her Orange. This is fact.
The only thing we have here now in the shape of a Church is the Orange
system, for if you take that away what remains?

"This, my dear Spinageberd, is not to be wondered at; for no effects are
without their causes. In this country nobody ever dreams of entering the
Established Church, from pure and pious motives. In such a Church piety
may be corrupted, but it is seldom rewarded. No, the description of
persons who now enter the Church are the younger sons of our nobility
and gentry, of our squires, our dignitaries, and wealthy professional
men; of our judges, generals, our deans, and our bishops. Among the sons
of such men the Church is carved out, with the exception of the chines,
and sirloins, and other best joints, all of which are devoured by
peculiar description of Englishmen, named Bishops, who are remarkable
for excessively long claws and very shark-like teeth. In this, however,
we do not blame England, but agree with Dean Swift who asserted, that in
his day, she uniformly selected the most unassuming, learned and pious
individuals she could get; fitted them out as became such excellent
Christian men, and sent them over with the best intentions imaginable,
to instruct the Irish in all Christian truth and humility. It so
happened, however, that as soon as they had reached Hounslow Heath, they
were every man, without exception, stopped, stripped, and robbed, by
the gentlemen who frequent that celebrated locality; who, thinking that
robbery on the high Church was safer and more lucrative than robbery
upon the highway, came over here instead of pious men, where they
remained in their original capacity for the remainder of their lives.

"It is impossible, in fact, that a Church so deeply infected with
political corruption, so shamefully neglected in all that is spiritual
and regenerative, and so openly prostituted to intrigue and ambition,
can ever work with that high and holy efficacy which should characterize
her. These, however, are not her purposes, nor are they aimed at. She
exists here merely as an unholy bond between the political interests
of the two countries, maintaining British authority by her wealth, and
corrupting Irish honesty by her example. I have already enumerated the
class of persons who enter her, and touched upon the motives by which
they are influenced. In large families, for instance, if there happen
to be a young fellow either too idle, or too stupid for the labor an