New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-06-30

many dreery hsbitation Of crime and wretched
ness, into peaceful and pleasant dwelling.
Mr. Mathews war upon the whisky still pro-
doced astonishing results Within three years
through the exsrtions ofone pious Roman Catholic
clergyman who avoided political contests, the
IRISH ardent spirit duty was reduced foil % per
cent by teetotssn 10 81, there were Il, 10000
gallons Of whisky consumed 10 Ireland IN 1871,
800 900. The tax 10 l-ll, as the Parliamentary
returns show, had fallen of s2,4is,fso. Orange
nan and Catholic united 70 DO honor to Rev. Dir.
Mathew, and 70 acknowledge the utility Of his dis
interested exsrtioDs.
Mr. Mathew exhibited the religion Of bis fathers
in lie most winning aspect; be delighted 20 dwell
on what is kind snd good, and lovely ana agree
able, rather than on the dark side Of erring Ia
mainly A thorough Catholic in his belief he was
an equally thorough Christian in his actions.
General Mathew, bis early and generous friend
aud patron was liberal Protestant HIS young
nsmesake was also soon distinguished for the
hOerahty Of his views, though educated 10 d.
ferent faith Through life he has been upon the
most intimate terms with men Of very contrsdic-
tory creeds, civil and religious: It was bis delight
10 preach Cancellation, charity, and liberation,
among ali classes OF bis countrymen his example
was ever in accordance with bis precePts
Love no unseenly carriage shows
Nor selhshly confined
me goWs with social tenderness,
And feels tor all MANKIND
and this is the love which the Capuchm mar Of
Father O'Learys Chapel was early taught IN
the Roman Catholic College Of Maynooth to cher
ish towards bis fellow-men and in his fifty ninth
summer he has crossed the Atlantic to give eyi-
dence Of the philanthropy which yet fills his pat
riotic breast and 70 hail, Bishop Berkeley dld'
"Time's noblest offspring" In the Western
World. 1t is not railing at each others creeds or
abstract opinions that Will bring men 10 more
tolerant views Father Mathews plan Of doing
and saying 10 others we would that they should
do unto u.s." is far more likely to break down sec
tartan barriers, and prove true nllennlsi mar
binger TO millions yet unborn.
The principal burislplaces in Cork some time
since. were owned by Protestant Churches diff
culties occurred at the buras Of several Catholics
in these erounds-wby should we enumerate
tbem1 Father Mathew saw them, regretted their
existence, and speedily devised an eiiectua rem
edy He purchased a large botanical garden on
the south side OF Cork, about mile from the city
converted 1t into cemetery, aud reserved very
large share Of the grounds for graveyard 10 the
Door. Father Mathew Cemetery is Mt this
day by far the handsomest burial ground IN al
the wide extent Of the Emerald Isle Here, also,
in America, our method OF conducting interments
is beginning TO partake Of the spirit OF the age in
which we live. Instead of having charnel-houses
. of loro cfties qufhOrIzp hv q
general act all who choose to do so to unite as cor
porations to purchase and hold pieces Of ground
for convenient burial places and while the re-
mains of the wealthy rest In such lovely and re-
tired spots as Greenwood or Mount Hope, the
ashes Of less sflluent men will ind long and
last repose in equally convenient yet more mex
pensiye cemeteries placed, like them, at a ut
ting distance from the busy haunts of men. Mr..
Mathew will see his benevolent principles carried
out among u.s. even In the monumental obellsks,
votive urns, tablets, cypress, laurels, graveled
walks and towering shrubs which adorn the
Mace appointed for all living" and cover with
architectural and rural beauty the ashes OF the
tomb. He will see cemeteries where sectarian
jealousy or ill.ieeling never can find place, in
land where all religions are equal before the law
and where the spirit OF persecution for the love
of God" will, let US fervently hope, be soon for
ever forgotten and unknown
Mr. Mathew not only laid out cemetery where
the poor are decently buried-he also built
chapel where the living could receive religious
instruction. 1t was begun about the time of the
Cholera, II years since, is of hewn stone in the
pointed Gothic style, a chaste and elegant struc-
II.
rejoice to say it, is an incorporating enemy TO
the plan often suggested but we hope never to be
carried into effect, of pensioniDg the Roman Cath
ole Clergy, and thus rendering them dependent
for their daily bread upon the bounty OF the lmpe-
rial Parliament. Like Bishop Hughes here, the
good Father Mathew fsvors a separation of the
Church of Christ from the political entertainments
of the State, and We trust we may yet see the
principle carried out TO its fullest extent in every
land and by every Christian denomination.
No one could for moment suppose that man
who has strven for forty years to elevate the
Irish peasant In the social scale, to educate thor
oughly his poorer countrymen, and TO enforce So
briefly, temperance and every manly virtue. in &
land which long misgovernment and sad misrule
amid conflicting creeds and contending factions
has reduced to a state Of constituted anarchy or
unmtigated despotism. requiring fleets on its
coasts and $4,000 bsyonets within its borders to
preserve to 5000 landowners their sole control Of
the soil trodden by eight millions who have free
hold-no one could imagine that Father Mathew
would stand forth the friend and apologist OF Ne
gro Slavery, Of the buying and selling OF men and
women and lheW offspring forerer. as we buy cat
tie in the market. No In the front rank OF the
advocates of Freedom, civil, moral and religious,
TO the thrall Of every land, by Slavery's letters
cursed stands the venerable apostle of Temper
snce who has just landed on our shores but al /
though such are his long cherished and consistent
opinions, he comes not to America with the inten-
tion of interfering in the slightest degree with
the domestic or municipal institutions which OBJ
tain favor in any section OF the Republic.
Frederick Douglass. the liberated slave, wrote
to 4 Boston editor from Cork, Oct =, lsf5. that
he had received much kindness from Nj. Mathew
We quote his letter
On the 2lsi inst Father Mathew the living savior
Of Ireland from the Of ntemperanee gave
did soree token OF his sympathy and regard Tor