Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-23

Catholic prelates in Ireland, near the city Of
Dublin, on the DIST of July, on the occasion Of
laying of the foundation stone of new Irish
Catholic University. The principal sermon on
the occasion was preached by the archbishop Of
New York Besides the right reverend John
Hughes, archbishop of New York, there was
the most reverend Monseigner Charbsuel,
bishop OF Toronto; the most reverend DR..
Laughlin, bishop of Brooklyn, New York; the
most Rev. DR.. McCloskey, bishop Of Albany
the most reverend DR.. Lynch, coadjutor bishop
Of Toronto, and several other distinguished
bishops.
FOREIGN INTERVENTION AND NATIVE
STRENGTH"
On the 92d ultimo, his grace, archbishop
Hughes, spoke in the rotunds, and said
at is bad enough for a country to be involved
in civil wsr-though it is no new thing in the
world-but it is terrible when nations are pro-
voked to rise up in their strength, and when ad-
vantage is taken Of a domestic quarrel to di-
de, and by division to prepare the waykto rule
and govern those who never will be ruled or
governed by foreigners - the Americans.
Cheers There is no use at all in repiuing
when things are inevitable-When they are pass
ing rapidly into that unchaUgeable acquisitions
which the present always hands over to the past;
and have bean sometimes amused, sometimes
saddene1 at witnessing the immense sympathy,
and deep emotion entertained at this side of the
ocean ON account of the immense slaughter, the
apparent want Of order, and almost everything
shat would touch the deepest humanity of our
humanitarians. You know the class to whom
refer Hear At the same time / was speak
ing TO partisan men who, while pretending to
weep at the calamities which they witnessed in
the fratricidal contest of the Americans, were
all on the one side. Hear, hear and cheers
But let that pass; am, as I said the friend OF
peace. l would be unworthy the name of
Christian bishop if I were not, and nay peace is
not merely the peace of two neighboring town
ships, nor of two nations, but, if | could accom-
plish it, the complete peace of the nations and
Of the people throughout the whole world
fear, however, it is of very little use for individ
usIs to philosophise on this topic
When a nation takes up, under the influence
of passing events, the idea that another nation
is either publicly or secretly sapping or under
mining the foundations of its prosperity, there
viii be gradual accumulation Of resentment,
which becomes larger and deeper every day, and
there is no single voice or single man that can
for moment resist the torrsnt Of feeling which
viii pour out from within the limits that restrain
been alluded to, that even if peace was restored
to the whole country of America tomorrow, the |
people would scarcely unbelt themselves IN I'll |
they had put other questions right Loud |
cheers They feel sore; they feel that their |
national dignity has been attacked; that in the !
moment of their trial and Of their difficulty an
uBgenerous attack was made on them, and they |
have, unfortunately, treasured up the memory Of |
that attack with a feeling Of revenge. / am /
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conscience, to be the truth. Hear, hear In |
the present difficulty it would be entirely a |
waste of time if l should attempt an explanation |
of how this is; it is a fact that everybody /
knows. Hear, hear. In that difficulty the /
country that was one not more than three years /
ago, is now divided into two-that is, on the bat
tie feid-but not two in the civil order. Hear, |
hear. 1t is one country still, and must and
shall be one. Great cheering No mstter /
what may occur, no matter the foreign interfer
enee, whether military OF naval, that may de-
stroy the cities round the borders Of that country
no matter what may occur, tho question must
end as l have described-thst people shall re-
main cheers and if the party that is nomin-
ally called "rebel'-ths term l don't use in dis
respect at ALL hear, hear l-if that party shall
triumph, then l will transfer my allegiance TO
that party, not as party, but as the legitimate
government of the United States Loud
cheers. Ihe newspapers on TINS SIDE, English
and French and sometimes even Italian, repeat
each other in the sense that the war is carried on
by the American government at the expense OF
Irish and German blood Z That is mistake Put
an end to il. The writer knows il is not fact.
The Irish and Germans minge in it scarcely in
to their numbers in civil life but,
the army as a body, is composed of real, thor
ough Americans from generations past, and the
Irish come in as a sprinkEng, and the Germans
not much more There is another thing The
Irish, besides discharging what they consider
thsir duty to their own legitimate government
and they are ever loyal - you give them the op-
hear, hear, and cheers ]-besides
that the Irish have in many instances, IS have
the strongest reasons for knowing, entered into
this war partly to make themselves apprentices,
students, as it were, finishing their education in
this the first opportunity afforded them Of be-
coming thoroughly acquainted with the imple-
ments Of war Cheers