The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-23
R,rnlng Star and Catholic Messenger.
SEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY, JUNE .se. 1szs-
THE EXILES' or ERIN.
The Three Periods Of. Irish Emigration


ballad OF "Fontenoy" Was eupolOs euC " -
fierce war-cry, that hAraldsd the IEish Oh
slaught on the English colnmp. pesled Ike !
clarion blast througs tn. Acsdemyf :; pssr aS
in contrast with the ballad, so fun Of action
and movement. was the ~N1lla o. hran- snd
peated was ike the wash of waves upon the
shore, or the 81 gbing Of the night wipd threugh
the tree-tops. We chave never heafdxthsss-
nas % ass
passions sad the snobiest that, God has iua-'|
planted ip the heart Of man j. 9 love Of the
land thatbore him. The poetsays, and we'll
Lives theres man u VIII vii : . sosl , dad
Tss a e my os e@ ny native 80,
The pleasure Of stsnding upon the soft Of our
birth tho pleasure Of preserving every asso-
youth the pleasure, sad and melancholy
|thoughit be Of Watching every gray hair and
wrinkle that time sends, even to those whom
q aFs e. 81 IS
capable. Therefore it is. At all times, that to
be exiled from his native land has been looked
upon by man as q penalty and q grievance
placed upon the most rugged and barren soh.
lThe Swiss peasant, who lives amid the ever.
lasting SHOWS of the upper Alps, who sees no
F,nost austere and rugged proportions 80 dearly
Doves his arid mountain homo that it is a
fheart-break to him to be torn from it, even
ne To- spend his exile o. " the M ana
more does the pain OF exile rest upon the chill
&dren Of o race at once the most generous, she
most kind-hearted and the most loving in tho
world. Much more does it rest upon the chill
dren of a race who look hack to their mother
: land as to q fair and beautiful land. with oil
mate temperate and delicious; soil fruitful
! glory of msgnifcenee,. now sefse9ipg into
! the tenderest pastoral beauty; history the
4 grandest amongst all the nations Of tho earth
assoc iations tho tendeIess, because the most
aggravate tho misery and enhance the pain
(which the Irishman, of>all other men, must
! feel when he is exiled from his native land:
nstions the destiny Of h irish race from
the earliest time has been that Of voluntary
! or involuntary exile. Two great features dis
4 tinguish the history Of our race and OF our
warrior and war-like race, quick. impulsive,
4 generous, fraternal and always ready to fight,
4 and often to fight for the sake of the tight.
& Indeed, the student of history must see that
Il wherever the Celtic blood is there is a taste
y for military organization and for war. Whilst
a the Teuton and the Saxon are content with
4 their prosperity, and very often attain to their
& ends and their aims more directly and more
successfully by negotiation, the Colt, wherever
B he is, is always ready to resent an injury and
q very often to create one for the sake of resent
\ 'ng it, even where it is not intended at all.
8 out In the relations Of the great Celtic nation
: of France. which is of the same race, the same
stock and the same blood as Ireland-to whom
N veal and woe, the heart of Ireland has al
ways throbbed alphabetically IN
q the joys of France and lamenting and weeping
over her sorrows. Hundreds Of years of his,
q has always been engaged, in every age and in
q every time in war with their more prudent
8 and more cold-blooded neighbors around them
Now fyou look through history you VII! s a.
3 was always the first to fling down the:glove
to draw the sword and to cry out "War.'
4 Even in the last Inflated war things were .!
arranged and managed, that whilst Bismarck
i was smiling, Struggling his shoulders and ia
variably washing his hands in imperceptibl'
8 water, the French, tho moment they saw thu
opening for war, the moment they though
that war was possible, that moment, unpre
or to reflect, they rushed to the front and &er
.rodden into the earth. But that gloriou
or, and will not, as long as it is upheld by tn
heroic courage of her Celtic children. As
was with our French cousins, so-for good o
selves. From the day that the Dane landed il
ireland at the close of the eighth centnr.
down to this hlessed day, at the close OF tn
nineteenth century, for the Last eleven nm, MN
: dred years, Ireland has been fighting. War
A war-incessant war; war with the Dane 70
& three hundred years; war with the saxon 10
eight hundred years-snd, unfortunately 10
49,
/ Saxon to fight with, her children picked quar-
Tels and fought amongst Themselves.
Now, the second great feature of our destin
seems to have been, as traced in our history
that it was the will of God and our fate that
large portion of our people should be con stan
ly either driven from the Irish shore or oblige
6y force of circumstances to leave it apparent
IL of their own free will. The Irish exile is
name recognized in history. The Irish exil
is not being of yesterday or Of last yea
We turn over these ,e-boIoEed pages OF hh
tory, we come 10 the very brightest pages
our own national record, and still W ma en-
blazoned upon the annals of every nation
the earth, the grsndest aud the most honore
name Of The esiie4 of Erin. Il j., Therefore,
this themeI invite your attention thIs ever
ing. Aud why Because, my, friends. l hoh
as an Irishman, that next to the gospel thas
preach aud to the religion that love com'
the.gospel and the religion Of my love for IT
land and of my glory In her. Every PsSe
q her history that 10 y record OF glory pripl
joy to yonr hearts and to mine. Every arg
-ment that builds mp the temple of Irish fan
Upon the! foundations Of religion, virtue AT
& valor is an srgument to introduce into yoI
hearts ar d mine etTong, stormy feeling
pride for our native land. Why should We n
be proud of hsC Z Has she ever in that loI
record Of history, wronged or oppressed .