The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-03-04
HEGHES on LOVE or
COtNIRl
TIE RIGHT REVOLUTION.
my. lri.h. American, Feb. eel

OF Terence Beliew McMauus, the Irish pa
triot martyr of As, are SO appropriate t,
the recent occurrences, (the death of ohr
OMahoneyj, that We reproduce the repor,
of the sermou. which appeared in the Irish
ANericGn at that time.
The McManus funeral obsequies took
place on the l6.h of September, 1861, and
at the conclusion of the Solemn Mass OF
Requiem, Archbishop Uughes (hy whom
the last abs3lntion was given), standing in
| front Of the sanctuary, before tie catafHi-
que, On which the cuMl rested, spoke as
! follows:
" 1t is u great dea! for Us 10 know and to
be able t. state that the deceased whose,
! remains axe row before the altar, loved h!s
couutri. J" all tin!UA, in al natlorg, aud
unde: all circumstances, whether of say
age or civilized lite, luve Of country has
always been held RS virtue ; AID tue ca
! tho!Ic CnuTch always approves OF that VIZ"
/ tue; iNr N the teaching OF h@r doctrines
| the love OF ccuCtrv COMES rr4.t 10 III" love
/ "t God rcXt 80 rI:at comes T." love al
/ t''"t,u-, relatives, rcistihor9 #n0 s"cety.
/ %"", thi4 love Of country has .,"',.ra,iy
| hs.r: understood - t ~ by whic' n,..ii de-
| tend Ch'lr native or r.iuptgi! eOli. aud sup-
| port Vt" @"Va Du.,ut " hcn t':.L GOV .TniarHt
Il .A'5i0 "II E"f Oppressive. II Yet ,,osy-
eTD''. p,t slurt! : ',,r.e'r't" into u;'r.-l -l:"u
"id tyranny, t!rr wcuiG CEN thn ltrn #
c.'lurS II, La, Of is grve.uT:,La I.'e
i,ae b.o tie :n,", NOT hy au'tarlty, hut "y
TrCO"Li+!.n Df tuu Catholic C!UJc,. IL al
ages ard ron Sh"ut The world.
" Il - manifest, :.rd it is enn'.tjm"e
mad" lrpr"a@h, that cur principles lean,
- s>rmo say. t." much to the eide ot what
is called conservatism. This is, to :. CERTAIN
extent, tgne; hul if true, it is the more d.
aprViIn q .tDFlrnv1l W. lavn n IL I tI,.t
in the propagation of ttle Catholic Faith
even In he times of the Caesars, ofrhe Nrrue,
tho Caigu!ns, the DiocietianS, Christians
ever took tie case into their OWE hand 3 and
rebelled. They had Eot in the Gospel
which they came to teach any precept to
that effect. Whenever they went to other
aud distant nations to proclaim the truths
of the Gospel they did not find in the cha,-
ter of their mission any special authority
to overthrow the established civil State.
Nevertheless, some of the most learned
and holy men of that Church have laid it
down, with the general sanction of autho-
llty, that there ere cases in which 1t Is
lawful to resist and overthrow tyra2 Gical
government. The instancep, ind, ed, in
history are not many 4; but there is one to
which all English speaking people refer,
and that is the contest between King John
and Cardinal Langton and the Barons of
England, at Rnnnymade. That was a law
full resistance, and it WAS one to which the
tyrant had TO succumb. Bat, on the other
hand, it must be Observed tha those rebel |
lious Barons sought only the recovery of |
rights of which that tyranricnl Prince
sought to deprive the English people. Little
hy ltt'o the throne had been encIOAchinE
upon the rights of the people and those
nan, az protectors Of these rights, took their
stand, and finally succeeded in obtaining
what is called Magma Cha ta," the great
broad seal nf English liberty. 1t was nei-
tier in manuscr"r nrr in print. It was
hAEdcd over to ihA keeping of tradition,
and t:@ violation % IL would be a cause
OF Just'iiabie resistance against the govern
mint down to tie PIE sent day.
g hi1 iS rirlt which lha Catholic
Church :ec0gnizrs. The only <lrt1cuity is
To know TT what given point an attempt TO
redress tta Grlev&rcC7 complained of may
br commenced. II" same authHrities to
which | have r. et.cd, particularly 81.
Thomas AGulras, lag Gown thee distiact
conditions to authorize suCh an attempt.
The first of these is, that the grievance
should be n zeal "1e, ;.H actual oPpressicn.
for II - very difficult 10 zee sta 0lIFh GO
vCrDDJtnt when "ucU overthTowp. Add we
have seen taat--lt - n"L mG;C than twelve
or thirteen years sgu--when ucw ideas
gained the mystery over ODD governments.
changes were made, hut the reforms were
'rTN few. The conditions, then, laid down
arC--Gist, III" = IiCTuECG ust be II real ."i',
~ h"r new "HETt r".on, or an old one
e&Eu'ti.d a!m"s, hry0.d endurance. Ih"
'rcGi G lE tiat q var o! +, distance. tnat -.
he j'"f-lae to I'atr-, should be n gerryaI
mo 'aki'.E: ~ The w&Uic population of tie
ji.,,d C. .u',trs, wl;h thCr united vii.
't'it >"e''no0 sens" of -" wrong inflicted,
:lU nhlir deG,ermi.yi iurIos, to stand by
'ac. other, sLou.G>r to shoulder, til ;Hcy
,btaiu rrcro>s. Jhe third condition is th,.
)Gs-tssluE Of tha means and ability where -
= iJh - accomplish, With a /, asunabie hope &
1t sucCrss, What they undertake; fer if
beg have rot the ability and the other con- 1,
iitlura tGuisitc, it becomes crime to uu-
'crtakG tho task. 1t is at all times, and
lEder all circumstances, All immense re-
possibility to commence revolution, an a
nsurrectlon, a rebellion, or by whatever
lame it may be called. 1t is attended with =.
mme risk to the bodies, and frequently
o the souls, OfthCSe who undertake 1t with
ut feeling their way and knowing thor !
ughly what they are about.
Nevertheless, in the case to which I
ave referred there can be no reprOach.
The young man whose brief and chequCred y
areer has come to an end in a distant land,
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