The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-04-18

land ia NOT vet free because he failed 20 &C.
complish any of the great scne% han;Sbment
from his native land he returns III eIiunt
Not that he contemplated Tor an ans s H;.
king his seat in the Imperial farNa.n1 ~ own
object in crossing the ocean, IN MS own
language, was to "elict from IiPperary .ne
magnificent declaration OF faitn IN .;.an
national right of Ireland" That was elic'ted'
and tho noble 'felon" was returned t"ice W
Parliament. But is that all o,,
There are cases where we can measure ihan
by the success be secures: In tne ~oius 10
| Albert Sydney Johnston, "a general Is To DC
| rested by the battles he wins =" so, In CON-
mercial or professional life: Not so with the
writer who sows principles in na.ion "i 1
and develops love in nations nearc' lug
. standard of success is too short mere As wen
trace the route of rain drop as IL iails iatm
the clouds, strikes the earth, perooisi .;s
through the soil, till it hpds it's mates to ION
in some rill and brook, and 30 on to the river
and ocean, and try to determine what weary
flower hanging it's head it has revived, what
thirsty field it has siaked' %hat sn a.,enps
70 follow the ink drops from the pen OF the
writer to the farthest verge OF their course.
Great changes require time, Anu t tmey oniy
when their mission is done. Because Arelaha
to day does not show outwardiy the PRINT OF
Mitc6ers labor, it does not follow tue power
| of his thoughts has ceased, or that his noPe'
: will never be realized.
In the language of Grattan, speaking OF
. Ireland "Yet do not give up the country
a I her In Swoop, out ene 10 NV "o
. Though in o tomb she lies helpless and mo.
:. tionless, still there is on her lips spirit OF
~ life and on her cheeks glow OF beauty lhou
art not conquered beautys ensign Is YET
- crimson on thy lips and thy cheek, and death Z
y pale flag is not advanced there" There Is nc
% such thing in history as Lost Cause"-lt II
| be right one. True, the euds aimed at may
. | not be reached by its supporters Inc actors
II NAV stand before their contemporaries fail
~ ures, or be branded felons or rebels by the
q victors.
81 But the life of the human race is long
- one. Hundreds of thousands of years mar
q has been struggling on this planet to react
90 the POSITION he occupies to day. The temple
SO of liberty, like the rock of the EARTH is bull
a. u far from complete, even yet Ireland to day
~ is avery different Ireland from the one tina
40 would have been had not John Mitchell lived
III Her sons are truer Irshmen FROG, the noble ex
ne ample he has left US. Her foes respect her NOR
ho because of bim-his sufferings and his death
ne u. His career, like gravity, draws men nearer t.
in the central point of love OF their isi'0Hs ans
NJ n. love of their country. And, AS In his owl
u glorious language: mo cause is utter
:. lost so long rs it can inspire heroic devotion
oi SONS love her better than their lives"
20 20 To John Mitchell more than TO any other ma
on OF day is due that lrishmen love Ireland
Lhs because II is Ireland; the right, because ~
~ right, rrghrdleSs OF the pain and suffering TO
va ENDURED reaching it, And the world kno9"
IN its beueflcto's the aucients knew the God
-" though disguised as men. We may n"t recol
~, nize them when among Us. When they al
ie" gone / . imuIortal IL disclosed. Anon
rs these then, We class him in honor of who's
w memory are here 10 pay tribute. Ana iro
tins place send forth orr words OF syn
> d pathy 10 those who mourn his less in lrean
srn aud to those who mourn his loss as far ;
go civilization has reached.
~, We suffer in that he has been taken from
,tu in the midst of the fl sh5. We are comtorte
ing go 80 ia inc.r.p of hattie and with II
~ sounds of victory IN nj, ears Aud sun inoi
'"- our grief is assuaged that he rests III lrelau
as That the sod that covers him. euameled vi
tie shamrock, will be forever green by q
OF gentle rain that falls FROM Irish skies. In
vas the breeze that sways the yew tree above hl
Won will be the breeze that has come from the ri
e rs hill and dwett lovingly on Irish lakes. LII
out the footsteps that press to the spot where
and rssts will b, the footsteps of IRISH men al
ooH Irish women, or friends aud lovers OF lreiau
. I" who would pAy their devotion TO thH memo
't"N QUE D"ln for his race alone, bot tor I
'Eer poor, the Guw u-trOaden tie wTetcheG and
as smuggling of every cline.
for Aud there WI! his monument rise. Not
OPP day it may br. A Ill 'numenJ like that OF
tee Gnet, to be Il .itt len Ireland IL free A
'r!d Ireland Mil DO tree. heg progress l" II
'lsh contamination eau no more he stay cd than
I'M march Of the world in its orbit by the clou
the vyppIs niiets that enc'rc!o IT, Aud hen
-on- shouts of her sntcancalsed sons rend the alt
n 10 triumph eT The priza OF Iibert! SECURED
sun- no lame - III bu ascrIbed more Eonor TO
chei n,moIy sill be given more gratitude, thar
no the mana. aud TO the memory Of John Mitcl
"tIh At the conclusion of Major News eulo
he MIR. Frank McGlon was introduced, aud bri
e by addressed the audience. Appropriate rest
n'ed tons y ere then adopted, and the meeting
lash jOurn.d.
u pom c,., p,-,,,,,, 1U.c,>.,o Erc.
uy- ask special attention the card Of Mr. W. F. q
ares 1874 and I2G Rampant Second District Mt
is a p actical IL echauc Of great skill and large
Hence and gives his Isona attention to all oIder