The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-11-19

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The wear 1873 WAS announced by OCon I
"A a.: the Repeal Year. He declined !
n oe;no over to London to I'LL his scat In
gp.riisment, and he held meetings In every !
part Of Ireland with view H .! eni % ing
2uhi;n Corporation for petition demand
- q repeal of the Union extinguished in
10y, ,aeo. and reminded his hearers of the
Wholesale bribery by which the Irish legls-
,stnre had been cozened into an acceptance
of its own ruin how martial law had oeen
rressed and discussion overawed by the
ppresence of 129 600 soldiers. He then de-
tRa;led tue grievances of Ireland since the
Union ; her slackened trade and crippled
manufactures; her absentee rents and sur
plus taxation her disproportionaiiy sm .a1a
much higher qualification for voting re-
auired in Ireland than in England, though
the former was the poorer country. Inc
netition having been adopted, OConneil
hogan his progress through the island, as.
sembliDg in every c9nvenien1 Spot oaet, asr
from from 1000 to 4O0, 600 Irishmen at a time
powerfnl "A his voice was, it-eoufd not
zach a 1.-THE of his audience but lis pres
amca. and the reports which they heard Of
what he said, were enough to inspire them
18th fresh arilor in the cause He taught
t w.s their strength, but he never failed to
Janrecate violence and counsel peace. He
10y often. as he said, in the midst of some
-,onstar meeting like that of Tara, the ma
tariaIs Of a greater army than both the
armies that fought at Waterloo com oineo.
"But take heed," he cried, not 20 ms
SIoodshed or turbulence, that shall achieve
his victory. dear above all earthly con-
s;derations to my hearth No! perish the
thonaht for ever. I will do 1t by legal,
neaceable and constitutional means alone
-by the electricity OF public opinion a ~
bv the enrolement of 4, 900 600 of repeaiers.
I am a disciple of that sect OF POLITICIANS
who believe that the greatest of all suoln !.
narv blessings is too dearly purchased al
at the expense of q single drop OF humae
blood" But the absence OF ootlase -
causing great alarm. The better organized
thew we're by Repeal wardens and OCon'
neli,s own Hpolice," the more they were
to be dreaded in the event OF the Govern
ment refusing to accede to their demands
Demonstrations of physical force are IA "a;
wavs a Formidable menace; and IN thit
cass the Catholic Priests, Bishops ane
Archbishops were favoring the daugerou'
movamont. Suppression of the Kepea
agitation was talked of in Parliament, ant
some steps were taken by Ministers 90
wards Increasing the means OF 9e nearc;o -
were treated by O'Connell with ridicnie
and had in the fret instance no other enec
than that of swelling the ranks OF the he
neaIers. At meeting of the Association
in Dublin, on March IL, ls43, he denounce
the Duke of Wellington, PEEL ana 1r e,ag9
and promised that when her Majesty visit
ed her Irish subjects she would hear
nothing Init Repeal from one end OF I'll
country to the other. Such attacks pre-
voked counter declarations from the heae
of the Cabinet, to the effec5 that an .Ie -
eonrces of the Empire would be employe
To nreserye the Union, and that even II
the members for Ireland should DO in fave
NJ Reveal. they should still feel 1t the
duty to resist the measure. In the ac.u
temne- of mems minds, it was beileve
that if Repeal was carried, ~ wo gu, uo ~
lowed nv a dismembermcnt OF the EmplI
Tn the meantime the establishment OF u
Nation by Mr.. Thomas Davis, your
Protestant lawyer, Of the county OF cor
added strength and consistency to the 4
neal movement. 1t was edited by NJ
Duffy, and it afforded to many young =. a.
ardent spirits the means of propagatil
their favorite doctrines. They we've call
Youne Ireland" and til, ir great aim W
IN combine Irish Catholics and Protestar
in a national struggle for independent
They we're not altogether WIN Ian nni
O'Connell, for their devotion to MN nm, n LAY
limit. and he feared and suspected tn
prociiyity to military organization, and ,hi
use of arms. The Disarmins Bili: %n,
was under consideration III Parllame
proved that the Government shared
same apprehensions, and that the e. cause a sc,
insurrection. would, III the lace Oh '" ",
trained army, have no better success til
in the outbreak of 1898. Additional re
sent o to Ireland pdnS shs
harraeks were loop-holed and fortift
p ooitass stations were strengthened with ii
sDggs EDgsed an S1 sh not ss *
f faii we ~ e He e. Continued to preach pea
but but his Ms allies of the Nation school were
50 sorupulous about shedding blood not a,v
nate nice distinctions between the lea
and the led. They dismissed OConn
Lord French, and some twenty m n;stpo
HIyh;la .seyera! others, who sympath
more or less with the Repeal movem