The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-04-18
epp.r MEETING IN ST. PA1R1cK's HALL
MAJOR NEWS ADDRESS,

l., ,.snonse TO the invitation OF the i''oe'- 1
10, Association, an immense auo'eH ,
1,.a last Sunday evening in the mae"'i'en'
9, patr,ck,s Hall, to pay a fitting trionte
a., ~. ,remory of the ilustrious lrish Pa''''''
,,:..lo, The stage was deliberately de-
.,ro,ea with fIgs ard banners. ABOVE 'ho
IL, covered the speakers stand was
~. ir,crip,ion, We mourn the patriot Dead
49, mitchell" while on the sides were the
,oo,toss Ireland must and shah De lfee' anu
I 4Tbe shirt of a nation never Dies
On the platform were large number OF the
~ C,.rsv. Lesides most of the prominent
,,;sbmen of the city. The meeting having
ar,.r;ved nv the election of Mr.. Hugh |
rav,n as President that gentleman INTRODUCED
a.ior ]. H. New as the orator OF the evening
MAJOR j. H. NEWS GRAFTON
,h. traveller who visits Ireland to-day
,mnnr other objects of interest TO arrest nis az
>.;pS1 will find "a number of towers, stand
- solitary and peculiar at great distances
L. in eyery section of the island. TO the
r"niry as TO the nature of these structures;
hen ihey we're built by whom, and Tor "ha1
aInose !, ia replied, they are The Round
Towers - built no one knows when, and by
phom no one can say. Whether LOT purposes
Of defence. or like the Py1aTids Oh thaTs tbeS
.tand gray with age, overgrown Win IVY
melancholy guardians of story never 10 DO
aold.
mind when YOU leave the busy streets OF Dub
lin and enter the quiet road tna1 leaos W
The cemetery you descry another huge lower,
that shows at an immense way on anu seems
A modern repetition of the round turrets Oh
aid But this one is surmonnted by cross.
This one shines clear and bright, under me
blue sky above you, and 10 yet free OF any
,ouch of time. There can be no question Oh
tho purpose for which this was constructed
ANY more than of the man IN whose honor IL
raises it's granite shaft. The sight IL peculiarly
approprjate. Not like the Nelson monument
IN tbe centre of busy street forever hIm mi 9
With the sound of trade nor Ike the "eLlhg
ron testimonial defautly stuck III gay an.
nandsome park. 1t rises from among the lt,el
dead; the honest citizens of the metropolis
Who, living. =" delighted to sound the praise .
him who sleeps beneath.
Near one hundred years ago the man ht res
here was born. When you tell the story
ais life Won tell the story of Ireland Tor Tor
grnrs-her hops and aspirations, her sttuGgie
nLdhuuiliatIouh, her sutlulinge aud her actea'
sad and pain ful story; paintu 10 All " no loN
Hherty AID who grieve 10 read OF lnehectn"
,to,ts To secure 1t, vet Instructive ana lncitih
IN the spectacle II presents OF Tue III iou
r,>ver one man can exercise over nation II
modern history has no parallel III the s"Iy e.
srcised over IA people ike thnt Oh lam
OConnel over the lilsn people 'ioni 'No GO
RsO0 to the year lel6.
when the great Liberator was yet AHA
<ith the rejected light of Catholic emancip
england aud Iceland, in the town OF pa
R.vso, comfy of Derry, was born the man
honor Of whose memory we meeI mere
might No monument like that OF OCohn'
vet marks ltS rrRvo. In truth, 1t seems u
Yesterday la died, If, indeed, that merry sPii
n, .I,i, uChtG, That noble heart stllI"u I"r"N'
We can .,r..sr aduliG AID realize the iact, al
we gaze at ia" scene of his last tHPi"ttS AS
N. Yves. wucn the sun ~ gone, '"PI
against lape, to catch another gun rNo 81
glory. co.,, ,
sur offerings Of affection Uu his t"inhf w
jo tho Iiial people. wherever they &c hsee
Glr together TO" I" commemorate rvs nA"
A ritiz.u W ithout iuUk or tltlc. lawyer, "
80 90 ,l,tn,, Srnfy years at age, ne pas
onietly away IN the land OF his hn'h' an"
he would - startled by the announce me
Nj ain WHO love honesty all VINO Au''
'n.,,,o. all a. lo reverence truth AZ. urvut
20 principle: all who adore &c land ot IN
ta,6ers; all these. regardless of nationali
fslt on the toth day of last month, when
telegram was received proclamirg the
Sad ,sme, and John Mitchell was but na
list honesty, courage. trnth, principle and
riotsm had lost hrursupp"rter ana "A
slant devSut worshiper. Aud 1t IL TO ho
lie possessor of these the modest OF nut
onalities, that men have gathered toSe'her
over the world as We are TINS evening Ill
hall.
Born in 1915; at the age of twenty -oue J
Mitchell graduated at TuuIty College, Dul
lie immediately studied law, and practiced
profession for wears IN NewrY and
bridge 1t " ~ then that OConuell left
lin 10 visit the provinces to inaugurate
series Of vast open air meetings.; probably
largest gathering of men the world has
messed for political purposes, numbering
afty to three hundred thousand men. The
Get of these assemblies was the repeal of
nnion between England and Ireland. Blu
waa TO he done peaceably aud in order. I
was to be no violence.
II viii do it," said OConnell "by IL
peaceable and constitutional means alone
the electricity of public opinion; by the IL
combination Of good men and by tie en-
ment of four millions of repealers. l n
disciple of that sect of politicians who bel
that the greatest of all subluuary blessing
100 dearly purchased at the expence OF u 81
drop of human blood"
One of these monster meetings was pr ole
nj CIontarf, three miles from Dublin.
OConuell had always contrived to
clear Of the shoals and quicksands of the
sunning very near u penalty, but avoiding
precise act that would precipitate the pu
ahment. His whole case rested on the asst
Atou that all needful redress could be obta
without the violstion of statute, tina
thence and petitioninG would cure all the
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