The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-06
RaEL, a DIS PARLIAMENT.
Some Prophetic Words Uttered at The Time
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AL Ol Gll6 UIlQn,
Writing to the I4onden Times, on the
Goth ult., M. ID. Kavanaugh T.. l.. D.,
said, 'sTIle real question at issue is
whether or not ireland is entitled TO
her own Parliament, and, if she is en-
titled to self government, what practi=-l
cal results will ensue2 III the reign Of
JamesI 7. English power extended al.
over Ireland. The remnants OF The.
irish nation were admitted to the.
fellowship Of allegiance, duties and
franchise. All ireland thns had her
rigntful Parliament, and continued to
have it from 1872 to 1890. The Irish
Parliament WAS thus founded on con-
stitutional principles, sanctioned by
long usage, sustained by analogy to The
English form of government and forti-
| fed by the experience OF the colonies
dependencies of England. A local Par
| lament is the inherent and lndeteas-
| ible right Of subjects Of the crown OF
England, wherever they are located IN.
sufficient numbers to exercise that
right. BY the final Adjustment OF 1877
Ireland's conditions Of her future con-
nectlon with England we're defined.
Her legislative independence was TOR
mally recognized and established for
ever. England declared perpetual her
exclusive right Of making her own
laws, Of Interpreting her own Jaws,
and Of administering her own laws.
She had the exclusive dominion over
her own taxation, debt and revenue.
ireland had, in practical eifect,all these
rights, which she was entitled to ana
which she had enjoyed for centuries.
BY the ratification Of this final adjus-
ment Of 1872, England preserved the
most precious gem OF the BTitlsn
crown, and Ireland believed she had Sc
cured for ever her independence. While
Ireland enjoyed her own Parliament,
peace and prosperity reigned through
out the country, Prosperity was ap-
parent in every department. and ii
every l)ranch--commerc was fostered
and increased, agriculture was enconr-
aged and enriched, manufactures were
promoted and extended, the laboring
man became q farmer, the farmer rose
10 the position OF a gentleman, towns
grew into cities, the population accum-
alated, and peace, happiness, and pros
perity gladdened the land at every side.
During the fourteen years which sue
ceeded Ireland's legislative indepen-
denc6 no country On the face OF the
earth made such rapid progress in i'm
proyement of every kind as Ireland did.
Then there came the uGIOn--that en-
actrnent which stands out in its native
daformity, the mere creature OF fraud,
bribery, terror and corruption, and to
which attribute all the evils of Ire
land The humiliation IF trade and
commerce, the restitution, the misery |
the starvation, the scaffold, all We're
by the union. The Leading
feature in the union was the daring |
pronigacy of the bribery and corruption
by which it was carried Lord Casble-i
reagh declared In the House Of Com
mons that he would carry the union
though it might cost more than half q
million in mere Dribes. The parlia-
mentary papers published since the
union show that no less than 81 .275 600
was paid in the actual purchase money
FOR close and rotten boroughs. And it
Is calculated that over and above the
borough purchase money no less than
FL 500 600 was paid in brides. The sol
smn words Of Lord Plunket, in the
House of Commons, against the union,
Ire: Y ourselves you may extinguish,
)ut the Parliament you cannot ex-
,inguish. 1t is enthroned in the hearts
# the people--it is established in the
anctuary of the constitution. Tt is
as the island it protectsI As
veil might the frantic maniac hope
hat the act which destroys his miser- ;
,ble body may extinguish his immortal
oul DO not dare to lay your hands !
lpon the constitutional is above your /,
'oWer." William Saurin, attorney ,
for Ireland, said: you may !
make the union binding in law, buty {
annot make it obligatory in conscience;
! will be obeyed as long as England is
trong, but resistance to it will be in
be abstract a duty, and the exhibition
f that resistance will be mere ques-
ion OF prudence Lord Chief-Justicei
,urke said: That the basest corrup-
ion and artiice were exerted to pro-
tote it; that all the worst passions of ).
% human heart We're entered into the :
erYice. and all the most depraYed ina
anuity Of the human intellect vas
ortured to devise new contrivances of :.
aud. But now the Irish leader and :,
is colleagues are determined By peace :
Il, legal and constitutional means, :,
ithout infringing any law Of man or !,
any law of God, in the !.
ohorrence and determination of never :,
leddlng one drop of blood, to demand :.
i Ireland her just Tight-her own !
The immortal soul Of the :
.ish constitution still lives. glorious !,
Id perpetual-it is not dead, it only :
eeps, to be aroused into active exist :,
ice once AGAIN III more than pristine i
ajesty, and in more than bygone !.
.illtY. !.
As soon as sufficient funds are collect d
q new church of the Sacred Heart te
i'll be erected III San Francisco. II
Sister Alice Drury Of the Order Of is