The Irish standard., 1908-02-08

NOANY D, 1905.
Wales are Joined together upon one
island and their people did at an early
date intermingle with each other and.
in fact. intermarried to such an extent
that they were in reality, so to speak,
one class of people, Or at least very
nearly so, and 1t became very natural
that the Scotch. English and welch
should unite together upon that island
and that their union came about in the
natural course Of events.
Not 90, however, in tho case Of Ire.
land Ireland was a separate island
by itself, separated from England by
a body Of water and therefore they
We're as much separate people as are
the people of Cuba from the United
States Of America. Then. too, ireland
had the older civilization as all good,
impartial historians will admit For
many years her missionaries were sent
abroad to educate the peoples Of other
nations, including England, and for
years the island, itself, was known as
the Island Of Saints, Of Scholars and
Of Song" SO
Again. let us stop for moment and
consider the manner in which the con-
quest of Ireland was brought about.
In the reign of Henry II. Of England,
about the year 1172. he goes over into
Ireland and exhibits to the people a
Bull, so called, from Pope Adrian w.
(who. by the way, was Nicholas Brake
spear, Englishman, and the only Eng
lishman who ever sat upon the Papal
throne). King Henry claimed to the
people of Ireland that it was the wish
Of the Holy See that they should sub
init to be governed by him. AS is pref
ty we'll known the Irish people were
quite religious and in those early days
the Pope of Rome was said to be the
supreme arbitrator between kings,
queens, nations and peoples, and his
orders were to be strictly obeyed.
/ w AiiC ~ 10 IL uS lu$1I 0ClllO wIlLSIS Cldlu1
that the alleged Bull was spurious
document and was not exhibited by
King Henry or anyone representing him
until after the death Of Pope Adrian
w., yet, I am inclined to believe that
the consensus of opinion is, and the
great majority of historians agree, that
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Henry. But right here let me say
that a goodly portion Of the Irish peo-
pie believed that it was a spurious
document and that it was obtained, if
at all, by fraud and Misrepresentation
upon the part of the English nation
in order to subdue the Irish people,
who at that time could not have been
subdued in any other manner. =.
| 1t may, perhaps, be said that at that
time there We're great dissensions
among the Irish chieftains and that it
became necessary for King Henry to
intervene in the interest of law and
order, but if such an argument be ad-
vanced we can reply thereto by saying
that Henry, himself, was far from be-
ing Immaculate, he was constantly
engaged in quarrels with his own peo-
pie and directed the murder of Thomas
a'Becket-"A probate Of the most lofty
intrepid and inflexibIe spirit,' because
he could not compel him to accede to
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upon himself the wrath Of all Christ
ian people, and history informs US that
he died uttering bitter curses upon his
own children. 800. .....,... =.
| A pretty paragon Of virtue and ex-
cellence to teach nation that had
produced Columbkill, a.. st. Patrick
and many other eminent scholars and
teachers. ("Bah! Out upon such
hypocritical rottenness.")
From that time portion of the Irish
people We're governed partially by the
English government. but part of the
time they had parliaments which as
sembled and made laws for the Irish
people. but in 1901, through ,nisrepre-
sentation, through fraud and decep-
tion and through bribery, which black
ems the pages of English history, it is
valid that the Irish parliament voted
for the union with Great Britain and
thereafter the nation became known as
the "Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ire
land.'''
Now please notice the distinction. In
the case of the union of England, Scot
land and Wales it should be borne in
mind that they all lived upon one is
land together. After that when the
l'union between those three peoples was
effected, the name was changed and
the same name, Kingdom Of Great
Britain was applied to them all as
a whole. The union with ireland was
entirely different, for we have the con-