The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-08-20

For 1t is not with Ireland alone British
ministers will have to settle. Although no
reference has previously been made here to
1.-The fact, the strongest arm of the Home
Rnle party is in England itself. Within
the past thirty years there has grown up
| there, silently and upnoticed, a new politi-
| cal power-hundreds of thousands of Irish
men who, having settled in the large la Dor
| marts, have grown to citizenship, power,
and Influence. From Bristol to Dundee
there Is not large city that has not now
on its electoral roll Irish voters whose &C
ton can decide the fate of candidates. Co
lDcidently with the establishment of the
Home Government Association " in Ire
land there arose in England, as co-opera-
tive but independent organization, the
" Home Rule Confederation of Great Bri-
tain" This body has organized the Irish
vote all over England and Scotland, and
holds virtually in its hands all the vast CEN
tres Of political thought and action. Re-
Hecting their sentiments and their intiu
ence, Dundee, Newcastle, Durham, Tyne
mouth, Cardiff, and more than dozen other
important English and Scotch constituent
cies returned English friends of Home Rule
to Parliament. 1t was not the mere matter
OF 80 many votes that lent such value to
this fact; it was the incentive which it gave
to the growing feeling (amongst the Fog
lish working classes especially that the
1rinh question was one to be sympathized
with. An event which occurred in Egg
land barely a few weeks ago was, however,
beyond all precedent in the sensation which
it created. This was the recent Manchester
election. A week previously in Burnley 1t
was found Impossible to return any but
Home Rule Liberal, and such man &C
cordingly headed the poll. In Manchester
Mr.. Jacob Bright (son of Mr. John Bright
was the Liberal, and Mr.. Powell the Con-
sentative, candidate. 1t became clear that
the lfish vote would decide the issue. One
the ri aahnI fhrDuvh En- n
iand that both Candidates, Liberal and Con
sarvatiyc, had undertaken to vote for Mr..
Butts motion on Home Rule ! What! Man
Chester, the political capital of England,
gone for Home Rule7 II was even So and
Mr.. Bright, 5eing preferred of the two, was
triumphantly returned by tho Irish Home
Rule vote.
All this means that on Englisn ground
Ireland now has hcstages-hostage of se-
curity that no daring act of armed violence
shall be attempted against her hostages of
friendship, too, as we'll "a of safety cen
tres of propagandism of conciliaton
citadels of political power. The growth of
feeling in England in favor of the conces-
sion of Irelands national autonomy is sim
ply incontestable. IL may we'll be that, az
many Irish politicians declare, tf-the battle
of Home Rule for Ireland will be fought
and won on British soil"
And this is how Ireland stands in 1876
erect, powerful, resolute, united. What the |
future may have in store for her, victory or
defeat, is beyond human ken. This effort
too may fail, % mary q gallant eudeavor
in her behalf has failed before. All that
can be said is that q tar it has progressed |
with n success unparalleled in Irsh politi- |
cal annals that it is wisely guided, boldly |
animated, faithfully upheld. Much depends !
on her own children, ut home and III foreign |
lands on their devotion, their prudence,
their courage, their perseverance,. May
" nnyH- n 4 rnifU .,f ne.
Citation herald the day they have 50 long
hoped to see!
And thou. o mighty Lord whose ways
Arc far above our feeble minds
To underntand
Sustain in these dou btful DAYS,
And render light the chain that binds
Our fallen land!
Look down upon our dreary BtAbe
And through the ages that may still
Roll sadly on,
Watch thou DER hapless Erin's fate.
And shield ut least from darker III
I no blood Of Conn