The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-02-13
NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1876.


interest, aud all outside the small Clique who
opposed his admission Saturday are 80
strong in the denunciation of the latter, that
the benchers will probably be invited by one of
their own number few days hence to recon-
slider their vote aud if the vote is reconsdered,
there is no Doubt that MIR. Sullivan will have q
majority in his favor. Mr.. Sullivan, however,
fancy, is not the man to ask second time to
be admitted to the bar. He would, doub tless,
rather go to the English bar than do so; and
his reputation is suoh that he would at the
start secure a business even in England as
splendid ss that which other men achieve after
a dozen years The act of personal vengeance
and political spite," (to quote the Freeman), Of
which he is just now the victim, will only
serve him in the long run.
The "Cloak or No Cloak" question in
reference to the O'Connell monument is once
more at issue, although. we all here thought it
had finally been settled month since. The
reader will probably recollect that Foley, the
sculptor, before his death left three models
statues of the Liberstor-from which the
Monument Committee were to select one
to crown the pedestal. One-the largest
of these-is cloaked, that is, has the cloak
that OConnell used to wear occasionally /;
the othsrs are r;pdraped and represent O'Con-
nell in a body coat. The three were sent over
to Dublin, and at meeting of the Committee
held soon afterwards the cloaked figure was
selected. At subseq uent meeting, this decision
was reversed at the instance of Sir Dominic
Corrigan and Mr.. Michael Angelo Hayes
the late Lord Mayors Secretsry-the Same
figure ioithout the cloak was adopted. The
Freeman's Joarnal now got up great cry to the
effect that Foley's will was being set aside, and
that the preference of the original members of
the Committee who commissioned Mr. Foley
was also being disregarded. A stout fight
ensued, but the Freeman party carried the day,
the cloaked figure was again chosen, and then
all said that it would be ridiculous to reopen
the question again. And for q montb-until
last Friday, all thought, as have said, that
final decision had been arrived at. Bnt on that
day Mr. Morgan 0Conuell, eldest son of the
Liberator, appeared at the meeting of the Com
mittee and stated that the whole O'Connell
family-male and female-were unanimously
in favor of the undraped figure. He said his
father wore the cloak only in inclement
westher, and that he then wore an umbrella
and hat, to reproduce which would be as
reasonable as to reproduce the cloak. My own
opinions are so we'll expressed in an article in
Saunders Newsletter that 1 think 1 cannot do
better than quote that article in its entirety.
Says the Saunder's:
The members of the OConnelI family have
stepped forth from their retirement to prevent
the name of their illustrious kinsman from
being associated with an outrage on Art.
Unanimou sly and energetically they protest
against q cloaked statue. With the Moore
statute affronting the light of day, one would
suppose there was now no room for two opinions
H. T.;
backed by q wall, the cloak might have it sd-
vautages. But the O'CoDuell monument is to
be seen by persons coming down Sackville
street, as we'll as by wayfarers in an opposite |
direction, and to the former the cloak Win be |
and can be nothing but heavy lump of metal |
Mr. Michael Angelo Hayess cartoons rs we'll as |
the Moore statue must carry conviction on this |
subject to every unprecedented observer. Mr.. |
Foley's authority cannot override the testi |
mony of our senses, and IL is by no means clear |
that the authority of that great artist was in
that he was told that nothing but . cloaked
statue would be accepted, and 90, to produce q
oloaked statue he devoted his best powers. II
his own Judgment went along with that of his
ofieious prompters, why did he take the trouble
of modelling second statue, Rsiaws the cloak
That he did co is q most signihoant fact. Il
viotiOns rebelled against the hard conditions
imposed on him. " There iS yOur cloaked |
statue" he intimsteS, it is the best thing
can give you Of the kind but here is another
d before you decide" The only aFgume sG Is we
have heard in favor of the cloak Sre-firstly,
appeals to the supposed preferences Of the |
sculptor, of which preferences there lie no con-
elusive evidence; and, secondly, the irrelevant
fact that OC0nnoll did often wear cloak. The
latter argument mistakes vulgar realism for
Art. Napoleon crossed the Alps like other
riders on sure-fOoted mule. hut David did
not thipk himself bound to reproduce this
animal In his splendid picture. He painted
Napoleon sitEiug On aSgy caracoIling atoOd,
- whose back 50 attempts the perilou5 ascent |
would have Doon sheer madness In those
,aSes WHARF She Ordinary and familiar Costume |
1f the oE5g3nal lends ifsalf s8sfly 60 aFiistfo |
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