| Show THE POPE AND THE IRISH there is no estrangement between them editor deseret news in the new york herald ot of a late date I 1 notice the significant remark la in the description ol of a meeting in dublin of the fenian element protesting against papal interference in irish politics no priests were present certainly Certa iely not they know better but priests were present and bishops too at the conference which unanimously adopted resolutions and forwarded them to his holiness thanking him for the and assuring him of the unswerving loyalty affection and devotion of all true irishmen to the holy see another thing shown in the herald as proof that rome borne has always been down on the irish is the ridiculous forg forgery ery which has been exposed a thousand times and which every irish school faddool boy knows to be a shani sham the alleged bull issued by pope adrian IV selling ireland for a penny enny a head bead annually to the engling english king in the century THIS SILLY ASSERTION which originated in the fertile imagination agi nation of some evil minded crank was taken hold hola of by mr froude fronde the english historian unit and given to te the public as authentic I 1 rejoice that he did so for otherwise thousands of irishmen who were delighted and eb enraptured with tile the burning eloquence of father tom burke when exposing the fallacy and absurdity of the allegation might never have had an opportunity of hearing the great orator on whom plus pius IX bestowed the title of sprince prince of preachers it is significant also that notwithstanding the importance of the occasion only a minority of the home rule members attended the meeting at which the manifesto was adopted and what is the manifesto after all Is it as seems to be interred inferred by some journalists a refusal of obedience to the pope nothing of the kind A careful perusal of the resolutions will show that so eare carefully fully are they drawn that not a single word can be construed into rebellion to 4 PAPAL FAPAL AUTHORITY they do contain it is true an insinuation that the common enemies of both the holy father and the irish imposed on the pope false statements regarding ireland this in itself though not so intended is a direct insult to the intelligence of the Vatic anand will be disapproved by every ecclesiastic in ireland the pope himself will not be slow to resent the insult and I 1 will not net be surprised to hear of the with agrawal of the manifesto in short order the idea of the irish rebelling against the pope is too tao absurd to contemplate in fact it is their attachment to the papacy which makes an irish diff difficulty possible irishmen who have no love for the pope are well satisfied to live under the imperial constitution and are amongst the most loyal subjects of her most gracious majesty queen victoria yours truly |
