The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-11-07
o.ConneIl. Garibaldl, & Co.


Our neighbor, the Times, in It's issue of
last "Wednesday, has o learned artiele on
political matters which, in the short space
of about two sticks, comes to conclusions
that would have appeared startling at the
end of two volumes. There is nothing
like the power of generaiizing. A man who
has thehead for it, you know, ponders over
plain historical facts that folks are as
familiar with as their own names, and
straightway the armament of visible his
tory is rolled back as a scroll for him, the
interior essence of things is exposed to bis
view, and he is enabled to classify the facts
according to their true value, not their fac
titious lustre. He sees things with a diff
ferent eye from that of the vulgar; you
look upon this flower and that as essen
italy different, be shows you that they are
first cousins he informs you that the dia-
nond ia the same thing as charcoal; in
fact, his analytical power enables him to
It is some such gift as this which has
enabled the Times to search " Revolution"
and sAgitation . TO their very depths, and
pack away Daniel O,Connen, Garibaldi
and Victor Huge ca the same shelf. 1t
says, I" The factis, the day of the spasmo-
die reformer has passed away, and the>agi-
tator is coming to be regarded with snspi-
cion. Neither O'Connell nor Garibaldi
could repeat their successes now-a days,
and Hugo lags superhuous, relic of their
era"
Having been set on the right track now,
it would be easy for us, or anybody else,
to continue the classification of great hum
bugs, just>as it has been easy to set eggs
on end ever since the days of Columbus.
Thus, George Washington couldn't come it
at present with his trumpery Revolution,
as he did in the dark ages William Tell
would now be permitted to vegetate in OBJ
security, with as many apples on the ends of
as many arrows as he should consider ne
cessary for his amusement; the Barons,
with their Magma Charta, would be politely
referred to subcommittee and pigeon
holed or red tapped, and SO on through
out the list of worthless who IN past ages
have thought their rights worth vindi-
eating.
We are truly glad to hear that the age
has gotten ahead of such blood thirsty and
ruthless scamfs as Garibaldi, who strike
for an insane idea with the stiletto, and
such visionary fanatics as Victor Hugo,
swho would overwheIm all society with an
other flood of Red RepubIicanism in pur-
arc B6iaeaafa 20 70 inn igmPraetea6le theory we
unaware of it before; but why an agitaz
ton, or even a revolution, in defence of
the dearest and most important rights,
should be classed with the raydges of ban
ditti and filibusters, we are not quite capa-
bic of seeing withoutfurther illumination.
Daniel O'Conpef agitated peacefully for
rights, some>of which he secured then, and
all of which ought to have been secured.
Docs the Times think that the Irish people
had no right to the concessions which they
asked, or that, having a right to them, they
ought not to have been so earnest in their
pursuit 2 What is the recent victory of
common sense in the abrogatiOn of the
Irish Church but the result of an earnest
agitation7 How can a modification of the
horrible land laws of the same suffering
people be obtained except by the most
earnest exertion and constant agitation on
their part AS to the modern trick, by
| which peoples are to secure their rights
without an effort, we are not ,posted-we
arc behind the Times.
Some author, whose name has not come dofTn
to though his Proverblal philosophy has says that