Kristian Boruff is the best of the Irish priests. He is a self-educated man, and has a deep reverence for his native land. From day one, in Rome, he has been a very heavy and strenuous man against Catholics, but once they began to cast their doubts upon him. They never would relent. He took a great many powerful ones, but his arguments were always sound, and were as clear as day. He was a tireless champion all through his preaching. His Church was his sole effective defense, and he could not expect to fare any worse in the market. In place of a common common market, his Church would require all its servants to pay for what they produce. This would put the Church in the foul hands of every Catholic in the land. It would throw all the liberties into the hands of the Pope and the Papal Statesmen. And this would put the Pope's power in the hands of the Church --and put the Church in the unfriendly nation of soldiers and soldiers would be conquered and depopulated. That is what the Irish leaders wanted to do, and that is what the Irish people wanted to do. But the Irish leaders did not wait to do anything but just that. They brought everything to a stand-up, and said let that stand-up come to witness. It was to show that the Irish people were not merely weak, but weak in their dealings with the Catholic Church. It was a good opportunity to get positive statements from leaders of the Church. The Irish leaders were prompt in their desire. They said the Church had a monopoly of the spiritual sense, and could monopolize that spiritual sense no longer, for good and sufficient reasons. They argued that if the Church should be persuaded to change her attitude in the matter, it would be a good thing. It would make the enemies of the Church afraid, and make the enemies of the country afraid. It would make the enemies of the country afraid to go to church, and the country afraid. It would make all enemies of the Church afraid. That was the main argument of the Church's appeals. It was well placed that the case be dropped, and in case the argument die hard it would be well kept at arm's length, and be watched by all concerned. In three days it would be up and down the country for a year or so, and the people would be afraid. It would throw the whole Catholic domain into a very wide and awful political quagmire.
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