The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-01-28

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meroiless agent or landlord. Instead he get
pm lished in the leading papers foil abatement
OF ms case; and the punishment of public Cd
Proprinm on the wIong-doer is found to worl
J | more tfectnslly than the bluuderbuse. Ayea
] ago, an Englishman named Grad we'll, owner o
an estate In county Meath, tried to eject, fol
personal spite, farmer named E'cook. Tn.
neighboring farmers took up the case; public
meetings were held, and resoluti lions condemn
ing the in Justice passed; subscriptions were
taken up, headed by parish priests, to defend
the attacked farmer in the courts; the local
papers took mp the cry, and soon the great
Dublin dailies followed and the end of it was
that Caldwell was glad to drop the rjeotment,
has made valuable.
somewhat similar case is now in agitation
In county Louth, from which We expect q simi-
lar result. Mrs Brennan, just before Christ
mas served notice of ejectmsnt on q MT
laaHe, lnnder circumstances of peculiar in ius-
tlce. Mr.. Tasffe and his friends hav given the
case to the public, and all over ireland the
| woman's conduct has been condemned hy
priests and laymen, by landlords and tenants
-in TACT, by persons in every rank of society,
and Of every religiou and political creed.
| In the West OF Ireland a la1 d!ord named
Austin Duggan recently evioted a tenant
named Michael Kenny from his farm near Clon.
fert The last mai! briggs rs a report of a
| monster public meeting held in Eyrecourt,
| called by the Rsllinasloe Tenants Association
! st which the following resolution was passed
Eesoirtd. That the ruthless eviction of
HiGhaei Kenny by his landlord, Austin Duggan,
OF Dublin, calls forth the warm sympathies of
the people of this locality-we, therefore, ten
der to Mr.. Kenny our heartfelt sympathy in
| this Ills great 8 Lotion; aud we hereby record
our condemnation of the law which allows the
tenant farmers of Ireland to be harshly and
oapricioosly evioted from their farms and the
homes of their forefsthers."
powerful address was delivered Mt this
meeting by Mir. KilmRrtip, of Ballipasloe
Abiding to the eviction of Kenny, he said
The intercession of the priests, the tears of
the delicate wife, the entreaties of the tenant
were uUAvRllQR to Btav the rnthtasa hon ~
the tyrant; and the poor wife who was flung
ont on the street in the torrents of rain ia now
In dying state, as we are just now informed.
what lrishman can travel, we did, from
Balllnasloe to Eyrecourt and see these miles
upon miles of the fairest and most fertile land
under the sun, which was once teemiDg with
industrious, prosperous and happy tenaptry
ana now all turned into sheep walks or bul-
lock parks, and not shed salt ears at the desc
iation which everywhere meets his gaze The |
fate or poor Kenny may be the fate of any one
of US the moment we may happen to displesse
our landlords. What projection have we under
the law when any one Of us may be sent adrift |
on the waves of the world like Michael Kenny
by landlords such as Austin Duggan9 ten
ants' Defence Association is necessary here in |
Eyrecourt and in every part of Ireland, for |
there is no GLASS of people 30 defenoeless as the
tenants. II you do not wish to see the country
total y depopulated organize yourselves even
now into associations for your mutual protec- /
ton and benefit" (Cries Of I'VE willy
In Waterford, on the 265h of December n
meeting was held to take action relative to
the Parliamentary vacancy in that county. Sew
eral candidates were out with addresses, all
voters, and among them an Engishman from
London. 1t was the voice of the meeting that
their candidate should be an Irishman and
Home Ruler; and il " Oh unanimously resolved |
on motion of the Very Rev. DR.. Byrpe, that |
they pledged themselves to accept no man,
who was not a Home Ruler, Tenant Fighter
and Denomip atiopal Educationist; who was
not for Sunday Closing and the PeImissive
BlII, and W no was not an 1rishmAn.n
The Government which rnles Ireland"
says the great lrish Arch bishop John of Tuam,
docs not know the wants of the people
worse still, does not cafe about the people
he SO brave words were spoken in one of his
attest addresses, by a man WHO was nearer TO
Council than any man living, who has been
through long life one of the purest Irshrnen
n Ireland. The words are worth noting
~ are these from the Doblin FTeemans Journal
If the Both ult
"There is not in the world a parallel to the !
Ass OF Ireland 40 the phiiosop hic student
Iro~s 1t. Here We Bave a people of singular
aickness. moderate desires, unrIvaled versa ,
Ility soil Of abundant riches rivers of no. (
'e power, natural harb ors eqnai to any in the
inverse; and for results infinite struggle
With poverty, deprivation of every soften
ng influence u complete absence Of wealth in !
TT, in science, in commercial enterprise, a life
lade anxious BY the constant worry of pei
~ and the folly of abortive revolution.
here have been three distinct and bloody re-. !
otis in Ireland since the legislative iDdepen-
ence or the country vas stolen away and
ct no uau can say of surety that the Fl ,rts
the ruling Po~er bave made future attempts
apostolic. The sore OF Ireland is not healed
The cicatrices are covered up, but the poison
bene cath. English statesmen constantly
eoia'inG THE to be the facr, and yet they bit 7
'rly oppose tie only measure whica would -
ring healing in it's wings"
Home RuIe alone" says Archbishop No
ale, "can bring about better state of ?,
liugs. I'VE should all, tbeD-priests aud II
eop!e ard bishops-be Home Rulers if we are
earnest in helping the poor. No other
ind of help will do"
Taken they come, we think these are L.
ealtby signs in Irish life They prove that
le old nationality ia vigorously alive. and is
ecoming Principle and Practice. Whether
? the sword or The vote the Improvement is II
come, we have the fullest faith in it's COM
e. so long the hearts and brains of the
,ople of Ireland are true to themselves ard
elr country. y
HERDS REwARD.-The readers of the
tSette may remember account gave, in