The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-04-14

the distin guished and honored head of til
Church in Ireland, does not, it is true
Openly advocate the principle which tn
Home Rulers plant themselves upon. Bu
let it be remembered that the Cardinal
the line Of conduct which he long ago an
nonnced his intention Of adhering to tha
il, not to miDgle in political discussions o.
agitations, except when they intimately
and ipseparably relate to the Church. Hi
part in the movement which led to Discs.
tablishment and In that of Catholic Educa
ton, forms no exception to the rule of con
duct which he has marked out for himself
Both those questions most nearly touched
Religion and vitality affected the Irish Ca.
tholic people. He took a part in them, be.
cause they were chiefly Catholic questions
but had Catholi, interests not been in
volved in their determination, the Cardinal
would not have participated in their agita.
ton. Home Rule is purely q political
measure, and we consequently find Cartli-
nal Cullen quiet on the subject. At the
same time many Catholic Prelates in Ire
land have given their support to the meas.
ure, among Others the Archbishop Of Tuan,,
and the Bishop of Elphin and of Galway.
The priests are not passive. On the col.
trary, the people, who follow their lead so
| faithfully, we'll know that they are warm
advocates of Home Rule. Among it's lead
ing representatives., in the ranks of the
! clergy, is Dean O'Brien, of Limerick, the
energetic and successful organizer of the
young mems societies.
The Dean yields an immense influence,
and with him stand the 1900 priests who
signed the Limerick Declaration in favor
Of Home Rule for Ireland. This Declara-
ton emanated from the Dean. Next in in
fluence. among the people, is Mr.. Mccarthy
Of Cork. whe gives the movement his en-
Ia Noyo ofS n N~rk -
was present not long since at Mr.. McCar-
thy's lecture on Joan Of Arc, and presided
over the meeting. He pronounced the lee
turer one of the best promoters of religion
and morality in the diocese, and referred
to bis tenure of the Office of President of
the Young Mems Society for twenty years
as evidence Of Mr.. McCarthy's usefulness
of prominent Home Rule champions, it is
enough to know that the Hon. John Francis
Mcguire, M. P, and Mr.. Sullivan, of the
Nation, are warmly enlisted in the cause.
Only one Bishop that we can recall has
placed himself in opposition to tile move
ment-Bishop Moriarty-and it is import
ant to remember that lie does not oppose it
in bis episcopal character, nor as parti-
zan, but candidly admitted that the ques-
ton is one on which good Catholics could
differ from himself and still be good Catho-
lies.
In England it is attempted to impute the
Home Rule agitation solely to republicans,
blers who have no substantial stake in the
interests of the country, but favor revola-
ton, separation from the English Crown,
and annexation with France or the United
States or what not, on the plea that any
change will benefit themselves.
The programme of the Home Rule Asso-
citation is simply as follows: "That the in
ternal affairs of Ireland be regulated by an
Irish Parliament, consisting Of the Queen,
Lords, and Commons of Ireland all Impe-
rial affairs, and all that relates to the colo
MES, foreign States, and the common inter-
ests of the Empire continuing to be regu-
lated by the Imperial Parliament, in which
should continue to be represented"
On this authoritative declaration of the
Association, Mr.. Mccarthy comments as
follows: "Let there be division of legis-
lative and executive labor. Let an Irish
Assembly manage exclusively Irish affairs
manage all that relates to the Empire at
large; retain every guarantee for the real
and effective unity of the Empire but let
Great Britain and Ireland each transact its
own private business as each deems best.
Let both countries combine for every
neighborly purpose, and pull together, it
need be, against the rest of the world, as
good neigh bors should but let each give
up, once for all, the arrogant and mischiev-
GUS pretension of lording it over the hearth
stone, or debating the domestic economy
of the other"
This is the principle Of con federation adj
vocated long ago by Edmund Burke and
lately declared by Count Thun, the great
Austrian statesman, as the strongest and
most just link in the whole chain eff Polit
cal Society.-Baltinore Mirror.