The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-11-28
Descriptive Sketch, of What the
,1.= I: Irish / s. Have Suffered for.
1. :.'as2tst .s'5t:.3: .t:s . s. Their Faith. -
A New Feeling Isss Now Arising
Among thoughtful ! Pc ople in:
,3,;5e.s ]. the Anglican Church.

LAS assEOIupEeQe1ES1Ve. d lQesi OIL Lle9 Q1LlOnHl
relations existing between England and
Ireland at the time the vicious religious
Prosecutions began. This cannot be done
within. the scope *of a mere newspaper arti-
Icle.t But itmay be well, even briefly. to re-
call some of the events Of these barba1dc
Eperiodsto of English rapine, religious perse-
|'cution and slaughter; writes William Eli
|ssonsto the Catholics Union and Times. i
may besurged that the memories Of the
!:crueltfes and injustice Of the past should
be- smot thered and forgotten, especially in
view. Of the fact that the prosecuting ma
stion has, in recent times, evinced com
junction Of hearttfori iher atrocious conduct
towards Ireland. And from the fact that
the heart Of the English nation is being
moved toward an acceptance OF the ancient
faith which she fharbarously treated in the
past The spirit that dictates oblivion Of
past wrongs is good and commendable, but
the wrong itself should be atoned for even
by the ltneal descendantsof those who COM
mitted it. In this sense England owes a
deep debt of reparation to Ireland But
|:even BY an effort, of her goodwill she can
not recall the martyred dead, whom she
Wantonly slew because of their iInninching
profession Of the faith But she can bewail
her error. and make some atonement by a
sincere rational rep enhance. and restitution
OF Ireland's religious rights ard liberties
But even in this advanced age of civilizai-
tion strict Justice cannot accord to England
!. a very humane desire. to right the inhun1an
atrocities Of bygone ages, nor; even a fair
idisposit ition to put an end to the. injustices
Of today. For she fortunes her Irish polit-
,ieal prisoners until their. bodies are laid in
the grave, ,sor af lets hem with species Of
|pnnishmelt that drives them insane And
when the Irish Nationalist party, backed
by the democracy Of England and Scotland,
Introduce fair laws for the relief of. their
epHatrY, the house or. lords calls to it's, aid
aalep dss to defeat the yeHsdiai
measures, AndisM ut. happens that the
angemen: Of Belfast and Ulster are re-
miss In opposing all. ben efciM enactments
that apply to Ireland, bigoted delegates. are
sent across the channel to, SOW the seeds
OF discord and strife and thereby inflame
the wrath of the. murderous Orangemen
OF the North. Then, as was clearly proved
by the recent findings of the financial
relations committee, England overtaxes
ppyerty7-stricken Erin ,toSthe extent of two
Or, three million pounds sterling a year.
This outrageous exaction by the dominant
Lpartnerin the nefarious compact was clear
ly and forcibly dwelt upon by the Most
Rev. DR.: O'Donnell at the recent Dublin
convention /. IT,. =-. u, -.
This very fact in itself gives clear
conception Of the infamous nature Of the
,ca1npact between England and Ireland, but
it3#Was forced upon Ireland at the time Of
the il starred union, when the apostate
and renegade mobiles; and landlords were
bTibed tO!.seh their ! country::to the yoke
of the foreigner. 1t was the kind of,union
which Lord Byron described in the house
Of lordsas ..the sortzthat exists between the
shark and his prey y, - :.s, :.
,Rllt5 in order to-. stick to- the opening
text, more attention should be given to
the. nnhallowed memory of the times
when proud; and lustfuI apostates rebelled
against the saving faith ,sof the Catholic
Church, and framed, according to the
dictates Of their own unr,,ly passions, a
human; form Of worship which severed its
adh henents from all conscientious restraint,
and gave to each individual worshiper the
liberty to. interpret it's .tenets in the way
that best suited his carnal desires and ann
bitions. Thiswas the sorry religious her
Hage that Henry !. VIII. secured from
Luther and imported into England and
forced upon his too willing dupes and
sproselytes. Those Of the lower order of.
humanity were the first to- catch at the
i alluTing bait and those Of ia higher type
had their conscientious misglvings tcalmed
by the assumed respectabihtiy of the new
n1an-1natle 3religion ,wIlichahad king for;
Its foster father sandsthex sanction of the
British parliament. This combination Of
royalty and legislative approval gave the
stamp of popularity to Professionalism. and
all of.the monarchs, liege subjects were
forthwith commanded to take the brand
new articles to their hearts and to pay
dual Ii onors, to the king as head of the.
church and Of the nation. This spiritual
lwreckage worked well enough in Eng
land and Scotland, hui. .whensthe In human
monster, & the lustful Henryeand hts smin-
ions sought to force; this sabomnia BILE re-
;ligipus device upon the pure and clean
}childrenfof St. Patrick, in Ireland, it was
ffar artliffaEent. The fnsw-fangled mode Of.
5Worshf i'd as presented for their acceptance.
Looked feasible enough son the: outside and
was " very attractive and tempting in
many OF its features On those who ,em-
sbraeed 1T It, conferred favors, SPOTS and
infiYileges. The lands; taken from the
slaughtered Catholics were given to the
;apostates, and every royal favor was
sshoWered upon the conformists and up
holders Of the mock religion. But none
=.1f these things had a feather S weight in
the mind Of the true Catholic when it
came to- a choice between the faith Of
Christ. and an empty form Of fraudulent
rel on---a mere blank cartridge kind
which had pretentio,His Y outward form and.
buster. but not a single atom Of the true
His apostles 70 the true soul enlight-
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