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AN GAODHAL
of circumstances over which he has no control."
The facts have been given by Harold Frederic to
the American press, but only one paper, the "West¬
minster Gazette," in all England, not excepting our
own Catholic press, has had the courage to stigma¬
tize this legal concubinage as it deserved. No cir¬
cumstance can possibly exist to justify the annul¬
ment of God's law for the convenience of man. The
refusal of the Catholic Church to acquiesce even ta¬
citly in a matter of this kind lost the fealty of the
English monarchy under Henry VIII. We look
back to that exhibition of Papal steadfastness with
pride, and as we do so, the regret comes over us
that this repetition of the ancient immorality has
been allowed to pass by without a single Catholic
protest against it. But the fetich of the royal fam¬
ily is so sacred in the eyes of Englishmen, all Eng¬
lishmen, that they would tolerate almost anything
done in its name. The consequences can be traced
in a rotten and rotting "society."
Possibly, since the destruction of
Sodom general society has not been
so morally corrupt as it is to-day. We
have here a picture of this Queen of
England and Empress of India, who
has been held up by a sycophantic,
putrid press before the universal pub¬
lic gaze as a model mother and a pa¬
ragon of morality, forcing her grand¬
son to become a bigamist — a peniten¬
tiary offense by the laws of all civili¬
zed nations. And the congregated
representatives and lawmakers of the
"Great Anglo-Saxon Race, the Civil¬
izers and Educators of the World,"
not only condone this moral pollution
but congratulate "Her Majesty" on its
successful execution!
And this is the Prince who will one
day represent the foresaid "Great
Anglo-Saxon Race, become the head
of its religion, the civilizer and educa¬
tor of the world, and the First Citizen
in the land!! And the Princess (who
cannot be compared with the virtuous
working girl who earns her living by
the sweat of her brow, or the labor of
her hands) will become Queen of En¬
gland, Empress of India, and the First
Lady in the land!!!
Had the Duke of York been a
Irishman what a delicious morsel the
Anglo-Irish and Anglo-American press
would have to serve out to their read¬
ers for the next six months! Parnell,
the Irishman, a singleman, was hound¬
ed to death — York, the bigamist, they
would pass in silence!
But what about the Irish and Irish-
American press suppressing this most
important news item from their read¬
ers? Important to the Irish race be¬
cause they could point to the social
and moral depravity of those people
that keep them in bondage, under the
lying, hypocritical plea that they are
a semi-barbarous race and unfitted to
govern themselves. Could there be a
more effectual means employed to en¬
list the moral sympathy and support
of our neighbors of other nations than
the exposition of the moral depravity
and corruption of our enslavers ? And
how can we do this if the matter be
concealed from us?
We have talked with several Irish-
Americans on the above subject and
all of them expressed their astonish¬
ment that the Irish American press
would suppress the matter — one en¬
thusiast going so far as to declare "The
English have the press in their pock¬
et." It is no wonder that these senti¬
ments would find expression, for Irish-
Americans working in mills and fac¬
tories with Englishmen have always
to be on the defensive repelling the at¬
tacks made on their race, nationality,
and religion, and it is cruelty, in the
extreme, to seek to deprive them of
the effectively defensive weapon fur¬
nished by the developments in this re¬
cent exhibition of the characteristic
British moral depravity, — from the
Throne to the Commons.
The FREEMAN'S JOURNAL (one of the
oldest Catholic papers in the United
States) deserves the grateful thanks
of the Irish race all over the world,
and Irishmen will not err in having
it a regular visitor in their families.
A Ghaodhal, deunadh gach h-uile dhuine
a dhithchioll an Gaodhal do leathnughadh &
cóib de chur chuig gach colláisde, amuigh
& a m-baile — a d-tuigeann sibh?
Irishmen, do you wish to be identified with the
"Harlot of Nations? If you do don’t support the
language movement — conceal the Gael from your
neighbors, and scoff at the idea that our forefath¬
ers were a learned people.
