The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-10-13
Star and Catholic Messenger.
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RLEANs, SUNDAY, OCTOBER Is, isTz'i
IGHTs AND SHADOWS OF IRISH
CHARACTER"
SPLENDID LECTURE By FATHER
BURKE.

III No historian that has ever ma. fr
the Irish people has ever W
<Brite even upon the blacklist page te
III history the word coward: 1t Is g
The cause of Irish nationality has t.
ling cause but, thanks to COD IN y
Il is not o lost cause. 1t Is true y
a1nud was worsted upon many q "
|eIa but it is also true, though inc 6
II have brought defeat, II never o
8he Irish race or to the lr,sn
Sssbonor of cowardice. The r
r. - snd valleys Of Ireland for three c
y ~ resounded to the battle cry e
2<3Ss the hiilsides of Ireland we're t
SS$sh their dead bodies, "thick as +
~ strew the vale of v alambrosa-" {
- the fiercest onslaught Of the I
never did tho Irishman finch, ,
three hundred years of war he ,
- glorious victory Of Clontarf. 1t
! STss on many q field at home and
n sword has been broken in the
hand. but never has it been
= y the sword of a coward. Attest
;sfnns Of Europe. On many battle
~ Dupkirk to Belgrade, lay the
81 nd chiefs of the Irish Brigade:
flkN Austria who had ten Thousand
S35&iers for thirty years fighting for
J fTsat il. France, who, with thirty l.
- "a irish soldiers fighting for her,
7 Sgfetory after victory for many q
- Attest it, blood stained England.
80 - the men that rose most promptly |
"a most furiously upon that ter
8a$ of Waterloof 1t was the soldiers
R1nS that swept the field, and struck
4 $50 the brave heart of the Gaui.
~ % We blood stained slopes of Fred
'Sre in America. There, there indeed,
zsrask met Greek, then came the
fxerr. There was the terrible and
Re sight witnessed of Irish BLOOD
a5Sflrish hands, and Irisbman locked
;lSishmau in the EN- brace of the deadly
;Ieatblike conflict. But still the
~ on one side or the other never
~ Is it was the courage of the old gal
race Of the Celt.
"a came this bravery say it came
Ire2nud's Catholic faith, for this simple
1911 The Catholic religion teaches that
~, ia justified in drawing his sword In
nifsst cause. But the Catholic rehgion
fssacbes it's children that when the
! A lust, for God, for hearth and nome,
Aalboly altar, and for fatherland, that
= ssaan ia bound to hold his life cheap:
sSsF lis sword aud GO forth and shed
6isS,d Mt the foot of the altar of liberty
ie& the auualist search the records o.
s1a{bry of Europe-I am going to make
IN assertion. assert that the history
sulau,s,. that the history of America WI
= rasout when say that no Irish people
sss9s man, NO Irish soldier of distinction
&S mass of Irishmen were ever ye
& I7Sto draw their swords willingly in th'
Il ~ Injustice, in the cause of oppression
r. ,s5rord was always ready to the hand
( a{Ford always sprang nervousiy iron
s$nrd: it never re quired much persuaslo
iTjsg forth the cleaning blade; but
s;EH6e to God, in the many wars I
M frish blood has been shed, the Iris
,SaiWays epdeavored to pour out ti,a
"a Is some holy solemn cause: IN the at
- pf God, in the defence OF father'an'
che glorious cause OF liberty ana
s1onf,
TsKE next light Of this character OF our
sSls "A admitted as well as our bravery.
! ussnilerful cheerfullness and good ten
rssiler calamities and misfortunes.
aaar enough for q man or people
- their temper and good humor wht
m hipg is going we'll with them. Wht
nsls n progressing in his business, ever,
arr going swimmiDgly, as they So
- he is always able to cit down to
,S;. f5iFpished table, when he has all e.
sSs.sres of life around him, when no mi
in3s7ring OF depressing him, it Is ca
T,5's,5s for him to be cheerful, and won
8 fssknk him for it. But the Irish peoE
- known how to keep their good hum
"a kkpir temper under the most dreadi
2amifies, and even to turn their We
Srngr into subjects of mirth. A poor lri
;SsaS1f. reduced to sad poverty, sat in
~ sabin, which had scarcely windo
sffr,at door, and his children We
1879 him. The pig came along the str'
"a yrcnt into the house, and an Englishm
srsine that way saw the pig In the moi
ffh the children. Says he to the nj
! tho door, Snow, tell me- came o,
- 10 examine into the condition OF
,sSh s,eople- tell me, why do you al!
Snr nsg in your housed" The poor LII
swa took off his caubeen, ana loos
s3ersed for a moment. Your mono
W de, "and why notf Sure, glory DC
.ssIi tie house has every accommodate
30 any reasonable pig would requil
knew o big beggar- once In Uaiw
80 Feilow was ak feet four inches III
,sa is was in the habit of begging from
'assenners when the mail coach was start
- DnSlin. He was so tall that he was
a hold out his hand to the passeDg
80 were outside and on top of the COZ
~ came up one day to the coach,
500 an English traveller for aims, say
{ N10nptyou give poor cratur sometnin
4, alsA meantime, while one hand was
nSeofng, the other hand was engage9-'
vas scratching himself. SO
nRliahman said, "You dirty man.