WILL THE TORIES GIVE IRELAND HOME RULE? By Thomas Power O'Con- The outlook for Ireland when Parliament recently met, 682; Public opinion and the Home Rule controversy, 683; Lord R. Churchill reveals a new policy, 684; Advantage taken of it by the Gladstone Liberals, 685; They receive Churchill's speech with fierce joy, 686; The real issue between Gladstone and Chamberlain, 687; Sir W. Harcourt speaks for Gladstone, 688; How he damaged the Government, 689; Smallness of the Liberal Unionist vote in Parliament, 691; A considerable advance in the intentions of the Government, 693; Lord Randolph may outbid Gladstone, 694; He may be actuated by personal reasons, 695; The future of Home Rule seems assured in any case, 696; Effect of Tory Local government bill, 697; Why coercion may be resorted to, 698: The Tories have shown but little good sense so far, 699; The true way of escape from the Irish difficulty, 700. WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE INDIANS? By Very Rev. Edward Jacker,. . 702 The Third Plenary Council on missions to the Indians, 702; This missionary work not an easy task, 703: A brief review of the various Indian missions, 704; Admira- ble work of the Jesuits, 705; Government notices of certain missions (footnote), 707; The Indians will live and be civilized, 709; Discussion of the vitality of the North American Indians, 710; Those who will probably have the most numerous descendants, 712; Statistics of the process of absorption (footnote), 713; Capa- bility of the Indian race for civilization, 714; Results in the Indian Territory due to white men (footnote), 715; Improved relations of the Government with the Indians, 716; All has not been failure under the agent system, 717; When Indians may be entrusted with property, 718: Beneficial influence of the better class of agents (footnote), 719; The Indians and the religious question, 720; Very sad mis- sionary experiences, 721; Serious effect of a tribe's removal, 722: Protestant mis- sionaries among the Indians, 723; Tribes that have no Christian missions, 724; Catholics and denominational Indian schools (footnote), 725; Abandonment of a bad agency practice (footnote), 727; A bigoted Presbyterian utterance (footnote), Present attitude of Catholics towards the public schools, 730; Why Protestants should feel sorely disappointed, 731; They will not support denominational schools of their own, 732; Protestants indirectly promoting infidelity, 733; The two principal denominational systems, 734: The plan generally adopted by most honest governments, 735; Excellent results of denominationalism, 736; No valid reason against denominationalism here, 737: How Catholics would be at a disad- vantage, 738; Expense of the denominational system, 739; Failure of the present system virtually acknowledged, 740; Economy of denominationalism, 741; Public money wasted on high schools, 742; False economy of Protestant parents, 743; VOL. XI. SUBSCRIPTION, $5.00 PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. No. 41. FEB 6 1886 CATHOLIC QUARTERLY REVIEW. Bonum est homini ut eum veritas vincat volentem, quia malum est homini ut eum veritas vincat HARDY AND MAHONY, PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS, 505 CHESTNUT ST.,-P. O. Box 1044, New York: D. & J. SADLIER & Co., F. PUSTET-Boston: THOS, B. NOONAN & Co., NICH, M. WILLIAMS- t.. Co. London: BURNS & OATES-Dublin: W. H. SMITH & SON, M. H. GILL & SON, WSDEALERS SUPPLIED BY THE AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY, NEW YORK- according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by HARDY & MAHONY, in the Office of the THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC QUARTERLY REVIEW. RIGHT REV. JAMES A. CORCORAN, D. D., EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. $5.00 per Annum, in Advance. Issued in January, April, July, and October. Each number contains 192 large octavo pages, printed from legible type, on fine white paper. REGULAR AND OCCASIONAL CONTRIBUTORS. MOST REV. JAMES GIBBONS, D.D. MOST REV. CHARLES J. SEGHERS, D.D. RT. REV. J. LANCASTER SPALDING, D.D. REV. WALTER H. HILL, S. J. REV. EDWARD MCGLYNN, D.D. REV. A. M. KIRSCH, C. S. C. REV. THOMAS HUGHES, S. J. REV. EDWARD F. X, MCSWEENY, D.D. REV. J. MING, S. J. REV. BERNARD J. O'REILLY. REV. H. A. BRANN, D.D. REV. F. X. KROLL. REV. T. J. JENKINS. REV. M. J. MCLAUGHLIN, KATHLEEN O'MEARA. JOSEPH A. NOLAN, M.D., PH.D. B. J. WEBB. JAMES A. CAIN. A. J. FAUST, A.M., PH.D. PROF. ST. GEORGE MIVART, F.R.S. GEN. JOHN GIBBON, U.S.A. MARGARET F. SULLIVAN, ARTHUR F. MARSHALL, B. A., Oxon. JOHN CHARLES EARLE, B. A., Oxon. S. B. A. HARPER. PROF. F. A. PALEY, M. A., CAM. JAMES M. WILLCOX, PH.D. J. J. BARRY, M.D. F. R. WEGG-PROSSER. D. A. O'SULLIVAN. ARTHUR H. CULLEN. FEB 6 1886 7-1-413 THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC QUARTERLY REVIEW. VOL. XI.-JANUARY, 1886.-No. 41. CHURCH AND STATE-IN ENGLAND. WILL the question of disestablishing the Church of England be brought into prominence in the present Parliament ? Probably not. It will be just sufficiently "used" by the Radical party for the advancement of their own Radical repute; but the country is not ready, the time is not ripe, for such a sweeping, revolutionary measure. Yet, as the question has been already gravely mooted; much discussed both by Anglicans and Dissenters; and as Mr. Gladstone has said that he "foresees it to be one of the causes of angry strife in times to come;" it may be opportune—and it can hardly be uninteresting-to seek answers to the following five questions: (1.) Politically, what are the bearings of disestablishment? (2) Financially, how does the matter stand in equity? (3) Sympathetically, how do Churchmen view the change? (4) Inimically, how do Dissenters view the change? (5) Is the whole scope, or balance, of the arguments in favor of the pruning knife or of the axe ? I. Politically, it may be affirmed without misgiving, or without the least fear of sinning against charity, that the whole question will be viewed with reference to party interests, and without reference to (or with little care for) right or wrong. If this statement VOL. XI.-I |