The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-10-12
NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER IT, 1878
A grey hard sire whose eyes intent
Was on the visiond failure BENT"

Was on the vision'd failure bent"
The gratitude not only Of the members Of
the Delegations but also Of every true Irish.
man throughout the State 10 due the citizens
of jackson for the kindness manifested by
them, and particularly are VIC indebted TO the
high-toned gentlemen who constituted the
committee Of arrangements for their indefati.
gable zeal in effectually carrying out On nd.
mirable programme.
The Convention adjourned to meet on the
last Monday of August, 1874. .a3
t..,. CLAN Ma GAEL.
We have been favored by our correspondent
with copy Of President John Hartigsn's ad.
dress, delivered before the Convention, from
whieh we make the following extracts:
Iwould, for our consideration, suggest one
Of our ooantrymen aaiI tie World OVER AZ Is
this, are we united peoplef Are We united
as are the people Of the various nstionalities
the negative.we are not. To effect the unity
Of our race 10 the object Of all the Irish gooie-
ties throughout the world, and particularly Of
one, rs ono family in sentiment, word and 90.
ton, that you and meet here to-day.
The generosity Of Ireland, in her palmy days,
was manifested by the fact Of her inviting 70
her halls Of learning students from al counties
who received their education without money
and without price. Here Is one Of the many
instances illustrative Of the virtue Of our an.
sestors. being inherited BY the present genera.
years Of 1s46-47, these years that tried lsen's
souls, two gentlemen, brothers, apprehepdis q
the deoimafion Of the poor Yho ooastitptea the
anticipating the spectators who wonld attaeh
famine prices to the necessaries Of life, entered
into an arrangement with the Princely mer-
chant who controlled the trade OF the seaport,
land, by which food ct cost and upon credit
was to be given to All who presented their or
ders. They parted with their hounds and
uries, that they might with their retrenohment
save the lives OF others. The entire property,
both real and personal, Of these gentlemen was
BY them pledged for the preservation Of the
some twenty or thirty miles in extent You
will be pleased to learn, and be 1t told to the
honor Of the people, that every shilling they
were credited for was paid these noblemen.
were worth would pass away forever under
the hammer of the auctioneer. We see then,
while the Ssxon's sold their children as slaves,
there are in Ireland, in our times as well as
low-men. Sach a benevolence on such scale
will never be required of us. The circumstance
that called it forth, like the generosity itself,
was extraordinary.
Ali. gentlemen, that We are expected to do
in order to produce unity, 10 that our families,
in their daily transactions with each other, In
terchange little acts of kindness. You Tecol-
lect the moral Of the fable of the lion and the
mouse, that o good act is never lost, even when
it is done to an enemy. The blessing of charity
is two-fold, it biesSeth both the giver and the
receiver. Our countlyman, Goldsmith, speaks
people know that yoa are my disciples, that
yon have love one for another" ." IL not the
b0dy Of moro value than raiment n Discard |
ing external accidentS, when We meet, let it
be . meeting of the hearts-hearty. These,
my frieuds5 are some Of ths principles wOuta
have you inculcate upon your resurn to yOur
respective societies.
We have, gentlemen, many things to con-
gratulate ourselves upon. The stigma Of dis
aipation is forever wiped away from our oscut-
cheon. Here, in this country, the arena Of the |
talent Of all nations, the genius Of ireland
pit and In the field, professors In the colleges
and universities, aud particularly - mental |
operators at that great engine Of modern civ |
IlizstiOns the press, htshmen are not excelled
By men Of any other nationality. To-day, the |
iestinies Of glorious France, that people illus
sEious in arms which, led by the Immortal |
BOnaparte, after having conquered excessively |
all the kingdoms of the continent, confronted
81 ali the powers Of Europe combined, are
,ommitted to the care of the son of an frish
Exile, Patrick Maurice MaeMahon. Duke Of
Magenta.
Tho Industrial resources OF ireland, with |
which she 10 abundantly blessed, are in their |
Her sons in their vIgoR are |
forming closer bonds Of union all over the |
world, and are eagerly looking forward for
iheir dsy OF &c ,h s And EedeTRs,0n.
Ike, rising from the froth Of the see. her
IONS legislatipg at home, and abroad hlllng
lfacas Of 0m0lument aud honor her shiPS IA
len with the productions Of every cline and
country, traversipg the highways Of the world,
md in every seaport displaying at topmasS
lsr Gag Of green gsily Offering IN the glory
II her golden suDbarst.