Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-19
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columns Of tho Lancaster hSd""er 'aSt
evening there appeared the following IN
connection with discussion " inc sue
cess that crowns the efforts " the lT'sn
race in every country save their own
At homo the Iishman is ground between
| two powers. Westminster openly uir' ''ts
his laws and tho Vatican so'r'tIy' lie l"
| the political victim of an EnEl'SH pr"nlvr
and an Italian priest. Thc church wants
stability. IL ha'cs revolution. ~ "hAt
! eveF it may do for the souls Cl llshmen,
1t in large measure hiudcrs hls r'ht',M
| liberty by temporiz ny II uot no. u'IS
supporting the powers that bH S'o' Al"
is free aud happy, but she docs not get her
| politics from ono place ard her r'h'''h
| from a foreign pOtcn'aic. HI'n an l'Sh-
man q free larca, place HIM IN country
where his church viii not aN'a' his actions
! aud he will he handling = marshaNs baton
! in France. or be the prrsilCnto oi the United
! States. ireland cannot servo two masters
| and pay them rent She cannot I.Eht"n
the yoke of one without ca.liug uh the
other. She must have one Idgn- L.brrty.
| With this idea nothing mast interfere and
then she can enjoy the privileges aud gov
ernmout OF Scotland Or Wales.
IL is to be hoped that tho startling doc.
trine laid down in the above except Il the
outgrowth Of ignorance on the part OF tho
writer rather than malice, for statements
falser or more brutally insulting 70 Irish.
men and to all to whom the lrish clrso is
dear canuot be conceived. Moro 10 sorrow
than in anger the pen is taken az to cor
rect reputable journals editorial utter
anCe which is it's OWE best rotutatiun. Il
is uudcniably true that luShmcn have n
better opportunity 70 win fame aud for
their own loved isle None, however, but
the blindest bigotS aud the most shallow.
minded sorihbleys attribute this result
20 tho stated cause that ireland gets her
religion from u forei;n p)tsn;ato. BY
parallel reasoning the hardy immigrants
from the German Empire. which since the
abrogation Of the Falk laws is jus: as
much under the surveillance Of Rome as
Ireland, owe their success ia America to
the absence of papll Interference No, in
all truth aud soberness, lyiShmon succeed
best in other lands because their own
is lacking in opportunities and is down.
troiden among natious as the result of
seven centuries OF British m,srule. Who
says nay to this asserts what he cannot
substantiate.
Further on in the editorial alluded to,
use is made of the views OF one Robert
Haydn, described rs " a strong Catho..c,"
who was eagle eyed enough to see in the
plpal circular on the Pdrnell testimonial
an evidence that the church vas playiag,
perhaps, into tho hands OF
Eugland. This doubtless would DO news
OF the most startling character TO Mr..
Paruell. Pope Leo's conduct in this
trying matter was well worthy his office
as spiritual ruler of the great bulk Of the
Christian world. When priests with more
zeal than discretion advocated from the
altar collections for the Land League, a
purely political aud not a. all religious
body, he gently rebukCd them, as
he would have done had the col
lectious been for any other purpose
not essentially religious. So thought
Parnell at the time aud so think 10 day all
disinterested students who view the ques.
ton With uuciouded reason
Oae moro word in regard to the
alluded to above. Irishmen in
this land Of the free have risen TO the
highest places in the gift of the Citizens,
but SO long as Art. II Section | Of the
constitution of the Uultad States remains
in force, it is hardly probable that any
Irishman will reach the presidency.
MALACHI