The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-10

| himself now peer) and Mr.. M. OReilly
Dease, an aristocrat of many acres-both men
animated by the most deadly hostility to the
national rights of Ireland, and neither of them
having any atom of sympathy with the aspi-
rations of the poor farmers or any other class
of Irishmem except, perhaps, the Orangmen or
the peers that is, the English garrison in this
| country. Its present members are really and
| truly men of the people--Mr Kirk being, as I
have said, himself tenant-farmer, and Mr.. A,
n. Sullivan, the editor and proprietor of the
peoples papers-the Nation and Ueek7y News,
and both being thorough going Catholics and
nationalist. few years ago it would be
deemed the height of folly for any one to
think that such change could como to pass !;
but the ballot has worked and will continue to
| work wonders.
| The Tories here celebrated, on last Friday
night, by banquet in the Exhibition Palace,
their recent victory in Dublin County. This
party got a thorough beating at the general
| election, losing eight or nine seats in Ulster
a!one-their great stroughold-and three or
four moro elsewhere, and were very near losing
two or three Others, while their gains were
just two-a seat in Dublin and a seat in Bel
| fast When the reelection of Col. Tay Tor, the
| Tory M. Z. for Dublin County, was announced
the Tories got an awful shock. Although they
| had majority in the registry, they yet were
afraid that they would be beaten under the
| the ballot When they not beatc en-, they
were oyeijoyed, and determined to celebrate
the result of the fight Gin which, be it remem-
bered, they only held their owr) by public
banquet. Some of the aristocracy attended,
and SO did every poor barrister who expects
place under Disraeli, every wretched merchant
or upstart aristocrat who expects J. P.ship
| from the Tory Lieutenant, and every Tory
gutter-agent at elections. The principal topic
of the speeches was Home Rule, which, of
course, was denounced in all the moods and
lenses, and was, as usual, pronounced to be
quite dying ont. alt is an imposture or an
buried in the course of one two years." said
the Hon. David Plunkett On. P. for Dublin
University, the nephew of the great Lord
Plunkett, who SO stoutly opposed the accused
Union of 1900, and who declared that resist
ance to that Union would always be a duty
with Irishmen. This poor creature, his nephew,
is briefless barrister, and is sorely in want of
money, but stat magni nominis umbra. His
family influence and his profession of strong
conservative principles (Which in reality he
the University of Dublin, and his eloquence
which is considerable, ought, one would have
imagined, to make him a member of the new
out in the cold. Indeed, he has been treated
badly, if not insulted. He as offered the post |
of Solicitor General which he could not accept
as he long since ceased practically to be a |
member of the bar, and which Disraeli knew
he cnuld NOT of bar Iva. 10
as ever to make speeches in favor of the Tory
party. On the whole, one can hardly be other
wise than amused with the poor Irish Tories
for rejoicing they have done over the return
of Col. Taylor. 1t is the last thing they will
have to rejoice over in this country.
The Synod of the Dsestablshed Church has
once more met in annual session, and to NOR
cow the great battle between the Revisionsts
md the Anti Observation-Disclosures u.s. between
hose who want to weed the prayer book of
everything like dogma and to abolish the
acraments, and those who wish to retain the
acraments they have-commences for che
econd time in the meeting place in Lower
Abbey street. A foretaste of what it is likely
o be was given q day or two ago. when Col.
lay member of the Synod and
aevisionist, called attention to letter n the
dublin CDR. Lee). DR.. Lee it appears, wrote
o give notice beforehand that he for one would
ot accept any changes the Synod might mako,
which the Church of England would not also
ccept. /" He was not prepared to submit ;
o Irish Home Rule in either political or rel- .
ious matters" That is, be was not prepared !
0 accept the decisions of the recognized au- :
hoIities of his own Church Col. Saunderson
Tod IN bayn hoc a11 cd
i'm, punished forthwith, for having insulted
he Synod. But after all, was not DR.. Lee =
My acting up to his Protestant principles .
he right of private Judgment Nothing came q
f the Colonel's attack but no doubt we shall r
ear more about the whole matter soon. l o
lall keep my readers we'll posted on the sub b
ct, as the debates in the Synod likely to Y
low, clearly anything can show, what II
diculuus things are this Protestant Church !,
ld this Protestant religion. }. !. {. "a