The Roman Camarilla is becoming too arbitrary even for the
staunchest Catholics. The Nation, edited by the ablest Irish Member of Parliament, has always been distinguished for its Catholicity, differing in that respect from the Irishman; but its last issue contains a furious assault upon the Voce della Veriat, and the habitual misrepresentation of Irish affairs at Rome, where Home-rulers are denounced like Freemasons, and the Member for Louth compared to Sonsogno, the Italian publicist of the scepti- cal and ultra-Liberal party. The outbreak seems to show that the division between the Home-rulers and the ruling priests which was so marked at the O'Connell Centenary is deepening fast, and that in future the characters of patriot and Ultramontane will not be inseparable. The division will be welcomed in Eng- land, but unwisely, each division of parties in Ireland making it more easy to rule the island, but more difficult to conciliate her. Mere obedience is not what the Empire wants.
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