The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-08-13
Ghe Glorious Counselor Of Derry

become the most distinguished orator,
statesman, agitator and hbcrator of any
age. Away off in the southwest where
the mountains of Iveragh frown down upon
/ the sea. ''whose waves rolling in from the
! west dash in thunder upon the Skelligs
! and almost bury them IN foam, Danlei
/ O'Connell was born one hundred years ago
J this very day. Living amid the widest
scenes of natural beauty and among SIM
Pile people, he grew up with mental and
bodily training admirably suited to his III
! ture work Of firing the Irish heart and
moving the stubborn British will An eye
witness to the exceSseS of the ratlonalStS
/ in France, these occurrences made such an
/ impression upon his youthful mind as TO
/ lead him always to set his face against dis
order and irTeligion, and he ever cherished
a warm affection for his mother church.
J AS Il lawyer he became the most noted on
the Munster circuit and was famous far
and wide for his skill in trying cases.
! But the events of the revolution of '9S
and the political condition of the Irish peo-
pie at the beginning of the present century
opened a wider field for the exercise of this
/ power than did the practice of his probes
/ sion. Society was dsorganzed, Ireland
/ had been reconquered, and, as Lord Chan
/ cellor BOwes stated from the bench, ''in
I the eye of the law no Catholic existed IN
Ireland" The British government was
perverted to the misrule of this part OF It's
! possessions and neither the lash of satirIst
/ nor the denunciation OF constitutional ora
tors and phlauthropic statesmen had been
able to secure to the down-trOdden country
J her rights. 1t was then that O'COnnell
came to the front determined to accom-
! plish by moral force what had failed in re-
/ sort to arms. lie boldly demanded Catho-
! lie emancipation and began a series OF agl-
tations which, continuing for twenty years,
/ were crowned with results which mark
III inn GI,nl
tual efforts of any age. Throughout the
! whole country his eloquent voice was heard,
/ and, as one of his eulogiSts has said, 1.-THE
/ very air became electric with O'Connell.
1t was clear that soul had come into Ire
land" Her erdelvery was at hand. He art
fully evaded laws made to rGpress him, he
broke through meSheS spread to entrap
him, he escaped pitfalls dug for his feet
and cleared every obstacle placed in his
path Standing for and elected to parlia-
meut he met the power of the gOvernn eHt
face to face. He answered abuse with
abuse he parTied wit with wit and gave
back blow for blow. His parliamentary
career without parallel. He entered
that body like some Highland chieftain at
the head of his clan. He discounted the
leaders Of the opposition and he leariessly
faced their fiercest invective.
His course at length gave the English
government preteXt to arrest him on the
charge of Unreasonable conspiracy" and
after a trial of twenty-five days he was
sentenced to prison for year. from which
he was set free i'll four months by the de-
cision of the house of lords that his trial
had been unfair and fraudulent, and that
such conduct on the part of a prosecuting
officer rendered trial by jurya ''mockery, a
deluSion and a SNARE
But the iron had been driven deep into
his soul and not even the magnificent ova-
tion which greeted him on his release could
. heal the wound. In the meantime n spirit
of discomfort, heightened by the terrible
calamity of the great Irish famine, had
turned the hearts of his people away from
his theories of moral force treason and
justice had been corrupted by mere butte
, force, by bayonet and artillery, and O'COn-
neli's career, as the prophet guide of his
| people, had closed"
When past three score and ten he set
about to make Il pilgrimage to Rome. the
Mecca of the religion which he had SO faith
. fully loved and 50 galiantly defended. He
died on the way, at Genoa, on May q, 1871,
surrounded by friends and attended with
loving care. He was buried at Glasnevin,
where his bones still repose bat if the
/ spirits Of great men walk abroad, he lives
and moves i'm Ireland to vivify her national
life, to purify her literature and make her
. name green wherever liberty is loved.
/ Daniel O. Connelrs work was not for Ire
/ land alone. He lived for humanity and to
I redress it wrongs. Catholic emancipation,
/ Protestant dissenter, Polish refugee. dis
/ abled Jew, were to him alike the objects
! of his chiyalrous defense, aud it is for this
reason that his memory is this day vener-
"a ed not only by the imposing national
celebration in Dublin, but 10y festivities
/ throughout the whole world, and pOntitical
! high mass for the rest of his soul is held i'm
the Eternal city. In the language of Mr..
-
Brooklyn:
His life had been full life. Lawyer
orator. demagOgue, senator, statesman, aCi-
/ Jator, liberator, in all these various spheres
OF action he had been conspicuous and sue
cessful. His services to his country had
been great and prominent. and his SvmDathv
with the cause of freedom all over the earth
sincere and unbounded. No matter
where men suffered wrong; no matter what
was their race, or creed, or color; no matter
how strong was the power that oppressed
them, his gallant nature flew to their succor,
and his potent voice was earnest in their
! cause.
He lived a life noble, brilliant and fruit
fol, and if there be in Ireland today a
bolder and manlier tone of thought, if
senseless sectarian quarrel has ceased if
Protestant ascendancy is a thing of the
past, and all men are equal before the law
and free to worship God as they will l.; if
/ lrishmen are becoming united in wise and
practical effort for the good of Ireland if
there is in Ireland a literature, active bril-
liant, and racy of the soil, much OF the
change is due to that wise and bravo man.
who in perilous times sustained the reputa-
tion of IBIS country, rebuked every slight
/ cast upon her, gave and took blows in her
defence. taught her TO think with courage,
and to speak, write and act with force it is
due to the great and good man whose grave
is in Glasnevin, but whose spirit still moves
inspires and animates Ireland. nd.-Lancastcr
IJteIligencer, 9Th.
THE prospect of having Randall Speaker
of the next House of Representatives does
not please the Utica O5seroer. 1t calls
him an ''infiationist, Protectionist, back
payster, and salary grabber,'' and says
s.lIn iS not e