[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "IRISH TIMES."] " SIR, — I read
in the Freeman's Journal of this day the appeal of loading Roman Catholics to their fellow Roman Catholics, asking them to sign the petition against the proposed Home-rule Bill. Now, Sir, I am a Roman Catholic farmer, and have a number of sons. All of us would like to sign the protest, but we dare not do- se, as it would bring vengeance against us. I know at least thirty families, all good Roman Catholics, that have said to me after leav- ing Mass last Sunday that they feared there would be no security for property if such a Bill became law. Thousands of Catholics throughout Ireland would sign, but are afraid of being boycotted,. &c. May God help us in this hour of danger, and direct that there may be no trouble, but that this foolish measure may be thrown out, and hard-working and respectable people be allowed to enjoy and keep what they have earned by hard work and honesty. I farm over one hundred acres, and have a few hundred sovereigns in bank, and don't want to lose it. I send this letter to a friend in Liverpool, asking him to post it, as I dare not put it in the post- office here. If I was known to write this letter, I might leave the district at once, as none of the village tyrants would allow us to sell our eggs or butter, &c., and we must wear a double face here so as to live at all.—Yours, &c., RouArr CATHOLIC. March lath."
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