The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-08-10
aaornlng Star and Catholic messenger,
MeW oRLEANs SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 ie73.
From Our Own Correspondent.
QUE IRISH LETTER.
DUBLIN, July II, 1873.


1.st SATURDAY. VIVA tho 18th of July-the
great Orange fcstv val of the year-the Gay on
which Ulster annually has been torn oy ,ia.r' r
sidal strife. am hapPy W TO ,s ssy customary inci
dentsEr,ot and bloodsbed. This was not
owing To- the absence of Orange insult and
Prevocatioh to Sh n 0h the ne
a. turned out al all, do so with greater OF more
blusterng bravado. There were demonstra-
tions in ten OF fifteen places altogether, and ut
each Orange and purple sashes, arches and
banners were displayed in great protnsi"n;
Orange tunes were played the iivelong day,
and the spec hes bristled with Remuneration
of "the idolatries and superstitions of Rome"
But the authorities. aided by the police, kept
the professions out of the towns; the police
nipped in the bud any disturbance. and, above
ali, the Catholics kept perfectly quiet, taking
the advice of their priests and of the Home
Rule Association, and apparently regarding
the whole affair rs piece of tomfooIery. The
result was that there was no disturbance worth
talking of, and that the magistrates OF Belfast
were able to congratulate themselves and the
town on on ao one imam sat naa
The wise stop Of preventing Orange process
sions in tho towns of Ulster. and especially in
Belfast, was, however. it appears in despite of
tho mayor of that town. and in despite even
of tho two resident magistrates who we're
berrys. The Ulstsr Examiner, Of this day, says
that these three persons opposed this ste p
being taken Mt o meeting Of all the magistrates
voted they resoIted to an illegal expedent in
order to get it altered in tho interest of the
Orangemen. If this charge be well founded.
it 10 earnestly to be hoped that the matter will
be Immediately brought before Parliament;
and am inclined to think it is, for the follow
ing reason: The present mayor of Belfast is
Mr.. Henderson, the proprietor of the Belfast
Ne,cslsttes--the chief Orange organ in Ireland,
and as such would not dare to DO q party will
ingy to any curtailment of Orange privileges;
quently shown q distinct anti-Catholic bias.
II the Government really wished to put e
end to party and religious disturb snces in Ul-
ster, the very last thing it would do would DO
to appoint such men to the commi ssion of the
peace. But 1t Ia not DESTROYS to do any such
thing, and consequently it will continue, as
long Is it eau, to keep on such men, no matter
what the consequences be to tho peace of Ire
land.
Father O'Keeffe has gained o complete tri-
umph over the National Board and his own
ecclesiastical superors. He confidently ap-
Pealed to tho anti-Catholic prcjudiccs and the
dense bigotry of the House of Commons, and
he has not been disappointed. The rumor
mentioned in my last letter was soon con firmed
by tho appearance of official documents At
the suggestion Of the Government, Lord OLA
Gan moved, and such members of tho National
Board who wero present on the occasion unani-
mously approved the adoption of new rule,
providing for investigation before dismissal.
Hitherto the ceatificate Of his ecclesiastical
superior, that o clergyman was suspended, has
been considered sufficient evidence Of his nm -.
fitness for the post Of manager of a national
school; henceforth such certificate will be
evidence only of the necessity of inquiring
whether the clergyman is fit or not to have
the cause of tho education of Catholic chill
dren, and in despite Of it, the commissioners
sion that the clergyman 10 fit. In fact, the
great power which the Bishops have possessed
over the management of the national schools
in Ireland, and the possession of which has
been the chief means of reconoilfng them to
the national System, has practically been
swept utterly away. The mere statement of
m N Haf r,rina hano
forth he manager of Catholic parochial
school, shows that do not misinterpret the
adoption Of the new rule. But this is not all
Manifestly it would be small satisfaction to
Father OKeefe and his anti-Catholic friends
if the rules of the National Board relating to
managers of schools were changed in the way
they wished, and this rcbelllous priest were
not to benefit by tho change. 1t is not every
day or every year, thank God, that the anti
Catholic blgets of these kingdoms get the OPP.
portqnity Of backing up a degraded Catholic
priest against his ecclesiasticaA superiors, and
30 trying to create OF foster scbism in tho Ca
thSliS Church. accordingly, Mr.. Bouverie has
will have Retrospective effect and N.Y.. Glad.
stone has answered in the affirmative If
managership of the Callau schools, the com.
missioners Will inquire whether the educational
interests of the parish would suffer by his
res. ssssorStions and II they come to the conclu-
despite the Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin or
the Bishop Of ossory. And, Of course, if the
ARsA1VEiSy % Tue OO2ru nave the same opinions
on suoh subjects as Judges Morris and Lawson,
there can DO no doubt at all that they ,riU de.
oide that the educational interests Of Callan
win not be injured. but rather furthered, by
the restoration of Father O'KeeffS.
forbear here from making any reflectiens
on the trouble which the Board is destined to
bring on itself by its departure from its wise
rule OF not interfering in ecclesiastical and
local disPutesj or on the sudden aud shame
f0l retreat of Lord O'Hagan and his colleagues
on the Board from tie position of hostility to
Father O'keeHo-S retreat undoubtedly due to
base love of Office and power; or yet on the
treaoheEy of tho Government to the Catholic
Bishops-a treachery as distinctly attributable
TO . fear Of being outvoted in the House of
commons; must cOnllne myself ct present,
IN any further romarks on this subject to con
a1eenng what course the Bishops will pursue
There 10 no doubt that certain parties who
have hitherto exercised some influence over
tneHs and are at che same time in the conf
dence Of the Government and of tho National
Board, will try to persuade them that after ali
nothing has been changed But l fancy their
loraships will not be taken in by such palaver.
and that, ae a matter of principle, they viii
stOznly resist the new rule, That rule ,aav
mn int In he