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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1874, 22 June 1888, Page 4

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From Home papers received by tb© RMS. Aorangi the following translation of tho text of the circular addressed by the Congregation of the BColy Office to the Irish bishops m re&ience to the Plan of Campaign and to, boycotting is oxtracted : — JMy I ordi,-^--Whenavpr the affairs of their, country. Beemed to require it, the Apostolic fee haß frequently addressed fe> thq Irish people— toward whom it has always shown, speoial affection — seasonable words of warning and counsel, with the object of enabling them to defend or to assert their rights without prejudice to j : ;et icJ or to public tranquility. At the present moment our Holy Father Pope Leo XIII , fearing least right conceptions < of justice and charity should be preverte & amongst that people m consequenca e f that mode of warfare called the Plr^ ©/ Campaign, which has beeo emplov^i m fhat country m contests between, letters and holdeiß of lauds or farms, as also io conEfquenca of a fcrm of prosfflEptibn m connection with the earao conteafci known as boycotting, commieeoned tka- Supreme Congregation of the Holy s&aaan and Universal Inquisition to mika the matter the subject of grave and aareful examination. Accordingly tjhjß following question was submitted to the Most £»mm*nt Fathers whp share with me the, office of General Inquisitors against heretical error, viz. : — In contests between letters and boldern of land* o*. farma l a Ireland, is it lawful to h/we reconrse to those me»DS known aa,ihß.. Bian of. Gampafgn and boycotting*, andjtheir Eminences biiving long and maturely weighed: the ..matter, replied m the negatlre. Oitf 4ply Father CDnflimed and appro jeu this reply, on Wednesday, th&l3ih Nof jtbe present , mpnjth, How eqqitable this dec!sloa»b» an> one will ccc who rtfl«»cbs that a woi* fixed' by mmual ooaeent cannot, wkhoat vloU»'. on of contract, be reduoe* at tho arNnrArw will of the tenant alone, Thto ' \l ,*S£ since for the »t«ing of r . " courts hwefeeeEestablfab-' v * k con 1 t , Cftß •nee ferisg made btsu * A whion, aliowor of diiaßtera whio^ ' ar l allate of ct0 ? B wedace exces>ivi» ■« may have occurred, wlfchfß the Ho» : f entß and btio B them Again. 1^ «s of equity. thaVrea* ' canmt be hold to be lawful snd d' should ba exported from tenants HOP' opoilted with unknown persoos, no ount being taken of the landlord. Finally, It is altogether foreign to natural justice and to Christian charity that' a new form of persecution and of proscription ehould ruthlessly be put m forca against porsons who arc oatiefiod with, and are prepared to pay the rent ■greed on with tbeie landlord ; or against persons who m tho exercise cf their right tako vacant farms. Yoar Lordship will therefore—prudently, but effectively — admonish the clergy and the people m reference to this milter, Bnd exhort them to observe Christian charity, and not to overstep the bonnds of justice whi'o seeking relief from the evils wbloh » filet them, — Your devoted servant m the Lord. R. Oatid. Monacd. Borne, April SO h, 1888.