The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-29

of the earth. All I can say is If 5000 of
such a population contIived to put an army
OF 2OO, 600 into the field to defend their
nationality, God crush the nation that eyer
dares to life hands against it. But It'll th
idlest tale in the world. or course sh
mover raised SO many. There were. proba-
bly, &c. 900 to 10000 men, and these were
divided by deadly feud int two nearly
equal armies. But you sec it was necessary
to make out the picture that we should get
large army Of 200, 600 men, because other
wise there would not have boon a possibili-
ty for the brilliant essayist to say that
with one Or two stalwart blows this great
Irish army "melted like a sonw drift before
gust of winds" That is the favOrite
phrase which occurs half dozen times in
describing the defeat OF the Irish. But
this is not true, and the battles which
Cromwell fought prove it. But Scotland
is the great ideal of the eloquent Froude.
1t was Scotland that never made mistake.
and which exhibited the finest energy and
unauimity Of vaior. Well, this great SOL
der went to Ireland, and after massacreing
and butchering the inhabitants of two
cities, and having a hard tight with two
more and leaving them in flames, was only
| successful when the Professionals betrayed
their countrymen. This same soldier went
| to ScOtlapd-hightoned, chiva!rous, united,
perfect ideal Scotiand-aud after tive bat
ties, took one city, had no treachery. aud
| IN SIX mOOLuS IetC IL Suouueu. rs tuob AZ
snow drift Well, it il more OF snow
drift than ireland. Now claim no praise
for Ireland especially, but l do contend
| that placed alon gside of Scotland she did
better than the latter.
Take another instance: When Grattan
with his heroic energy, and by the high
bearing of his simple life and his eloquent
| tongue, lifted Ireland into a nation in l7s2
taking advantage of a statesmanlike insight
into a great part of England's affairs, Mr..
Froude has no praise for him. He tells us
that if the constitution which he founded
had been allowed to live, it would have
amounted to nothing, because every Irish
member of Parliament was corrupt. You
could buy him for SO many pounds. WE'LL
it WIS Il very pretty story: Bat IS H-nee-
essary to tell nation with such q leader
as Grattan, that they need some wiser, bet
ter, purer and higher minded race to In !.
tervene to save them from corruption
> And if so are we not at liberty to ask
Where is that race to be found Are you
quite sure you will find it in London, com {.
: posed OF equal numbers of Scotchmen and
Englislsfnen Charlea the First was sold
to his enemies for E4O0.OO0, and that was
angelic. The French Ambassador OF Louis
sell could be bribed. At later period
Walpole who was expelled from the House
of Commons for corruption, became after
; wards the Prime Minister Of that respecta'
bio body. Chatham, that name no stain
ever touched, refused to pocket the inter.
est of the public funds, and Macanley sale
such integrity amused politicians. Mrs
! Martineaux says his course is incredible
:. and King George said such an honest mar
Z was an honor to human nature. Well, tina
8 same picking and stealing was well
9 known event in the House of Holland
. Yet this man came over mere WIN MS p'e'
3 before the American people why Ireland
Q not to be trusted with her own govcrnmen
Q because she needs an angel from London t.
q govern her. To whom does he "aer I'M
: argument against the self-government OF
r gallant races To an audience in Ne'
u York, where, if he had stood three year :
,, before, it would have, taken lantern len
nitely brighter than Diogenes' to find on
d honest man in the City or State Govern
l. ment. 1t seems to me that the painter q
% such q picture ia not fair judge OF tn
,, condition of Ireland. Whist was 1t tina
l. made Ireland 80 darn with defeat OF Graf
q TAM Well, Mr.. Froude tells us 1t was tn
1T French Revolution, and that it was tor
70 made and an earthquake combined.
" ahook the heart of Charles Fox out of it
/ MACE. If we had not had the weight of
IT colossal character, and the unbroken conf
70 dence of the public in Washington, we tot
x should havesbeen dark with the effect
l. the French Revolution. But suppose "
at had. and the American Republic had gou
10 ont in n great blaze. Would any man haV
'g been justified. then, in turning back an
It, saying, "Weii, Washington was an non Y,,
re man, but he was great simpieton." "
re have to remember Emerson's old adag
g: He is a fool that flies quickly at results
al Mr.. Phillips then referred to oconn ne,
k, Kildare, O'Neil, and others intimately col
er nected with Irish history, and then sal
ii "Weii, now, all this, it seems to m
a shows that in dealing, with this questio
l Mr.. Froude assumes the attitudes OF sp
or n;ai nieader- There was in Poland auoth
At s simi RlfSe oppressed nation with Irean
10, Their race is gallant one, and 1t D
ps shown it's valor on a hundred battle. neio
sst It has contributed some of the orighte
ge names to science, is not unknown 10 liter
'le ture, aud yet Russia has ground Polar
gle for more than hundred years; Yet 1t
GU land was their superior, and he homo
he them for their pertinaeity and for tho
DO, continued efforts to establish themselves
Ills free and Independent nation.
.sS Mr.. Phillips was warmly aPplauded
ca. tue close of the lecture, ard several OF