The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-03-10

called an Irish parliament, in which the
native Irish had no part, established at
the church OF Ireland and SO continued
till 1870.
2 The native clergy were si}enced,
executed or banished, their churches,
endownaents, lands and benefices were
given to alien prelates and ministers Of
the new religion, and the Catholic in
habltants compelled to pay t!thes for this
support of d Church whose doctrines
they abhorrea.
3. The Catholic Irish--the Anglo
n Norna,is as well as the natiyes--wers
all distranchised, most OF their lands
confscated and their titles transferred
10 }lle soldiers and followers Of the con-
querors.
4. So extenslye;1nd thorough Was the
work of spoliation, that, by means Of
escheats, eGntiscations torfei5ures anu
settlements, after The capitulation Of
the Irish TO King William at Limerick
in 1851, the native and AngloN N ornan
Irish Catholics, did not own, according
to English law, three million acres OF
t|leir native land.
s. During the reigns Of William,
Anne and George L., laws were passed
making ita mjsdemeauor tor a Catholic
to marry q Protestant, and derounelng
the punishment OF death uuon the priest
who would celebrate the nuptials;
making it unlawful for an irish Catholic
to engage in business except as an alien,
even ia his native town; or 10 educate
| his children At home. CT send them
abroad fox such purpose.
8 4 hrii1e OF thirty, afterwards raised
to forty, pounds q year, was offered to
any Irish priest who would abjure his
religion; and il WAS declared feiony
for any priest to say Mass or for Any
Iaynaan to assist at this ac1 of Catholic
worship.
Z. Children were otfsred, as bribes,
the property Of their fathers fer revolt
ing against their authority; wives, the
estates OF their husbands, iT thev de-
serted them ana adopted the new re-
ijgjon: Catholics could not take lands
by grant or otherwise, snd If a Papist
happened Go own house Of the value
Of five pounds or upwards. any Protes~
tant, by lendering hin, tiat amount,
might ts.Ee it. frpIm him and convert it
to his own use.
s. possession OF arms WAS denied
to all Pnpists, and d refusal to reveal
the place OF their &oncea.ment was
treason,
8. In 1se second year Of Queen
Anne's reign. q law was enacted by q
parliament where members were sa-
Iected by the government for the pur
pose, disfranchising all the Presby-
terisns Of chs Kingdom: oud subjecting
that respectable body Of Dissentees to
disabilities almost equal TO those Of the
Catholics.
TO- Toward the close of the present
century, where the Catholics, Presby-
serlans and other patriotic Professionals
appeared slesirous OF seouling for their
unhappy country, some degree of
harmony and justice, England, by fraud,
bribery and intimidation, procured the
overthrow Of the Irish parliament and
it's Union with that Of England.
"Sucb,' says Bancroft, History Of the
United States, chapter4 4. vol. s, was
the ireland OF the Irish; p conquered
people, whom the Yictors delighted to
trample upon, and did not fear to pro-
yoke, Their industry within the king
dom was prohibited or repressed by law,
and then they were illuminated as
naturally idle. Their savings could not
be invested on equal terms in trada,
manufactures or real property; and
they were called impro.ident The
gates Of learning ere shut on them,
and they we're derided as ignorant. In
the midst of privations, they were cheer
full, suffering for generations under acts
which offered Drlbes TO treachery, their
integrity was not debauched; DO son
rose against his father, no priest be-
trayed his friend. Fidelity to their
10 which affections made thera
cling more closely, chastity and respect
for the ties Of family, remained charac
teristlcs Of the downtrodden race"
After a succinct statement Of the
causes of Ireland's downfall--the want
Of Union among the native princes
and the false religious pretenses OF tho
invaders-tbe speaker cited FROM the
History of the Conquest of Ireland--by
GRADERS Cambrensis, the chaplain Of
Henry II. the following language used
~ the native clergy at a national synod
1eld IN Ardmagh in the year I'LL.
AT the completion Of these events, a
synod of all the clergy of Ireland was
at Ardmagh, and after long
discussion and mature deliberation con-
;erning the arrival of the foreigners in
he island, it wasthe unanimous opinion
# all present, thattb misfortune had
,efallen them as "a mark Of Divine van-5sy4
:eance OH account of the sins Of the