Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-19
THE POPE AND IRELAND.
The Irish Catholic Protest Against Poll
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LONDON, May 18th.-A meeting of the
Irish Catholic members of Parliament, con-
yened by the Lord Mayor to consider the
effect on the political situation of the recent
rescript from the Roman Inquisition, was
was held yesterday in Dublin. The pro-
ceedings were private. A series of resolC-
tons were adopted, as follows
"First-That the allegations of fact which
are put forth in the circular of the holy
office are, to our knowledge, unfounded,
and could not, we venture to affirm, have
been promulgated under the authority of
the Office If statements so prejudicial to the
Irish people had been tested by reference
to the prelates of Ireland and the elected
representatives of the people.
'Second-That we repudiate the assump-
ton on which the circular proceeds, that
the status of the Irish farmer is that of a
only in equity, but in law, the dominant
interests OF the agricultural holdings of Ire
land belong to the tenants by whom i'm
provements have been executed. and we
attribute much of the discomfort which now
prevails TO the disregard of our constant
protests against the imposition of rent upon
those improvements in defiance of the
statute which tardily recognized dual own
ership in the soil.
Third-That we cannot refrain from
expressing our deep regret as citizens and
Irishmen that the holy Office is silent as to
the source and provocation of things and
disorders which afflict the people of Ire
iano, namely, the subversiou of natural
justice by those who hsve obtained through
false promises powers of legislation and
government, and the scorn of Christian
charity manifested by those persons, in
Guiding Catholics among them, who sup
port coercive laws and supply coercive laws
to maintain extortion.
"Fourth-That this silence Of the holy
Office on the evolutions of Justice and char
ity is in our judgment more to be deplored
in the interest of religion and our national
cause because ii has enabled the enemies
of Ireland to misuse the name of the HOLY
See by an assumption of charity to the
political claims of ireland, and because
the direction OF the admonition of the
holy Office is not in any degree against the
systematic violations of justice and
charity committed by way of attack upon
the homes and property of the peo-
pie, but is wholly against the peoples
struggle to defend themselves and pre-
serve their natural rights, and may be of
untoward consequence at the present
time, when priests and representatives of
the people who have exerted themselves TO
restore tranquility by preventing unjust
evictions are suffering imprisonment BY
sentences of arbitrary Courts, and when
patience has been strained to point of ex-
ASPIRATION by the course of misgoyernment
which persistently assails the primary
right Of the individual to live BY the fruit
of his labor, and which suppresses bv
means of servile tribunals and of physical
force those public rights which are indis-
pensable guarantees of Justice
Fifth--That the demand of Ireland for
reform and political liberty is dictated by
necessity sustained by natural Justice
and conducted by modes of action and
methods of organization prescribed or
allowed by the Constitution under which
we live; that TO organization and agitation
persistently maintained, and that alone
Irish people owe whatever they have won
OF civil or religious freedom That their
just claims are now encountered by uncon.
shtutional coercion and organized calumnv:
that the force of this national movement,
increasing from day TO day, is force gen
Grated and necessarily renewed by the free
opinion and spontaneous action of the peo-
pie; that this will continue to be exer!ed
until, in spite of coercion and defamation.
1t shall have achieved success.
Sixth-That while unfeservedlv ac-
knowledging as Catholics the spiritual
jurisdiction Of the Holy See, we, as guard
ians, in common with our brother Irish
representatives of other creeds. of those
civil liberties which our Catholic fore
fathers resolutely defended, feel bound
solemnly 10 reassert that Irish Catholics
can recognize no right in the Holy See to
interfere with the Irish people in the man.
agement of their political affairs"