The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-10-26
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INV ORLEANS, SUNDAY. OCTOBER as, 1873.
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DUBLIN, October 2, 1873. ais
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The week began with o great Amnesty ue VI
in Drogheda on Sunday. ahls ga
tba second of the new series of amnesty meet M
~ ana q vaa very successful. Thirty thou Of
!. .,,S ,arsons attended it, and there wore no sc
Id. than sfteen ba nners and bands in the pre- "
a ess;ons. Alarge number Of parsons ana one Of
az TO bands arrived By train from Dublin Il
Iaa;n. the up eakers were mostly men OF innu- n
anoe and mark The Mayor Of Drogheda, Al 81
herman Slime oeks, occupied the chair, and de- Il
Hyered a Eat Ting speech. Mr.. p. J. smysh, ID. p
p. followed. Then came in succession Two
n arish priests and 0 Catholic curate-Father 0
Mckee. Father Marley and Father Moran-ano
40 ON: all of whom spoke spiritedly and wen. q
Other parish priests wrote letters OF apology I
for their absence, in which they expressed the
ntuaost sympathy with the movement. mus {
Father Peter OReilly, of Kingscourt' county
Cayap. wrote q powerful letter, in whlcn no
pointed out that Gladstone, who persisted IN
keepinr the Fenians in prison, was tho very
man who had done more than any other to stir
mn aedition and rebellion against the lawful
authority of the italian princes. Father Mar
kew In his speech made an interesting as
closure concerning the Manchester Rescue OF
1856, and the trial and conviction OF the mar
tyrs Allen, Larkin, and O'Brien. He posisiveiy
announced that tho man who fired Inc sno'
+ hat killed the police sergeant, ZOE killing
whom those three men were hanged, was nese.
arrested, and is alive and well to- day. h@'
are we to think of English juries In irisn cases
after this. After tho meeting, the cniei speak
n Gil Of
vare entertained Mt banquet at the Imperial
Hatel. Like the Clontarf meeting, this one at
Deoeheda was SO peaceably conducted that the
Ii. fa;led tn oct q single case of disorder
out Of Ii.
Other Amnesty meetings are to be held TINS
month in Dundalk, Newry, and Waterford
and before Christmas it is expected that tne
whole country will have spoken out on tne
.anb,eet. But to what effect will it nave
apoken outa For my own part, do not thinH
thoas Amnesty meetings will have I'M
- slightest effect in releasing the prisoners; ou
they serve to keep alive national spirit; AM
if they are only to be regarded % protes
AGAINST the injustice of OBTAINING In prisol
tina dupes Of conspiracy of which the piotter
have been released long since, they must
admitted to have some use. 1.-
In Dundalk . very praiseworthy and spirite
a,. ast has been performed by the local Amneas
=, c,omusittse, ID One. of the members Tor u
- Comfy Louth, MIR. UReilly Dease, was insitt
To spesk at the forthcoming demonstration
reply he excused himself enc way or anoth
and to soothe l. suppose, tho feelings Oh u
members of the Committee, he sent them
in aid of their expenses The Committ
men were highly indignant, and they az on
sent back the money. They recalled al u
gentleman's anti Irish and apti-nstionai ~
in the House Of Commons-his vote Tor
erciop, his vote for the goddess Education
his thickand-thin support OF the ministfy
all occasions, his refusal to assist the amnea
and 80 on--and they saw that he wanted
cover those delinquencies of his by nfi
Mr.. o,Reilly Dease is, indeed, just the sp
uaen of q representative which Ireland sno
NOT send to the Imperial Parliament. He1
Catholic but he voted against the Cath
pishops and for the Government last ses'
ON the Uniyersity Bill. He was elected by
farmers and he betrayed them ON the Il
Question. The fact 10, he laid out the e
nous sum of S12,00o on getting elected,
he wants to get value for his money IN
shape of o government appointment OF
honor or title--a baronetcy or eoronet OF q
other brand of slavery. Hence his STEADY
,poxt of the government against his cons
. ents. ~ -.7 rG.
On Monday, another part of the North
che scene of another Nationalist demon
tion. There wss q monster meeting In
to form branch of the Home Governmen
socistion. 1t was magnificent success.
of thousands of people were present no
parts of the county, and-what is most II
tant-amongst them there was large no
of electors. Mr.. Butt, ID. p, and Mr.
Blunden, attended as q deputation trol
Home Government Association, and aeil'
as usual, forcible speeches. Conhdenee
universally expressed that the Home
will be able to return two members Vi
own for Che county at the general eie
and if the Catholics are united am In
to think they will do SO. Cavan is one OF
IJlster counties which although of presei
resented by two black bigoted Tory r