The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-06-01
Eulogy on the Life aud Character Of John FraAcis
Mcguire, by AFchsishop Manning.

ster, for the repose of the soul of the late John
Francis Mcguire, N. p, and commemorative
oratien was delivered by the Archbishop of
Westminster. At IL A. NJ, the church was fill
ed with q congregation consisting of the
friends and admirers of the deceased, who
were all attired in deep mourning. Amongst
those present were Mrs. Maguire, the widow,
and Mgr. Woodlook, Rector of tho Catholic
University, Dublin. A very Handsome cata-
falque covered by a rich pail Of purple velvet,
with. broad gold border and legend, stood
in front Of the high altar. The church and
altar were draped in black. The Mass of Re
QUEEN having been flushed, the Archbishop
ascended the altar-steps, and delivered q full
aud eloquent eulogy on the life and character
of the iiiustrious dead. We attempt, says the
Tablet, under full consciousness Of the ex-
treme difficulty of combining accuracy With
condensation, a summary Of the leading points
taken by his Grace:
"If anything more than another can be
said to mark the difference between the
Church's judgment of men snd tho worlds, It
is the manner in which they estimate the life
and services of public men. The world es-
teens and praises those who win popularity
and exait themselves Hot so the Church.
often regards those most highly who are least
thought Of amongst men, and most yenerates
those whom the world despises. With her as
in the sght Of God the arst j; sfse1 ~ isss ana
gustine: lfle rere nssgnas est, qai aagaani habss
oharitatens. He is truly great who has great
charity, And yet he whom we mourn to-day
| was highly esteemed, not only in the Church,
but throughout his own country, and by good
| men in great numbers everywhere. None of
| you here present can have forgotten the low
| ten of the vast multitudes that attended him
to his last MISREPRESENTATION to tho
opinion theyh had q him as a man whe before
things and his neighbor as himself; aud who
was therefore patriot because he loved his
neighbor He loved his country because he
ponents. he had no enemies, bns his gentle
and peaceful life would have disarmed them
if he had any. He was truly peaee-meker
In the midst of the conflicts Of Publio life.
Therefore it was that the voice. of mourning
aud of sympathy broke ont all over Ireland ut
his decease, not only from friends bnt even
from political adversaries, who knew not, IN
til he was gone, how much they had respected
him. Public speakers on an occasion like this
are expected to use terms of eulogy about
| those of whom personally they have known bus
| little. But for myself, l may claim some right
well and long, and loved him always. When
ever. he had been with me, he always left me
with the impression that he was an humble
heart. lie went amongst the poor to help
| them, and interested himself in all their wants
and trials. He was beloved by them, for it is
the poor who best know the value OF such
ready speech, sometimes rough, perhaps, but
always showing genuine sympathy; the poor
knew the man, they looked upon him as their
he had few equals. Some indeed might deny
| that he was . public man, because he held no
high office in the Imperial Government; but
thirty years he labored consoientiously and
indefatigabIy for the good of the people and
for the good of the Empire. For thirty years
1 cies of our age-for good or for evil-that Of q
public writer. He welded the mighty power
of the press, not for himself, OF for any selfish
as good man, injuring none, infringing no
right, and violating NO principle. He was also
| public man in this, that for sixteen years he
devoted himself to attending on his duty as q
chief magistrate in his own city; and in all
| these varied svocstious he worked with u0tir
ing energy, never for moment giving him.
work. In literal truth, he offered himself q
sacrifice for his people. He was further re-.
markable for the perfect and stainless ind .
cues great dignity of soul in State such a.
ours TO be able to pass Through long polti-
cal career without mourning suspicion of in
terested motives and free from tho slightest
imputation of yenality. He was also the an
thor of several important works, all upon the
history and interests of Ireland for in all
| thinGp that ne 0l0 No 0OUBnt 70 servo MS peO-
| pie and received as his only reward their CON-
hdence and love. His writings equally cher
ished both patriotism and religion for patri-
otisua 10 Christian where Christian means Ca
tholic, and the children Of Catholic ireland
can never DO extravsgant in their love of coun-
try, while they love their faith. And even
were they extravagant in this, it would i'll be-
come us Englishmen to reproach them with it;
we-who for the cake of country have cast of
| the unity of tho Church; we-who from q
mistaken patriotism, have rejected the vicar
| of Jesus Christl-we are surely not the men to
repeoach Ireland with an excessive love of
country. We, when We love England. find
| something antagonistic to our love Of the
Faith, but Irishmen love country and Church
| with the one and the same love. They love
ireland because she has suffered for the faith
with unsurpassed heToism, because she has
In John Francis Mcguire the love Of
Grated by his love of the Faith. He
showed his patriotism, not only in political
action, but in his exsrtions to do good socially
| and in private life, What he did for the poor
| in his three successive nayoralties in the city
of Cork, as q magistrate sitting on the bench,
and in his private exertionS searching int the
holes and corners of that great town, was
| eoualled by his efforts to benefit his poorer