The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-11-10

aele 1Ixt ~ aid net yeRtnrs On ssocnd -
nsjoxity alnosk ssad and thsfsafssr almost
= III. 8 ssaa h y q: " Bss Ii:
conduct has only made mAtters worse fcr the
majority in the eye. Of the public; and, on the
.hss The oo:sns uni.sE. has S;sa made made
length becapse the Education Question will
seon como TO the front for discussion. and
Wished TO make You acquainted rather fully
which tho Catholic bishops and olerky backed
by their devoted fooks are waging heroic |
and all but hopeless struggle.
The chief event of the week besides this |
oonvocation meeting has been the great Home |
Rule demonstration held ON Monday evening |
in the Rotundo in this city. There were three |
Captain the Hon. King-Harman, and most Of
the speakers, if not all Of them, were magis-
trates or influential merchante. The speeches
OF the evening were those of Mr.. Butt and Mr..
Blennerhassett. Mr.. Butts was intended to
be an answer to Mr. loves impudeut remarks
at Glasgow the other day, and showed in the
clearsst manner that the Irish Fishery trade
has for the last fifty years been in course of
destruction by direct government agency,
| while that Of Scotland has been promoted, at
the expense of ireland and by the same agency
| to high pitch of prosperity. This is really
good case of English msgovernment, and Mr..
| Butt made the most of it. Mr.. Blennerhassetts
speech was chiefly an argument sho wing why
/
Rule movement Tho meeting was very en-
thusiastic, and has made a sensible impression
on public opinion both in England and Ire
Mr.. John Martin, M. p, would have been
present at the Rotundo meeting but for his
being confined to bed through illness.
l greatly fear the old patriot will not live many
years. He is old now, and is of q feeble consti-
tuition. Ireland conld i'll spare him just now.
He is not, indeed, capable of much work, but
he is the most stainless public man in the EN-.
v,ir nh flv hio mar mr.
any gathering is tower of strength: Another
, public man whom Ireland could i'll spare at
the present moment, is also lying rather seri-
ously ill. allude to Mr. John Francis Ma
guire. N. P. for Cork, who has now been
twenty-five years in parliament, has never
|, during that long time turned traitor, aad who
= earnest and able supporter of the nationa
: cause. need hardly tell you Of his literar!
: performances He is the author of "the Pom
= tifcate of Plus X, "the Irish in America" tn
Q novel called "the Next Geueration," etc.
. am sorry to learn that he has been seriously
J, unwell for the last few weeks, and that up t.
. the present there are no signs that he will soo
. recover. trust he will recover, and will liv
= many years. Next year he 10 to be presente
= o national testimonial commemorative Of tn
!. twenty fifth year of his parliamentary lii.
! lected for him and have no doubt but thu
much more will be obtained before tho sui
a scrption list cloees.
% There was another investigation on Satul
., sassination, but no new points but one wei
~ brought out This one was of q rather curiot
8. 81 kind. Mr.. Douglas swore that he saw IT
~ morning after the occurrence pistol take
u out of the area of the house against which N
!. Murphy staggered after receiving the shot in b
bead. need not point out to You the III
which will be made of this piece of eviden
eo by the prisoners counsel, and by the Grow
JOS prosecutors respectively. Mr.. Murphy, Il
se wounded man, was not able to attend Court
Ut Saturday but it was expected that he won
- be able te do so to-morrow-to which day Q
on cordingly the further investigation of t
To- s, business has been adjourned. may here a.
'k that Murphy writes letter this week to
M Nation and Ucekly Ne'cs, in which he pl
Dr. DE- nounces the charge brought against himself
OF Pigott as cowardiy, ungratefol, and unbound.
m A subject lust now coming fast to the front
> ~ the state Of the Irish representation. L
on' enemies of Irish nationality are at last beg
%. ming to open their eyes to the probability tt
Ia, ,aS Leins.er, Munster, and Connaught Will 81
sas next general election return none but Hol
"a Rulers, and are according thinking that tn
gle ought, by reform" Bill for Ireland, redr
ION the number of members at present returna
NY by those three provinces and increase 20
III same extent the number returned ~ Giste
us us their only stronghold in ireland. IT they
tne that the Irish people can beat them under
L Eo constitution, why they will trample on
Ma Ma change the constitution. The Daily Express
nle this city first began arguing for more memb
~: as for Ulster; then the London Times and OF
piis journals followed suit. But they have
ana been allowed to have matters all their o
ney way MI Butt has entered the lists, and II
los long letter published in the Times OF yestert
are completely demolishes their sophistlcal ar
pey ments. He promises a second letter IN Wh
'an- he is to show the reform which Ireland r.
ZEN " needs to have made in her parliament
9 SO | ren,asentation j. J. Z
and representative.
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