The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-21
PIOUS POLITICIANS.
The White Chokered Place
Hunters in Ireland.
A DISGRACE TO THE CLOTH.
The Sad Condition of Portions of
Ireland as Seen Through "Wan-
derer's.' SpectacIes.
A DISGRACE TO THE CLOTH.
BELFAST. January %. 1886.
Correspondence of THE HERALD.

dIlStOcracy OF Protestant Ulster he.o
two monster meetings in Belfast, the
purpose being to oppose the proposition
for Home Rule for Ireland now agitat.
ing the people of this United Kingdom.
The conspicuous speakers were ministers
OF the gospel, and the manner in
which they discussed and literally
"cussed, " the proposition was such as
one could hardly have looked for from
the most advanced partisan politician
against his opponent. Not a single
argument, that 1 recall now, was ad-
vanced by any of the speakers, but all
pictured the deplorable and hopeless
condition into which Ireland would be
plunged were the Nationalist to secure
their ends. Parnell and his followers
were abused like pickpockets; the out
spoken sayings of the Nationalist were
ignored and these pious politicians
stood before bowling mob and pre-
sumed to reveal the motives that
throbbed in the heart, and the plans
that were formed in the brain of Catho
lie Ireland and its political leaders. In
the very teeth of eYictions now going
on (some of them heartless in the ex-
treme) these white-c hokered place
hunters declared that to refuse to pay
rents or oppose landlordism was such a
crime as could not be tolerated in just
and generous Ulster, where that all was
peace and prosperity. Side by side with
this pointed statement and in one of the
papers which applauded its utterance.
appeared a brief comment to the effect
that it was greatly to be regretted that
the trustees of the Downshire estate
could not see their way to accede to the
application of the tenants for reduc-
ton in rents. considering the irving
times the farmers OF Ulster were now
passing through, more particularly as
the claim of the tenants was undoubt-
eddy just one. l do not recollect to
have heard such vulgar or personal re-
marks from a platform ever before as
these ministers made use of. The ari-
Stocracy were modest IN the extreme
compared with their clergy, each of
whom seemed DESTROYS of making a
record for vulgarity such as his able
colleagues could not approach. One
would have thought that such palpable
lying must have been confined to Utah,
or at least to the subject of Mormon
ism, but it becomes apparent that the
beast has the same disposition the earth
over, and that the white souled" in
Utah and in Ireland belong to the same
species. Recognizing the fact that the
cause of the crofters in Scotland and
the farmers in Wales is like that of the
Irish tenant, and seeing that the evils
perpertrated, Tor rather complained of,
for l have long since learned not to be-
lieve one-half of the bad reports hear
III South and West Ireland are of the
same nature as those of frequent occur
renee in Wales and Scotland, these in
dividuals stated emphatically that what
would be justifable in the latter part of
the Empire would by no means be con-
siStent with wisdom or sound legisla-
ton in Ireland; but these gentlemen
for the most palpable of reasons gave
no reasons whatever for the differences
they seemed so clearly to distinguish.
That which they lacked in argument
was made up in Yehemence and buster.
In the same breath in which they pro-
tested their loyalty to the British Gov
eminent and to the Queen, they declar-
ed their determination to see that every
man before them had shed his last drop
of blood in opposition to Catholic as
cendacy by the granting OF local ;egis-
lative functions by Parliament In
the backbone, if the British government
did not withhold from the majority in
Ireland that which they wanted in order
to please the minority, then this min
ority would showits loyalty by fighting.
So much for the Christian ministers.
Prominent among these men is Rev.
named Kane. He is a great Orange
leader. He is the prime mover in this
agitation. Through him and perhaps
two others who lick the pap of the
wealthy, the lesser ministerial lights
have been lead like sheep into the row
and have told their congregations that
Home Rule meant civil war; that the
Catholics would drive out Professionals,
and having by their greater numbers
dispossessed them of their homes, the
victors would appropriate the deserted
places and grow fat on the thrift of the
minority. And the misguided lay men
take the assertions of the clerical retail
ers of falsehoods as divine truths. |
have heard great deal about the blind
submission of Catholics, but it seems
incredible that any people could be more
easily lead by the nose than Protestant
Irishmen, while the grade of intelli--
gence, when it comes to educated
classes. is certainly in favor of Catholics.
A communication recently appeared in
the London Times from minister who
had resigned lucrative position in the
army, as an officer, to enter the lists as
a clergyman. He a pronounced Prot
estant and emphaticslly declares that
such men as the Rev. Kane are only
disgrace to the cloth, that their opinions
are Yalueless, that they are .croakerss;
that there can be no hope for peace In
Ireland until some such plan as that
suggested by Mr.. Parnel for Home
Rule be adopted regarding Ireland that
the cry of civil war is bugbear started
by Kane and his coterie in the hope OF
preserving their waning powers. and as
a proof of his assertions, he declares
that he is chaplain of the most Protest,
ant militia regiment in Ireland, and
that three-fourths of this regiment Pc
long to the Nationalist party. Inc
whole movements backed by the land
ed aristocracy, and the clergy are mere
ly their machines. During all tins talk
about prosperity the streets OF Belfast
are crowded with men who have Deen