The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-03-09
NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY MORNING MARCH q 1879

Justice; ~ am out onlyalan hour aItore,b,
my lord ate only a penny rowl and : eS ri,
OF a!e." This explanation caused GREAT n,a 81
ment; IN the midst of which the juror VIII
after the tra ior oarks returned short
little. The jury having been empan6eleJ NJ,
AAttorney General stated tho case for the crown
ias s Tales was stndionsly mild, but neverthe
Tess contrlved to say number of things mos
huretuI to the Rev. traverser-things which l.,
needed not to have said, and which no ono In
an enemy OF tho priests would have uttered
was afterwards detailed in the evidence f",
the prosecution, was this Father Loftus a., il
IRON the altar of the chapel of Dunmore
the communion, that any one Who wonId xota
tor french would go down with the brand of
lam lam. On the day of the polling in Dunmore be
and wbi T. Srb G"t which carried grceu banner
local supporters of Trench. On the same dav
ana at tho head of the same crowd, he cried
%D Dt,s passing asit local supporter of Trench
term OF reproach for those who became Prot.
estants from being Catholics. :, Finally one dav
ed sno aai%ay station Of Athenry he appland
?, down with the landlords" and down With
n hirWan Gone of the landlords) This was MI
10 Illustrate the insidiousness of Mr.. Paiies. I
may mention that he quoted Genesis r. o.
plain the meaning of the expression obont
Cam This was the case to support The cbargs
;l.s the Rev. Mr. Loftas had exercised undue
For the defence therS We're fsvo s,,,so,...
mace ana two witnesses examined What tho !
Two witnesses swore was this-that What
,y amer , LOTUS . SAID in the chapel of Dunmore
was nos the expression have quoted above to |
I YOU, ont That any ane who would vote a1aiust
ms conscience for Trench, would po dow 1v,;t% |
Tue brand OF CANA very different and really
men OF the highest Sespectability. and as tbe
witness on the other side was confessaiiiy q
man Who had received ESQ for scarcely two
first and most serious count in the inJictt,ant
was at once demolished. And as to tho otber
c9 1t was shown beyond all question nv
bar,a f ana Mr. McDermott that the alleged
nai niul and Illegal expressions of Father Loft
US were uttered in defence of an OUTRAGED nen-
PIE, tyrannized over by a heartless aristocracv
,ia W were simply forcible appeals to that peo-
PIE to stand their ground. fO0
The Chief Justice of course charcoal FIR ,
convection the substance of his address he
ny simply this, that the evidence for the
within the net of the law, and that therefore
vas reliable.
The jury at length retired, and-to make
ongt story shortsreturned for the last tina
Q court on Wednesday night at ten o'clock. :
'lthout agreeing to verdict. Eleven were ;
al an ncqulttal; one only-aud that one it is q
oove referred to-for q conviction n w,s
ritual acquittal. wac
I aHsr is great defeat for the government
raj and to Judge Keogh. Father Loft1s' case c
as tired first because it was thought the one >,
,o s nkeiy to end adversely for the defendant;
! Hoe- t ior INC government to be beaten in L
no" Inc people received Father Loftus' &C. .,
uttISa, VIII let you know by the following
,Iract rom the report of yesterdays proceed,
~ III rh Ine freeman' journal of this morning: is
Ane result occasioned no demonstration In b
70 court, put becoming Immediately known Il
tne WaitIng crowd which had by this time 81
~ only n!ied the Central Hall, but every en- Of
Ioiy without parallel in that arena since the q!
ate Trials or the Yelverton case. Thunder VI
,spe eese IT, again and again repeated
10 the Rev. Mr.. LOTUS, and after him al
I; e, Butt received ovations if possible more in
IN Cnuslastlc than those accorded them at an oil
, res nTor Inc throng chiefly composed of in
u shoneed, and absolutely danced in sheer "
cess OF feeling. They surround ed Father "a
uid have ns p0fIlar leading counsel
Lnese gentlemen had not insisted upon de- d.
nlng the honor. As it was they were beth b.
o 5f beyond the precincts of the Courts by of
1tuS addressed the immense crowd that bod
lowed him az follows: ~ ~
Men OF Dublin, cannot but say to Won in va va
~ that feel proud of you, and vhvf Not ae
;ause am an humble priest from tie west no
SO much even for the acouittai his
lgnt say l have received at the hands of thi
honest men of Dublin but for the unani str
US feeling and sentiment exhibited by eyerv ia
?, woman and child with whom came in m,
tacE since camo to this grand and loyal 81"
= IN, need not tell you that, in espousing
SaS s So OF the people of Galway, never in. I
ueu TO do an illegal act never by one has
ance transgressed tho bounds of the Con N
telon; out merely advised my honest peo- WEI
W put down coercion, no matter in what No
VI don't mean then to say that came to the
', pm with view TO exhibit myself as an
ioLe priest from the West of Ireland hat
. 9een forced into this contest "a voice cep
est Sy 49, gu nave been forced into this PEG
locraey OF Galway, and am sorry to tell maj
Sathollc as: well as Protestant to a man trip
sU ~ eiush the liberties of the people and pee