The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-05-26

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.. rant apon the 8s0SSl sAef Sa6sd Atlsted %.
!, sesoosons Norbury-and the poor prisoner, 8
fSessn in.sce.s in the Aeek.-with lead, AeEst
I p.riey Of the law. The heart Of the HAtiol
: vas broken in 49, and nothing senAaiasd bu
via .poa. the people Of Ireland. That ma,
WAS called Lord Castlereigh. He cut his throa
tss S W and N II used to be standing toa:
.leotion, for two or three friends, whom the,
met together, to feel in duty bound to All thei,
Glesses and give, Here's to the strap that phi
sas ssen edge on the razor that cut Castle
OF Parliament with money; or blibed them
with titles; he praeticed the vilest arts Of cor
n .h.s s eoaia % snggsssed by his own
esntary, tho measure which has been the min min
O. Ireland. namely, the abolition Of the Lish
under one legislature. 1t was in vain that Grat-
tan th1ndefed against this iniqutty. II was IN
vain fhas Fitzgerald, Kendall Bush, and other
immortal for its eloquence, and for lite iustioe
| IN the cause Of their country and their conn.
SS ys ns s% :.i;teoee Eve!ythng born.
bribery. And this act was passed. 6v vthich
Ireland was deprived Of the power to- maze hsr
own laws, and !. nation. hostile to her, and de-
eonos";ssio %pGn her corruption and ruin, was
act was passed. It has been the anoiouv v oe
every ereelsy and every injustice that We have
sens1sd fncm that Day TO this, the ACQUIRED Act
Of Union, by which ireland lost her power.
Among the bribes that were held ont In tb.
Irish people to let this act pass, there was one.
ana It Was prcnaise that was given then that
tne Catholics .hocld be omaneipatad. No
sooner was tho Uut0n passed, than william
Pitt, the Prime Minister OF England, betrsved
his faith and broke his word with Ireland, and
Mnsn ne he'd reserved the gilt Of our existence
and Knocked n. as fools, for trusting him and
= tool 70 every Irishman ON the face OF the earth
that trusts England, and England's Pariia-
that the English Government or the Enoi;sh
faThament VIII ever give Justice or equal laws
to Ireland unless they are obliged and ooerced
py the rear of arms. If the Volunteers of 's2
word. p' "A'
And now. my friends, what was the position
Or Ireland when O'Connell frst appeared in the
called to the bar in Dublin in 179s: it was
only i've years before, that is to say, in 1893. !
shas the a Penal Law was relaxed, SO that
lowed the privilege of earning his bread as |
1awyer: We first find him while the question |
q The Union was being agitated. He attended
meeting in the Corn Exchange Of Dublin. It
professional men. They came to discuss the
question Of Irelsnd's existence, and to protest
against the Union. 1t will give you some idea
OF how things were carried on in those days.
As l told you. sooner was the meeting as
sembled in the Corn Exchange, than the tramp
OF soldiers was heard outside the door, and in
lin, at the head of his troops He marched
around the hall and surrounded the meeting.
He then commanded them to ground their
a9a a apa fell the of the
tlemen, You may begin your discussions" said
ne but every man there knew that his very
lie was at the mercy Of that blood-stained,
liberty of thought, much less of speech; . man
'ould not call his soul his own in those days,
Ind it was under these circumstances, in the
(Connell, for the first time in his life spoke Q
word for Ireland. He tells us that, what be- ;
ween the Intimidation and the threats what !
between the effect of this intimidation and his Z
peaking as q young man that he felt that his !
'eart would break with anxiety and fear while :
10 was speaking.
Now the Union il passed. Irelapd is aunihi- '
ated, and the only hope for Ireland now-as it a
the streRgth and power Of lreland's f
aith-lreland's Catholioisy, which was still E
live. There it was. still unconquered and un- g
only element Of life, the only 8
lement OF courage, the Seeding Of national j.
generation, which was left to us--our holy t.
WITH, WHICH we chung to-, in spite of persecu- v
bis powerful element lay dormant in Ireland. "
Catholic Board, rs it was called, was formed il
!, Dublin. A body of Irishmen came together C
try and agitate for Catholic Emancipation a
l the British House Of Commons, in London, p
? IN the Irish House at home, and found c.
lorious advocate in the great Henry Grattan y
ear after year be brought forward his motion, H
raging the Legislature to strike of the chains a
ON the Irish Catholics, and year after year tt
0 met with overwhelming majorities against a
i'm, and his appeal and his cause were laughed "
scern in the British Parliament. In vain m
ID Plnnkett take mp that glorious theme; in Il
Ain did Edmund Bnrke-the immortal Ed re
und Burke, England's greatest philosopher p'
ID Statesman, Irelands greatest soD-whose p.
ame shall live forever in the annals of the OF
orlds history for every highest gift of genius Ia
I'd virtue-i1 vain did Burke and Fox, with
the English Statesmen of mind, advocate le
10 claims Of Irish Catholics They got no m
airing. mere was Justice for every man OF
ere was consideration for every man there M
rs respect for every man, until it was dis bs
vered that he was Catholic and an Irish C.,
an, and then there was not for him even the tn