New-York daily tribune., 1843-08-21
Father Mathew.

Mr.. LEWIS TApPAN gave Lecture in Brook
lyn on Tuesday evening descriptive Of what ne
had seen and heard during his recent visit to
London as a Delegate to "The Worlds Anti
Slavery Convention" We extract from the re-
port OF the Express the following account OF one
OF the gories and blessings of the age.
Z met man who knew Father Matthew IN
Cork, and who was temperance man and an
abolitionist He told me that Father Mathew
was pastor of Catholic church In Cork. he
appears TO be good man. There was a man
named William Martin residing in his neighbor-
hood, who got him to read some of the temper
ance papers, and subsequently to take the tenn
perance pledge. He then commenced preaching
temperance and getting the members OF his flock
70 take the pledge-which increased to other In
siividuals, and in short time it required all his
time to administer the pledge. He went to Lime
rick, a short distance from Cork, for the purpose
uf administering the pledge, expecting to find
about 500 people there, instead OF which 2OOOO
had collected, all anxious to have the pledge adj
.ninistered to them. Father Mathew was over
powered with the excess of his happy emotions.
He said it was the Lords doing, and there was
no greater proof of it than his having selected
such an humble individual as himself for the task.
His Bishop went to him soon afterwards and re-
anonstrated at his departing from the legitimate
course of his religious duties. he sald, don't you
know that the publicans IN the country do more
TO sustain our religion than any others. Yes"
was the reply of Father Mathew, 81 do; and l
know also that your brother IS one OF the largest
distillers in the country" Father Mathew. aware
that he would be the object Of clerical censure,
and perhaps removal. wrote to the Pope at Rome,
and got d commission sent back to him as Vicar
Apostolic, which took him out of the hands of the
Bishops in Great Britain and Ireland The Pope
said to him, "y you look to me and will look TO
yon,'' SO that we have to commend the Pope for
une good thing at any rate. Father Mathew
now travels free wherever he chooses to GO, as no
one thinks of charging him any thing. He has
been charged with parsimony IN taking shilling
each for medals but he is not amenabe to the
censure, as the amount is not more than the cost.
He is independent as to pecunlary circumstances,
as he enjoys f900 year which he inherited from
his father, and which for single man, as from
his situation he necessarily is, furnishes an abun
dance for his support.
saw Father Mathew at Liverpool, and a little
party was made up for him to dine with us. Din
ner was waiting, but he would not come, because
he said if he did, twelve hundred persons would
go away without taking the pledge. we went
up to the Catholic Chapel and saw number OF
men and boys crying out and selling Father Ma
thew's Temperance Sermon of the last Sunday.
On coming to where Father Mathew was, we
found him administering the pledge to sixty and
a hundred persons at time. His mode OF doing
40 was to make them kneel down and repeat the
pledge as he pronounced it. ] was introduced TO
him as from the United States. He took hold of
both my hands, and said he was always glad to
see any one from the United States and asked
me as to Mr.. Delevan and Others. In 1915
gave the first pledge in favor of Temperance, but
thought on this occasion might as well renew
st. and applied to Father Mathew to that effect.
He said he would administer it to me alone, and
did SO, at the same time giving me his medal
The hair of Father Mathew is little grey
He told me that he was about ffty-four years Of
age. lie wears long surtout, which comes
about half way between his knees and ankles, and
old.tashioned boots over his pantaloons. He
shakes hands with so many that his hands and
face usually show the effects of it. He is no way
particular, kissing the faces of the little children
which the mothers hold up to him, whether clean
or dirty. He administers the pledge to large
number at once. He then gives them what he
calls the sign of the cross, which is little dab
on the forehead, and 1t is incredible how fast he
gets through with them, completing probably
thirty in minute BY request, l then addressed
the people-told them my maternal ancestors be-
longed to Ireland, Hurrah for Ireland, was the
loud applause. l then told them that ii Father
Mathew came to New. y ork, fifty thousand Irish
men would assemble with him in the Park to take
the pledge. Harrah for New-York was the re-
ply. And thus they continued greeting IN good
humored manner what | advanced.
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