The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-08-15
O'ConneaIs Pacific Policy.
IN. Y. World Aug. IT,

with the centennial celebration OF ME own
birth, at least on this side 0! tne wase,
Gen. Butler harangued an audience IN pos
ton on Thursday night in praise OF tne
Liberator, and particularly commenced MIN
for "leading the revolution OF HSo. VOC 90
far from leading the revolution of 1850,
sent out of harm's way at the time
of the hopeless rising lit never became a
| .revolution'O of the gallant but unfortu-
nate Lord Edward Fitzgerald, and re-
| NAMED dnring the greater part OF those ter
rible times in the peaceful wilds of Kerry.
One would hardly expect such o person as
| General Butler, however, either to under,
| stand the career of a great hearted ana !
large Drained patriot like O'Connell, or to
be at the paine Of informing himself about
| it's obvious facts.
Rnt it ia TO he hoped that quite different
orator, Mr.. Richard O'Gorman. may have
been msquoted by the EUening Post. which
cites him as saying that O'ConnelPs opPo
sition to the use of ply sical force against
England arose from the fact that tine
most secret plans of the Irish patriots
had been betrayed to the English Govern
nent "a soon as formed" For the Evening
Post makes this alleged assertion OF Mr..
O'Gorman's the text for sermon worthy
Exeter Hall on the inherent baseness and
treachery of the Irish character If Mr.
O'Gorman said anything at al In the
Grafton about the origin Of OConnell's
Wise and successful policy be must
r have drawn what lie said from OCon-
nells own language upon the subject
, as it stands recorded for us by hls falthlul
Secretary, Mr.. O'Neill Daunt. Wiser words
on the true methods of conducting nation s
, resistance to outrageous tyranny were
. never uttered, and in astice to the great
f man whose name is now on all men ups
0 we shall reproduce them in full. 81 learn,
: ed" said Mr. O'Connell to his friend and
secretary, ''from the example of the United
Irishmen the lesson that in order to succeed
:, for Ireland it was strictly necessary TO
r work within the limits OF the law and
% Constitution. saw that fraternites
d banded illegally never could be safe; that
q invariably some person without principie
= would be sure to gain admission INTO such
If societies and either fer ordinary orioes'
n or else in time of danger for their own pre-
j. servatiop, would betray their associates.
Yes, the United Irishmen taught me that
Of all work for Ireland must be done openly
al and above board"
TO This manly protest against all attemptt
ID to serve freedom by conspiracles pears 81
ly sharply upon some recent plans and pro
j. iects for advancing the independence of Ire
a. land, that Mr.. OGorman would have rem
10, dered o service to his .compatriots ant
n. done only justice to the Liberator OF M
a native land by quoting it at length. The
liz experience not only of Ireland but OF to-
ZEE world attests it's wisdom. Italy learned i
til in grief and shame from the Carbonari, an'
to the miserable lntrigues of l77l IN Massa
ch chusetts show what dismal com eotar
v, upon it our own history might have turn
ished had any men less open, determine
an and outspoken than Samuel Adams the
I'M controlled the Spartan band of New Eng
,r- land patriots. O'Connelrs perspicacit
of and mauliness eaved Ireland and tn
at British Empire from untold disasters an
his disgrace. How colossal was the wor
le- which he carried through by his lifelon
to adherence to the policy with which ne
is gan his attack upon the Union with Eng
nv, land in 1901, it is difficult for men of IL
led stand.
he When O'CoDpell began his agitation.f'
md Catholic mancipatior, in 1901, the Catht
in lies of Ireland were persecuted as bitter
till as the Protestants of France had been /
ew Louis XIV, or the Quakers of New En-
,ed land by the Puritaus, or the Christians
rec the Roman Empire by Diocletian, or II
he Pagans of the Roman Empire by Theod
1ch sius. At time when the Irish soldiers
lgh England were unfolding her honor ar
the defending her existence on the Contlnen
ned 1T was u mortal offence for an Iris
ism Catholic soldier to attend Mass. An lris
nal man who bore the English name of We
lea lesley, but whose family name was the pu
the Irish name of Colley, was permitted
i'm be the military savior of Great BIIai
han But Catholic private in the Dublin mi
ace tia, Patrick Spence by name, for expost
rev. lating with his commanding othc
loz- against bis being put into the oIa
of hole for declining to attend Protesta
ms service, was ordered in the native isla
} Of of Wellesley to receive 1899 lashes on
to bare back, ," or, in other words, be hogg
pass to death.
den Aud now, lese than thirty years at
any O'Connell's death, grand Processi
ma passes through Dublin streets in bis hon
ion, composed of four Archbishops, forty bi
rous ops, and Eve hundred priests of O'C'
ems nell's church, aud headed by two Candin
red one of England and the other of Irea
, ga. one Saxon" the other Celt! T
pur- contrast tells the story, does it not, of
de wisdom as well as of the valor, of
mia prudence and the craftsmanship as well
How of the patriotism and the devotion, of
dent great man whom Ireland now mourns
a of whose name the history of Liberty '
what never let die
ng to
now Some of the London newspapers
Arch quoting the experience of an English
sias- insurance company as evidence that t,