Smyrna times., 1884-01-23

uSpO bor
means u" mars
We do not what we ought
what we ought rot, we do
ana lean upon the thought
H., 1HdI chahce VIII bring us through.
nut our own acts for good or ill., are inigbtie
powers. -'s''ie
. But next we would reverse
lhe schemes ourselves have snun
ana what we made to curse
We now would lean uDon
ana lelgn kind gods, who perfect what ma,
Yalnly tries '' ma
For The Smyrna Times
Is it a Type of the Irish Repuh-
, lic2
Mr.. EDIroR.-I will ogain b.ro =,
ASK lor space In your valuable paper
Ior some thoughts occasioned bv arti-
cleS IN the record Of January 18th.
AS for the editor of the Record. how
suited to his case are the words. " None
so Dllnd as they who will not see. noro
SO deaf as they who will not hear y
fefhaps If one arose from the dead he
could be converted, but then he would
say they belonged to "Gass and his
cnque..". But who are Gass and his
clque of whom he speaks? Well 7
1eei very proud that have got such n
cllque = DIR. Stokes of the Methodist
Church and DIR. Hall of the Prespvte~-
IAN church. A strong "cliuue" is if
not, Mr.. Record? But what do tba
Methodlsts and Presbyterians of this
community think of the reputation
Whlch the Record has been pleased TO
give two of their representative men ,
lie says all articles which they write
on the Irish question are bosh and nm
| worthy OF consideration y: and AGAIN
he says, w. McC.'s word is as mncL
to be relied upon as DR.. Hall,sn. W
McC'-a mere adventurer whom the
eultor or the Record himself hardly
knows from whence he came or
whlther he goes and who has NOTHING
al stake; DIR. Hall-a man whom one
untrue word would forever blast his
reputation and destroy his usefulness
l leaFc the comparison with the rpad.
| ers OF the Times. But what of the
hPc0rd and his clique z" On that
point VIII have to refer him to some
hlgh authority also. He said i'm - re-
cent issue OF his paper that he had ,
Bible III his Office if he has what i
called the King james version n dn
not Know much about the Douav vpr-
sion II not he can find one convenient
anu ne can turn to the 2nd chaptpr of
Gne second Epistle of st. Paul TO tbe |
1hessalonlans and read all that chan |
Ter anu dwell especially on verses 9. 10 !
ana II; also, | Timothy iv. 1-3; then
ne can turn to the Revelations of q !
John and read carefully the xvii chan. !
ter and If the meaning is obscure 7 |
would allow him to consult some of our
theolOgians who will explain to him
the reputation of his clique" and
next week | would not be surprised to
see MN adding st. Paul and St. John
to Gass and his clique"
But An Irishman by Birth. Blood
ana Parentage goes away back to the
uayS OF st. Patrick to prove something
on lhe Irish question, giving II quota
tion from the Irish World. Well now.
lne less my cOuntryman has to saw
ABOUT that period so much better il will
De Tor his cause. If he gives that
PERIOD as type of the " redeemed Tre-
lahd he so longs for, what fine times
there will be in the Irish Renublir9 .
Ihe best thing my cOuntrvmas could
40 is to sit down and imagine himself
drawing another picture upon his can.
Vass' but in the first place he had bet
yer take another envelope" and
unite thereon blood, blood. famine
starvation and blood" Then he can
take still another and write thereon
In the days of Elm, Ireland was
without corn, without milk. without
Irult, without fish and without anv
other great advantage" And in tho
reign of Nal Frassagh there was q
most severe famine throughout the
v " nole r hihSdom during the early part q
:! MS Tel9ii' so much SO that the King I
n had very little to live upon and i
thousands died with starvation" and ]
men ne can write in blazing letters c
Ireland , at this time contained about .
,oO'OOO inhabitants. Then he can take L
us canvass and paint the great Tuat- t
lai VINO relgned for thirty wears and b
ought one hundred and thirtv-three t
'attles against his own countrymen b
Ind behind him he can paint on the il
Conn of the hundred s
,attles." Then he can represent the
ians OF the O'Neils, the O'Connors Ii
ne v BrIens and the McMunaghs en-. r
aging with each other in constant I
warfare Tor centuries, often until whole G.
PROVINCES were nearly depopulated bv =
ne sword. Then underneath the nic- a
lre he can write in letters of blood IL
Inc clan fueds were incessart. the a.
rlbaI wars were almost jncessant b.
Intlpathies founded on wrongs real or II
imaginary divided the clans. Antina- Ii
HES founded on real or assumed dif- it
erences of race divided the tribes p
mere were everywhere hereditary n,
atreds OF unknown origin. The clans Ol
ven contained within themselves the W
lements of discord and fell into fac G.
ons.- A very good type of what the tI
rlsh Republic would be. m
but my cOuntryman says that have til
written so many lies about the Cath
tic clergy and laity that he went back th
the year 433 merely to show the pc
)ndItlon of the Irish race" He has he
lOwed us what Ireland was before to
lere was any Catholic clergy or laitv la
Ireland. Now let me give a ouota. DC
on showing what it was 433 wears so
ter it had come under the iurisdic- c.
on of the Roman See. "Thouob tho lif
'untry was impoverished by constant do
PASN"SiOhS1 OfiO eAuCllOnS OF the Cler- ul'
were unsparing and enforced bv tn
'ery form of violence and fraud. in Or
le shape of tithes, pecuniary penances. re-
dulgences, and fees for all official gr
It's. The learning for which Ireland de
I'd once been famous was no more wi
he morals of the clergy, universally ha
'rrupt before the Reformation, were Ire
lWhere more so than in Ireland loI
here the monks and parish priests bu
ed with each other both in profigacy at
I'd in influence over the degraded arr
'ople. The laity were ignorant. un- ru
Vilized and grossly superstitious. on
the close of the reign of Henry VIII de
ost of the Irish lords were unable TO the
IN their names. They were either it
ives or tyrants of the priesthood" Lu
My countryman don't believe in do
awing religion into politics." but he hai
sll knows that true state of affairs exl
Ireland could not be given without brt
awing religion into it, for the pres
t state of affairs there is q question
religion from beginning to end. He
ows that all the Land Leaguers y ,
d Nationalists are Catholics with ma,