The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-02-08
sorntng Star and Catholic messenger.
tFrom Our Own Correspondent
OUR IRISH LETTER.

proceeding in their midst On fr'"a9 '"s' '"'s
met to deliberate on the matter, ana the feSo''
was the adoption, by majority OF se'eh'ys'N
against four, of on address to the Na'h"''o
electors of Limerick, in which they str"us's
advise the people to record their votes LOT 0ii'
Kelly and against Mr. O'Snllivan. lheir oo-
jections TO the latter gentleman are that Nc nus
not D sufficiently high social status or suin
Gent amount of intellectual culture, ana UNIV
Mr.. OSuiivan being nnderstood 10 DC 'no
representative of extreme views, his fe'a'h
would BIO o destructive blow to the cause %
Home Rule. They do not aver, they say tnH'
mr. O'Sullivan is o separatist or o revolnioh-
list but people in England will inter, they say
that he il both. or this address Dean OBrien
ia said to DO the an thor. Now, undoubtedly,
whatever the venerated Bishop of Limerick
and seventy six Of his priestA put their sigma
tures to is worthy Of the serious attention OF
the Catholics of Limerick, and sure am that
whatever they pnt forth will not be lightly
disrogarded. But they have Ill this put 1or,h
an argument which will not, in the opinion OF
many good Catholics, hold water, and Will
certainly render them unpopular, and what
prievous result will not this be! Indeed, al
ready it would seem that their people feel TO
wards them as towards persons who lad de-
serted them II is most painful to read that
last Sunday n clergy man, who appeared III con-
pany with MIR. Kelly to advocate that gentle
mans candidature was groancd down when
he rose TO speak. am sorry to say that ro"dy-
ism hns begun to show itself i'll the contest.
On Sunday lnst Also there was a splendid
meetiup somewhere in Mr. OSullvan's inter
est, and Just after the proceedings had com
hn,l of
made an assault Gu the platform, and attempt
cd to pull down and beat Mr.. O'Sullivan. They
were soon expelled from the scene and escorted
to their homes by body of police They were
KelIyites-some poor creatures impciied by q
wholesome fear of tn cit MASTER or hired, may
be, to mako some sort of demonstration in his
favor. The situation now is simply this MIR.
o'sullivan has the great Of the people
with him, and holds daily great open-ar do
,nonstration; Mr.. Kelly, even with all the
priests on his side, is not able to hold Il single
meeting of the kind. Butt forgot. Al the
the clergy of the county ARC net with Mr.
Kelly. All those who belong to the Archdio-
cese of Cashel and Emly-anl they are not n
few-ethcr are not interfering in the election
at all, or are taking the part Of Mr. OSullivan.
Will the vacant Jud Geships he filled up and
if 30, who will be the new Chief Baron and
the now law officers of the crowni These are
the great questions now agitating the frater
nifty that frequent the Hall of the -Four Courts
and they are exciting considerable attention
in other circles us we'll The latest rumor il
that Mr.. Pales (the Attorney GENERALLY will be
made CHIEF Baron, Mr.. Law (the Solicitor Gen
eral) Attorney General, Mr.. ID. c. Heron On. c.
for Tipperary) or Mr.. w. NJ. Johnson Claw AID
wiser for the CASTLE Solicitor General, aad, il
case the latter is promoted, Mr.. Monahan, q
c., son of the Judge of that name, Law AID
wiser. If the vacant JndScship be filled up n
oil, tho Attorney General will certainly bt
raised to the bench, and Mr.. Law will, rs
matter of course, succeed to Mr. Pallcs place
But tie other appointments are not quite sc
certain. Mr.. ID. c. Heron would in times past
be certain to get tho post of Solicitor General
either Mr., Heron or any of the two or three
other lawyers who have seats III the House o
Commons But in these days u" lawyer, muci
1ess u lawyer who takes office, woned be ahi,
to secure seat i'll Parliament and Mr.. Heron
if he took Office, would have TO seek reelection
ut the hands of the people Of llpperary. Mr.
johnson, therefore, who has seat in the
House of Commons, las at least good
chance anybody else of promotion, and pro
badly better chance, for the Government
think, understand, that lie runs :! fair chauc,
of getting elected member for the rottcu it'll,
borough of Mallow, where his father yathe
popular man - is the Protestant minister
From all this the reader will nndrrstan that
promotion in the legal profession is not AT al
conferred by professional vmincncr, hut fo
political services. Ii il were otherwise. ucithc
! Mr.. johnson nor Mr.. Monahan nor Mr.. Heron