Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-25


the blood Of his martyred converts ios
I tered the seed he had sOwn. ST. Petel
preahed In the city Of tile Caesars, but has
I catchumens were either thrown TO tht
beasts Of the amphitheater, or were com
PEELED 20 conceal their religion with
] themselves, in the labyrinth oi subteIra
mean Rome buto Apostle, by a special
! dispansati0n. established his revolution
/ without the effusi0n of blood, and ce-
mented fl with love, thus leaving 70 his
I fond people a faith which the revolution
! Of time could not oflace, which tyrants
could not destroy, and which Is to-day
I the pr0Udest inheritance OF The Emerald
Z Isle.
This faith, however, was afterwards to
/ be preserved by almost uRceasing mar
T yrlom, as the tragic history of Ireland
ahunaantlv shows. Who can peruse the
-la narrative of this cOUntry's humilia-
. ton from the invasion Of SUrOngbOw for
( a period OF four hundred years and be-
/ hold the indnmitable courage Of the
Celts in resisting the entertainments of
the saxon and not experience the an
rrish caused by the defeats Of that chiv-
alraus race, who, until now, had pre-
served their country intact from the IN
cursi0ns Of the Danes and from the Ea-
rlas Of Rome " Who can view the une-
DUAL struggle and not admire the pAtTiOt-
ism and self sacrificing devotion that
bIei over every inch OF territory for the
rights and immunities Of a free born
people p Yes : whose heart is SO hard
ened by the spirits Of bigotry that does
not lament that the yoke was placed
upon the neck of Ireland, once as free as
the " air of her mountains, as the strains
Of her national harp "'
An-- ia fF1s,.
ton became complete, and though Ire
land was subdued by superior force, yet
she never voluntarily consented 20 wear
the manacles Of the Brit0n, and never
separated from the unity Of Faith.
From this trying period this nation was
subjected TO sutferings unparalleled in
the annals Of history. Hitherto legisia-
tive cnactments were framed for crush
ing the body, but Subsequent DEGREES fed
Ike vampires on the very souls Of her
devoted children. We desire not TO ell
ter ON the bloody details We viii not
inform YOU, my Christian friends, how
Henry the Eighth offered bribes and Sc
ductive diplomacy, menaces and the
bayOnet, to induce your f0reiatheTs TO ac-
knowledge his religious supremacy how
England bowed 10 his tyranny whilst
ireland martyr-like stood heroically erect
in her heavy chains. We VIII not relate
how converts, and churches, ami schools
we're pillageG and burned to satisfy the
ever hungry Golfers Of the iyrant and
his parasites.
We VIII not relate how Elizabeth and
her statesmen exhausted the very powers
of invention in framing instruments OF
torture To crush ireland into subsection.
We shall not tell you how a cruel CrOm-
well with his fsnatical armies carrying
long faces and uugenuine Bibles, spread
devastation throughout the Isle, butch
cred men, women and children, and sold
thousands OF lTishmen b carry tlebUrdens
OF serviuUde in a foreign land. Nor dare
we tel how conliscauGu and spouailOn
in the reign Of James / robbed the peO-
nle Of their iuheritauces and how
James II added iugratitude 10 the long
list of crimes. The Irish fought nobly
for him, the last and best OF tle ctuarts,
hut he far from sYmpatIiling with their
,couldonly cryuBtin the MEM
0rable battle of the Boyne, when Celtic
val0r was driving the English and Dutch
allies % destruction: " Spare oh spare
my English subjects We shall not re-
call to your minds the refined cruelty Of
the penal Iaws-h0w vour priests were
hunted from lodge 70 l0dge-hOw, at the
risk Of their lives, they impaired 10 your
fathers the consoiing rites 9freligion, and .
finally how their children were denied /
the blessings of education. Nor VIII We /
repeat any OF the horrible SCENES enacted I
during the famine OF lS41-hOw thOu- F.
sands were starved 90 death whilst mil /.
lions were expended in purchasing tracts /.
and bibles 10 cause the famishing people /
70 abandon the religion OF their fathers. /
But We VIII say, thatamidst /
these UuspeakabiG sUfieTiugs, not a ray
Of the sun OF faith was dimmed-not p I
bible shom Of the sacred word was read
not q m0utbful of soup purchased by /
apostacy satiated the cravings Of hunger. |
Yes, The faith planted in Ireland iUil .
fourteen hundred years ago fiOurishes as
il did in the days Of yore, and amidst the
ruin and Impeachment OF the land ]. I
eleaFes as teHaGiouslY 10 her children O.
the faithful ivy cling7 to the dismantled .
towers Of her ruined abbeys.
Besides this faith, which our saint es-
.aLlished in Ireland, he also laid the .
of intellectual culture, and .
bad the happiness Of witnessing his .
adopted Isle fiourishiug with mouasterics
and schools,
Now il was that ireland became the
polar star OF education, whose vivid rays
attracted the student from every cline.
Now it was, when the crash Of The l5O-
man Empire had buried within lis ruins
literature and science, when Naudals and (
Huns had devastated the fairest PROV
noes Of the continent, when dark chaos
5rlDded over the scattered PARTICLES OF
that ths Island Of Saints arose /
,onspicu0usly over the general wreck and
preserved the remnants OF
lncient genius saved civilization and
,tenmed the torrent Of ignorance and
anaticisn thai thrsstensd the delQge of
he world. Now ii was that the foreigner
ought her hosDitable shores in pursuit Of
he education and religion that was IN
titled istG the minds of thousands by
be monks Of 100 mcnGsterigs. Sow is
gas that Irishmen, fired by a holy zeal
or the promotion Of learning and virtue,
visited every portion Of Europe, estab-
ishing literary and religious Institutions
ihey tnunded the scno1i 1t Lend'siare ~
England, Of BibbiO in Italy, Of Nerdun
n France, Of Cologne and Vienna in Ger
many, besides uumberless others that
laye reflected equal lustre on belles-iettres
and pnii0sJpy Like Faith, EDUCATION
esIns 70 be the inheritance be4ueathed
BY the preaching and prayers Of our illus
.r.Ous apostle.
Though a thousand dissentions have
torn the bosom Of Ireland, and reVQlp-
lions have frequently occurred, upheav-
ing the very foundations Of society;
though the armies OF tyrauts have re-
peatcllV Invaded her shores. DESTROYING
mOpumeuls OF eeiles.sslicai ami secular
love. though penal enaetments Of direst
shade have prevented her children from
mbibng the sweets Of education. vet
he has sent forth 10 the world mission
iries and warriors, statesmen and uoets
shQse nane5 wi survive the ea1 OF
i.1e. Her Iniss!oa2Flss have planteIthe
aith iu every land, whilst her poor
sNled sons everywhere have erected
,plendid monuments to the living God.
Ser statesmen, like Burke and Grafton,
Ike OfC0naell aud t3uTlan, nave zone
mperishable honor TO their native or
adopted homes, and her soldiers have
added lBstre 30 the esCutcbeOn Of every
latiqI. YES, Oh Ifaisni ihy suher-
pgs and uptoid woes hsve not optlived I
by faith and Thy virtue. Thy harp still
hriiis With the musie n God and thy
ipiTit- manacled by tha oppression Of
even centuries-is stin unsubdued and
oHdly and hopingly as ever, cherishes
he visions Of religious and political u
reedcm, Ii
new that We have seen In brief, the
giories, and sorrows, and triunphs, Of
'opr native land, let me ask il there are
cot many IN this city, perhaps In this
emple Of God, who are the degenerate
gas Of 30 noble mother, Of such heroic
Tres?
They underwent herculean tolls 10
,reserve Untainted the sacred deposit Of
aith. You Tetard its growth bv the ,
nest ignOhle example, they practice ,
heir faith b. the hedge and IN the bog.
% disobey its most sacred injunctions /
hev deiied the gibbet, with its shame, |
nd the rack with It's toTtures; you
remble under The ieering gaze Of public
pini0n. They wore, amid their suffer-
ms, the precious jewels Of s0briety and
aortifcation; you carry the loathsome
marks Of intemperance and irelgion.
Let me conlure you, Il there are such
resent, by the blood Of your fathers sac
ificed not 10 vain-by the sad history Of
our native land-te reform your lives
set me conjure you By the promises made
q baptism BY the allegiance you owe