The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-02-15

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The rowdyism appears to be all on the side of
the Kellyites. small mob of Kelly's tenants, |
who are probably well paid for what they are
doing, or else afraid not to do what they |
are doing, twice during the last week attacked
bodies of Mr.. O'Sullivan's supporters with |
ksices, stabbing several persons. After this,
Mr.. Kelly and DR.. O'Shea, Parish Priest of
Rathkeale, were pelted with mud in the streets
of that town. While oil the priests in the do
cese of Limerick but four are in favor of Mr.. |
Kelly, all the priests in the Limerick portion !
of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emily are |
with Mr.. OSnllivan; bat in compliance with
the request of their Bishop, Dr. Leahy, they
are taking no part in the contest.
The vacancy tho judicial bench is still |
untitled. 4 deputation has waited from the |
Dublin Corporation on the Lord Lieutenant to
ask his Exoelenoy to tell the Government that
the citizens of Dublin will be very angry if
the Irish Judgeships are diminished in num-
Der. But the Lerd Lieutenant could not give
any information on the subject at all; he had
no power, he said, in the matter. Here I may
mention that the citizens of Dublin and the
Irish people in general, if they think Of the
affair at all, certainly do not share the views
of the deputation from the corporation, or
| rather from a small minority of the corpora
ton, for the vote the subject in the City
Council was taken, without notice, at the fag-
| end of a sitting, when there was hardly quo
| rum present. and may yet be rescinded' The
| fact is, those Judg eships are regarded by the
| Irish people in general as brides for the cor
| ruption of the Irish bar. This being the case
| it is rather hard on us to be represented by
] the London press in q state of absolute
frenzy over the rumors that the number of our
Judgeships is to be diminished. OF course
| the English papers SO misrepresent us deliber-
| ately; for many persons have sent letters cor
rectng their assertions, but have failed utterly
| to get hearing in any single daily paper pub
| lished in London. Those infamous organs de-
sire to have it appear that we have a love for
jobs, and complain when an attempt is made
to put an end to jobbery; and although they
are furnished with clear proof that the con-
trary is the fact, they only stick to their lies
| the more and this is their habitual practice
Last night there was very well attended
| and interesting meeting of the Petmssive Bill
| Association in the Rotundo. 1t was chiefly
| called to give a welcome to your General Neal
| Dow, the author of the Maine Liquor Law.
After two or three very influential gentlemen
had spoken, a vote of welcome to the General
was passed by reclamation. and he rose to re-
spond. He made very effective speech, show
| ing that if the people would not put down the
LIQUOR traffic, the liquor traffic would put down
| them and destroy them. He had plenty of fig
ures and hard facts to sustain his thesis. MIR.
A. III. Sullivan spoke after General Dow, pro-
posing q resolution that called upon the people
| to return to Parliament advocates of the Per-
missive Bill. In the past, Ireland has always
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sentatives pledged to tie support of this mea-
| sure, and there is no doubt that she will con-
tinue in this line. But, nevertheless, she can
| not get the Permissive Bill in consequence of
the opposition of British members She can
| not even get a measure for closing the public
houses on Sundays. This latter measure, how
| ever may pass the next session, and here 1
may just mention that no less than six Catho-
lie Bishops have already Joined as Vice-Presi-
dents the Association which was established a
few weeks ago. do not know whether told
you before that a new journal has appeared in
| Dublin, devoted to the temperance cause. 1t
| is called the Irish Temperance Banner. and is
| edited by Mr.. r. w. Russell, the truly efficient
| secretary of the Irish Permissive Association,
and the leading spirit of the temperance agita-
ton in this country.
| The Portacarron idea-that the only true
| compensation for eviction is restoration to ones
home and farm-is taking a wonderful hold of
the popular mind; and it is being used with
great effect just now against members of Par
lament and candidates for Parliament who
have themselves, whose fathers have exter-
min ted their tenants, or any number of them
off their lands. Mr.. Kelly, in Limerick, is
powerfully assailed by this cry, and now Mr..
Herbert, NJ P. for Kerry, is attacked. This
latter gentleman had bad chance of being
reelected for Kerry, as he is not a Home Ruler;
but the charge that he and his father were ex-
terminators, and the demand that he must re-
store to their homes the evcted tenants before
he can hope to be reelected, have utterly de-
stroved whatever chance he had. Perhaps
ought to explain that the word Portacarron is
the name of the place where Capt. Nolan, OF
Galway, carried out his evictions, and where
the same gentleman afterwards set the glorious