The New York herald., 1875-08-16
Dissatisfaction Of the "NatOnaliSts" with
the Committees Programme
BISHOP DUPANLOUP'S LETTER.

DUBLIN August a. 1875.
The oConnel Centenary is upon Already one
caR feel the excitement Of unusual occasion in the
very air of this metropolis which, for all that is bright
and humorous in its inhabitants is quiet sedate city
enough all the year round though it bestir itself
wildly and 6ercely at times. The coming celebration
has taken political aspect not very promising for
the lovers of peace but the little spice of antagonism
only gives Dublin greater zest for the whole matter
When the present Lord Mayor of Dublin Right Hon
orabe Peter Paul Mcswiney was elected chief mags-
trate for the time on January l. 1875 he an
nounced his intention of celebrating the centenary of
OConnel Mr. McSwiney is regarded in Irish politics
as whig or ''Culleniten the terms being deemed
synonymous The surviving political colleagues of
OConnell-sevcral of whom hold government appoint
ments or are superannuated-were summoned to the
Mansion House about three months ago when it
decided to form centenary committee to include all
who conceded in 0Connes moral force policy for Ire
land. From this committee emanated appeal TO
Irishmcn ''wherever situated" of all creeds, to CO.
operate in tho projected celebration. In this ap
peal 0'Conncll was described the champion of civil
and religious lberty--no portion Of his political
career being selected for special commemoraon The
most captious critic, Of the press obliged
acknowledge that the platform set up by the committee
sufficiently wide to admit of general acceptance
Orange and green seemed disposed to amalgamate
Subsequently circular sent round to the several
parish priests institute church door collection to
deray expenses with the permission of the bishops Of
each docese, and this brought money accompanied by
epistles that impaired hue the proceedings hitherto
avoided. Gradually sectarian character began to
develop itself, and the Lord Mayor, elaed at the
spirited which Catholic prelates priests
'toolsn to the movement announced that he would give
n banquet out of his private purse to naugurato
he eornaI To thp Cprma
going cxradtion many of the preates of the French
Church all the Irish Catholic preates invited
clergymen OF the Protestant Church being included
AT a meeting of the
o'coSNELL CENTENARY COMMITTEE
the Lord Mayor announced that he purposed giving
precedence to the Heath Of the Pope" the list of
toasts This evoked an immediate and criticism
from writer signing himself San Irish Peer" be-
leved to be the Earl OF Desart who generally says
pleasant things at awkward times This controversy
progressed, tho Earl maintaining that the committee
departed from their original programme, and that no
loyal subject Of Her Majesty Queen Victoria could bo
present "when prcmedated slight was being offered
her in thus giving precedence the Pope within her
own dominions" Tho effect of this correspondence
was that very few any, of the civil of the
Crown deemed themselves at liberty to accept the in
yation to tho Lord Mayors banquet Therefore,
Judges heads of departments and subordinates were
absent and it must be admitted that the influential
character of the banquet considerably dwarfed in
consequence
The difficulties of the situation increased by che
selection OF Lord OHagan (ex-Lord Chancellor of Ire
land TO deliver the centenary oraton. The extreme
natonalists pronounced this attempt rentroduce
whiggery into Irish politics. and with the aid of the
clergy extinguish the scparatsts physical force
party, better known in Ireland by the generic term
''Tenian." The word was ''passcd" through the diff
fcrent centres in England and Scotland to strong
in Dublin TO prevent if possible, the delivery of the
grafton by Lord 0'Hagan in public when the process
sonsts reached their destination, Sackvie street, it
having been arranged to erect platform the site Of
the 0'Connel monument, from which Lord 0'Hagan
was TO speak. Under the influence of the expressed
determination Of the soparasts the originally
fixed for the procession considerably restricted,
places Of exciting interest in Irish political history
CONNECTED with 9S, &c having been struck out
As counter movement to this action of the separa-
lists in the several churches of the city and rural dis
trcts, request from Cardinal Cullen was communi-
Gated to tho religious confatornes of that they
should assemble on Friday morning, August O. at the
place Of rendezvous, Kildare street, Dublin wearing
their religious insgnas, crosses and medals So mar
shalod with the clcrgymen at their head the commit
tee Judged that there would be less likelihood of their
political feelings being acted upon than If they were
ranked in the order Of the trades.
Lord O'Hagan became excited, perhaps alarmed with
regard to the consequences He knew that he was un-
popular as placeman. He therefore declines to de-
liver his oration person. cxcuslng himself account
Of domestic trouble.
LORD o'HAGAN's GRAFTON
Tho kind attention Of Lord 0'Hagan to the HERALD
representative in Ireland enables TO forward in full
the oConne Centenary address, which His Lordship
was to have delivered from tho platform which was
raised at the site OF tho oConne monument in Dublin.
The following is
Tho commemoration which make to-day is more
than an honor TO 1t celebrates the redemption
of people. II is prophecy and afOrctasto OF that
future of union, prosperity and peace in which Irish
men will yet forget the misrue and end the strife OF
ages You assemble to testify your thankfulness
for the noblest service single citizen rendered to
nation; your pride In the equality he conquered for
you by such Titanic efforts and against such desperate
Odds and your unchanging devotion to that good old
of civil and religious liberty, of which through
out his life he the foremost champion in the world
feel very deeply my nadequacy fulfil the task
imposed upon me- But avoidance of Il was impossible
In my earlier years knew 0'Connel well He was to
me also as he was described by Richard Ialor She'll
during the trial Of 1874 my great political benefactor
my deiverer and my friend" Ihavc more than shared
the public advantages which his marvellous career pur-
chased for ais country; and, from the hour when he
signed my certificate for admission TO the Irish Bar
personally his debtor for continual kindness. As his
counsel acted for him in the Queens Bench and the
House OF Lords and though some public questions
vcnturod to differ from him in the zenith OF his power
ne never withdrew from me bis confidence and friend
sihip With such antecedents could be silent when l
Was asked TO speak, though friends whom respect
twoud have had u so2 Surely | could not am hero
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