The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-13 00:00:00

CARDINAL WISEMAN ON THE RIOTS IN

HYDE-PARK.

A pastoral from Cardinal Wiseman to " his dear
Irish children," was read yesterday in all the Roman
Catholic churches and chapels in the arch-diocese
of Westminster.

His Eminence, after observing that, as pastor
over the Catholics of Westminster, it was painful
to him to hear of any of them going astray, proceeds
as follows :

" Now, unfortunately, this has been the case on
the two last Sundays with a certain number of you
(the Irish). Their riotous conduct in Hyde-park
on those days cannot, of course, be imputed to your
whole body, nor even to a fraction of it, for a few
hundreds only took part in it, while you are thou-
sands in number. Still, even those who were pre •
sent have been the cause of much sorrow and dis-
tress to myself, to your loving clergy, and to all
the good of your nation and of your religion.
" My dear .children, if any of you hear my words
who took a share in those riotous proceedings on
either of the last Sundays, and still more who in-
tend to renew those wicked scenes, I beg, I intreat,
I conjure you, as your Father in Christ—nay, I
solemnly enjoin and command you, as your bishop,
not even to go to the park to-day, or on any future
day when there may be the least danger of con-
flict or collision.

" You will not, for a moment, suspect me of sym-
pathy with those assemblies which have led to those
distressing occurrences, and which I trust will be
prevented in future by the good sense of the people
and the watchfulness of our public authorities. Such
senseless meetings become scandalous when, under
a political pretence, the religion of others is in-
sulted, and cries provocative of resentment and
violence are uttered.

" But, dear children, if others choose to act wick-
edly as well as foolishly, this is no reason why
you should do so. Leave them to their own folly,
and be not the cause of greater evils ensuing from it.
" Children of St. Patrick, you have endured
scoffs and calumnies against your faith from its
avowed enemies ; you have suffered much oppres-
sion and persecution in times past, from which God
has freed you, and which better feelings through-
out the empire will never allow to be renewed. But
still more, you have borne the most terrible calami-
ties that can befal a people—famine, destitution,
fever, wholesale death—with a patience that has
won you the respect and admiration of the world.
"In your patience you have indeed hitherto
possessed your souls; in your impatience will you
lose them now ? Because a fraction of the popu-
lation of this one city are pleased to profane the
holiness of God's day of rest by senseless outcries
against our Holy Father, Christ's vicar on earth,
will you allow yourselves to be excited to an equal
or greater profanation by deeds of riot and violence,
and even of bloodshed and possible murder ?
" God forbid! I believe in, and hope for better
things from you. Not only can you do no good by
such a course to the cause which you wish to sup-
port, but you injure it most grievously. The
cause of your dear Pontiff is the cause of justice, of
truth, of virtue, of religion, of God himself.
"Now bludgeons, and blows, and tumults are not
the means by which such a cause is to be enforced
or defended. Nothing would afflict our sovereign
Pontiff's tender heart more than to hear that you,
his most cherished Irish children, have attempted
to support his sacred cause by such violence. He
himself has opposed meekness, gentleness, sweet-
ness to the vaunts and vulgar abuse, as well as to
the threats of his enemies, arrested by God's hand
when advancing against his capital. Imitate his
conduct, act on the same noble principles, and leave
his cause to God.
" And why does this manner of acting succeed ?

Simply because it is that of his Master and yours.
It is the precept and example of your Supreme
Lord and sweetest Master, Jesus Christ, that I am
exhorting you to follow. Do you not remember
that when Peter drew his sword and struck with it
in his Lord's defence, he was rebuked for it. `Put
thy sword back into its scabbard' he was told, ' for
all that take the sword shall perish by the sword,'
(Matt. xxvi., 52), and so may you, perhaps, perish
in the violence you provoke ; and if death seizes you
amidst such scenes of lawlessness and blood, do you
believe that your souls will escape the doom pro-
nounced against the shedders of their neighbours'
blood, and those who, like Barabbas, commit murder
in sedition ? Oh, dear children, be not like that
mt) n, that hateful wretch whom the Jews preferred

to Jesus—the favoured by His deadly enemies ; but

be rather like that dear Jesus himself, ' who when he
was reviled did not revile, when he suffered he
threatened not' (1 Peter, ii., 23). Be you followers of
Him, and suffer rather in silence and patience, that
you may be known as His true disciples.
" Again, I repeat, go not even within the risk or

possibility of danger, this day in particular. Remain

at home, or turn your steps in another direction.
Seek the fresh air and not the stifling crowd, if you

must leave your house. But for the sake of your
families, of your religion, of your souls, and of God's
love, go not one of you to the scene of past riot or
future provocation. Behold I speak to you in all
charity and with all authority; let me not have to
beg pardon of God for a new sin of disobedience to
his Church, committed by you her children, in ad-
dition to past transgressions.
" And now to you who have abstained from these
offences, and who, I trust, do not intend to commit
them now, I say, may God bless and prosper you.
You do honour to Ireland and to your religion. Be
not so satisfied. Exert all your influence with
your more ardent and ill-advised fellow-country-
men. Counteract the evil counsels of violent and
often irreligious men who draw others after them
to such acts of thoughtless excess.
" And you, mothers, wives, and daughters, on
whom falls the heaviest penalty, when the men
of your families fall into crime and suffer its
punishment, do you cling to the arms of your
dear ones, if they attempt to rush from home to
join in further disturbance, hang on their necks,
and weep, and entreat, and caress them into Catho-
lic sentiments of meekness and gentleness. Steal or
tear away the weapons of lawless violence from
their hands, and put the rosary or the sacred medal
of Mary Immaculate in their place. No Irishman's
heart will resist the united pleadings of religion
and domestic affection. Join these together, my
dear daughter in Christ, and, for once, command
those whom you habitually affectionately obey.
God bless you all, beloved children, and give
you ears to hear and hearts to perform what I►
your bishop, and holy father, the Pope's representa-
tive, earnestly enjoin.

" N. Card. WISEMAN.
"F. Can. SEARLE, Secretary.
" Westminster, Oct. 9."

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