The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-09-12
rHE MORNING STAB AND CATaOL SUNDAY sEpTEMBER

snd connected With the toast the name Of Biz
Charles Gayan Dafzy. Sir Gavan DUFFY roae,
but he was met with cries of " Butt" and re-
fused hearing. The Lord Mayor called for
9f gssss and eris q
himself rose and. by gestures, indicated that
be wished Sir Gavan Defy to be heard.
Bot It was all no nee; no one would be
heard but the Home Rule leader, who ut
last rose TO address the Lord Mayor. The
latter most Extensively refused TO listen to
him. said "sit down, sir" II w9n't hear you.
shortly sfterwards left the room and got the
gas turned offi Before darkness had set In,
Mr. Butt was just enabled TO say that what he
wanted to do wss TO declare that it was with
hisoonssnt that Sir Charles Duffy rose to speak,
and he justly laid on the shoulders of the Lord
Mayor all responsibility for what had occurred,
for u he bad listened TO. his (Mr. Batt's) ex
have been restored snch is AN outline Of what
occurred. A few remarks are now necessary in
explanation of the conduct OF those who per
sisted in calling for Mr.. Bott. They believed
that the whole object Of the Lord Mayor Dc Co.
was to insult
Mr.. BUTT AND THE HONE RULE PARTY
that party which has returned nearly three
fourths of the entire number Of Irish repre-
sentatives, and to favor the interests of whig-
gerry and there was ample reason for this be-
lief First Of all, it Yves Mr.. P. j. Smyth who
drew mp the lists of toasts, and Mr.. Smytb, as
my readers know, is q renegade from and o
bitter hater of the Home Rulers. Next. Mr..
Smyth was beard during the banquet to sey
that they would bury Home Rule that night"
and would make use of the banquet to effect
their object. Thirdly, it was asexpected-though
an anti-Home Rule repeal speech, he having
refused to join the Home Rule League
Fourthly, from the fact that the toast to " hich
Mr.. Butt was I to M speak1%The =. PeoPie".waSs the the
Mayors address, t,centy speeches would be
made before Mr. Butt could get to say word,
it. was evident that it was iatended to keep
Mr.. Butt from speaking until the reporters
unable to hear him. And besides all this, il
the managers wished really to honor the
toast of Irish Legislative independence and
not to give that cause o atAb, whom could they
have appropriately selected to respond to it
except Isaac Butt-the present leader Of the
movement for the restoration Of the lrish par
liamentf From all this, it will be seen that
the fomentors Of the disturbance have more TO
say for themselves by way of excuse than
might at 6rst sight be imagined. At any rate
the Lord Mayor, Mr.. P. j. Smytb, n. P. and
thought that in limited company selected to
o great extent by themselves they could perpe-
| trate an outrage on Irish national feeling. They
were thoroughly mistaken, and their machine
| those who assisted in
DEFEATING wHIGGERY
on this important occasion were, rejoice to
say, many priests from many parts of Ireland.
Since Friday night, the light has been kept up
| in the newspapers; /; but the only reeult has
been to discomfit the Lord Mayor still more !;
he having failed to regain his temper and hav-
| ing indulged in most undignifed language, in
wanton aud baseless attacks oa his opponents,
| some OF whom stand far higher than himself
in public estimation.
| 4 trades banquet took place in the Rotuudo
| at tho same time as the Centenary Banquet in
Mr.. T. d. Sullivan of the Nation, and Dr.. o'Lea'
~, NJ. p. The speeches were all OF q very
| patriotic character.
| Aud now for the
| ati .esa THIRD DAYS CELEBRATION
There were Centenary athletic sports" ut q
place on the south side of the city, bnt the rain
which came down in torrents, prevented the
sucoess of the affair. The grand stand was oc'
| cupied during the greater part Of the time by
the prizes and the Lady Msyoress could not
| go out to distribute their rewards to the vic
tors. The rain also prevented "the Centenary
fireworks" from coming off in the Park and q
great Home Rule and Amnesty demonstration
from being held at GlasRevin under the shadow
| of the O'Connell monument This latter item,
| however, was not, as may be supposed part
| of the programme of the Centenary Commi tee
1t was resolved on by the Home Rule party the
day before, and had the weather been favors-
| BILE there il 10 doubt bat great mass meeting
with bands and banners, would have been the
| result.
O'Counen Centenary. That celebration. so
far as the people were concerned, was mag
nfcent and, indeed, unparalleled demonstra-
J ton. They turned out in greater numbers
than on any other occasion Of Q similar nature.
| And whereas the Centenary Committee wish.
ed, to use Mr. A. NJ. Sullivan's phrase, ito cut
OConnell in twsin," to honour him only as
| the Emancipator, the people wished to COM
| memorate his spA0le career-to honour him as
the great Catholic champion but also as the
great advocate of the legislative Independence
Of his country. And they succeeded, and their
| opponents came ludicrously to grief In the at
| tenn ut to outrage their feelings. J.Js C.
1t was Sydney Smith who said, "Phil-
anthropy is . universal sentiment of the
human heart; whenever A sees B in