, 1875-06-07
JOHN MAC HALE.

lecture by ti1e 1suv. Owen Sfcnaon.
YAc Noy, Oyou s.c,iiso,,, from tile Arc1,-dIo-
| rms, ~ trr,,, r-a,o,,I ,1olivoraJ ,oct,ra :.
t,ao,.. '''. n.I ..1 ,"". ~. 49, =. r,' u,
! Times ai Archbishop alacllale." l,ehvy rain
coming up inst before tho hour at which tho lcc-
t,o vas to lcsiu <ao,,t!less kept many away. but
ncxort1,,c,s thoro w,. n . d.st,oi nn'1;e,.s
~. ,N.. ''.s's w." "hIc.a au"'1Hes'
Inc lec'a1os was introduced py 'ae l1on'
| William j. onn!iAn, wllo mae some lIef In
| troductory remarks OIL tho noblo nntl elevated
character OF tho prolato wLo was tl,o subject
| of tho 1o,t,ra
- ~ Wv 1ee."ie'
1ho lecsufcs "as recolsoa "ith great a1-
| plaueo. iie said that siuco bis arrival in thta
country fow mo1lt1,a aEo, hiy oxncrlcnco had
! boon pleasant In tho oxtrcapo. 11o to1t 10 waa
t,ao,;.,,. ~ tna" ,,,,'. 49,, ,. 49,. 49," 80
.o"uN,s ~ Ivy MNa' n'.'' po''G ''o ".7s s'1ao
no haa c'c9 'oit lso,hta IL was tho ilres senFa-
slon OF tho hiMl lIo had ever experienced. Tho
American institutions. and ox,r.eynp I,ia nicon.
49,. T.; ~ aas''..,, ~" ~ 1a'~h .,, NV p'o"e
ufo III 'Ao scenery u tha country aud
| tno og,aences ol ita commercial prosperity,
lie said that nt no a,onont s|leo ho Ind been
in this country had he boon nroudcr man than
ct tho present time. when lo caught the Cotio
fire from tho hrlg.. eseA Of hia aud.ouco md
saw their beautiful Irish facna. [AppIa,,so.
one summers oycl.i',x, ejGt!ty.aix yeatu ngo'
couplo at tho foot Of Nopbin. Thoao wio caluo
to congratulate the young mother pronouncod
tho babe loyuIy bnyolll his follows. before any
one could touch him tho Young mother placod
tho pFayor-hook between &lo it,t,occnt lands al
the cluid and couhccratod his !ifo to tho service
uf GI,d's A!las. Illtsty-n,x years after t4reo
! Dishaps met at Dallina to eo,1nccrate a
| 3onus DisAop llo was mono other than
tl,c ton Of tho PEASANT mother, John Maci1alo.
| Ac1t Tucaiay tle tfsiosh yeaT Of lis Dslloprlo
would hayD l'c0n Completed and tloro would
| tut To lnt! Ill Ireland that would 10, haye a
boi,-liro III hiH honor. From the Krand old l'opo
at ltpme to tho reuUtost missionary Dtstop old
John aincllalo ss1 lie moet re1nnfkab1e l}relate
OF them al. 1le MI, throo years older than tho
| prescnt 1'opc. although ho had attained moro
tlan tl,e yeass Of Potter. During his life there
Lad been foar roens, aud It EXTENDED over every
ulYssuB 8. Grant.
At tho time when i'e waa born. Tho world waa
laboriug with mighty issuos, WLou ho waa n
child, h'a father toIil him Of tho War Of Amor. ms
Tho accents Vi urntta1, Flood, and Plunkett
wcro atiil acyoEbea atius through tho land, aud
he was old enough to handle pike at Tho battle
Of Vinegar Hill. Tno year 1852, whom 10 WAS
b. b9F ;e wnf s.n snGralH ysar Then Tho eanaoa
tyrannioH of Europe, and the apirit Of American
lbosty travtrsel nll natlonA. h1aoIIato
saw tho titnes Of tic moat droud-
fnl oppression against ireland. An Irish
Catholic in his youth could not
own anythiug worth moro thar, &C.. II = CATH
o!ic rode Doxter or IN Eclipso, a Protestant
might leEally.tnko it from lsin giving him E5 as
recoInponAe. III ttoHe ttmo6 tho huniauo law at
England allowed Is for tho head Of q priest sot
up on q gallo, aud mass hnd to DO celebrated IN
cayca aud dripping casorns.
Such wero tho surroundings Of John Mac
lInles entrance intn the World and these things
implanted iil l.is young breast III undying Hatred
Of IsritiBE, insoleuco and injustice. Since then
tho law had Eeen ynetly tettorod. until, To nso
tl.e national figure, tho only oillco to which an
1rlpl,tnau could not attain MAS to bo Ououn at
Ireland. tLaughtcr.l
The Irish Church bad como cut from, its long
persecution without bnor or bIem;nl,, md tyas
now tic grandest aud freeBt chu.cl, in ChItston-
dom. tApplause.l The mon who brought about
these el,a'Iges wore great .npu, yho namo Of
Dauiei O'CUnnoli would aIways viii rise in ~ sn i ir;n.
mars memory as tho goat iibcrn.or hut 1oI,,,
atacilale always STOOD shoulder to ehoQior with
him.
~ 1916, John MscIis1o was ordained priost,
and appointed 1'rofoBscr ur Dog,ua in St. PIT.
ricks CuIjcso. In those {,pyb protcstant
would not observe tie ordinary clyilitioa Of lifo
to Ill Irish Catholic. Ministers ueachotl from
tho taxE, "0'Conue]l, tho Pope, and tllo
Ueyil" and avcry epeine to malfun and
abuso tie Catholic Church wus onplo1od, II
should bo rccoliectctl that tho Irish Dosnio couli
nut b ing tlp 4hpir children In tia f:u,hnlio fa;tl
unit, tic e..l OF tic laa. century. iIow. tlon'
coulI tue ptleata 10 oducateti and be ,ittotl tn
copo with tue finished r,,eloririas Of Trinity or
Oxford In Jthm MuciinIo;a v"nt .,o tn,rra' " "
tho reual code was such that fur fuar f its "a I'm.
sct,ncnt tho Catholic priests woro tinid and auh-
m.rsiye. Thcn three btaye tneu aroaa Who tIarcd
to bullet thesc ilouds of calvn,ny,-Dnnioi O'fnns
nell, DR.. l,oyle, aud JOIN, Al6ciIale fApplausol.
In lS22! Dr. Mct}cu, Protestant Ilalo,1 ot DublIn'
oryanize.i . proaolyllzing ialsslo,l In ireland.
Then John Macila!o, from htn Pfofousor's chair,
thwarte1 liA ilefariouB designs. In that tlay he
was both tho Nexn,an aud lilo MaupInc Of the
irish Church, Fifty yea.s svo ho nttnrIob lin
c!tatto Of tho protsstaut' Church iu Ire,anl md
tho grand old ,naa had liYc TO seo The ancceva
OF h,s efforts In tho discstabjsh1ucnt. Whon
tho English Government offered to ualary tIp
lsIah priests, AtaclIa}e spurpetl the inait,iona
offer. Firmly did ho Ataud sido by Lid with
O'Connol in his ofYorY for Catholic emancina.
nell a,uglel out thu young uisho,, M the nsnn
lteaycn. but ho had loft behind him tho cloak Of
~ nao -, H!,ses; nna tnat c!oak had lallo1
Wl,on in 1sss torrhc nnTsaensoni 1yr o,,.,,
against Ireland, anll a graf o1oJus tank nisen