The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-08-31
From Our Own Correspondent.
OUR IRISH LETTER.

DSASNI AuSuSt 1910
The agitation for Home Rnie which has
slept for some time, has broken ont afresh
this week, and it has RECOMMENDED with q
vigor and determination that promises we'll
depth and intensity of the national sen tim ent
First, there are the three or four monster out
door meetings in the North. AT Old Ardboe.
in Tyrone, and at Sherlock, Baillieborough,
and Cootehill, in Cavap, there were assem-
blages last Saturday of 10000 persons each,
with green flags bearing all kinds of patriotic
notices, and bands that discoursed the music
of old Ireland. The speeches at all of them
| and the resolutions dealt almost exclusively
with the Home Rule question, upon which, it
IL scarcely needful to say, the right views were
! universally held Tho language used, too,
was very bold and even defiant /; and call the
readers attention to this fact especially, as in
dicating what an advance the Catholic and
national party in Ulster have made in recent
years. 1t is not SO very long since it was said
on all hands that not spark of the national
spirit survived in Ulster. observe that the
Irish correspondent of one of the London Jour-
naIs-the Pail Mali Gd=cte-says that those
Northern demonstrations were got up by the
Home Rale Association in Dublin. This is
simply a specimen of the lying manner in
which Irish news is manufactured for tho Eng
lish market. happen to know that much
were they the spontaneous expression of the
peoples thoughts and desires that the
Home Rule Association was asked to send
down Populations to them, and actually re-
fused on the ground that coming so closely as
they did after the Orange celebrations they
might be thought counter displays, and the
Association would as such avoid, above all
things, being mixed up in displays. of that
character. Everything passed off quietly
enough everywhere except in MagherafeIt.
where some men returning from Ardboe were
merous body of bloodthirsty Orangemen. In
Lurgan, on Tuesday, some of " the brethren !"
waylaid a solitary Catholic aud beat him al
most to death. 1t is very doubtful if the un-
such as these sometimes lead one to think that
the Orangeman is an irreclaim able savage aud
must be stamped out if the country is to have
peace.
Secondly, there is the great demonstration
on Wednesday in Waterford. Mr.. Butt, Mr.
O'Neil Daunt and Mr.. Blanden, proceeded to
the arbs intacta by request as a depu tatio of
the Home Government Association to inau-
gurate a local branch of that body. The en-
CINE of the train in which they drove was COW
cred over with evergreens. Coming ont at
Kilmacow, which is four miles from Waterford,
they were met by procession of the trades
and about ten OF fifteen thousand people, who
escorted them to the Imperial Hotel amidst
waving of green flags. continuous cheering,
and the strains of more than one brass band.
Every shop in the town was closed at p. NJ
the people seemed to have turned out en-
masse. Even the ships in the harbor drew
forth their bunting for the day. Mr.. Butt and
his fellow deputatlonsts pat up at the lmpe-
rial Hotel. There they received addresses
one from the Corporation of Waterford, one
from the trades of Waterford; and one from
the town commissioners Of Dnngarvan and
after the addresses were read they three sue
cessively addressed the people from the bal
cony. l am not able inst now to give sum-
mary of what they SAID. But have no doubt
that they delivered inspiritiug addresses, and
that they will do much good before they leav @
the place. Equally little doubt have ( that
they could scarcely have gone to place which
| needed more to DC reused. Tho city OF Water
ford is sure to rrturn two Home Rulers and
the borough of Dungarvan in sending its
Mayor to welcome Mr.. Butr, shows that it will
act in q similar manner. But the county, as
the late election proves, is not SO forward. 1t
is not that the vast majority of its inhabitants
are not uatonalists, but they are utterly I'M
organized save for mere Wing purposes
Father O'Keeffe applied last week to be re-
instated as manager of the Callan national
schools. He did so, as tho reader will proba-
bly, remember, III consequence of the passing
of the new rule [the substance and bearing of
which 1 have in previous letters fully ex-
plaiued) and of Mr.. Gladstones declaration
that his case would be reviewed in the light of
that rule, if he 80 wished. But when his ap-
piication came before the Board, more than
half the members were in the country. Such
of the judges, for instance, as are members,
were attending the assizes. In this emergency
the remaining commissioners decided to post
pone all consideration of the matter till the
4th of November, and this decision was COM
muncated to Father OKeeffe. OF COURSE he
Immediately protested against it as equivalent
to an absolute denial of justice. He at once
| wrote off to Gladstone, characterizng it thus,
| beggary by the Board aud that the Board
knew very we'll that he would have something
to attend to in November besides the manager
| ship business. Of course he was abiding to
his lawsuits with Cardinal Cullen, the Bishop
| of Ossory, and the Vicar General of Ossory At
the same time he got Mr.. Agar Ellis, one Of
the members for county Kilkenny (who, i'm
agne, will never be elected again if for no
| other reason than for his championship of the
| rebellious and degraded priest of Callan) to
ask Mr. Gladstone bout the postponement of
Board. Mr.. Gladstones reply showed either
that ho sympath ised with Father O'Keetfe or
else had wholesome fear that Father
o Keeffts would be sour upon him Inmedi-
ately. The Prime Minister said he would ad-
wise the Board to revoke it's decision, and he
was as good as his word. Nevertheless, t. @
rumor is just that the Board will not eat
humble again. 1t is stated that they have
definitely refused to take Father OKeetfo's
case into consideration till November. Let US
hope that until that time at least, we shall
not be scandalized by Father O'keefe.
Mr.. Daniel McAlecse of the Ulster Examiner
who released last Monday week frou the
imprisonment to which he had been sentenced
by Judge Lawson, was on Monday made the re-
cpient of very fattering testimony of the
regard of his fellow Catholics and fellow II Ia
tionalists of the North. He was preieu ted
with an address and two hundred and fifty
IS at and was then