The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-05-26
leerni~g Star and Catholic Messenger.
aUW oRLEAMy, sUNDAY, NAY %. 1879.
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daire, Eight millions of Irishmon eat dow
in the British House Of Commons in the perso
spite, the deliberate spite Of the government,
After the Act of Emancipation, they would no
lot him take bis seat, until he bad to 60 bael
to Clare to be reelected. After the Act o
ssr Of Bsrristers-Eneiish Sarristers.King'
Counsel-membeEs Of the bar; and whilst n
young men-younE counsel , reoelvsa IN;
Of the Irish people, was denied it. Thsy
thought to vent their spleen on him, and leave
him In the background, if he could be left In
the background whom the Almighty God
brought forth.
of his life being thus accomplished, he did not
rest one moment but he tnrned his Thoughts
to the second great object for which he hved.
Ard, indeed, II was .earoely the second but the
PIE in Irelsud-and slsewhere-think that the
Repeal Of the Union was an ater-thOught Of
O'csnnsYi; that he did not intend 1t in the be-
xsd r oossrsosd them into emsScipssing the Ca
tholies. It 10 mot %. Twenty years before
Catholic Emancipation vas passed, 0'Connell
declared that he would labor 10 tho last hour
that aocursed Union. Even in Grattan's time
land Grsttan lived until aaeol-svea in
0rattan's time, The Catholics Of Ireland al
. Css .a for II: Of the
you viii get the Repeal Of tho Uoion, or any
thing else England may have In her power to
s'sSx Spos1 your From 1ss until Ill % for
Britain Parliament, opposed to all the rivalry,
Al the opPosition. all the contempt, that the
sigotry Of English Protestsntism could bring
hated him ~ the devil is said to hate holy
water. But he stuck to his own courage, and
his own trick Of giving names. Stanley. the
Late Earl Of Derby, rose to oppose him. and he
Pion Stanley" And until Stanley went to his
Long hsme, he was known by the name of
Scorpion Stanley" Disraeli attacked him,
and OCounell turned round and said "Oh,
psnitent thief that refused to lie converted on
the GROSS" Mr.: Sugden, the Chancellor, de-
prived him Of the magisterial power. OCon-
neii called him ''the man with tho ugly name;"
him, he never alluded to him by name, but in
his supreme wit, O'Connell would say, she
should 81 aosa have said. as the man with the ugly
name ns nsI has obseryed." And so, by his undaunt
gumentative power, and by his swelling elo-
auenee, he cruahed tho opposition of the Eng
Ish House Of Commons, and, as he opened the
footing there by the same genius; until, in a
lew years, the fate Of the two great parties of
England was in the hands Of O'Connell
OConnell and his "tail"-as it was called,
commanded such influence, that, on any great
question affecting the existence of the govern
ment, the Premier of England always in his
necessity, came to OConnell to beg him have
out Of Office.
And now began to take form and symmetry
tho great Repesl agitation. He who had uni
Ted Ireland a. one man in the sacred cause of
religion, united them again, as one man, in the
land he travelled and wherever he appeared,
the enthusiaatic heart and manhood Of ireland
gathered round him. Oh, how grandly does
magnificent is she figure that now looms u nj in
glorious year OF 1s43-the "Repeal year" Of
ireland; He stands within the honored wails
men are around him. Not voice of discord |: !
not word ofquarrelling; not o single iarrino
wen OF Thought; not . drunken man not |
, y 9H amongst tho three hundred thousand
Hiil Of Tara He stands by "The Cronpv,s
rave" and he has, there, upon the siopesp y of
hat Hin, two hundred and ally thousand men
.im. Oh, who was able thua to unite Trish.
aen Who was able to inspire them With one
oni1yith one high, and lofty, and burning
,San 10 h.S VIZ s,, WAS able to
rraded. that they could scarcely speak words
Z = neeaSm-of righte-the thoughts in Their
rsnd IL, = was t6e mighty geniusit was the
sonof Ban;ss %ind Of irslsnds
'ont got afraid; and we'll they might be. az.
" the ehining arms Of the volunteersi oh, =
thas day Of Tara,-if on that day Of Nni,a. I
AIRED the road to Clontalf,-if on that dev /
esSn9 vas aroused, whore, on the face Of the :
TIE, 10 she rsos Of oppreasors that this army q
men might not have sweptSrom their patR t
me might Of their ooacentrated patriotism 7 O
as 4rSiand, Though united, was unsrmed ana '
= SFsSe ana heroic nnsn who said; with co 6
aeh Irnth, shat his highest glory VouId be 70 {
eW ehS svoFa fog hin native isle, Wao ohii0sS v
pseacn consolidation, and peace and submis-
on' g she people. The meeting at Ciontarf b
- a1aperaed, and may say, with truth. tbat o
drsam Of the Repeal Of the Union Of IRE re- Il
q with England was dissolved, Some daH, o
3 So1nd Oconnen in prison, where. Sr b
.oshe, ho lsnguished; his health and his Q,
aSS broken for the sake of ireland INIT, ae 81
.gth the iDiquitious decree, the blaspbemons fir
lGmonS was reversed-even by the EnoI;sh C
ueS o. Lords and O'Conneil, in Senfan,- pl
ls!A. oane forth from prison, free 'p %an. u
no newer recovered from that blow. Never
was followed BY diannion in the counciIs h,
we and generOus hearts, to be sure there or
~ fuli OF the young and warm blood. They no
= ior drawing tho sword, whilst they hal *;
.word TO draw. Ireland unarmed arose in ta
billion whilst near Clontsrf, and in and
ma y. D0hiin, there were twenty thonsanS an
'iers ready to pour GUS the peoples biood on
gsonous dream of emancipation for the NJ
gAS-ue0 away, for the time Than ..- ~