The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03
PROSPEROUS eRcuL7uRAL oF IRELAND

! eRlcuLTURAL COUNTRY IN The N
many points. though he states that ne
would score any other church that ~ould
Ireland lie scores the Presbyterians Of
the North for their hardness and their
bigotry; though he admits that they afe
amongst the most enlightened and NOUS
51rcland,,'' he says ''the ponu1atlon is
strictly divided Into at least three camps,
presbyterans Roman M Ca IN : 70 x h.a
terians will probably be a vlrile commun 1;.
lily. containing the best yeomain STOCK OK
OF the country and representing alaa, r Inc
: Catholics will number In their fold the
very poor and those engaged In laoor,
with many of the servant class. ana an
Whe the Epsco
palans will be rather weak and nom
descrip. community, consisting Of those o.
classes whether tradespeople or proie s
sionai, who regard themselves, Of social Ia
Importance, and who have the mental
qualifications for conforming In relislo nl
matters to their views OF what's social
" eXpcdIent.
Extreme Clannishness.
..And OF these three camps the Pres
bytcrlans and Ep,scopa ,i, %'ii ot| Se,
and a kind Of friendly rivalry, as Of
those who should oppose , each oShe r N
the same cause: But neither OF mem EN-
Roman Catholics. It will be enough that 1al
him to be refused employment In their
affairs i Is he social
resources of the place may be, no one
would dream Of inviting the priest to
any social entertainment; and indeed,
such an invitation were given h ~ %ou IN
the minority there. are far more tolerant
and kindly In their Views than theiri
Protestant brethren; Just as IN other.
majority they4are apt TO- apply the boy
colt in their turn Unjust the same way;
..Buts the two sets OF people might Pc
long co e a1f or Ka1ss a the y Will
AS take 1t, Mr.. Young was Sorn and NJ;
bred an Episeopalian IN lreta a oc .nolsn
often to score his brethren and % Sl9
many kind thing of the Roman catho.
lies, who, In his opinion, Will ultimately
ruin ireland. si #
Catholics Interchangeable. ~
AS 10 the chance of changing Catholics
from their belief. he says. , I; u
t..You might stamp out Cathollclsm PVT
it would be- by stamping out the catho.
lies: YOU might destroy religion, but not
before you have destroyed the nation;
and although am CONVINCED 5har H
am also convinced thatelt Is twis ~.
like ivy about the very life 9. or lrelandi !;
and though 1t Will destroy the trtI - -
its growth continues yet am sure ,,j ina, tnat
you could not uproot the one without
fatal damage to the other"
The Ulster or Protestant ssct ! on 81 OF
IN ne1 many an things. While the decrease In
Connaught in the last decade was l0o oS
per cent. and that Of Munster WIS 8 g
Catholic ca section Of Ulster. The rrotes-
tant section actually gained contidera a.
no. nor toll told me, that they. will not have
even policeman who is a Catholic,
aeade hs fats ss ST.: T
| remarkable Increase surpasses uaar U y
many of the most progressive ,Amerie ga
cities. Counties Antrim and Do"n; no. ~
Catholic population. showed an increase Tfaiss
in this time Of over per cen IL o " ,sn
the exception Of Dpol l ali
| the way from to Is per cent. IN that
Fine Schools.
lie schools in the world, and they are well
patronlzed Indeed in a!f Ire bd the
f little to &c COMPLAIN Of in this direction.
illiteracy has decreased In most crafty
Ing manner within the past twenty Or
sus Of 1901, the illiteracy among tho irish
Catholics was only 1870 per cent, while
It was among the EplseGIpa,lianIs IL PR pr
cent ana among me aro he
esn5 Fo thss gfses vas so fearful cema
sorry, EDUCATION has had great aeal 70
dG 2v %!.n ~ rho north of Ireland met with
MANY ~ t1ee oharming people. riley were all too
busy to talk much with me-, and were
acknS tq sera ahnars eStea! 81 tic
Catholics Of the. South. yet they were =
sturdy stock, and could but admire a, them ~
sas s sn sns nas ths 1sr sys
some n th dIs taM R Rf Of dstngashe
y ons a4shes Tas hat Svf"
rsmade sd1nse"'sf fSIi v!EsaiapS q
We're We're, three Presbyterian churches tnId
H that eyefybody was weli,to-do; and the
Tnan more ps:ieet State Of cultivation tha
RI! mRen byes Ptap s St story Of thrift
rieapers all mowers on the side tracks
Of the railroad and had lhe curiosity ,Ya g g
80 and learn, that every sinste one o.
them was made III me phlleu a'H"ss'
Presbyterian Statistics,
Being a Presbyterian myself, naturally
waited to know something abouf me
some rvui interesting statistics upon this point,
I found that While the Roman Cathonc
and Epscona! churches s. We're los osin ~
the country, the Presbyterians were grad,
Tally gaining, ~ 1861 they were a92 per
cent. OF the Whole population; In 1881, 9loi
l., 1901 Az and 1001 n n a..
There are In the Irish Presbyterian
Church Ave synods, SO presbyt 67d
Churches ego ministers. 1850 elders, co
T Nness' numbers compare favorabiy With
the numbers Of the entire Southern Fres-
byterIan Church of the United States.