Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-03-05

Adrian the Fourth had, by a bull, given
Ireland to Henry the Second, on condition
that the Irish be subjected to the dominion
of the Pope. Adrian was succeeded by AL
exander the Third, who was, at heart, the
friend of Beckett, but he was in trouble on
account of the claims of the Antelope
Pascal the Third. Alexander, shortly be-
fore the death of Beckett, espoused openly
his cause, and when he died, or rather, was
brutally murdered, Henry invaded Ireland
to escape the vengeance of Pope Alexander
the Third.
The Irish were at war among themselves
and one of the parties joining with the Eng
lish, the whole island was, if not subjected
to the crown of England, placed under the
heel of the Pope of Rome, as are more than
three -fourths of its inhabitants to-day. 1t
is not asserted that Popery with all its
abomnable despotism did not exist in Ire
land prior to the time of Henry the Second.
The Church of Ireland had been to some eX
tent corrupted previous so this time, but it
was not wholly polluted. TO the lasting
honor of the primitive Irish church it must
be said that it yielded to the Papal domin-
ion only when forced into subsection by the
strong arm of a military despotism. When
England and Scotland and all continental
Europe was intensely Papal, Ireland was
worshiping God according to the teaching
of the Scriptures. From the time of Pope
Adrian the Fourth, down to the time of
Henry the Eighth of England, Ireland, like
the rest of western Europe, was simply a
Papal territory. The inhabitants, no matter
how much they groaned beneath the Papal
yoke at first, at length learned not only to
wear it gracefully, but they actually learned
to love it.
In the spring of 1909 Henry VIII came
to the throne of England. His history is
not only foul blot on England's history,
hut it is disgrace to the human family.
He was the second son of Henry the Sew
enth. Arthur, his elder brother, and heir
to the throne, died at the age of fourteen.
This made Henry the heir to the throne to
which he succeeded on the death of his faith
er. Arthur, although only fourteen years
old when he died, in accordance with the
foolish customs of the time, had been nom
inally married to Catharine, the daughter of
Philip, king of Spain. In history she is
known as Catharne of Arragon. For rea-
sons which need not be ementioned here, Hen
nv determined to marry his brother Arthur's
wife. A dispensation to that effect was OBJ
tanned from Pope julius the Third. With
appreciation and consent of all the eccle-
sastical authorities of England, Spain and
Rome, the marriage was celebrated at Gren-
Wich on June 3rd, and on the Oath of June
Henry and Catharine were crowned at
Westminster, King and Queen of England
The marriage was apparently propitious Of
favorable results both to the parties them
selves and to the people over whom they
were to reign as sovereigns. Both Henry
and his queen were devout Catholics.
Luther, Zuingle and Calvin had begun to
the Tenth, began to be in danger, and Hen
| ~, bo Eir,fb mo ff, tho raSnua For this
timely aid, the Pope conferred upon the
British sovereign the title Defender Of The
Faith.
For q period of nearly twenty years Hen
ry and Catharine lived together as man and
Wife-not comfortably, for Henry was best
brute Henry fell in love with Ann Bo-
leyn, but he dared not marry her without
first obtaining divorce from Catharine of
Arragon. This Henry claimed on the
ground that his marriage with Catharine
was unlawful, since she had been betrothed
to his brother Arthur. The Pope, however,
had granted him permission to marry Cath
arine, thus multiplying the marriage contract
between Arthur and Catharine, and saying
that he could lawfully marry Catharine.
Since Popes claim that they are infallible,
he could not, and be consistent, say that
Henry's marriage with Catharine was un-
lawful.
Thwarted in his purpose by the Pope,
Henry obtained through another channel,
the desired divorce, married Anne Boleyn,
and renouncing all allegiance to the Pope OF
Rome, he set up a church, of which he was
the head in every proper sense. henry no"
set about to tear down and destroy every
thing in England and Ireland, which he
and his predecessors had, for centuries, been
building up. The Irish, alwaysa brave but
often misguided people, he determined to
convert to his way of thinking. BY ire and
English and the Pope to abandon compar-
atiVely pure religion for Papacy, and the
work of converting them from Papacy to
Henry the Eighth's way of thinking, was
now begun. The motto was, convert the
Catholic Irish, or kill them. Strange gos-
pei Elizabeth began her reign like her
father, a Catholic, but because the Pope pro-
nounced her bastard, she turned Protes-
tant. The Irish Catholics were prosecuted
by her. Elizabeth was succeeded by James
the First. He prosecuted the Irish Catho-
lies. Henry, Elizabeth and james did one
thing never to be forgotten. They nearly
depopulated Ireland. have no sympathy
with Catholicism. / abhor it. | regard
the Pope of Rome as the great arch enemy
of all civil as we'll as all ecclesiastical liberty.
Popery is dangerous thing. Every Cath
olic, no matter what may be his country, is
a subject of the Pope of Rome. But not
withstanding all this, my heart aches when
think of the fearful ills which have been
inflicted upon the poor Catholics of Ireland.
There is a bitterness in the Catholic Irish
mans heart towards Professionalism which
no words will describe. 1t is stated, as a
fact, that the Indians of our southern coun-
try regarded the name of Grant as the prop
er SYNONYM of cruelty. In Irish language,
the same word means Protestant and perse-
cutiOn. Is this strange? No country on
earth presents such a strange religious as
pect as ireland. The Catholics are absolute
iy unapproachable by the Protestants. Is
this wonderful? England treated the Cath
olics of Ireland very much as the Americans
treated the Indian. The Americans were
more successful That the only difference.
Unfortunately England has ever found in
the Irishman a source of trouble. No man
will dare to defend the modes of redress re-
sorted to by the Catholic Irish, but every
lover of right must sympathize with the
poor, down -trodden Irishman. He is hated
and despised for no other reason than that
he is a Catholic. This is to be deplored,
but it surely is not sin worthy OF death to
be Catholic. Our ancestors were all Cath
olics. Martin Luther and John Knox were
Catholics in early life.
ISDIvIDUALITY IN STATIONERY.-Nat-
urally enough every fashionable woman con-
siders her taste superior to that of others.
She wants to be characteristic, and con-
seuuently not only manipulates her pen as
no one else can and writes her letters crlss-
cross fashion, but adopts certain style OF
nonar and ink and these she retains in