Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1910-03-11
Ireland's Struggles aud Hopes.
A HunDHhD YEARS. BATTLE !
~ JOHN n REDMOND.


Whatever may have teen Peelis mo-
tive his action, certainly, had not thu
effect which Bright anticipated. The
Queens Colleges set up In Cork, Gal
way and Belfast. In 1ss5, and afiiiister
10 new Queens University. In 1851,
were condemned by the Irish hierarchy
In the synod Of Thufies and by Pspal
description In the same year. The
Belfast College became practically q
Presbyterian Institution, and the Cork
and Galway Colleges proved all but abb
soiute failures.
The question Of the Queens College
had caused serious differences between
Daniel 0iConnell and the Young Ire
land leaders, and even between men,
bers OF the hiersrehy-the Arch bishops
Of Armagh and Dublin supporting the
"Young Irelandefsn and The colleges,
and DIR. Machaie, the great Archbish.
OPP of Tuam, agreeing with O'Connell
In opposing them.
The term goddess colleges" was first
htFAtch w tHtAh ~ t'st tN'tNtt Ahkhss
= leader OF the Aneiicsns, and 1, went
far TO damn them In the eyes of Irish
Catholics, by whom 1t was generally
adopted.
In 1855 the Catholic Bishops found
ed the Catholic University, placing
Ii under the direction of John Henry
Newman. II was magnificent ex-
pertinent, but the government refused
to grant II the power To confer degrees.
and apart from the absence OF state
| aid IL had enormous difficulties To over.
come, Hui It's University College, and
| lis school of medicine have survived,
and have more than Justified their ex.
istence.
| All attempts to obtain Justice for Ca.
tholics having failed, Gladstone AT.
tempted national solution OF the ques-
ton In 1874. His proposals were, how
ever, rejected by the Irish bishops, OPP
posed by the Irish members, and de-
fesied on the second reading by ma
jority ofithree. In the same year tests
| In Irish colleges were abolished but the
situation WAS not improved.
BY the Royal University act, of 1879,
the Queens University Was extinguish-
Ell and the Royal University set up,
| with power 10 confer degrees and award
prisc~ 90 students Of all Irish colleges
provided they passed the required ex.
| aminations.
The Royal COLLEGE, although II pro-
we'd = great advantage TO Catholics MAS.
after all. only an examining board, and
did not supply the place o. National
University. For nearly three genera
items this question had tecn raised, s~s-
sion after session, Ia the House Of Csfa-
naens, by tho Irish members. II re-
malned for Liberal government and
noa.confornist chief Secretary for
ireland 60 finally ssstle II by the pas.
sage Of the Act Of last year which has
given Ireland a truly National Univcr,
siis under her own control, which al.
ready h~ars promise Of great and in
efeasingis successful career. Il,is the
most Substantial measure Of Home
Rule Won saaee the nioa, nnI its iinsn-
cial provisions are inadequate, and II
Was 80 long DELAYED thai ils Passage
called forth neither gratitude nor eG-
thnslssIn.
The position OF the Irish Land Cues
ton n the beginning Of The nsneteenth
century Vas sammasssed up In frw
ssnsearss BY Lard Clare, one Of The !
chief pronosess of The Act u Unlon, |
In . speech msds Ia tbs Irish Heuss a |