The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-05-16
0,,uing Star ano Catholic Messenger,
sew oRLEA Ma. SUNDAY. MAYic MS.
IFrom Our Own Correspondent
OUR IRISH LETTERS.


as the National candidate last Monday week
at a representative meeting of the patriotic
electors of the county-priests and laymen-
has been returned by large majority over
his two opponents Mr.. PArnell tHome-Ruler)
had l77l votes, MI Naper, Conservative, 9o2
and Mr.. Kinds Home -Ruler) 13s. More than
one hundred votes that were spoiled were also
given for Mr.. Parnell. This is a great victory
for the popular csuse and for the Home-Rule
League, which called upon to decide between
the claims of Mr.. Parnell and Mr.. Kinds, adopt
ed the former as its candidate a asked it's
friends in Meath TO vote for him in preference
10 Mr.. Kinds. And it did perfectly right in
this m after for PArneii is = young fellow of
tho most honorable antecedents, and belongs
to . most patriotic family while Hinds Is
merely q schemipg and ambitious attorney.
As for Naper, the Conservative, who thought
the split in the Home-Rule ranks would enable
him to wriggle into the seat occupied by John
Martin, he 10 no doubt fearful!y disappointed.
He was perfectly sure of winning by very
email majority, and put forth his entire
strength going so far for instance, rs to hire
y special train from Dublin to Trim for four of
his voters. He is cured of his delusion now
and never again, l expect, will the national
party IN Meath have to fight On electoral bat
lie. Ii wonld certainly be strange thing if
the successor of John Msrtin-the friend and
follower of John Mitchel-were not nationa-
list and in Charles Stewart Paruell q success
sor has been found tho Will not 10 wer the dag
he boIe SO brayely.
Another election is now going on-I mean
that for Kilkenny. For Sir. John Hays seat
hey baT al
but of the lot the only persons who have any
chance are MI Whitwortb, Mr. Marum, and
Mr.. Edward .Dwyer Gray, the proprietor of
the Freem6H's Journal, and the eldest sur
viving son of Sir John Gray. Mr.. Whit
worth, I hope and believe, will not be the
winner. He is . rich man from Manchester
Who would give his eyes" for q seat in Par
lament, who once eat for Drogheda, but who
was turned out of Drogheda at the last general
election because he would not declare for Home
Rule. He was foreman of the grand jury in
Manchester which brought in trne bills for
murder against the patriots Allen, Larkiu, and
OBrien, who were after wards executed. Yet
this WhitwortE now wants to hood wink people
into thinking that he is Home Ruler. But
his great card is his promise to promote manu-
features in Kilkenny. Some time ago people
in Ireland were quilted by stuff of this sort but
that time is long past. Mr.. Marum or Mr.
Gray-both of them are Home Rulers-will gel
in; and of the two fancy Mr.. Gray has th,
better chance.
Sir John Gray's funeral took place on Thurs
day and was very large 1t was, indeed, the
largest seen IN Dublin since that of O'Connell
and 1t was OF u very representative character
Sir John Gray 5 remains were Inferred in "the
OConnen Circle in Glasnevin Cemetery bu,
Protestant clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Carroll
OF this city, performed the obsequies. Conse.
quently, Sir John Gray did not die a Catholic
AZ had been extensively rumored when wrote
to you last week.
meeting was called for last Friday eveuing
IN the Rotupda 10 protest against the coming
international rifle match between the United
States team and that Irish one which conteuded
last summer st CreedmOor, New York Bu-
when the hour came for holding the meeting
IL was announced from the platform that in
Consequence Of Ehe absence in Meath of asverul
OF the gentle who were to speak. the pro
ceedIuE7 would be adjourned to another dav
Inc object OF ihe promoters was certainly NOT
10 offer any Insult or discourtesy to the gentle.
mer who are to come over here in Junc from
New York, bnt simply TO expose the false pre-
tence that the match about to be fought was
TO be an International one-that is one be
tween the representatives of the Irish nation
and the representatives. of the United States
and also to protest against the Coercion Bill
nnder which the Irish people, as a whole, are
Atrictly disarmed. The American rifiemen NAV
be selected from millions of the American peo-
pie, and may, therefore. to q certain extent, be
said to represent the American nation; but
Major Leeeh's Irish team represent only them.
selves or at most that very small class of snobs
and aristocrats who seek for and can obtain
from the government licenses to carry arms.
They do not represent the Irish people. Then
'heEe are many patriotic men who think it an
insult to Ireland that a rifle match such IA that
IN prospect should be fought here at all while
the use of arms is absolutely forbidden the
people. 1t is positively fact that the Ameri
can rifemen on landing in Queenstown may be
arrested and thrown into Jail for having arms
in their possession! Mr.. A. Nj. Sullivan. M. p
made the