The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-03-22
from Our Own Correspondents
0W IRlaH LETTER.

Gun 1RnsH LETTER.
DUBLIN, February "a, 1874.
Tho impetus given to the Home Rule move
rnent by the general election was very clearly
seen on Thursday night last, when the Home
Rule League held its first meeting after the
close of tho elections. The large hall of the
Ancient Concert Rooms was literally crowded
to exeess, in every part-platform, galleries,
and pit-while in the passages leading to the
building hundreds were vainly striving to gain
admiaion. Some twenty members oil Parlia-
ment we're present, and several OF these-no-
tably Mr.. Bait and Mr.. A. III. Sulllivan-re-
seived q magnificent ovation on making their
appearance. One hundred and seventy-two
new members were admitted, amongst the
number being some dozen M. P.'s and about
atty Catholic clergyIen. Mr.. Butt was the
principal speaker, and he delivered powerful
and inspiriting speech-the chief points OF
which were that q decisive majority OF Irish
representatives was for the first time pledged
to support the demand for q national Parlia-
mont; that the success of the Home Rule
movement was not imperilled by the great
Tory majority inasmach as the policy of the
Home Rulers had from the very beginning
been pronounced to be that of party which
would hold itself aloof from all political par
ties and would help neither of the two great
English parties in anything; and that the
argument of ingratitude urged by the English
admirers of Gladstone against the Irish con-
stisueucies, was that of master to his slave
and was an insult to the Irish people. Three
OF four other members of Parliament spoke
afterwards, but the one who spoke best and
gained the most applause, was Mr.. Sullivan.
forf roV
all parts of the house and received a regular
ovation. AS am talking of the Home Rule
League, may mention that another meeting
of this body took place at which fifty addi-
tional new members were admitted, and it was
announced that on Monday next there would
be still another meeting, at which Mr.. Butt
would propose the institution of national
roll of Home Rulers; on which roll every man
and woman in Ireland can get his name in
scribed on paying one shilling each. 1t is
calculated that in this way about thirty thous-
and pounds at least will be obtained for the
Home Rule League.
The Conference of Home Rule members
suggested by Mr.. Mitchell Henry, will be held
on Tuesday, the Sd of March. circular re-
questing such conference has been issued
signed by Mr.. Butt, NJ. P. for Limerick Mr..
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P. for Kilkenny county; Mr.. Blennerhassett,
N. P. for Kerry county; Sir John Gray, M. P.
for Kilkenny city The O'Conor Don, N. p.
for Rosoommon county; Mr.. Ronayne, NJ P.
for Cork city; Mr.. John Martin, NJ. P for
Meath county; and Mr.. Redmond, NJ. P. for
Wexford Borough. Already answers have
been received from more than half of the fifty
nine Irish Home Rulers, promising to attend
ill folr
chamber of the Dublin Corporation, which
this day unanimously resolved to give the
chamber for the purpose. If the fifty-nine
attend and if they agree on a firm and digni-
fed course of action, the Homo Rule cause
may be won from the present Parliament; but
there is great doubt entertained on both points.
Mr.. Gladstone, before he went out of Office,
Allied up, after all, the vacant ofice of Lord
Chief Baron, appointing thereto the Attorney
General, Mr.. Palles, who prosecuted the Gal
way priests and unnecessarily contested Derry
some thirteen fourteen months since. Mr..
Palles is in private life a good Catholic and
will make a good and conscientious Judge,
though he was bad politician. The Conser-
vatives are wild because the filling of the Office
was not left to Mr.. Disraeli, who would have
given it to Conservative lawyer. Of course
they don't give this as their reason. They
talk, instead, of the improperly of Mr.. Glad
stones making the appointment only two days
before he went out of office as if Disraeli
would not have done the same thing under the
same circumstances. Hence you may gather
that both Conservatives care really only for
Office and what they con make by it in hard
cash. All their action is ami mated by this