The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-11-03

UrIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THEM TIA
NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY NOR
men Of his age, upon the Archiepiscoopai I!
throne Of Dublin; the English invading A
tyrant found an Irish priest and saint, O
whose whole heart was with his people, Q
ready to shed his blood for his native land, !
and that man was the great st. Laurence
O'Toole I'D o. r,-i.- - .,-.. .s. ~ Q
p Tt has also been asserted that the Danes Z
remained in Ireland. It IL true that they
founded, the cities Of Waterford, Wexford q
Sad Dublin, and Remained there. How did :
afheyt remainf They conformed to tue
they submitted to the, Irish laws; they ,
adopted the Catholic relig ion !; they became
good, feryent Christians !; and this accounts
for their being permitted 70 remain in Ire.
land. 1t is all nonsense that they remained
Of Clontarf,, wten they had driven the
Pagan warriora Into the sea, than 70 turn
their Irlsh army and sweep all .oas Of .Dnb.
lin chat remained there. =. Mol ireland took 1
them because they became Irish. AYE!
"nore Irish than the Irish Themselves
Ireland that they forgot all prudence. All
care for their lives They were the "Men !
Of '96 ]" they were the Furlongs and the
Roaches Of Wexford and Wicklow, the
men of Danish blood. Ithas been asserted
also that such was the confusion OF lresand'
such the disruption of society, that there
was one man above all others necessary,
aud he was . policeman. Well, now, q
I policeman 10 o very ornamental mao, some
times, perhaps, bnt rarely useful member
of society. According to the statement az
reported, the Pope selected a policemen
and sent him to Ireland. Henry Second
/ was the Pope's policeman.
Well, now my friends, let us first see
; what sort of policeman he was likely +"
make His family was SO wicked, that it
was the current belief in Enrope that they
. were derived from the devil. st. Bernard
3 does not hesitate TO say of the House OF
/. Henry III. " that they were born of the
{ devil, and they will go to the devil" This
: man, who is put forth as the Pope's police
K man murdered st. Thomas q Beckett, the
: Archbishop of Canterbury, ON the steps OF
y the altar. The three knights that dashed
d his brains out came straight from the king
y St. Thomas of Canterbury stood up bravery
i and maufully for the liberties of the Church
70 and the people in Eogland, as u true Eng,
g, lisbman, as st. Laurence o'Toole did II
:" Ireland for the Church and the Irish PEG
e; ple; and the tyrant king, "the Popes pc
ts iiceman," said: ooh Ged!" tearing hi
); hair, "wiif no man amongst you have th'
he courage to get rid of that Priest :" Three
of down to Canterbury and found the Saint a
at the foot of the altar, and with thel
no swords they hacked his head until the yer,
Sc altar was stained with his brains, and tn
ed blood of the Saint was red upon the hand
ts, of England's tyrant king; and this is I'll
on kind of man, above all Others t9ae IN
ng pope of Rome had sent to Ireland to re
&c store order. Well but men wilt say
nd " The Pope did it! There is Il docume,
IN to prove 1t; there is the Bull of Adrian ~
,se Now, my friends listen to me. If IL
,te sheriff1s officer easneinto your house to tut
( ,,,i La ~
ed ton you would ask would be: Show II
nv your warrant" 1t he said 81 have no wa
the rant, - the next thingyou would do would
vas to kick him out. Henry II. came to lrelai
at and men say that he came with the Pope
airs authority, and with the P"pe's Bnit-in
the pocket If he had it, schy did he not shOiu
hes If be did have the document he kept
hat secret. If lie had il IN his pocket, he Kept
hey IN his pocket.
gan There was one man in Ireland, in til
pie. day when the English invaded it, with
.me mind and heart equal to the occasion,
ing that man was the sainted Archbish
avs of Dublin, St. Laurence O'Toole. He y
was the only man in Ireland tha6 was able
,ple rally the nation; who succeeded 10 orif
and ing GO, 600 Irish soldiers Within the walls
10 OF Dublin. Henry was afraid or bin, and
sto- well he might be So much was be afr
lime of him, that he left special orders 4
" as when ST. Laurence O'TOole came to II
go land be was not to be allowed to go b,
sueu to Ireland airy more. Now
look the Pope's Boil, or Letter, all he had IN
nish world &, do was to tahe it TO the Archbi
for ON of Dublin and say: "Here is the Pc
God. BuH, ip his handwriting Z" and that !
was ment he would have ceased to oppose
upon He would have paralysed his greatest
were most terrible enemy. No! he never sa'
hing word about it. He never showed it to
dred Laurence, who died without knowing
the existence of such a document. w
aixty Henry came TO Ireland he had no VAR
# the and the sons of the laud succeeded
nglO- kicking him out into tue sea- w hen
met he produce the famous Letter or Bal
,tary Pope AdIianf He Cdited until Pope a
ar CHI an Gas in his grave before he shOUcd 1t 10
attest onet Then he could not DO contradic