Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08

hsEs bells o. ls<seplss- No crosses
might bs pzblEeEy crested. Nos Only al
monks and friars. bat also all Csiaofle
archbashOps. bishops. csscons and Other
dizuItzrles we're ordered By 9 esrraIn
dsy 10 leave the co1ntry, add z after
that date taey we're fo1nd n Ireland
thsy we're liable 10 se frss imprisoned
snd than bsnizhed and II after iasf
Danish uers they returned - discharge
their d1fy IN their di0ceses. tasy #ers
liable 20 the yanisaneni OF asasn- 10
facilitate the discovery OF a1snses
against the code. two justices 81 the
peaes uslght AZ any TIME compel any
Catholic Of ]. years Of aEs TO oee4zre
Snsn and where he l2sE heard E--ass-
what parsons we're present and Sl-o
ofEsisted. and Il be refused 20 give
evidence they might IIprlsoR him tor
twelve months or Until De pAid me
Of twenty po7ods- Anyone SHo uAF-
bored eeslssIastics from beyond tbs $50
was sabjsct 20 nnas, watch for the third
0fsnss sm0uHtsd TO tbs eo2oScation OF
ali his goods A graduated sale Of re
vards Ess offered for the discovery Of
Catholic bishops. priests aod scnoot-
masters. sad resolution of the
Fnyfish House Of Cons Eaons pro
noan,ed ne prosecuting and inform
! Tag against Pspssts an honorable ser
vice 10 tie government.
Such we're the principal articles OF
l this infaua 1us cOde-s Gods snlch Burke
4 truly DIS ribed IS well digestsd and
we'll disposed IN all its parts; . rnashine
! Of Wise and elaborate c0nEFlgaRoe. and
az well fitted for the Oppression. I'm
| poysrishmeat and degradation OF peo-
I Ole and the dsbaSemsnt n them OF oa-
7 man nature itself as ever prpseeded
I from the perverted ingenuity OF maz-
/ Is was framed ~ ss1all minority o.
( the nation for the oppression OF the
majority, who remained faithful 30 the
religion of their fathers. IL was framed
1 by Hnea Who boosted that their creed
rested upon private judgment and whose
/ descendants are never weary OF de-
| claiming upoa the Intolerance OF 70
| perry. and il was directed in many OF It's
I provisions against mere religious OBJ
| seryances, and vas in all parts 50 strict
/ ly g code of rsligiJus psrsecations that
| any Catholic might De exempted from
| its operation By simply forsaklng his
1 religion. IL Was frased and enforced,
l although by the treaty of Lnerlek the
| Catholics had bsen guaranteed such
privileges in the exercise of their rell-
| gion as they snioyed in the reign OF
| Charles ii, although the sovereign at
the same time promised as soon as his
affairs would permit, TO Samoa Par
lament IN this kingdom and 10 endeav-
or to procure the said Roman Catholics
such further security IL that particular
as NAV preserve them from any disturb
4 ance on account of their religion. al
though not single overt act Of treason
was proved against them, and although
they remained passive spectators OF two
rebsIlions which menaced the very ex.
istence of the Protestant dynasty II
England.
n is impossible for any Irish Protest
ant. whose mind is not wholly perverted
BY religious bigotry, TO look back with
out shame and indignation 70 the psna
code. The annals of persecution con
tain many more sanguinary pages. They
contain no instance of series Of laws
more deliberately and in,2eRiously
framed to debase their victims, to bribe
them in every stage of their life &c
abandon their convictions and 10 sou
dissension and distrust within the fam
lily circle.
The economical and moral effects OF
the penal laws were profoundly disas
trous. The productive energies OF the
sation were fatally diminished. Al
most all Catholics of energy and talent
who refused to abandon their faith
emierated 10 foreign lands. The rela'
ton of classes was permanently yitiated
for almost ali the proprietary OF the
country belonged to one religion, while
the great majority of their tenants vert
of another. The Catholics excluded FROM
almost every possibility of emiaeuce, de-
prived of their naturai leaders, and
consigned by the Legislature to uttel
ignorance soon sank into tbs condition
Of broken and dispirited helots. A tots
absence of industrial yigtees. cover
ing and abjeet Differences to authority, a
rockies s1es about the future, love oil
secret illegal combinations became gen
ersl among then. Above all they
learned 10 regard law as merely the ex
preston of force. and its moral weiEh i
was utterly destroyed. For the greater
part of q ceRtury the m ain object of the
Legislature was TO extirpate Feligia !
By the encouragement of some OF tHe
worst, and the punishment of some OF
the best qualities of cur nature. Its re-
wards were reserved for the infOTmer
| for the hypocFits, for the Endutiful con
/ Ut IOI 1dltulcSs RC1hAtACt
were directed against religious eoRstaa.
0y aud the honest discharge of ecclesi-
sstieai duiE.
Many OF taese discriminating and
inhnman laws TO which have called
yonr attention remained ia feEce until
long after the death of Robert Emmet.
He saS their olighting effect upon hi:
country. He knew that England had
I rznIssrsa ri x oOwcanfad 10 thu ahPo-
CATION Of any OF thsna. lie knew that
il was only through the effect Of fear
that the councils of that nation could
be Escysd TO grant any relief to his
country. EsfoFs him was the glorious
record of the velahseers of 1852. he
knew that 5000 men. FreseStsntF and
Catholics, with arms in their hands,
animated by a national spirit, and act
ing together as Irishmen, had wrung
from England sn unwilling recognition
of Irish parliamentary independence.
When he was yet Q child npgr his fla
TIERS knee, inhaiing pstyiotisll With
every breath, this had taken place. He
looked back in the brief period follow
ing that psasefu revolution and saw the
glorious possibilities Of his country If
unfettered. As he contemplated that
epoch he saw what Independence xssld
do. Re saw it's work carved, as another
has expressed u, "in great letters on the
face Of his county, IN her public build
isgs. in her canals. IN her great roads.
He had stood upon College 6reea, Dub
liz, and bad gazed upon the mstekless
structure CT the Irish Senate House,
equal In pegfestsop OF detail. in beauty,
aad in all its architsstggal features TO
the orandest creations Of 0Feeee, gland
iEg there the srotest of its generation
against tsa domination of the stranger y
He looked oHt sxey Der green fields, her
placid lakes, her gsRgiize rivers, her
verdnre clothed mountains. ana saE as
| fair picture a. mortal eve ever rested
upon, bieEred and SCARED by mans
inhumantty 20 Ezsn." His soul harmed
within him 10 right the .yrongs OF SIX
| hNndred years. He saw the feii.ious
aninoSities of the sixteenth century
paFposely kect alive. when they were
barred in the grave Of foreetfulness in
all other parts Of Europe, sSst thereby
bis country might be the more easily sn-
shaved an Der splendid resources lost
10 the world Ia ercsr to build up an ar
rogant aristocracy and Q selfish nation
In a neighboring island. He tCEged for
/ undergraduates, eqnalitv and uRiversal
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