Evening journal., 1889-03-18

al 4wo H0urs Length oa England's OPP
preston Of Ireland.
st. Patrick Day was celebrated ap
propriately yesterday by the Irish people
Of Wilmington. In the morning at s
O'Clock the three divisions, Nos 1, and
9 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
marched to 81. Peters Pro Cathedral,
where Father Lyons preached. The order
numbered about 500 men iucluding 30
members Of the Hibernian Rifles in uni
form. At o'clock in the afternoon they
went to St. Anne's Church, where Father
.sssgham lectured on the "Glories
and Trials of ireland for Her Faith.
In the evening Rev. Francis p. Ward,
of Mount st. Mary's College Emmets
burg, Nd, delivered a lecture in st. Pat.
rick's Church on the subject "Englands
Attitude Towards Ireland. "St. Pat
rick's Day was played as an organ vol
untary win Erin's Harp Strings be
Heard Again was sung by Joseph Nc
Cullion; Miss Ada Conoway sang "Con 9
Back to Erin; + Frank Burrell sang 'sThe
Harp of Taras Hall At 7.45 the order
of Hibernians arrived and took seats in
the middle block The church was
crowded
Father Ward walked into the chancel.
and a few minutes before o'clock began
his lecture which lasted about two hours.
He has commanding presence dis.
finct pronunciation and forcible deliv-
cry. Notwithstanding the length of the
lecture, his voice continued clear and
melodious and he held the attention Of
the audience to the end.
In speaking Of 'Englands attitude
toward Ireland he did not bring down
a torrent Of railing accusations without
proof, but rather gave the proof, leaving
the evidence to show Irelands illtreat
ment. It was clear exposition of a
much talked Of subject.
Among other things he said. "a land
without ruin, is land without memory,
and land without memory is a land
without history purpose to speak to
you tonight of a land whose fair face is
Scared and whose history for 700 years
has been history of suffering and blood.
1 purpose to speak of people who have
been scourged with blood
There was time when Ireland was
the intellectual superior in the world
Students hocked to her shores to learn
wisdom In religion Irish monks carried
the gospel to others before even Angus
tan crossed the sea. ! turn back to Ire.
land, to the monks OF its inconsistencies
they and the monasteries are in ruins; to
the great men, TO the young children, TO
the beautiful women-they are not.
England to-day is a powerful nation,
even TO the rising of the sun Scotland
to-day is great commercial country
But lreland-ar around her hangs a memory
ot almost divine sorrow, mildew and
plight are everywhere, ruined palaces and
churches, tumble-down cottages, de-
serted villages dot its hills Acres upon
acres of land capable of sustaining
large population, while the people literally
take their living from the rocks. England
and Scotland is thriving. but Ireland is
ruined Why is it2
Ask the ANIMALS Of the last 700 years
TO tell where lrelands people are. You
viii see how their blood was spilled To
crafty avarice They viii tell Won the
result Of poverty and fever. Ask her de- |
serted forts where their children have |
gone. They will tell you of the slave
ships that stole people from their homes
Childless, yes, and clanless too, in.
vaded by an unmerciful foe, trampeled
under foot even in her own parliament.
Her religion forced TO the Businesses and
bogs; her monasteries and houses and
the sacred dust of her dead have been
desecrated. Why is It that England has
advanced while Ireland has retrogradedg
answer, Englands policy Of extermi-
nation and confscation. The English
historians say that the inherent defects
of the Irish race, together with its re-
lgion, has done it. The speaker read
several selections from different Protest
ant historians who proved the existence
and result Of this grinding policy He
showed the reason of the execution OF
this policy, and analyzed the claim Of
England TO the ownership of Ireland
through the Pope's permission The
Pope has no power to give up the sover-
eighty Of any people II would be a
nsurpatlon, admissible neither BY human
nor divine law" He spoke of the effect
OF Henry III mission" to Ireland; his
approval OF Donald MacMurrays crimes,
and his own wickedness; Of the Penal |
Laws decreed by William Of Orange and /
Queen Anne. II was aimed at the intel. |
lectuals moral and physical life of the |
people He discussed at length the rights |
OF man, which are based on mans rela |
tionship to God
''These rights are the rights Of religion.
Of society aud of property England has
said to the Irish You shall not be
Irish you shall not be English; Won
shall not be at all. She has written il
on the face Of Ireland in blood II Is an
illegitimate usurpation Of freedom and
religion, property and society; this policy
that was begun In Elizabeths reign.
Through all this persecution the Catholic
religion lived. With such people and
such a priesthood England found it
necessary to order them stricken out "
The speaker discussed the restrictions
Of the rights of property and society,
how they were trampled on in everylpos-
sible way.
If England had never unsheathed the
sword of religion or coniiscated land, yet
Ireland ON the claim of violated social
rights has the right Of freedom once and
forever In the confscation Of lands
Henry II stole all Of Ireland; bloody
Mary stole 574 600 acres belonging to the
O'Moores, the 0'Conners and the O'Demp-
seys, the Kings and Queens county
James | stole 10, 600. 600 acres; Charles,
240. 600; Cromwell, 7,70S, 237, and viii
liam of Orange stole the rest, 1. 060 600
acres When land could not be con-
fs sated in any other way commissions on
defective titles were formed to pick flaws
in titles To rob people Of 10, 600, 900
acres of land seems TO be the very climax
Of agrarian outrage They were not
allowed to make goods to sell they could
only till the soil
Il have seen the old men eating grass,
the babes sucking at their dead mothers
breast and dying there One single un-
fortunate season in crops swept the
people from the earth in thousands Enq-
Is l.. a.