;" and all the scrib- bling poets, and demagogue orators of the Western world must wait her woes into the dull ears of drowsy men; or in- met their vices upon the tympanums en- livened by whisky. That Ireland was sold by Pope Adrian to Henry IT. is a fact of well attested history, and the Pope's deed IS on exhibition in the British Museum. That .he English have governed Ireland with a rod of iron nobody disputes; but why have they not governed Scotland or Wales iu the same way? Why? The only way to cure a cancer IS to cut 1t out, or burn 1t. Ire land protesses to owe an allegiance to
 the Pope of Rome superior to any Prince. Potentate, State or Sovereignty; and to speak the truth that IS what IS the mat ter with Ireland-and nothing else.
 When Luther lit the torch of religious liberty in the north of Europe the aurora boreslis of freedom illuminated the Scandinavian marshes, and the Hohen. zollerIns marched out of the Branden- burg gate with the banner of Thor, is the champions of religious liberty in the north of Europe. The Pope of Rome covers before the Colossus of intellectual Europe; and Catholic France has been smashed to smithereens by the august majesty of Protestant Germany. The gods ride highlll
 Daniel O'Connel was one of the best friends Ireland ever had He counselled them with his magic eloquence, to peace, law and order. Father Mathew, next to Saint Patrick, was undoubtedly the best friend Ireland ever had. He counselled them to tenn perance and sobriety.
 The Duke of Wellington when he was Premier of England, with the aid of | Daniel O'Cpnpell and Fitzgerald (the Knight of Kerry,) passed the Catholic emancipation bill; and Gladstone, that grand old Englishman, whom Leo" | houts as 6 "metaphorIcal old gentle man." disestablished the English Church in Ireland, and the disencumbered estates bill under Sir Robert Peel has | been great benefit to Ireland.
 That tne English government under the Puritan Commonwealth of Crom- well tbrashed the Irish unmerclfully IS q historical fact; but the Protestant Kings and Queens of England since Henry l Frrll, 1 turbulent and misguided people.
 The Gladstone government has held out the olive branch of peace to Ireland, amidst assassinstions and rebellion, with Christian charity. "Leo" commences his tirsde with ''the landing of William of Normandy and his brigand followers at Hastings" but forgets to sti.te that William had previously submitted his claim to the throne of England to the Pope of Rome; the arbitrar at that time of the rights of kings and peoples; and that William conquered England under authority of the VIce-Regent of Christ; and established laws among the abOri- ylnes which have stood the test of reason for nearly thousand years; and nave spread their benign influences over the fsirest population on the Globe.
 The phillipic against the London Times will be receive with sadness in Fleet street, and the million readers of the Thunderer will hang their papers on the willows when they learn that the two | hundred and fifty readers of the Arizona l Star have their ire raised against the | British lion by the effusions of Leo at ten dollars "apiece."
 The Irish in America have become a | factor in politics, in religion. and to | some extent in industrial pursuits. They | have not, as a general thing, brought | much money to this country, but with | tue exception of the Chinese, perhaps, | they have sent mora money away per | 1ead than any otber nationality. In | some of our municipalities, by assiduous | industry in political pursuits. they have | become the governing class. In some of | he States, acting under instructions | from Rome, they have even had the au- | dacity to demand segregation of the | public school fund-the sheet anchor of | American independ nee. Count Dunn, | and some others who could be named, | had the scheme in contemplation in Ari | ZOna.
 When the true born and stalwart | American turns from his blow and takes | hand in politics the Hibernian element | will have to take back seat in the gov arnment of this great and magnificent | country.
 The Democratic party can never ride | into power with this Irish toad upon its | back; with the old man at Rome peeping | over it's shoulder.
 The genius which inspired the con struction of the government of the | G4o%ac ctiIl rraci1ao nVgr tba npa- ! tinies of mankind, and the same moral | and physical power winch eliminated | slavery from our institutions will see to | it that they are not undermined by the | insidious attacks of any foreign prince, | potentate, state or sovereignty" Not | even the Pope of Rome. The crippled | pageants of St. Peters may awe the | "contadinl" of the south of Europe, but | the loyal American owes no allegiance | save to God and bis country.
 I have seen Cardinal Manning come | out before an audience in the suburbs of London; and at the sign of the fisher mans ring oD his forefnger, thousands would fall in abasement on the floor, be- fore this priest in gilded pettlcoat.
 No text of Scripture Is better attested than that which proves that Peter was a liar and a craven.
 The rust on the "keys of heaven and earth" is falling off under the blaze of science of the Nineteenth Century. "I,eo's" plea in behalf of the "retrlbutlve dypamiters" will find but little sym pathy in this or any other civilized coun- try. The Americans as a race are not n nation of assassins; and as a general oninion believe that to be one of the blackest crimes which can disgrace hu- manity: neither will Leo" hear any respectable echo to his appellation ot the British Parliament ~as the hundred scoundrels." |
 This kind Of language IS not relished by the best society; and is only publish ed in low class newspapers.
 The officers of the American govern ment have too much honor to permit this country to be made the base or belligerent operations against friendly power in time of peace, and the people have too much dignity and manhood to harbor assassins.