The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-05-26

An Able Protest Against the DiCtatiOn
OF Rome in Irish Affairs.

The following protest lssueo ny u"
Irish Catholic members of Parliamen
in Dublin against the Pope's rescrlp
is enc of the ablest papers we have rea'
in our day. 1t is able because it i
every word true. 1t will do more t.
shake the faith of Irish Catholics in
"Papa. infallibility' than all that thu
opponents of that dogma have ever SCI
forth. When the Irish people cease
10 be Roman Catholics first and IRISH
men last, there will be no need foT
such protest. In the past as we'll as
at the present time Rome has and is
using the most faithful children she
ever had as one would use lackey TO
further his own selfish ends. lnde-
pendence always commands respect;
sevility contempt, whether it be In
church, state or any of the affairs OF
life. Following is the protest:
A meeting of the Irish Catholic
members of Parliament, convened by
the Lord Mayor to consider the effect
on the political situation of the recent
rcscript from the Roman Inquisition,
was held on the 18th in Dublin. The
proceedings were private. A series
of resolutions was 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 UNI
der the authority of the Office if state
ments SO prejudical to the Irish people
has been tested by reference to the
prelates of Ireland and elected repres-
entatives of the people.
''Second-That We repudiate the as
sumption on which the circular pro-
ceeds, that the status of the Irish
farmer is that of mere tenant at will
and assert, that not only in equity but
in law the dominant interests of the
agricultural holdings OF Ireland belong
to the tenants by whom improvements
have been executed, and We attribute
much of the discomfort which now
prevails to the disregard of our con-
slant protests against the imposition
of rent upon those Improvements in
defiance of the statute which tardily
recognized dual ownership 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 ofthe things and disorders
which afflict the people Of Ireland,
namely, the subversion of natural JUS
tice by those who have obtained
through false promises powers of legis-
lafion aud government, and the scorn
of Christian charity manifested by those
persons, including Catholics among
them, who support coercive laws and
supply coercive laws to maintain ex-
tortion.
"Fourth-That this silence of the
holy office on the evolutions of justice
and charity is in our judgement more
to be deplored in the interest of reli-
gion and our national cause because it
has enabled the enemies of Ireland
to misuse the name of the Holy See
by an assumption of charity to the po-
iitical 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
people, but is wholly against the peo-
pies struggle to defend them selves
and preserve 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 TRANQUIL
ity by preventing unjust evictions are
suffering imprisonment by sentences
of arbitrary courts, and when patience
has been strained to a point of exas-
peration by the course of misgovern-
msnt which persistently assails the
primary right of the individual to live
by the fruit of bis labor, and which
suppresses by means of servile tribun-
ais and of physical force those public
rights which are indispensable guaran-
tees of justice.
Fifth-That the demand of Irel and
for reform and political liberty is die