The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-10-13

WAS hacansa thew have q religion that 81
taught them that, though q man may nave q,
crosses and tribulati0ns here that oy eAer- u
cising his patience and resignation 20 Nous =,
will. he might look for a bright eternity Il
hereafter II was because onr Irish people f
had the secret of looking beyond the grave Il
into that country which their Father IN u
heaven had prepared for them. All, my
with the cross until we learned not only
to cease our complaining, but in certain
sense. as Christians, to rejoice at our con- t
formity with the suffering of the Son OF q
God. Well do remember, in that terrioie
year when the angel of death spread bis c
wings over ireland when the little ones '
cried for bread, and there was no one to
break it to them-weL do I remember an I
old woman telling me the tale of her sor- :
rows. She came into Galway from the
country she lay down at my N others rs aooi
exhausted by hunger and fatigue. NY mo,
Their, like true woman. carried her In, and
restored her to her senses, and kept her IN
the house. Her tale was this: Away up IN
the mountain side of Connemara her eaoin
was built. Her eldest cniidren hau em.-
coming on the country, to better snem
selves. The only child that remained with
her died upon her bosom crying ous' NO.
ther, mother, bread for the sake OF Co..,
and her heart broke after ne diea 0, nun.
GER. She came into the town, and, ooy as
aid TO- her. land how did you liver" How
ia it YOU were able to travel SO Tar now
can YOU bear the burden of life, after nav ",
lug gone through such cr9cini pc, OF PAN a,aa
thousht Of Mary at the foot of the cross,
INV Mother in heaven, and I knew that II
7 nv child died before my eyes, as her Chlie
died, that might look up to her crown an: ana
. her place in heaven" ana 50 ~ was .nas
i. If ;ts faith and net only broke not, but
: the Iioht and faith Of the Christian heart
!, became one of the signs and one OF the
9 lights of the Irish people,.
d am afraid that have fingered 700 ,ons
d nnon these lights; that shall have scarce
d IL time 70 20 into the question OF the shaG
y GUS. have always looked with lovers
y ewes upon Irelands people, and now, "hen
IT come to tue shady side of her character,
l. have little or nothing t" ten you OF NY Ivy
own. All that can say is what Is said ny
,e onr enemies. For instance. Englshmen
le and the press of England tell us we nave
1T such and suc!, faults. Let Us consider the
in faults they have laid at our door. ann 'e'
IN us see what is the cause ~ t"ese SHAUN"
he in the Irish character. -
70, We'll, the FIRST thing that the press o
at ENGLAND asserts is, that we irish are reGN
p, less, imprudent and improViaent pe"p'1
ed we take not sufficient thought for TO. NOR
j.. row; we don't lay up for oaa uay ~ .o" ns
of wa spend with the right hand what we &c
Ike with the left. "The imprudence OF lrelan
nv t,, n.r improyidence of these peopl
ill ia the constant theme OF the Enghs" plees
fe, and we are told that the Eng!isn laws
,u, quite good enough. for US, anu IL 10 ous Wv
Iet fault if we are poor, and II We aie w"
lie because it is our own imprudence IN 1t keel
on. IA there. Well, 1 suppose that there mu
d he some truth 10 this; no donot tneIe
ON But WHO is the cause of i'll WnaS ma
lou we to be prudent about1 II you tiuutI'
ut; a man :; if you take from him an tnaS ,
i'm ~ ri
ish can YOU tax him with improvidenceI
hat tell me that am reckless, that am extrav
de- captivity, God help us, haven't mec u,
nd, De extravagant with. nav e'rtun,
oil makes man reckless III, ont of Il
Ruin a mans fortune, put him ouI - u 81 =
urs, house and home, take his properly i.u
:. is him. shut him ont from all hope nave ev
en- 70 better himself. aud Of course he oecon'
1t reckless and imprudent. row asA, " i.
hen TuRs ~Whathope did they leave usf .
hen msnnfactories, when we had them' We
cry taxed in England until they ruined n
say; trade. Ireland arose in the year l|oS, n
to a her volunteers arose in order 20 pro-
the against the infamous system ssdn . p the a
man England. The wooden trace anu y
easy trade had been hourishing 10 DnoI a =, ,
ould the English passed laws wt.lch ta1eu u, :,
ople trades until they were broken up anu
NOR laborers of Dublin once 80 rich, Weie
dful duced to misery and posel cry mannfact,
irish the English Parliament came III auu %. a.
his "Now, there must be 30 much TAX on =,
low, and that" IT they had put Gne ssnI
we're on their own people, 1t woulu na
treet all right but no /; they put 80 nestS
man on manufacturers in Ireland Ina SaaS 20
ouse wealthy Irish people were co,hP $50
man to England to carry on Cneit "a -,
over They left our people witho1t NV aoei
the the soil, so that the laborer hao u" eee.
.llow ty. His landlord might come in w.
rish and put him out, and pull down the the H Mo
oked and send Kim out a beggar upon 1ie "
nor" What right, therefore, have tney w su Iv
be to us with recklessuess ana lmPruueuso :"
alton they brought us to that Polnt WILLY
ire" abaudons all hope, and gives himself e.i
way. absolutely to the degradation into WI
high, he sinks7 49,, nm,
On the They tell us that the irIsu p;;.
rtipg are drunkards. l begin oy oeny.us 7
able say it is false. l say thai as lo9s 40 :
Dgers land has her Scotland by her SIDE, ano