The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-06-10

and, amongst others, because it was
the only country in which his ances-
tors had not been prosecuted" AS a
matter of fact it was not Catholics
but Protestants who prosecuted in Ire
land. Hallam in his Constitutional
History" writes: persecution is the
deadly original sin of the Reformed
Churches, that which cools every hon.
est mans zeal for their cause in pro-
portion as his reading becomes more
extensive
For centuries both Catholics ard
Dissenting Protestants in Ireland were
prosecuted in the interests of all Es-
tablished Church which, for the great
er period of it's domination, had hardly
more members than ministers. The
cry of tolerance used by the Tories
against the Irish Catholics was the
shibboleth of the Orangemen of Ulster,
of whom the Protestant Archbishop
Whatcly of Dublin wrote: Their very
name of Orangemen is sign. 1t is
chosen on purpose to keep up the men,
DRY of civil war which every friend
of humanity would wish to keep in
oblivion. 1t is doing what among the
the heather was reckoned an accursed
thing-keeping trophy in repair"
There was just one other argument
against Home Rule about which pro-
posed to say few words, and that was
the charge of disloyalty made against
1rishmen. Let him ask them who had
England given the Irish to be loyal
to? Sydney Smith, an English Pro-
lowing words:
80 great and so long has been the
misgovernment of that country Ore
land), that we truly believe the Empire
would be much stronger II everything
was open sea between England and the
Atlantic, and if skates and Goldfish
Such jobbing, such pronigacy; so much
direct tyranny and oppression; such an
abuse of Gods gifts; such a profana-
ton of Gods name for the purposes OF
bigotry and party spirit, cannot be ex-
ceeded in the history of civilized Eu-
rope, and will long remain a monu-
ment Of infamy and shame to England.
With such a climate, such a soil, and
such a people, the inferiority of Ire
land to the rest of Europe is directly
chargeable to the long wickedness of
the English Government. Ireland, till
q more liberal policy is adopted TO-
wards her, will always be a cause of
weakness to this country, and in some
moment of weakness will forcibly ex-
tort what she would now receive with
gratitude and exultation.''
Every Historian Bears Testimony.
Goodwin Smith, another Protestant,
claimed that it should be made pos
sible for an Irishman to be a patriot
without being a rebel; and Lecky, the
Protestant historian, says: 1T appears
to me to be perfectly evident from the
existing state of public opinion in Ire
land that no government will ever COM
mand the real affection and loyalty of
the people which is not In some degree
National, administered In great
measure by Irishmen and through Irish
institutions" / am sorry that time
does not permit me going more fully
into the rebutting case against the IL
bellers Of Ireland. The campaign of
calumny against his country was with
out parallel in civilization, but 1t
would not succeed. Home Rule was
coming in spite of it, a new era was
opening for Ireland and for Great Brit
ain. and the triumph of Home Rule
would be the victory of truth over
falsehood. of justice over wrong, Of
freedom and light over tyranny and
darkness.