St. Mary's beacon., 1862-08-21
LEONARD TOWN MD. THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 2l 1862

him. W. confess ourselves to hare heard
whispers M disappointment at the uniycr-
sal apathf to use no stronger term, i -
played we4 respect to his objects by the
vas. ma.iqeiky Of those with whom. he came
A.ala alsats. as,s content with wha,eser
diplomatic honors he mry have attained on
the ether side Of the channel. Archbi>h"p
Hughes has, en- route for New York, been
os.entatiously starring it in Dublin
Ostensibly visiting Ireland for the sole
purpose of advocating from the pulpit the
claims of the Roman Catholic University,
this self-styled "friend of peace" this
would-be apostle of the ''com plete peace
of the nations aud Of the people through
out the Whole world" has been pouring
oil upon the troubled waters after fashion
peculiar TO himself. In All address to the
i"ung Mems Society of Dublin. after pro-
claiming with the utmost nuicrte his con-
t,.nplated adhesion TO the winning side.
this model prcaate proceeded to sketch out
the future relations Of America will, her
neighbors. After the above mentioned
fervid eulogy Of pacific tendencies in every
shape, his hearers were reminded Of the
''gradual accumulation "f resentment. be-
coming larger and deeper day by day
which must ult.ma'e'y "pour out from
within the limits that restrain it." Lest
the scope of such observations should By
any possibility be misunderstood, they w.r.
most distinctly informed that, were peace
TO visit America tomorrow, 1.-The people
would scare, ly unbelt themselves until they
had put other questions to rights"
Of course. there follows hypocritical
disclaimer of any participation in such
wrongful thoughts upon the part of the
SPEAKER. who seems to have the same ten-
derness for bis enemies possessed by the
wel-known Celtic landlord, whose earnest
appeals on behalf If an unlrcky proc, S.
server were SD justly appreciated by the
dependents when they consigned the bug
ar of their landlord to the nearest hnrse.
pnd. Lr>t, however. his hearers sl,, uld be
led away by the disclaimers of this envoy
of peace, aud actually believe him to be
what he asserted himself, in spite of their
own understandings. a few words were ad-
ded at tn. c.o,e of his address to which We
must beg to call attention. The rcprescr-
tative Of nation which di>claims 80 in
dignantly any interference in their dones.
tic concerns, after paving u compliment to
the Irish in general, who are lever loyal
if you give them the opportunity" pro-
cceieI il the following strain The Irish
have in many instances. as | have the
strongest reasons for knowing, entered into
this war partly TO make themselves apprcn-
tees, students. rs it were, finishing their
education in this the first opportunity Of
fcrcd them of b. coming thoroughly ac-
qnalnted with the implements of war"
10 any one who knows the composition
of our regiments, or the proportion of all
military and naval commands ut Present
held by Irishmcr,. such an assertion Is no
thing more nor less than an unblusking
and mpudent fal>chood. T, the thousands
of Irishmen who arc happily d.'sirous Of
becoming thoroughly acquainted with the
implements of war" the services Of their
sovereign has always been open, and has
always been eagerly embraced by them =
But what can Archbishop Hughes mean
hy his knowledge of the m''tivcs which have
actuated Irishmen to take service under
the stars and striIes? Why WAS such "a
sentiment arplaudcd t"thc echo hy the little
-edlt'"uS coierie whom he HAPPENED to be
accidentally addressing? The audience
evidently uccde'l no interpreter of words
in themselves somewhat enigmatical We
are fuIccd to believe that the Archbishop
has suddenly divcsted himself of his char
actcr as the cmissary aud friend of peace, y
and that he was hinting. not oh<curely at
certain reasonable designs which have al
ways been no'orioasly based upon the cx-
pectati"ns Of aid from American sympathi-
sers. How utterly futile would be any such
attempts we are happily all we'll aware.
But we would ask whether it is con>iS-
tent with common deccncy of behavior tha,
prelate despatched to Europe fer the sole
purpose IT consiliating to his employers The
good will and moral support Of the Euro
pean Powers should seize the first op1or-
tunity to avow in public his expectation OF
coming rupture with England. We have
that opinion OF the discretion of the Euyoy
himself that his prognos,ications. whether
for good or evil. are to Us Il matter of con-
sunmate indifference. But we pn. il to
those who have sent him across the Allan
tic. whether the cau>e they have "a, heart
is likely to be furthercl by the indulgence
on the part Of their chosen eu,i>Sary in fan
f'r'nadcs which, if they mean anything at
all. mcan gross impcrtinence IN the par,
of the speaker, anI rank scItion upon the
part of his hearers Were Arcbbi,hnn
Hughes the m"utl,-ri' &C If his own >cn,t-
meu.s alone We should have lceuieL him
unworthy OF notice; but he is here confess
edly in senIi-olficial capacity. and is Ell
ther acting according TO his Instructions or
should Ie promptly visited with ce,.sure and
disavowal.