The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-01-05
wendeu phiil,p. ON Daniel o'connsll.
ANOTHER "DAsH" AT FRoUDE BIZ THE
BRILLIANT BOSToNIAN.

4
The Academy of Mucic was filled last
evening with an intelligent and astenti'e
audience, drawn thither by the announce ]
ment that ssAmerica's silver-tongued ora
tori Wendell Phillips, would deliver an
address on Daniel o'Csnnell, and, perhaps
thefein allude to certain of the statements
made ia the recen. lecture of the Enghsn
historian, James Anthony Frcude. Inc
dress circle was crowded, the parquette
we'll peopled, and upon the stage sat nume.-
| ous representatives of the Roman Catnoho
clergy and others. Mr.. Phillips was IN
troduced at about eight o'clock, by Fatner
Fransioli, and Mt once entered upon the de-
liyery of his discourse. He said:
Ladies' and Gentlemen: am to speak TO
Won of Daniel O'Connell, the great Irish
chief and the most eminent OF mo1ern
i apitators. You have read great deal,
probably, of contempt poured on aglsat.oh
necessary element in the conduct OF mod
|. ern affairs But this outside pressure on
government plays great part. Sir ROBERT
: Peel called it an appeal to the conscience
Of q nation. The tendency OF governments gov Tins
d coin and Grant have but echoed the
!. war CRY Of the Irish chief, the
e great aeitator of the present century.
d Golden lifted tho bread tax from tue Hisn
people he learned his lesson at the feet OF
l. p'Connell. (Applause.). Our brilliant
is English scholar has 30 much failed to see
Is this characteristic OF O'Conne11 that
e choose to speak in the Irish Chiefs behalf,
l ie for he has taught the English statesmen
=, ID anticipated by O'Connell, and his title to
,e the name of English statesman has been
ic borrowed from O'Connell's ideas, twenty
years old. In tho days of Cromwell there
n, were $4,000 Journals and pamphlets, sne
i'd outburst of the filtered opinions of the grea
'ir people. So in Qaeen Anne's time, and il
OF OF the career of Wllberforce. But all thes'
.a1 reached the point Of a broad and system
IN attic movement Oh the masses OF the conh
OK try. The peerage Of Ireland rePndiated DIE,
he and we're willing to sit content ana wor
las her will. Deserted by both, O'Conneil sal
:ch he had the people left, the broken hearte
ng peasantry, bat by the blessing Of God D
-. would roll them into thunderboit Una
u should demolish the omniPotence OF Gre s
Britain. loud applause.) His first prln
cjpie was that NO political change was wort
a ANGLE drop of blood; his second, ths
nothing was politically right, which WI
en- morally wrong. The agitator asks ior .1c
der and wait for the harvest. O'Connell e.
low emplified these principles in all his caree
~ He never denied q principle to carry
,srv favorite point. The great English schoi
.xn- has blurred his picture with his scholarsh II
aust limitation of an Englishman, who is new
'ain, able to do Ireland strict justice. he is
ONE pleader in a court, without cause TO oeien
inv inv (Applause.l .hor
AN 1t is no surprise to mo that ne sno.
snoa bring this question here, for it is the gray
ooks onestion in the whole catalogue OF all L
or to aiisb ouestions. England has never
ours; Conquered Ireland. He granted ara!ta
es Of honesty, but sueered at his slmphcl
;,,,.. Compare Poland with lreiano, a nTs y.
Mus thirds as large in her population, supJec
- ~ for two hundred years to the most oleg!a
era full barbarian that shames modern ciyIti
with ton. and yet, like the Jew, the lrishn
these lifts his head in Europe an nno Sao yst
meat ahie to crush out. She has surrende
a far neither her faith nor her flag. 1t wouie
had truer to state to- day that Ireland has
srfect ; quered England; (Applsuse,l +.,ka az
vain The reason Why EEo M. is driven to
, pro wall to explain to Europe why she st ss
engers in the position she does to-day: she sts
red to to day a second rate power on the Eurol
ssed chess. board. 1 was Kissed for saying
evigne ;es ,oars AGO. Now the great jour
as we hiue hnS;no far a reason why this
40 Col come to PASS. One of the greatest rea
rvbody ia Ireland. Mr.. Froude says the
wickedness of the houses OF Iudor
led to stuart is punished by the w "s oco
princi- throws very broad light on this ques
to his WS go he vas NO statesman Ha
on the 1.:S.sn novar o;vas him q good Y
,ned by Msrtneau u Sh,;oa5 to confess
tale, Ana YET sn9 40 yOeS: t &c the Ger
of one there was no BRUSH suoyeS. - IL -
carcely who ever lifted hlmseil oy ING s"0
n those of his intellect as OConnen 0lo.
o were Srono such a source 10 worth all that CT
i" and roIvda1 into IT.
10 case ~ Dh;II;na of this point in his add
Smith vi. .ta historv Of ireland up t.
Mt anec- time OF OConnen' e ,S,s 1onnI
of Tus- upon the STATISTICS OF Aeiaru 80 49,
ent that given by Mr.. Froude, VINO ai"Syo
va-the inst such figures as suited his purpose
hen-s9 continuing: -,
so per- - 80 6anied was the "Irish code
Is talent nan 80 nouch disnute there ma
became mhtVeh - 7. nravanted a Ca
from serving the government In any
he couldn't sit on jury, vote, prac,tls
There or medicine, couldn't travel five miles
S.~-..:5o,ca xuithnuE permit fr