The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-07

son consented 10 dpOstttLe tne erNate vas
settled upon HIM 20 the exclusion Of tae other
children. the father from Inat nour becoming Ohly
lie tenant. II the vile 81 Catnole @ re-
The religion OF ner husband sue was rec lIol us
control, and the Chancellor assgueu ner
certain portion OF her husbane's p rotpSt.sii
II any chud, however young, r. o'v 49,,
Itself a Protestant IL was at once q Ken rom
It's fathars care aud the Chancellor coulu assl-n
for the maintenance ana future posln9 o. tse
Court might decree. No Cathohc coud pe guar
other nerson ana therefore q catholic VINO died
while hi. children were minors had the bitterness
OF renecrIng upon MS death Oed that thei must
mass No 10 me care OF PrOtestants. An anaulty OF
IRON $50 TO go was PROVIDED as brlDe Ior every
priest VINO wouio become a Proteslant. 10 con,
vert a Protestant TO Catholicism was capital
onence.n 80. - -.
ohc archbsnops. bishops, deacOns ana other dig
nitares were ordered oy a certain day TO leave
the country and II after mat date they were
ound IN Ireland they were liable 10 be nrst I'M
Drsoned aud taen banshed aud II, after that ban
lshment. they returned TO discharge their duties
they were liable TO the punishment OF death
Rewards were offered Tor the discovery or Catholic
bishops, priests ana schoolmasters. Any Catholic
OF eighteen years OF age coulu De compehed 70 de-
clare before Justices OF the peace wEen ana Where
he last aeard mass, what persons were present
ami who offcIated.
The rewards offered by the government gave
rise TO the profession OF the prlesi-hunter and IL
was popular remark that tue same pr ce was
pat on the head OF a priest a. thai upon VOL
1t Is OF this cOde that Edmund Burke speaks
when ne says "lt sad VICIOUS perfection. IL
was a complete system, lull vi conference and con-
sistency; wen cIgested and wei disposed ia all
Its parts. II was a machine OF wise ana elaborate
conf rvnnce ana a. wei fitted or the oppression,
iapoy eris hnent ana degradation OF people ana
the dcDasement IN tnem Ol human nature ltseI
as ever proce eded from the perverted ingenuity
OF MANI The success OF Ine parrot arms III
America ana the aetermined acuon Of the voiun-
teeIs OF 1882 forced some initiation oi TINS coae;
Tor instance, in toe PERMISSION 10 CAlApllcs 10
teach school and TO attain 10 some Oi the loWef
nonors o: the bar Yet enough OF its atrocities
remained To gOal -
Into the rebellion OF 1898 ia Ine suppIessi9r ~
which brutal sodlery showed that they had not
forgotten the lessons OI LEef OIot" eIliau an
cesors IN the burning, hogglugs ana tofIur4hg
OF helpes prisoners, and the butchery, as II III
SPORT, OF hundreds ol women ana chl.uIeh. luess
massacres were iOnOWed ~ the not Tess brutal
executions ordered by trI1unGls IA when II WAS
sufficient 10 De accused OF suspected 10 DC
Speedily con 1emnea. The remoteness and COM
paratVe obscuf!ly OF the home oil O'ConneIi's
family IN the Businesses OF the Kerry
mountains had saved them and their prop
erty from the operation or some OF the
worst features Ol the penal cOde. Az the age or
thirteen the young O'COuneil was among the first
10 avail hmsel OF the advantages fnrnisne1 IN the
arst scuool kept OY Catholic ia CORK alter lhe
mitigation OF the penal laws. As his country stlll
refused TO CathOuc higher e1ucatlOn, ne went
to seek IL abroad. first IN Flanders and aflerward
In France. wnere ne entered the celebrated col
ege OF ST. Omer, anu subsequently The English
10 Iane al Doyer Forced 10 leave France bY the
horrors OF the French Revolution III 1893 we find
hIm in 1894 law student Ia London, and in l79S he
was admitted TO me bar az Dublin. DIS 1rst pdb-
nc speech was at q meeting IN opposition TO
that union Of ireland with the Kingdom of Great
Britain. the WORK OF the grossest bribery and COL
most OF the subsequent MS Of ireland. ana 10 the
repeal OF which he consccrated tae maturity OF
MS powers ana the best enorts OF his later years.
His haired OF the Union ana MS desire Tor It's re-
peal were no a:terthOughls, bat ne naturally and
wlsel, devoted nrst MS maiehlesS talents and his
great requirements To the elnAncp ton Of his
ITymen, 10 Obtain Tor them sOmetnlng OF the rights
OF men--oI lreemen-beiore he could nope 10 MAKE
them citizens Of an independent nation. BY
his great natural g1ts not merely, out by
his untlring industry IN the study anu
practice OF mis- profession, he soon began TO reap
the harvest Of such nonors and enOlulnents as the
somewhat mItIgated penal laws left open 70 one
OF nia religion. HIS thorough mastery Of the par
ticuars OF case his Keen knowledge Of human
nature, that gave hin almost ntultlye saguclty
in cross questioning a witness; ms wonderful
power OF analysis, tue eloquence OF MS pleadlnss,
THE HUMOR AND PArHos
with which he swayed the feelings Of jury, all
ana TO make even those who would nave desplsed
or hated him because OF mis- religion
OF his great abint1es. An anecdote 81
told oil him which illustrates the keenness OF his
intuitions. In a Will case a witness swore posi-
lively That the life was IN the testator wnen MS
hand signed the Will. OiConnel, struck by the
mans perslsting that "tne lie was In aim. f"
sought TO vary the phrase by asking the man, on
his oath, was the tesaJor stlll alive, ana as con-
frmed all the more In MS suspicious by tue reply,
O'Connell completely broke Gown the witness aud
discovered his suoteru9e by piumply asking hlln,
''Was IL not 1--we ~ IN the dead mans mouth ~
With powers thus matured O'Connell threw nim-
self, with all the ardOr OF MS nature. INTO the
struggle Tor Catholic emancipation. Wearied and
exhausted he must have been with MS forensic
labOrs he Would repair from The courts, not TO
seek nuc n-needed rest ia the quIet or mis- home,
but 10 Jae struggles and aDOrs OF the meet
ings OF the Catholc committee and later, OF The
CarnoItc Assorlation Here ne mad TO throw OH
npon the troubled waters, 10 concate differences
Of opinion, to combat without entirely alternating
the Catholic sristocracy while opposing their
Jhort-slgnted ana selfish plans OF emancipation.
Many OF tue aristocracy, in their eagerness 10 o1-
tam Tor themselves power and place from which
they were excluded by their religion, were wiling
10 sacrifice some OF the dearest rights and liDer-
ties of that religion 10 enhance their own.
Inc English Minister. IN 1919 was willing to
concede some measure OF Catholic emancipation,
but at the price oil the right U. veto upon the
TIE CATHOLIC BISHOPS,
which would have virtually gwen 10 him the right
oil their appointment IL was sought 10 make the
tempting oner souby tempting by the promise or
State salaries 10 the CATHOLIC hierarchy ana
clergy. Inc kngIsh and irish CalhOnc aristoc-
racy caught eagerly ut the bait. some OF the
English Catholic preiates we're urgent in ITS lavOr
and IN the year 1893 the blsuOps Of ireland,
weared and hsarturoken at the desperation OF
their docks ana at tAe hOrrd cruelres and
butcherles with which tnelr natural ouLbursts
OF reoeliion bad been visited nad been
weak enough TO acqulesce eveA III the proposal
10 purchase at sucn concession some respite rom
those horrors. Four atclblshops and SIX DlsnOps
IN that year had given their assent 10 TINS scneme
Of the veto. Burke mad SAID at that time OF tne
veto that the government o. England, invested
with sucn power, would Initiate the serGgho or
ConstantInople, wnlcB makes the miserable Gig-
nrtles OF the creek Cnurcn suDservlent to the
added Burke, ito winch taey expose aud re-
expose the same dignity anu by Wnlcn they
squeeze All the inferior orders or the clergy IL
nearly equaf 20 all tie other expressions together
exercised by Mussulmans ever The unhappy MEM
bers OF the oriental Church"
OCOnnell wOuid not listen for moment 10 the
insidiOus proposal. The Catholic clergy, with
heroic fidelity TO tae purity OF their heavenly mis-
sion and 70 the nOcks Tor wnom and with whom
they mad so long suffered common fate. spurned
tue insIdiOus Oner anu, by meetings and protests
ana remonstrances 10 tneIr bishops. compelled
the latter to abandon all tAOugnt OF accepting so
dangerous compromise. In nothing was the
Keen sagactty OF O'COnneli, MS truc-neaTtcd
instincts ana his love OF pure religion
more manifest than IA ms opposition
4 measure oil whlcn the seductive Oners mad
for a time so ClOuded the vision OF the cnief
Ehepherda OF the nOCS mat they were blinded 10
the fatally perDlclOus consequences. In lllustra-
ton OF this | wOuld relate tue following auec-
Corresponding one day TO "a Catholic priest In
the county Limerick OiConnell casually men
toned the name ol Chlel Baron Wolfe. 81 be-
heve, Mr.. OConneil," salc the priest, waD op-
posed 10 you on tne veto question:
Yes" said OCOnnen," ~ ole thought that
emancipation should be purchased at the expense
OF handing over to the government the appoint
msnt OF Catholic bishops, under the name OF a