The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-12-04

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sswt onLExns,a SUNDAY DEcElGBER 4. ls1o.
9re N xnsnys rGiinsuy.
Most Of our readers are mo- douht awareI
q the almost insradisabls ahtipafHy u the |
6stArday Rsviep to Irishmen and Catholics.
Yet in : late number oftthis periodical Nc
ind the following tsitimony in favor Of the
Irish pesaApsry,; ,ss.,ss 8 ms,
sMAsery distinguished writer on social |
reform, n, La Play, who, asideyoted. his |
ners, attributes the evident corrpptions OF
the French people TO their loss Of respect ]
for God, for their parents, and for women I
he believes alsN that England isiOn the eve
Of suffering By her abandonment Of time
still q IA found persistent faith, filial de-
v0tinn, and pfoyerbial respect for women
and she obstinate adherence Of the people
to- neir habits 10 one of the faults we find
~ hem. It may sound paradoxical, but
hi Ter IL l1ogNhie the results, agraeian
. hee w synpSom. The instinct Of the
nation INSISTS ON the value of permanent
homes, of family nnion, and of a system of
agriculture which will employ the energies
of each family within it's due bounds. Padti
dy 10 wiser man than we fancy when he
Cou8CiOUbIY B006Io8s 70 MS CABIN 6u0i ulG OI
landj and we. need not grimace, at the pig
that thrives along with the numerous schil-
dher,,sor the poultry that live ON thetquiet
highway. ii Some virtues, very nseful to q
nation that would endure,, result from his
6dolity to family duty and in such cabin,
though times be sometimes hard, the mother
10 reepected, the wife is mistress, and the
children are learning things quite as useful
a. the information to be had in National
School bOoks. 1t is true that these virtues
are becoming anachronisms, and the Con-
jectureOf new and old lights in Ireland is
sufficiently embarrassing. The we'll meant
benefts, conferred by go-ahead on an old
fashioned people are generally mistaken,
and at the present time we certainly have
brought tho Roman Catholic curate to the
verge of Garibaidianism, the king worship
ling, clannish people to dislike the Court of
= Baimorai, and to feel that their landlords |,
are their natural enemies. To q nation still
sufficiently rocco to profit by unity of faith
we have offered the enngrateful liberties Of
sectaYianism. Being q remnant OF predilu-
Wan Christendom, we give it, instead o.
governors, Parliamentary pajorities AND
hints Of possible revolution. Yet there
must be something singularly elastic in thii
people, and the transformation of wave
after wave of English settlers into aggra
waited Paddles suggests that Irish custom
and principles may perhaps be more con
sOnant TO mans true mission than other les
0G8Ok0, II more DCllu6ut, SCuGtUc6 Vi udUiOud
life. Nearly the whole extent of the islam
has been confseated, yet Ireland Is rathe
more Irish than ever. Famines and Fe
nianism keep out English money and thi
the natives, yet the impartial and well
informed Times Commissioner tells us tina
in the last twenty five years the wealt
of Ireland has largely increased, and he
main industry has been much improved
= Pauperism, as understood in England,
hardly known, though beggars are frequen
Ragged Erin may on the whole HAY
more 'go' in her than provinces quiverin
with high pressure, and SO well paddle
z with bank notes that the murmur OF q
working glasses ia inaudible. 1t is signi1
can't that NO one talks of Irish peasants
the masses.' No man possessing perm
nent home for his family can lose his pc
sonal vsslue, and even the old crone smo
ing her pipe has her Independence 81
knows.s Whatever her condition, that 81
has q. soul TO be saved, md this is very us
fulknOwiedge when generally possessed
q people. The recognized position of Il
b women in their families gives them a di
nifty and q sort of chaste bumptiousne
which even Lady Amberly's scholars {
not attain. There is q freedom from car
from caste prejudice and all formula
which is discomfiting to the highly mocha
lied unit of Epglished society, but has We
little real value in the present condition
Europe. On the whole, we are disposed
! q ask whether Ireland may not be let alo
with advantage1to herself, though certain
we shall miss her as healthy subject f
experiment."