THE AMERICAN li -If i ' 1 E , V, ROMECURSED IRELAND A Short But Concise History of the Cause of Her Troubles. Human Ctttliolli lm I'tidiHihtodlj !( hHvnvlllp For the Tnrlu1'H(r, Ie moraliialion And Miwrj F.iIM lnt TIh'IT. Ireland's first name was Scuite'i Land, or the Island of the Wanderer Ilor second name m Scotia. Major. Ireland wait scttlfd by two colon lea of ko)1o. Tho first wa tlie rinvnlclana or rblllttinvf or CanaanlU', and the second wu the Tualh do lUnnanit (the tribe of Pan). An ancient Inxcrintion on one of her monumenU say: ''We are the Canaanltca who have fled from Joobua. the eon of Nun, tho robber." Tho Irish languiijre 1 'rt,m tho Phvnlcian, both being ooiumi'l of atxUvn letter originally. It la the second aettlcmeul of Ireland that jnuules the hUtoi-ittni of today. The niont of tho old historians admitted that the Formorlans, Flrltolgs and Tualb de Dannans were the same peo ple. During Ahab' persecution many of the ftanitca fled from Palestine and settled In the North of Ireland. This will account for the many words of Hebrew origin in the Irish language. Also for the Hebrew mile (2240 yards) found only In Ireland. When Zedeklah, the last king of the house of Judah, waa taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar about 583 year D. C, and carried to Babylon, whore ho died, Jeremiah, tho prophet, escaped into Egypt with the daughters of Zedekiah, the ark of tho covenant, Jacob's pillow, eto. Arriving In Egypt, the king as signed them a palace in Taphnes. It was called the Palace of tiie Jew's daughter, and a few years ago this frame palaco was unearthed by the ex plorer, Fllndry Poters. There Is. no account of the death of Jeremiah In the Bible. Ho dlsapjwars from Egypt. Some twenty Irish historians say that about the year 585 B. C, a strange man, callen by the historians Ollam Folia, landed in Ulster, having with him a princess whose name was Tea Tephl, which means the beautiful one from the east. The princess was married to Eoiacaid, the governor of Ulster, who agreed to abandon Baal worship and to change the name of his palace from Lotbalr Croftln to Tar a, and to be crowned on the wonderful stone, Lla Fail, which means stone of destiny. He then assumed the name of Heremon of Tara. On this Lla Fall were crowned all the kings of Ireland from Heromon to Ear can; the kings of Argyleshlre from Feargus Moon to Al In; the kings and queens of Scotland from Kennnth to Mary, and the sovereigns of Great Britain from James to Queen Victoria. It is supposed by many that in Tara Jeremiah buried the Ark of the Cove nant, etc., and there Instituted the nine-arch degree of Masonry, to keep in mind the place of hiding. See Jere miah, 3d chapter and 10th verse. Jere miah was the first St. Patrick the St. Patriarch. The Church of Borne finally introduced St. Patrick to offset the St. Patriarch. About 170 years after the death of , St. Patriarch, Borae took a person by the name of Calpurnlus and called him St. Patrick. Calpurnlus was, no doubt, a native of Bonarona, in Gaul, near what is now called Boulogne. Be was born about the year 387 A. D., and died In March, 405. He was not a Bo man Catholic, , as the U rm Roman Catholic was not then known. Be was a christian, of the tribe of Benjamin, as the Benjaminites or Normans began to settle In Normandy about the time of his birth. No sooner had Borne gained power In Ireland than she undertook to de stroy the influence of the good St. Patriarch and the beautiful temple and city of Tara, which had stood about 900 years. In the year 5fT Tara was cursed by St. Ruadham and a posse of bishops and chiefs of the South of Ire land, and forced the monarchy to abandon the place. This time Borne -caught her prize, but she never coo quered the Danltes of Ulster. Beyond the line from the Boyne to the Shannon she has never gone and never will. There is not the least doubt but that the turbulence, demoralization and misery in Ireland are caused by the Roman Catholic religion. Why is the South of Ireland always afflicted with famine and trouble of every kind, while Ulster, in the North, is always prosper ous and contented? The freemen of Ulster have the Protestant religion while the slaves of the South have the Roman Catholic religion. This is what makes the difference. The religion of Rome blights the country where it flourishes. Hear what the historian, Macaulay, says: "From the time when the barbar ians overran the Western Empire to the time of the revival of letters, the influence of the church of Rome had been generally favorable to science, to civiHzatson and to good government. But during the last three centuries, to stunt the growth of the human mind has been her chief object. Throughout Christendom, whatever ad b been made In knowledge, in frwdom inwia'thand In the aria of life, has been In inverse proportion to her rer, The loveliest and nnx-t fertile prov Inees of K.iroiKi have, under her rule, Ueu punk in poverty, in political scrvi Hide, and In intellectual torpor, while Protectant countries, once proverbial for sterility and barbarism, have lieen turned by skill and Industry into gar dens, and can boast of a long list of heroes and statesmen, phlllsopher and xH ts. Whoever, knowing what Italy and Scotland naturally are. and what four hundred years ago they actually were, shall eouiare the country around Rome with the country around Edia burgh, will be able to form some judge ment as to the tendency of papal domi nation. The descent of Spain, once the first among the monarchies, to the lowest depthsof degradation, the eleva tion of Holland, lu spite of many Da tural disadvantages, to a position such as no commonwealth so small has ever reached, teach the same lesson. Who ever passed in Germany from a Roman Catholic to a Protestant principality, In Switzerlacd, from a Roman Catholic to a Protestant canton; in Ireland, from Roman Catholic to a Protestant county, finds that ho has passed from a lower to a blghergradeof civilization." This Is the religion that Is cursing the South of Ireland today, and It Is the religion that the Roman Catholics of this country are trying hard to make the universal religion. They say that for the safety of our institutions it must become universal, God forbid it. May that day be far distant. From the strife that has been pre vailing in Ireland for many years, one would suppose that the Irish people had been coerced into the union with Great Britain by the Protestants of Ireland. In 1708 the Irish parliament or tho Grattan parliament as it was then called) was entirely composod of Protestants. The prime movers for tho legislative union between Ireland and Great Britain were the Irish Cath olics. Below Is a copy of the petition sent by them to the king: "We, your majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, tho mayor, the sheriffs, and common council, and commonality of the city of Cork, In the court of D'Oyer Hundred Assembled, bog most humbly to approach your majesty. While we contemplate with the deepest concern the unprovoked rebellion which has lately disgraced certain quarters of this dominion, and the treachery which in vited a foreign foe to our shores, we will listen with heartfelt gratitude to any moasure tending more closely and lndlssolubly to connect two countries which seem relatively situated for their mutual support, and which none but enemies of each could ever wish to divide. We most humbly address vour majesty as our common parent, and to declare that we have with the utmost satisfaction learned that a union be tween the two kingdoms is at present within the contemplation of your ma jesty's ministers, and as your majosty's disposition towards your kingdom of Ireland has been graclousl munificent and just, we feel confident that on the present occasion the liberties and in terests will be carefully considered and anxiously preserved. "Done under the common seal of the city of (kirk, at the Guild hall, loth day of January, 1799. Surned: Phlllo Bonnet, mayor; Abraham Line, Isaac Jones, sheriffs; Thomas Pope, common speaker." Roman Catholics from other cities, towns, counties, etc., sent In many petitions. The exception was Dublin. The Orange grand master, Wingfield Vernor, advised the Orangemen to take no part In the movement. It was en tirely put on foot by the Roman Cath olics. But the people of Ireland soon began again to complain and grumble, so in 1829 the pari lament in Great Britain and Ireland gave them the act of emancipation. Of those who took anew the oath of fealty to the sovereign there were tenty-seven bishops. These bishops swore that they would be faithful and bear true allegiance to the king, and that It was not au article of faith to believe that the pope was in fallible. They promised to support and defend his majesty's family against any person whatever. They did not believe that the pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, state or poten tate, ought to have any temporal or civic jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre eminence, directly or indirectly within the realm and that they would not disturb or weaken the Protestant religion or the Protestant government of Ireland. Out of this lot of twenty seven bishops only three made the least show of keeping thoir oath. The fact is, they can't be trusted. They now say they want home rule; but they want home rule and separation. Prot tstant Standard. The American Pope. During the last few years those high in authority in the Catholic church have had a stormy time over their Catholic brethren in America. From the very nature of things an inhabitant of this country, be he Catholic or Prot estant, sooner or later will rebel against any encroachment on his social or civil rights. To prevent a schism within the Catholic church, we long ago pre dicted the coming of Satolli as the '; representative; at the same time our forecast aseumed that the schism would still continue. The new given below shows that we have come to an other turn of the road. To enforce obedience upon the refractory members of the church in America, the oie Is soon to issue an encyclical letter en Urging SatolH's authority, making him supreme In this country and not subject to apfioal from Rome Rome still maintaining Its authority on all questions outside those of church dls cussion and procedure. In our judg ment this will soon hasten the final rupture in si Is sure to come, it mat ters not how many societies of Saint George are organized within the church, or how often the A. P. A. in opposition march up hill and down acaln. this great, grand continent of ours, filled with the life forces of mil lions of free and dauntless Indian spirits, is selected by the spirit world for the wrougbting out of the most stupendous movement that ever stirred the human heart. Tae Catholic church in sueh a place, amid such scenes, will bo blown like foam from off the sea by the liberty-loving breezes that forever play over the western world. Let us not be terrified, though the pope's next bull places aatolli In a wider and holler circle, the great body of the Catholic church will pass him by with scorn and derision. Popes are not indigenous here, but see below how the soil is being prepared In order to raise one: "Bishop Kcan, dean of the Catholic University of America at Washington, gave the Information today as a result of his recent audlenco with the pope, that the latter would, in the encyclical letter soon to be issued, set forth for the first time certain important en largements in the functions, authority and dignity of the apostolic delegation In the United States over which Mgr. Satolll presides It Is probable, however, thatthe jurisdiction will be so enlarged that the ablegate's author ity will be supreme in this country, and will not be subject to appeals to Rome. At present his offices are largely those of mediator, and bishops, priests, or other parties have the right to carry the case to Rome. Bishop Kean says he believes In order and discipline, and that while no authorative statement of the plans can be made, yet the general purposes of the pope are to fully cover In the encyclical a proper enlargement of the dignity of the American able gate. "Light of Truth. WHICH SHALL TRIUMPH! The Roman Catholic Monarchy on the American Republic. Which Bhall triumph, the Roman Catholic monarchy or the American republic? One cannot exist much longer unless the other is destroyed as political factor. Our government was founded by freemen, men who called no man master, men who were intelligent enougn to heed the warn ings of history and not allow their church to control the state, and whose church government was conducted like their political government on the principles of equality, free speech, popular suffrage and home rule. Rome, the monarchy, is the direct opposite of this. It is, and always has been, governed from the top down. The pope bosses the cardinals, tho car dinals the bishops, the bishops the priests and the priests the city, and the whole machine is run in the interests of a clerical aristocracy, just like the British government is run solely in the Interests of the British nobility. The principles of obedience to and reverence for "superiors" is inculcated and pounded into them from Infancy. What chance is there, then, for independent manhood. A man who knows no super iors or Inferiors, who can meet his fellowman on the broad platform of human brotherhood, knowing that the highest dignitary on earth is but a man. I want to ask, did the Vatican have any strings attached to Paine, Franklin and Jefferson and the other founders of the government when the Declaration of Independence was made? How can home rule be gained for Ire land unless Irishmen have home rule In their souls? Why is it that a larere majority of the leaders of Irish move ments for self-government have been Protestants? They are not more bril liant, nor honest, nor better men physi cally or morally than their Roman Catholic fellow-countrymen, but they have different training. No clergyman or any otner man owns tnelr souls; no one can pull a Btring from Rome or elsewhere on them. Political Rome has sold out the Irish cause dozens of times, but such is the result of early training that the people are mentally blind to that fact. A few years ago the Irish Home Rule and Land League contingent in the British house of commons, under the leadership of Parnell, blocked Jeglsla tion, gained a strong following in Erg- land and conducted a brilliant cam paign in Ireland, and everything was going along to a successful issue, when the question would be settled with some degree of justice. The duke of Norfolk with a dozen or more of English Catho lie noblemen, went in a body to Rome, and at the feet of the clerical monarch and his cabinet, the college of cardi nals, granted on behalf of the British government a few privileges at Corfu Malta and other British possessions to the Roman Catholic clergy. For this Rome immediately pulled the siring leading to Ireland, and although the natural Impulses of the prleslhooJ were with the people in their struggle for their political rights, and on every platform in Ireland they stood and pleaded to a man for those principles. When the word came from Rime the clergy subsided and began actively to oppose the movement, and began an attack on Mr. Parnell on highly moral grounds, of course. Although they were perfectly cognizant for many years of his relations with Mrs. O'Shea, and had been hall fellow well met with him and assisted him at every public meet ing. When they saw he was beaten the Roman Catholic priesthood hound ed him to his death. When the Irish Republican move ment was at Its height in Ireland in 1807, the Roman Catholic monarchy did the bidding of the English mon archy by refusing to absolve Fenians. In Dublin there two Redemptionist fathers with a special disjiensatlon, and the religiously inclined Ftnians went to confession to them. Members of the G division of the Dublin detective corps, were stationed in the neighborhood to mark the men who might be wanted later on, a clear betrayal of the Irish, who have fought Rome's battles all over the globe. Why should a man like Cullen be made a cardinal and John of Tuam be set aside? Why should Morlarty, of Kerry, get prefer ment and Father Lovelle remain at the foot of the aristocracy? Because the British, like every other government in Europe, selects the cardinals, etc., for political purposes, and the Roman Catholic monarchy does not like a re public, but prefers a monarchy, even if it is a Protectant one. The Vatican sold Ireland to Henry II. and has sold them many times tlnce, and Ireland's fate will be ours if Amer, leans do not wake up and take decided action. Sedalian. GREATNESS. The Elements Which Are Necessary to Constitute a Great Man. Among the elements which enter into the life of every great man are sobriety, industry, valor, voracity, virtue, benev olence, courage, candor, caution, con scientiousness, and sincerity. These are the qualities which ever accom pany greatness. Integrity is insepar able from greatness, and integrity can not subsist without industry. Labor, temperance, frugality enter into character-building. Without work there Is no true worth, no genuine manhood. Greatness, in the highest and best ac ceptation of the term, finds lodgment only in the breasts of thoee who work with an exalted purpose, There is a certain greatness about every man and every woman who is lifted above the sordidness of motive and the base am bitions of this world. Persistency is an Integral Ingredient of greatness. Exemplars of greatness are persistent in their ambitions and their activities: they possess the pluck which wins, the energy and enthusiasm which triumph over all obstacles. General Grant possessed courage of the highest order. A disinterested love of country marked his every movement. Hence his evenness of temper, mobility of countenance and inflexibility of moral purpose in the face of difficulties which were well-nigh insuperable. But he was courageous, because contending against a rebellion which threatened the de struction of liberty itself. Witness his conduct at the siege of Vicksburg. He was invincible in his determination to force the capitulation of that strong hold. Had Vicksburg not surrendered, Grant would have been there yet. Being in the right, and knowing his duty, and fearing nothing', he was resolved upon the fall of Vicksburg. There was no point in Grant's career where his greatness shone with a brighter luster than at Vicksburg. The fall of Vicks burg dealt the death-blow to the rebel lion. As Grant himself says, in his "Personal Memoirs," vol.1, page 567: "The fate of the confederacy was sealed when Vicksburg fell." Grant possessed the power of concentration. He did one thing at a time, and did it well. Consecration and concentration are necessary to every good work and every great design. Writes Emerson in his "Letters and Social Aims," page 294: "But if the first rule is to obey your native bias, to accept that work for which you were inwardly formed, the second rule is concentration, which doubles its force. Thus it you are a scholar, be that. 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