The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-01-09
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-Tvv oRLFAss -OnnAy JANUARY 8 's7s
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RrruaE FROM EYGIIsH rYRANNY.

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REFUGE FROM ENGLISH TYRANNY.
IAmerica's noble heart is touched by iri ISL,
t,sery, and her generous hand is rendered for
I'm relief.
| ireland has followed up the history OF the
|nited States, her trials and trlnmphs. "a oon9
aympathy makes them akin. He yet nopeo
ace engraved on Irish hearts the motto OF
|Fran-.iThose who would be free' themselves
Inaf strike the blow" The freedom of Ireland
nst be asserted by the stong arms, po"eriui
III and the great intellect of the Irish people:
Il simple words would reach the heart OF
|3berica when the Irish question was seen IN
"a true colors. The cause of Ireland was the
|smmon cause of humanity and entitled her to
IS aympathy of the whole civilized world.
herica has never yet withheld her hand to
F.ist an enslaved people struggling to be free
Itar Power said he had not come TO TINS |
s3sntry merely as lecturer, but as the repre- |
ttative of one of the largest counties in Ire |
IA. In tho name Of the Irish people he re- |
diated and denounced English rule IN ire,
hd He had feeling against individual
'nglishmep. lie was intimately acquainted
[sifh many and respected them rs high:toned
|htlemep. This was not o questlon OF race.
70 question of duty Independents Oh
srsonal feelipgs. 1t was thought by
&apy in America that the natiopai en-.
|6usiasm in Ireland to throw Oh the Enghsh
|oke had declined during the iasb lew years;
sd that owing to the recent course pursued
In Ireland, she had abandoned the Struggle 10.
'faependenoe. This idea the speaker wished
correct a. there never was time IN Ine
lore deeply rooted in the hearts of the Irish
|seople than the present, not even in l7e2 when
he hole mass of her population were excluded
&om any share in the government, and when
- Iriah Catholics were driven TO the last
I6ageio degradation. Not In le4e, was tfie
[.ztifnent of freedom more universal than 1T is
day. He was not here alone TO speak IN
kSaif of the patriots and people of these years,
In he was in behalf of the people of Ireland
This time, in the year 1876. From his seat
the House of Commons, he had told the
- %sko Vr.ah nfr1 n fn.ha
stand like the Irish patriots of old, and
tain in a British House of Parliament his
r. ,stitntional right to resist English usurpa.
n. "Look at Ireland From the morning OF
- creation, God has stamped her with the
Stlines of independence. She can recognize
[h sovereignty outside the four shores of Ire
Id. The attitude that Ireland assumes in
demand for Irish independence is credit
le to the humane and Christian feelings of
-, Irish people, "If" continued the elo-
tent speaker, ''Irelands offer for Cancellation
rs now rejected by England, if the rejection of
lis Offer be persisted in, the hand which Ire
I'D tends to England to-day may soon be
shdrawn with scorp, never to be rendered
bill stretched forward to maintain her own
Ehe." This right WAS never surrendered by
elsnd, and was complete now as 1T was
tnturies ago.
Enrlish rule in ireland was never founded on
knstitutionaI right. English government in
elapd has failed to establish respect in ad-
3nistering Irish affairs, nor has 1t secured the
seRrity Of the British Empire. The Right
bnorsble John Bright, before he was made
ght Honorable, said in speech az birmlng-
sfa: 1--WE have not secured British integrity
Ireland, for whenever an Irishman places
| b foot en- foreign soil, there is an enemy TO
eeat Britain"
% REPRESENTATIVES from Ireland have repeat
bly, been sent across seas and Continents to
escue her good name from calumny. England
lands condemned to-day. Her influence is
etrimental to Ireland in every respect. Look
Ito the history of the past, when Engllsh ad-
enturers seized upon Irish property; 1T these
ZEN we're in this community to-day, they Wenld
81 styled carpet-baggers !! The agricultural
hd mechanical interests of Ireland are made
abservient to English rule. Until the last
~ years, Ireland had no voice in it's own gov
nment, and other governments spoke of Ire
Ind as UNFIT for home government. Her people
tere regarded as less than human and not en-
atled to rank as o nation. The quallties
thich have enabled the Irish race to preserve
b nationality, the speaker said, we're az i'm
movable to-day at any period OF It's exist
snee No arguments from history were neces-
Larry to prove the balefnl rule of England in
Ireland, yet he wonld advance some. WALK
the streets of Dublin to-day, go to College
Green, and look upon the time when 1rlsh
genius, enterprise aud industry erected those
magnificent structures, end when her sone as
aembled in her independent Parliament. no"
has she Jared since thenf
Constitutional liberty has been trampled un-
Ter foot !; the voice of her patriots have been
lenced in death or in prison. Others have
pen conveyed TO penal settlements in" convict
Aips-all this and more, because God had en-
owed them with attributes that prevented
kem from being slaves. The walls of Dublin
astle enclosed others. because they hoped
PINE day to make old Ireland free and dared
raise their voices III her behalf. The tim'
ould yet come when the Irish people woult
ring the strife of centuries to close. Ireland
Independence could not be prevented to-dG!
sept by the power of brute force. For sever
nturies the people of Ireland had resste'
e iron hand laid upon them by their conqnie
brs. This meeting exhibited more sympath.
Dr suffering Ireland in one hour, than tb
Aeople of England had shown her, throug
be centuries of persecution of her rulers,
nth TIE EVIDENCE OF her WRONG BEFoR
THEM,
The people of this great country would 500
assemble at Philadelphia to celebrate thei
Ceptennisl act of treason against the Brltls
Government, and England bows in submissio
before this spirit of independence. What " lee
con this was for Irish patriots at home o
abroad. The speaker said: "Your treason OF
he American Continent was right becaus
uccessful." Ireland, on the other hand, ha
net adversely on adversely from British rule
snd 30 far had been unable to throw off tn
yoke which bowed her people to the earth, bu
the time was coming when there would be NJ