Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1888 — THE PAPAL DECBEE. [ARTICLE]

THE PAPAL DECBEE.

Michael Davitt Predict* that Irishmen Will Unite In Opposition Thereto. London, May 13 —Michael Davitt, in a speech at Liverpool to-day, said the Irishmen would not be one iota behind O’Qonnell in resenting the papal rescript. Ireland had done mora for the church among people throughout the English-speaking world than any country, and if this was Rome’s gratitude, Irishmen would be likely to ask themselves quest iops in the matter. Without wishing his remarks to be construed as an attack on, or as showing disrespect to the church, he said that whether the rescript was intended as a political pro* nunciamento or not, it , would be regarded and had already been hailed as such by every coercionist paper from tbe Times to the meanest Unionist rag. He was confident that the rescript had added three months to Mr. Dillon’s sentence. Irishmen were compelled to believe that the rescript was due to English intrigues, and Deland would not accept political dictation from Rome.