The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-03
RECEPTION IN DUBLIN OF TEE RB.
LEASED FENIAN PRISONERS.
DEATH AND FUNERAL OF SERGEANT
M'CARTHY.f

DEATH AND FUNERAL OF SERGEANT
M'CARTHr.
The released prisoners arrived in Dublin
Sunday evening, Jan. 18th, about six
o'clock, by the Holy head steamer, at Kinss-
town, and were met at the landing place
by the committee appointed to receive
them, comprising G. s. Parnell, MP,
Major O'Gorman, MP, John OConnor
Power, MP, Richard Power, MP, Patrick
Esan. John Ferguson, G!Hssowii n;ssO i,,o%na John
Brennan. John Burma, Robert Woodward,
r. j. Donnelly, More Stack, Edward
Hayes and others. An immense crowd
was In waiting, by whom they were vocif-
erously cheered; and on their landing
bonfres on the adjoining heights flashed
the joyous news through the country with
the spesd of the telegraph, being taken up
from bill to hill by ready hands.
As the prisoners came ashore most
enthusiastic hand shaking followed be-
tween them and their friends. First came
Sergeant Mccarthy, pale. worn-iooking
man, evidently in delicate health. He was
most warmly received, Major O'Gorman
and several others kissing his hand as they
shook 1t. Then Michael Davitt. a compar-
atively young man, with q heavy black
moustache, followed. He had lost his right
arm while in Jail. O'Brien and Cham hers
then quietly joined their comrades; and to
Lu0 1OuE Iu6u us tRhecuOiou, uANs AEohbnh
read the following address frequently in
terrupted by hearty applause:
"Address OF the People of Dublin to Messrc Charles
McCarthg, Thomas Chambers, John Patrick o % BItsn
ment suffer cd for Ireland;
"FelIo,o CoHntrymen-We approach You on
your release from the sufterings which you
have for so many years % cheerfu!ly and nero.
icslly borne for our country in the prisons of
England to offer you our warmest congratula-
tions, to bid you, with all the fervor and affeo-
tion of our hearts, welcome home to Ireland,
and to thank you for your courageous and un-
compromising devotion to the National cause.
"Romau history reveres the tradition which
tells of the heroic selfsacrifice of the patriot
Marcus Cnrtius, who saved the city by o.etng
the Forum. With self-denying patriotism
equal to his you have made an Offering of life,
fortune and liberty on the altar of your conn-
try and if by such sacrifices as yours her FREQ
dom has not been achieved, her honor he's been
sAved, the manhood of her sons vindis sted,
and fund of public virtue created amongst
us whioh will yet redeem and regenerate the
land.
"Mindful of this, and of all the horrors Of
penal servitude through which you have been
condemned to pass, the capital of your country
rejoices in your liberation to-day, and stretches
forth its hand to receive you with delight and
gratitude.
The pleasure which we feel, however, is
diminished by the recollection that some of
your brave companions are still held in cap
tivity, aud we cannot conclude without ex-
pressing the hope that they too may soon be
restored to liberty.
in the future, and assuring You of the gratitude
of all yeur country men, we again say to you
from our inmost hearts, Cead Mile Failthe."
The four released prisoners having got
into q railway carriage with some of their
friends, Mr.. Davitt read the following re-
plXs -...
| To the People Of Dublin:
"FelEoW Coantyymen-We thank you for the
address with which you honor us on Our re-
| turn to Ireland, aud are more than amply re-
warded by this proof Of your esteem fol
| whatever sufferings We have endured for oul
country To serve her in her tribulations il
the duty OF every Irishman, and to suffer in
the earnest exercise of that duty has ever been
| the proudest boast of our grandsires. Forti
| Aed in our trials by the consciousness OF suf
the innate love of the Irish heart for it's native
! soil the strength TO bear and the courage &c
| face the penalties awarded to our so-called
crime. il we have borne our Imprisonment
| in the spirit in which Ireland's sons have eyel
dared the threats of pain and ruin to despise,
| when all other means of allevistipg their coun
try's hnmiliating condition had proved inef
fectnal, we can accept your warm and gene
rous welcome without fearing that the homo
of our fatherlsud has been tarnished by an!
act of ours while incarcerated in England
rem we tender you our sncerest thanks for tn
kind wishes you express for them, and joil
with you in hoping they may soon be releases
also. We trust that the satisfaction partia
amnesty has afforded to our fellow-country
men will cause the speedy release of thos
still undergoing penal servitude. That love G
home and country which has ever been re
garded as Just, reasonable, and excited elt fee
blind, impulsive passion, is the offence fo
which they are olassed with the ,vilest of mar
kiDd.' To you We appeal to still advocate tn
cause of their release, and show the world
your exertons in their behalf the falsity Of th
> aspersions cast upon their honor, the inhI
humanity of their prolonged imprisonmen
and the Justice of the demand which a natio
, makes for their liberation.
again thanking you for the hearty oedd mil
Gailthe you offer on our release from prisoi
we remain etc., "CHARLEs MCCARTHY,
"THONAs CHAMBERS,
d JOHN p. O'BRIEN,
D "MIcuAEL DAVITr.
q "God save Ireland"
The prisoners then proceeded to tt
Westlane Row Terminus, where, on the
a arrival, a vast multitude was found q
!, sembled, with all the indications of an in
J., | torch liubk nrncaasinn in nraDar,