, 1875-08-27
The IRISH QUESTION.
A Worry Serious Danger Narrowly Es.
oaped---Analysis Of ths
Situation.
Ecclesiastical Influence Weakened, and
England's Fears Of tic Eject.



Indicated r. you will naturally aBk SUPER
fctally no worry extraordinary agita.ion WAS via,-
bio. The OCouurll festival nasRol or Hood.
t,,.,r =, ,.,a, L., t,,,1i,, T,,!,-a -. L.a
''s'.'' ~ 'oan' IN Oouaa' ~. 1ho'o "as h"t'e oho
.o'"!''. " W n"te' 1uu eu''nens ounen apo
the lordly McSwitcy OF tho ono stdc. and AIessrs.
l}utt, Sullivan, NaXto, Downing i Co. on tic
o 1,cr atie, woro not tho must joyluc pcoplo Il,
IL .I, os,, r,u ., ,,,,
4"o "e''u' oH'u'ao' o""on' tn'5 sAs' D'es1ou ''io
oppohonts oForY hour III tho DAY. hs your true
Churc!i'nan should, whflo Butt i Go. mover tirod
of sposking Of lila E,nueuce ID tho must er-
c;,nnaat ~, ."v dn,, n'h' s.s u u
tho eoat.porters assaulted the amnerty-ea,r'nso,
bcarfng tho bnnner on which woro inscribed tho
chsut." II !. truo tt,,t 1s,cr In i,,e iav lin
s" ~ - |."o .'As NV ;" no "A' w.
saeeh " W" ,ea'''ase "efo ons ~ ot'iot
ot eotnotody OH tue AlcSwluey Edo OF the coii-
OF tic procession tho an,pcsty-pcop1o complo,cly
ro,nli,tsd anI o,,gonor",od ,ha Mcss,rav s;,,a
~ n.",',s s" .,so ,... ,"v ."".' n,ao
Or teX'h8 possession OF tue f'latfo'm hear Car
grammo from being carried out. 1t is true ngain
that the Centonary banuuet wRa broien up In
shnt might be termed an extraordinary peaceful
row by at, uptosrius call fot Dntt whon tho toast
Of Tue :" Leai4l4t!se lnIependcneo Of lroIanl"
s,steutly enough opposed auy infringement Of
tbs Official progrn,nma. Uut what lid ali these
amount to lhure Was not sing'o olox s,r,ck.
No hlnn was knocked down. No sllot Was fired.
No life WAS lost.
wnEAe, THEN. WAS THE nASnEn7
will toll YOU wAc,e it rae. In tAe tirst place
England does not understand the yonrnlugs of
tha ifhb peoplo for ffone lule. Nor do Aincrl-
caus, or foroluosfa generally. Thcra ia nm in.
prerson outside OF ireland that III tho talk aud
excitement shout iinMo Ilule arc moro cmpty
sound and idio lectorng Oil tho part Of cortutu
elasa Of political aavonturors, like Bu.t WHO at
QUO limo was deadly foe to ovesy national
even nov coquotiug with tho uov-
ernmcnt to procure so1no snug po.
aition for life, Ike many a.ottor
"1rlah patriot" who 1irol boforo him. / do not
ei'llo. uu.t OF sullivan. 1f whom knnw nothing
personally. The turn ,r looks some sbat like tho
late Horace Greeley, processing tue samo honest
aud bcneroisut exprossion ct countet,ancc, aud,
trank and rockoss faBhion for winch tno Sage
OF ChappaqnA was remarkable. ne Ii a COOL,
roai7 speaker, il not an orator: but I
gather fran all l cau 1ealn that ho
IN lacking In tho olononts ot a great leader.
He has neither tho forco nor the brsinA 10 u,m-
mand tho attention of Errnt nation nor 10 hoId
in reasonable check tho most .xcitabls pcoplo III
she world, not excepting oven tue Ftonch
Never WAS the ma chess ,poHer Of o'ConnelI
over this people more beautifully and .ruthfuy
ozprcHaed thsn by Lord O'iIagan in hts undo-
llverod otation, when he sasB shat It WAS the
llborator'e great aim to keep Ireland subHis-
eivo to tue lanB, yet morally ungotel nahle TO
stir to ils dapths tho passion OF tho people, and
yet mako tlom BhrlnA from violence and out
raso."
A SECOND o'ConSEL1, WANTED.
Butt has not that power. lie IL popular bo-
cause ho REPRESENTA- ("hethcr sincerely ur uoD
principle deeply itnbedtlol 10 tic Irish heart.
That ia all. Wero aotne bo.der aud nlors reck.
Ioss leader to start up Tomorrow aud tell tho
peopo that tho road to Ilomo llute ia to bo
cleared with cannon and muskosry. Init could
IN moro check tho atorm that woulI follow
tnau could straw rcs.st tho fo,ce OF
3 turnado. BuIli.an Is a man who has fotcel
bis way to prominence by ski[Ifut manany.in.
bcca.,se ho is polite. TLov lstcn to lin ~ tLo
Commons because ho gebera!ly &alka sense, and
also. and chiefly because he In no cons,t.urate OF
others. but ho IL only ono OF those Pc eopls who
mnst follow a popular movement, not head 1t, or
guido 1t, stiApo It for his own or his countrys
good. IN truth, tholo IL 10 man 10 freand oJin-
petent to tue tAsk Of q real leador. WLeto, tAou,
III tho danger2
raE PERIL WITH WEAR tEApAns.
leaders do not exlat to check aul contro! popular
movements, Look at tho first F,onch ftoyola-
tlon, and look at tbs Communietso tebullton
Would thefn i.avo Eccu 10 much h(ooi aud out
to put himaelf At tho heat Of eithor ? Ctea.iY
not. 1t waa because thoro vere too many weak
mcu. too many mcdocrcs, aud no man OF COM
mapding ability, tllut anarchy rnicd aud inda-
cfimluhte slaugl.ter eunucd. No QUO can apuy
that tlloro waB uotno guod underlying both
movements tho frat Frepcu Nesolut,on.
hut how soon the good w4a swuloso cd up ID tho
eyli
HISTORY APT TO n1rEAr ITSELF.
I sav it Ia Decause thcro ts no great loader In
Ireland that danger oxlntS, and 1t waa worry
nearly developing In unpleasant fadllou durlns
thu late O'Conneli ccobratlo.,.
Thase IIotne-llutolb and Fonian apostles are
constantly preaching about tito WRONGS Ut Ire
land. They arc insduusIy teaching the
peorle that the worst ioo to their ftordom IL
not England, but tho Catholic priesthood. This
lung tenchln9 fs rapidly bekrng fruit, as
did the uugodly doctr!pes of Yoltalr0, Rousseau,
aud thoir tsIlo~s IN France. Tue people aro Do-
ginning 10 bells1e that tue priests Aro verJ good
botcons in nsttors Of Goiision, but, uhe, 1t
comes to politics, thsy arc NOT to bo truhtetl
they false lights, mosu apto lure than, on 10
roeks aud gu,uksxndA tnsn into q AAFooe Of
safety. The consequence it, too, that this oon-
ttadIctotY toaohtng IL bringing up good many