The Irish standard., 1911-04-01
Enemies of Irish Party Want tc
Create a False Impression of
Irish Catholics.
There Has Been no Recrudescence
of Crime or Religious Animos-
ity as Insinuated.
A Good Spirit is Abroad in the
Country Today-a Spirit Full
of Hope.

During the debate on the Veto bill
some Orange speakers charge Irish
Catholics with being lawlcss. Mr..
Redmond rctorted with the following
irreIutablt facts:
We are approaching a time when
matters OF most grave Importance to
Ireland will be submitted for the de-
cision OF the English people, and a
campaign is being engineered by those
who are opposed to the concession OF
liberty to ireland to blackcn the name
OF ireland and TO misleprescnt the
action Of her people. The meaning
tened, and they have two evident
meanings and mOtives-is, first to
show that there has been an unfortu-
nate "Reminiscences OF religious ami
mostly in Ireland; and, second. to
show that there has been recrudes-
ccncc of violence and crime in Ire
land. There has been, on the con
trary, no rccludeScencc of religious
anmosity and hatred, but the effect
of speeches such as those 10 which
we have listened may be to lead 10
such recrudcsccne, and hop" the
motive of those speeches was not to
lead to that effect.
I do not believe that those who are
opponents to Irish freedom think 1ha;
their only chance OF inducing The
British people to take an unfnvorabir
view of the proposals TO be made will
be by inducing them to believe that
this religious animosity is becoming
so acute again that it would be dam
gcrous to trust the Irish people. That
is the meaning Of the speech Of Sir
Edward Carson, and it. is always the
meaning of the speeches of Mr..
Moore, whose whole object in this
House seems to be the endeavor to
show that the Irish people are a race
of uncvilizcd savuges lighting one
another for the love of God, and tear
ing each other TO pieces for religious
objects.
Campaign of CaIumny.
/ A more noble mission was never
undertaken by those who are engaged
in the campaign of calumny of Ire
| land which they hope will prevent
her obtaining freedom in the near fu-
tnrc They will fail in that campaign.
So far from their being a recrudes-
! ccnce of religious animosty and htt-
/ tired in the neutrality-suspicious. hatreds
which have been the disgrace of Ire
land in the past--they are softening
| and disappearing. SO far as we who
! sit on these benches are concerned.
we have said, and we will say, moth
| ing which will lead to renewal Of
those religious discords.
Who is it who constantly in this
/ House talk of the iniquities OF the
| Catholics? Is it not gentlemen above
I the Gangway? We have never at
! tackled the PrOtestants for assaults
or riots of any kind, we have re-
manned very often silent rather than
t challenge such attacks. ! believe
these religious discords are disap-
pearing in Ireland. With all my
! heart and soul | hope the object
which those gentlemen have in view,
which is to inGame religious discords
in Ireland. will fail, and that they
will find Ireland in the near future,
just as they found it in Quebec,
! where the majority is Catholic,
| Protestant minority dwelling in their
midst With their rights and liberties
/ safeguarded and their persons and
property protected, and living in over
whclming goodwill with their Cath
+, 1lc nei@hbOrs.
Impute Crime to ireland.
The second object of these speech
es is to show that Ireland is the scene
of violence and disorder and crime.
Lord Castlereagh ought to hesitate
before he adopts the role which he
seems to have taken up. do not
wish TO say anything that can be
taken as personally offensive, but
Lord Castlereagh bears name asso-
:iated with a deadly crime in Ireland
"a name associated with the vilest