Litchfield enquirer., 1857-01-22
BRIboEP0kr. Jaa. ISs1

BRiSasRgKr, Jan. 1851.
 AR EDITOR: mentioned last week, the ssrJ popular Lectures against Poptry, rsceutly "shstsed in this place. Tue Lecturer is . young mag, nov twcnty-cigls, native Of 0rsn, in Limerick Co. Ireland. His ne,ns 5 = ]. Lee, son of John Leo, well know irl AAaerlsk and the counties adiacent, as aprom- sssnt farmer, whose stuckss.nks nigh tt the Vsaaty fairs. The estimation in which Mir. Lss, Seu,. is held anong h,s neighbcrs. appear sassery pleasantly h tine following inciteht slu- nsng hls soa's lecture at Chicopee, Mass. An lrsRs'sn there. notorious as a kind of bully snPioye:: oy the priest for his ends, was depa- ssd hy the latter to attend Mr. Leo's meeting. with view to its Interruption. Next da, kcwsvsr. the priest having Called on his enis- ssrj for report of his work, vas confounded sy she reply to Lis demand "Wsll. Patrick wass did ye last night D Nothing. your, sfyerence.' Nothing, man why, what did ys ssink ot that feilew p :, Think of him. is ~ your reverence we're proud of him. Isn't hs John Leos son of Bruf! and dye think. Ssin Leo could send . dog to sh;s country tisst 10 speak of his own son,) and would I bs sster seeing any man touch a hair of him. Aad that man stood by the Lecturer from that hour to the end of his course.
 1. r. Leo, was in course of training for shs Priesthood, when his eyes were opened to Inc truth, and soon af.erward he came oyer to sAis land, where, Ill the Union Thcol Seminary q New York, he prepared for the ministry Hsb licentiate of the N. Y. Third PresbY. tsry. Upon acquaintance with Mr. L, you at onee pcrcisvs him to be one of those whom Providence eldows and Sets apart to some De collar work. His genius, his power of elocu- sou, his ardor of feeling, his rema1kab voice snd extrso' dinary ease of gesticulaton, his de- voted zeal for his benighted fellow country men, 'is familiarity with all the springs of feel n'g in the Irish heart mark him as eminently qualified for the unc ertaking he has assumed Tac largest hais in the cities which he has yisited, have not sufficed to contain his audit ers, Catholic and Protestant He gives six lectures upon the six chief points at issue be- tween Romanis,n and the Bible The Scrip turs as . rule of Faith the Supremacy of the Pope, Invocation of Saints and of the Vivgn. Pargatory, the Mass, &c. Avoiding every thing like an exhibition of the cloace of Pope ry--ncyery offending the pnrest taste by ref. srence to the filthy abominations of the Nun uery or the Congressional, he fixes and charms the attention by compact, lucid, thorough ar Banent. relieved and embclIished by geuial wk. His oratory is of that description with which We associate the names of Ireland's fin- est speakers in the forum or at the bar. Some sf his passages were regarded by our most cul- tvxted aud severely critical minds, as of the highest style of eioquenee
 :. Ar. l.. is an enthutiastic lover of his coun- try's romance and poetry Familiar with her sutiquities, and with her original tongue of the ballada in which. not a little of "Ossian," and not few of Moore's verses, are but close arsnslations, he enchants you by his impassioned fsctal of these compositions in the Celtic and in English.
 He was urged while here, to prepare lec- ture upon the antiquities aud the Ballad Poe try of Ireland. It would cover new ground, aud those who have enjoyed his private recita- tioas, doubt not that 1t would be the colbnal t1 the season 1 should mention that in his special labor for tue emancipation of Papists from the degradng errors of Romanisin, Mrs Leo is commissioned and sustaineds by the American and Forcgn EvangeLcailU Uniou, the ssme same under Woe uspic,s Rev. Mfr Kirk, of Boston, Is about to go to Par.s.
 Many Catholics attended Che lectures here. Indeed, One evening stood shoulder to shoul- der for seats were out of the quest ion) with his Reverence, Father Lynch. Mr. l.. gave two lectures per week, occulyrg the remainder of thb tine n receiving and answering calls, | which were numerousy made upon him by his Ronanist couatrymea had purposed to give you some Specimens of Irish verse as read 1 to us one day m prvate circle, by Mr. L., but this Writing has already expanded itsyt leo far {; must De, for the t.nc, content with \ pretty So.ig entitled :' IHe Welcome." Come in the evening, or come in the morning, Come when you looked for, or come without warn-
 ing;
 Kisses and welcome you'll find here lefore ycu, Aud the oftener you come, the more I'll adore you Light is my heart since the day we were plighted, Red b my check, tlat they told me was blightod; The green Of the trees oks far g,ecner than ever Ani tho linnets are sing: Truo lovers don't sever We'll look through trees, at the cliff and the cy,e, We'll tread round the rah on the track of the fairy We look on the stars and we Il list to the river Till you ask of your da,ling what gift yen can give 1to her. Oh she'll whisper you---lovo--as unchaugeably
 beaming, And Tsust thus in secret most tunefully streaming It'll the starlight of heaven above us sh Il culver When our souls float in one, down etern;tys river Then come in the evening, or come in the morning. Come when you're looked for, &c., Sc.
 And few stauzas from Il piece rich with the golden. ring of True Poetry; of the heart, entitled :--" 1nc Patriot. Bride"
 O give me hack that royal dream,
 Ny fancy wrought. Whensl haveseen your sunny eyes
 Chow moist with thought, ss And fondly hoped, dear love- your heart from mine. . Ita ssicll had caught;