The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-07-18

Many Distinguished men jnined hrs cause
and such wss Iile glowing enthusiasm lha
a one lime prevailed. you would heiols
ladies 81 Tie EisI responsibility. IntrLly
khssilng II The Isei Of lie Apostle q
Temperance. 10 receive his blessing.
Many IL lie t'sihnlic priessiloOd IN Ire
land were moi friendly 20 LINN. and Mr.,
'0'conaeil never liked hin. Bnlh The
arrh-agllaior and The clergy. as body,
were jrslnis oi his iniueRre snJ his fame.
lsereniiy be losl much III his popularity
b. seerTling pension irnin IioEeFhmehi.
winch HE exnrme pr ssnrr II his iinanei,
al difficulties. nn doubt. intlurvi him To
accept. M. Mathew iasl his means hy
li,s iahsrs for The people. and enhi,ieresl
has life By The pressure II heavy psrunia.
< . liabilllies. Ills private Iesourers. not
vary LANCE. were ehssIiaily eNYen'lra in
I the temperance eaBsc.
/ lie had enc broilleI embarked IN dis
lilhng; one e his sisters was InarrSd In
al eIDineni disll.leT;--anA another brother
WIS married 10 4 lady Whose family WAS
extensively engaged il The manu,ariars
Of wl,lskey. But, iegardle-s oi the eaW-
meTrlal injury IL. own lTsn,.s and klndred
must suffer irnm the cause OF Temperance
regardless 81 hi, own recuniar, loses,
ne entered on lrls course Of eSerlloA. and
never slackeued III his Toll.
A magnificent Gnlhic Tower. costing
81. 500, intended 10 commemorate lhs
kind reception given IL linn BY the lon.
tl,ners, IN The year 1913. was erected To
Father Mathew, by Mr.. Wm. 0'connor,
Of Cork, al his own residence, Meant
Patrick.
Two years ago. Father Mathew WAS
one Of The candidates for Tie sacant hish-
oprirk Of Cork, and we helieye liz obtain.
ed The highest number Of woes; hui an
influence WAS used against him n Rome.
and such representations made 10 HI.
ll0hntss the Pope, iha, The Office was
gwen 10 the next worthy. Il has been
stated, that after the eleclion. and IN smi.
cipaiinn Of a ratification Of his favor, he
invited all The Clergy of Cork AMI lis Vi.
entity, 10 snmpIuous banquet. Wines
Of the eLoicesl vintage and most costly
description flowed IN abundance. an even
"lhe mountain dew" had an houored place
on the table. Use was made Of this against
him. Bnl il ought to be recnliecled thai
Father Mathew never adopted the cynical
principle Of refusing brandy. or whiskey.
Tor wine, 10 those who desired il. MANY
Of his best friends rejoiced at his defeat,
Though the country generally was indig.
nant at IL. Had he been made a bishop,
il could not have added one iola to his
greatness, while the duties Of such An &c.
fee would necessarily have inferred him
completely vito his peculiar calling.
lie used 10 beast ol his robust frame
and ruddy ronhlenance, rs Specimen Of
Il wafer drinkei; but lie is now rlo.e upon
60 years ofage, and his venerable head is
grey. Nothing can exceed The insinua.
ting grace 81 his geallemanly manners, or
/ The sweetness uf his Munster hragne. re.
fined, as il is. by education and a highly
cultivated intellect.
/ In Father Mathew, the Catholic priest
] is completely lost in The Christian. To
him Catholics aud Preiesianls are ofequa
interest. They are men. Again, no man
ever exhibited more disinteresied zeal.
lie is modest and unassuming. ard has
no ambition, except the noble one Of doing
good.
Ills eloquence is not of the highest or.
der, but there is a persuasive simplicity
and ,lireclness about il that BELTS his mis-.
sion and character. Ills style has been
compared 10 that Of the Apostle Paul.