The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-01
UNITY AMONG IRrsaMEN IN CANADA.

The papers keep the people of the United
State we'll informed alb ,ut the rows in which
Irishmen occasionally indulge in Canada, but
they never msntion the efforts made by
come of the leaders to establish peace, nor
of those occasions iu which spirit Of brother
ly love and friendship is manif stsd towards
each other by large bodies of men belonging &
to opposing glasses. An Instance Of this kind
is thus reported by the Irish Canadian of Toron-
to:
The picnic ut Port Stanley brought out suoh
q delig gfol play Of Irish feeling and humor that
men may have failed TO have noticed amonget
fioulty of deciding whether the Rev. Father
Flannery out shone the Rev. Mr.. B BAllard, or
the contrary, 10 Q question We leave undecided
SO as to supply our readers with . motive for
which each poured out on tnat occasion, fresh.
oopious and sparkling, ~ D fountain Of the
Groves Of Blarnsy, whore all the Heathen Gods
and Godesses are. as Lady Morgan sings.
mother naked in the open air.
Bat tae wit of tae Rev. gentlemen is not
what We wish to invite attention to here. bot
their wisdom. The Rev. Mr.. Ballard, be it re-
membered, is, while through Irshman, also
zest to the brilliant speech in which he said.
where all was worthy, nothing more worthy Of
the occasion he helped to make so delightful
shan the following:
men, ana he knew of notnipg 80 apt to accom-
plish that object ss benevolepoe. The very
memories of their countrymen should serve to
strengthen the bond of unity. When they
thought of suoh names St. Patrick aud St.
Coiumbkill, of Daniel O'Connell aud DARCY
MCGEE (applanse); of Aroh hbshop Whateley
and Magee and OF Father Mathew (reuswed
applanse) of statesmen like Grattan. Curran
and Edmund Burke, and of poets like Moore
and Goldsmith, they had o claim to be proud Of
their nationality, and to say that God had not
forgotten Ireland whom distributing His gifts
among the people of the earth. Loud oheers.)
When We consider the noble rellos of antiqu quity
that are scattered over her shores when we
read her ancient inscriptions end hear her i'm
paseioned songs, either in the old Irish dialect
or in the more modern Hibernian tongue; when
We think of t he al tiquity of her history, reach
ing back 9 Thousand years before Christ, we
have right to feel proud of our ationality
and to stand upright among the people of the
earth. (GreaG applause)
He wanted the Iriehmen of Canada t, feel and
think that they left all their Jailings beyond the
atlantic LIT them all try to be ~ one-to ao-
complish q true and real unity, and send back
such an example to the Old Country as would
show them that zoe had learned ho,o to be united
here. (Applsuse.) He could see q glorious fu-
ture for Irishmen under suoh q condition of
things, and the time would speedily come
when they could take the harp from the will
low tree aud say in the words of tae daughters
cd 3d." z'0n the days OF our mourning are end
The Rev. Mr.. B Allard's presence ct picnic
of his Catholic oompatriots end his eloqueDce
so full of patriotic sympathy for them and
theirs serves to point out field in which q
most beneficial work may be accomplished for
good will among men by other Irish Protestant
in which suoh opportunities of concilation and
fraternization will be accepted, We assure them
that the Rev. Mr.. Bsllard-we had written
Father Bafiard-is this hour beloved by ali the
Irish Catholics who have marked his presence
and read his speech ct the Port Stanley pic
mic.
The Reverend Sage Of st. Thomas spoke as
with the authority of an Apostle when be i'm |
at the picnic with the force of long and observ |
ant experience. Father Flannery passed out |
of the corruscations of his playful wit into the
cold light OF wisdom when he eRid: |
He congratulated the representatives of the |
Irish race present the fact that they had ell |
kept the vows of fidelity and unity they had |
plightsd twelve months ago, when they came |
on oo
aud smoke the calumet Of pesce. (Applause.)
They had made @ promise that there should be
no suck thing as religious dissensoR among Irisk
men. They may have such discord elsewhere,
but the history Of the past shows that in Lon.
don, st. Thomas and vicinity they were all
happy, and they could feel that they were
among brothers The great difficulty among
people of different religions wss that they did
not see each other often enough. Picnics and
gatherings Of this kind served to remove that
difficulty, and were therefore the means Of pro-
DOhDR 6uO nHEm0Dys
He dissented from the view that the IriSh
we're bigoted race. Where he came from, in
he South of Ireland, in tho comfy OF Upper |
lry and in the town of Nensgh, Protestants and
2atbOlics went to the Same school, and he
ormed friendships With Protestant school
mates there that would last through life.
Cheers) There was no snoh thing IS bisotry
here. The Irlsh as 9 people, are liberal and
.enerouS to . fault. QLoud spplause.) Many
# the prominent men who were cent to PArlia-
nent from constituencies that were overwhel-
ningly Catholic, were Proteatants. He in
tauced Butt, elect I'd by Limeriok John
dartin, Wm. Smith O'Brieu, John Mitchell.
robert Emmet and Sir r. Fitz gerald, ell Pro-
ost ante. and the Irish Catholics worshiped
hem. (Chesrs) There is no such thing as
igotry in an Irishman. Was 1t not Tom Moore
Vho said:
Shall ask che brave soldier who HRhts by my side
In the cause OF mankind II our cresds agree
Shall give up the friend have valued and tried
If he knesl nOb before the came altar with me
ApplAuse.) Well what dsos Saint-this great
oct Moore-I was going to call him "saint"
doore-(great lsughter.) / thought 1 was
laughter)-whatd does he
ay: