The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-10 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING.
THE POPE AND THE EMPEROR.
The tide of priestly wrath continues to flow un-
interruptedly against the French Emperor. At the
Dundalk " pronoucement!' for the Pope which came
off yesterday, the Very Rev. Dean Kieran, who
was the Alpha and the Omega of the meeting,
piped to this tune
The Emperor of France and the statesmen of
England denounce Pius IX. to the reprobation
of Europe, because he is, they say, the oppressor
of his subjects. If they were anxious to suc-
cour the oppressed nationalities of Europe, how
did it happen that they forgot Poland, and that,
too, at a time when they had a word to
say for the half-savage population of Monte-
negro, and could even assert for the Sultan the
power to oppress his Christian subjects? There
never was a more favourable time to speak for poor
Poland. ller oppressor was the Congress, and the
public voice of Europe had declared she was en-
titled to reprrsentative government and national
institutions. (Cheers.) even if this damning
fact never existed against these men, I deny their
competence to sit in judgment on Pius IX. Who
has given them the power of sitting in judgment
on the Sovereigns of the earth ? What is there in
the antecedents of the French Emperor to justify
him in the course he is taking ? Is it not notorious
that in his own kingdom he has destroyed repre-
sentative government,—that he has gagged the
press—and only the other day suppressed the pas-
torals of the Bishops of France It (Hear.) Is this
a man to sit in judgment on the Pope, and read
lectures to him on the way in which he should go-
vern his subjects ? (" No, no !") From the Empe-
ror of France I turn to the statesmen of England,

and I put to them the same question. Thoi have
assisted to do the work of revolution in Italy.
(Hear, hear.) When Lord Ellenborough proposed
a subscription to buly arms for Garibaldi he struck
a chord to which the heart of England vibrated ;
and, let them deny it as they may, their complicity
with the rebels of Bologna is as patent as the exis-
tence of the sun. (Cheers.) They sent their
Mintos to fraternize with rebels—they sent their
incendiaries to work on the inflammable passions
of an excited people—they sent their gild and
their intriguers, not to consolidate the liberties of
Italy, but to gratify their hatred of the Pope, and
try and pull down his spiritual and temporal power.
(Hear, hear.) Is this a nation from which a jury
can be fairly selected to sit in judgment on Pius
ix. ? Lord Palmerston has declared that Rome
was better governed by Garibaldi, Mazzini, and the
dagger-men than by Pius IX. Lord Derby has
declared that the States of the Popp are the plague
spots of Europe. Lord J. Russell his declared
that the government of the Pope is an abomina-
tion. Are these men to interfere in the affairs of
Italy, to set them right, and to decide as to the Pope ?
(Cries of No, no !') Let them, if they like, sanc-
tion the rebellion in Italy, and thus practically tell
us that, as NVC too have grievances, we too should
rise against our oppressors when it suits our con-
venience. (Cheers.) Let them lecture the Pope
by all means, to reform his oppressions, while they
arc upholding in Ireland an establishment de-
nounced by many Protestants as the greatest curse
that ever fell upbn any country, and which has
been drinking for centuries the blood of an impo-
verished people: (Loud cheers) Let them by all
means sympathise with the farmers of the 'Emilia,
while at the same time they are laughing to scorn
the rights and claims of the Irish tenantry.
(Cheers.) Let them by all means open their doors
and their ears to the sacrilegious robbers whose
palms are itching for the gold and silver vessels in
the Italian churches ; but let them know, at the

same time, that if they condemn the Pope so surely
will the Catholic world receive their sentence with
a shout of derision—(loud cheers)— and trample it
under foot as a mockery and a nullity." (Renewed
cheers.)
It is right, however, that his Imperial Majesty
should know that he is not left without a single ally
in the Irish Church. Bishop Cantwell still swears
fay him, and will not believe him faithless. At the
Mullingar gathering yesterday the most noisy of
prelates thus unburdened his mind .
" Where were his hopes fixed ? First, on the
Emperor of Austria, one of the best Catholics living.
There was not any person on earth in power who
would make such sacrifices as Joseph of Austria
had proposed to do. (Immense applause.) There
was another on whom depended everything in
Congress. lle did not give credit to England for
much influence in it. They were sure of Austria
—(great cheers)—they were sure of France. (Pro-
long.xl applause.) Some doubted of it, buthe could
not bring himself to do so. When Pius IX. went
into exile at Gaeta glorious France sent 30,000 of
her bravest troops to the walls of Rome, chased
away Mazzini, Garibaldi, and their followers, and
brought the Pope back in triumph. (Great cheer,
jog.) It was said Napoleon 111. was not to be
trusted. Ito (Dr. Cantwell) was fixr from distrust-
ing him. (Applause.) The world gave him credit
for no ordinary talent, and there was a lesson in
his own family wileh he could not and would not
forget. (Applause.) Napoleon 1., who struck the
Rock of Peter, died a prisoner on the island rock
of St. Helena. Did they think Napoleon 111.
would forget that ? He would never be the man
to lay a profane hand on the Head of the Church."
(Great applause.)