The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-06-20
fFrom Our Own Correspondent.Jl
OUR IRIsE LETTER.

OUR 1RIsE LETTER.
DUBLIN, June 1st, 1875.
The latest public movement set on foot in Ire
land is one to commemorate by public monu-
ment the services to Ireland rendered by the
in 'Ss, and fought for Irish liberty in that dark
era against the soldiery of England. Some of
those brave fellows were inferred in q place
near Castlebar called, in accordance with this
fact, "French Hill" to this day; and on this
spot on Sunday, last thousands of men, young
and old. assembled from all parts of Mayo, to
take steps to have the graves decorated or
otherwise suitably marked for all to know
them. Amongst the speakers were some per-
sons from Dublin, belonging to the extreme
national party, and, on the whole, the demon
stration gave proof that the spirit of hostility
to English rule is as alive and as vigorous in
the heart of Mayo as ever it was in any part
of LELAND. It was, in fact, demonstration
of hostility to British rule, though, doubtless,
gratitude to-the- French was alsOaa psisiugy
cause with the people who attended it; and it
is, of course, q knowledge of this fact which
induced the police to tear down the placards
which announced it. As if the tearing down
of the placards were not the very thing to in
tensify disaffection! But the object of the
police was, perhaps, to annoy and insult the
people and provoke them to acts of violence.
They are continually doing things of this kind.
On Sunday, however, the people kept order 30
we'll that there was NO excuse for police inter-
ference A few detectives in plain dress were
present amongst the people, but nobody mind
ed them, and they went home as they came.
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to be submitted to without at least protest and
remonstranoe. The Junior NJ. P. for Mayo, Mr..
O'Connor Power (who, by the way, will shortly
be going out to deliver a series of lectures
the Irish national question in the United
Ststes) gave notice last night that he would
tonight ask the Chief. Secretary for Ireland
whether he was aware the police did tear
down the placards in question, whether in
doing so they acted on the authority of the
Government any other authority, and
whether the meeting to which they referred
had not since been conducted in q peaceable
and orderly manner. This 10 a skilfully framed
question, but nevertheless suppose the Chief
Secretary will contrive to screen the despotio
conduct of the police from censure. No mat
ter how fyrannical or illegal the acts Of the
police may be, they are always upheld by the
Government with all their power and, if neces
Sary, with any amount, however large, of the
public money. There is no justice to be had
for the people against the police who, indeed,
to do them Justice, chiefly aot only after hav-
ing been duly authorized by the Government.
They are the chief instruments by which
English rule is maintained in Ireland, and in
this sense they are the real rulers of the coun-
try. They are in q very small degree presses
vers of the peace or fit to prevent or detect
crime. And, in fact, they are not
trained to do anything of the kind for, at the
present moment, what they are doing all over
the country is learning how to shoot with the
rifle and to plead against political offenders in
the law courts. They are, in short, a standing
military force, twelve thousand strong, and
stand in strong contrast to any other police
force in the civilized world. And so behold
how Ireland is kept in snbjeCtion to the British.
As anticipated, Judges Keogh, Morris and
Lawson have declared that Capt. Stephen
Moore was legally entitled to tho seat to which
John Mitchell was elected by the people of
Tipperary. The three were, of course Gnani-
nous, aud, moreover, they mulcted in ali the
costs the elector who strove to defend the
rights of his fellow-eleotors. Nothing else
could possibly have been expected from those
three men who are the three greatest and
most unscrupulous partisaus on the bench.
The popular cause has no chance of fair treat
ment at their hands. They are regular blis-
ter on the people of Ireland. As for Captain
Moore, that person took bis seat in the House
of Commons on Monday night for the first
time, and on the occasion was received with
hearty cheers by the Tories. Those cheers are
excusable, Tory SO seldom gets the chanceof
sitting for Tipperary. The NatiOh long since
predicted that this would be the result if John