The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-06-17
IRISH NAIL NEWS.
dublin Nation. May goth. }

visiting their constituents this week, with
resuIts upon which they may legitimately
pride themselves. In pursuance Of al en-
gagemeBt long since formed, Mr.. Bait de-
livered lecture on Monday evening for
! the benefit of the local Catholic Literary
Institute, and the corporation seized the
| occasion formally to present him and his
colleague, Nr. O'SbauRhnessy, who accom-
panied him. with the freedom of the city,
which it had some time before voted to
both gentlemen, in accordance with the
provisions of the Municipal Privileges Act.
| The presentation was made with every
circumstance of honor to the recipiente,
whose vigorous and eloquent addressed IN
reply were loudly applauded.
| In addition to the compliments conferred
on Mr. Butt and Mr.. O'Shaughpesay by
| the Corporation, the former gentieman-
| and, indeed, We may cay the latter also
! received more direct expression of the
confidence aud appreciation of his coDsii
tuents. The members of the committee
formed six years ago to secure the election
| of Mr. Butt, presented him with an sd
dress, in which they expressed their entire
ga isiaction with his career in Parliament,
and especially with his action i9. the recent
contest in Tipperary and, at the close,
they extended their eulogy to the conduct
of MIR. OShaughnessy.
The movement started for the purpose
of relieving Mr.. Gray, NJ. P, Of the costs
of the late contest in Tipperary promises
to be complete success. 1t Las already
received the warm approval of the Arch
bishop of Casbel and of The shop of
Waterford, each of those patriotic preiates
accompanying the expression of his Opin-
ion on the subject with the liberal sub.
scription of Ego.
Ireland is speaking out on the subject of
the approaching jubilee of the Holy Father.
III inn bald in Iii irR nd IA
| kenny during the past week, to give ex
| preston to the popular feeling of joy at
Plus 1X.'s having survived to see the fifth
eth year of his episcopate, and of indigna-
ton at the foul wrongs of which he has
| been the victim, were most snccessful de-
| monstrations. They were attended and
addressed by parliamentary representatives
of the people of the localities indicated, 10y
| we'll kHown aud respected clergymeu, and
other representative men, and the speaking
was in all cases excellent. If We would
refer to one address in particular, it would
be that of his Grace the Archbishop of
Cashel at the close of the proceadings in
Kilkenny. There is not spot in Ireland
where De-. Croke's remarks on "the green
flag" will not cause thrill of pride and
satisfaction. The following is a report of
the Archbshop's address:
when be went back to his own people,
in the heart of what was justly called
gallant Tipperary," his people would
learn with delight the reception they had
given him in Kilkenny, and would set it
down, as he did, to the bond of patriotism
that united Kilkenny and Tipperary in the
Irish cause cloud cheering He was proud
of the nun bers, the order, and zeal CT their
manifestation to- day. Nobody rated edu
cation more highly than he did, OF had
better reason to deplore its denial to Irish
Cath olics, for he had found their people
in every zone debarred from the positions
they might have filled with honor. simply
because they were uneducated. His view
of English policy was that they had ever
kept the Irish ignorant in order to keep
them slaves (cheers,) for all history pro-
claimed no educated nation could long be
fettered-with the first glimpse of mental
t light came the first aspiration to be free
cloud cheering.) Looking around him to-
t day he missed only one thing-every flag
J was there except the green flag of Ireland
1t might not have waved over as many
fields of carnage as others, but vlctoIiou'
D or defeated, it was dearer to the heart Of
? Ireland than any flag that ever braved the
q breeze Qoud cheeriug,) and to nobody was
! it dearer than to himself (more cheering
D There was no peril that he would not bt
;. prepared to encounter in its defence wheT
it was borne by those in whose hands the
!, honor of Ireland was safe (renewed cheer
g ipg)."
d But there are other manifestations to b.
& noticed IN this connection. First, Captain
J., Nolan, NJ. p, Captain O'Beirne, NJ. P.
II and the Chevalier 0'Cery, NJ. p, have LET
for Rome to present the Holy Father will
an address from the Irish Catholic mem
= beers Of the House of Commons, and w,
# learn by late kilograms that Plus TX, wht
a | attaches special importance TO this Incl
: dent, has fixed the Q h of June for the re
ception of the deputation. Let US mop
i that when those Irshmen shall have mad
n their appearance at the Vatican, the OsSer
:. rdtOre Romano will not repeat Its statemen
n that they represent body of Englishmen
n Secondly, his EminenCe Cardinal Cullel
n has set out with an offering to the Pop
+ from the archdiocese of Dublin of no les
y than 81 900, and, thirdly, the Cathoi
"a Union of Ireland and the Irish Pontifca
h Zguaves have cent forward addresses t.
), his Holiness beautifully and Splendid
:. illuminated, and breathing, we need hardl
Il say, spirit of thorough devotion to hi
# person and to the Holy See