The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-06-03

| lug Or rnau-StbIiuB tne case. 1n0 woman
sun'agist, it says, is evidently under tn,
| impression that the term " ply sicsl force
| in politics means rnuscle, or, to put tn,
matter plainly, that the fact that the Souti
Carolina negroes, who Gnquestionabiy sur
pass the whites in lifting power, could NO
| hold their own against them, shows tina
government has become mere question O
| brains, and that as women have brains
though they can lift very little, they
| could perfectly well carry on, or help carry
on, government which had only mora
force ON it's side. Now, as o matter of fact
there has been no recent change in toe
| meaning attached to "pbysical force
in political nomenclature. 1t does not NEAR
muscle or weight now, as we see in Soutt
carolina and 1t has never meant m 1sclt
| or weight since the dawn of civilization
The races and nations which have made
civilization and ruled the world have don.
30 by virtue of their possessing the very
superiority, in greater or Il IS degree, which
the Carolina whites have shown in their
late struggle with the blacks. The Greeks
the Romans, the Turks, .he English, the
French, and the, Germans have all succeed
ed in goverpment-that is, in seizing and
keeping power-not through superiority
of ply sicai force, which consists in muscle
but through the superiority which consists
In the ability to organize and bring into
the field and reinforce large bodies of men
with the resolution to kill and be killed in
order to have their own way in disputes
No matter how much intelligence u people
may have, unless they are aOle ard willing
to apply their intelligence to the art of war,
and have the personal courage necessary
to carry out in action the plans ot their
leaders, they cannot succeed in politics
Brains are necessary for political success
without doubt, but 1t must be mainly ap.
Piled, among other things, to the realiza-
of ,huo col in of md
An educated minority" as such, is no
more a match for a " physically stronger
ignorant minority" than q delicate minister
for a pugilist in condition." when it can
furnish we'll equipped and we'll fed troops.
The Greeks were better educated than the
Romans, but this did not help them. The
Romans of the Empire were vastly more in
telligent and thoughtful than the Barbar-
ians, but they could not save the Empire.
The Italians of the Middle Ages were the
superiors of the French and Germans in
every branch of culture, aud yet this did
not prevent Italy being made the shuttle.
cock of northern politicians and freeboot-
els. The French OF erran Germany in the
beginning of the present century, and the
Germans have overrun France within the
last ten years, not in either case owing to
superiority in lifting or boxing, or in liter
ary "culture," but superiority in the art OF
fghting-that is, of bringing together large
bodies of armed men whe will not finch,
and will advance when ordered on the
battlefield.
This question is full of interest to those
who seek for reformations; to Irishmep, as
race seeking to wrest their national in
dependence from a stronger and highly
educated military power, it is all-impor-
tant. There are two things necessary
Reason and Organized Force. Ireland has
again and again attempted to succeed with
only one OF these, aud has failed as such
attempts always must fail. O'Cornell, for
instance, was successful while he was the
tongue of the People, because the Govern
ment saw the Force behind him. But
when O'Counell proclaimed bis doctrine
that even the freedom of Ireland was not
worth " a drop of blood" the Government
arrested and Imprisoned him. He was q
shorn Sampson. On the other band the
'4S Men and the Fenians depended wholly
on physical force, without q show of moral
agitation. They did not care to state their
case, only to drill meu. As result their
movement was not national, but only
touched the actual members who had been
sworn in." They forgot that a physical
force to have it's full might, must be placed
in such position that moral certainty
of its power is felt on both sides, and eepec-
tally on the opposing side. In South Caroli-
ma, for instance, the minority did not drive
their opponents out of the Offices by SIM
ply Offering the spectacle of superior intel.
ligence or self confidence, but by the crea
tion of a moral certainty that, if driven to
they would outdo the Repub-
licans in the marshalling, m 4rching, provi.
ard maIN wiring of rife men.
There is Beeded row in Ireland a healthy
vigorous agitation, led by men capable of
stating the country's needs and complaints.
B ohind these men will naturally fall in the
masses kept in exercise by the public ac-
tio1. The present Home Rulers are not, it
must be admitted, leadin; the people in
this way. They do not seem to belong to
certainly have not their con
fidence. And the Government, knowing
the danger of united Ireland, manages to
buy up or silence the men who show pos
sibilities of leading. The O'Donoghue, once
= promising man, has been purchased
Pope Hennessey, who has greater powers
TO make an Irish leader than any other
ncan living, has been lifted root and branch,
1ut of Ireland, and sent to govern Hong
Kong; Isaac Butt, an old man. eloquent,
but untitled to organize nationality, is
20 be made judge; and A. NJ. Sullivan, a
nan of extraordinary promise, has, with
slight show of reason, resigned his journal
am and OOne tO live in EnplaD6