The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1879-01-05
IRISH MAIL NEWS.
L ublin Nation. Dec Il.


| Lubin Nation. Dec u.
The vacancy In New Ross is eought by tw,
| candidates, Mr.. George Deany, Home Rule
n typical Tory. Some other persons woed tn,
constituency for a few hours each. but quick !,
| found that their chance was nil. and accurd
ingly retired. OF the two candidates left ir
the field there can be little doubt which will
trtumph, and there can be little doubt whiof
ought to gsin the suffrsges of the majority o
the electors. New Rose is o patriotic borough
and Mr.. Dslany Ia an earnest Nationalist, Will.
his opponent is q supporter of the power whiot
IL holding the Irish nation in chains. If the
electors required any guarantee as to Mr.. d.
| lanye candidature they have it In the fact
that he 10 supported by their own patriotic
| clergy and by such trusted and well proved
Irishmen outside the bounds of their borough
as Mr.. Parnell, who delivered a speech 10 New
| hoss on "wednesday in support of Mr. Delany's
| oandidsture. The nomi alton takes place on
| this day, and the polling on Tuesday.
In Derry two candidates have entered the
neld They are Sir Thomas Mcclure, q Whig,
who formerly represented Belfast, and Mr.. B..
NJ. Alexander, Tory. There is not pins
point of difference between the two, except
that one prouI ises to be the obedient folio wer
of Gladstoue and harrington, and the other
the equally obedient slave of Bsaconsfeld.
Both are hostile to all the more important de-
mands of the great maj 'rity of the Irish peo-
pie. The Catholic ana Home Rule electors,
| never theless, are not idle. They have taken
steps to ascertain tue views OF the candida ates
on the demands referred TO, and they seem to
entertain hope that by acting together they
will be able to make it the interest of one or
| the other to offsr considerable CONCESSIONS in
the proper direction. That hope ought to be
well.fJunded.
An election is being fought out in Eoglsnd
to-day, which it is hoped and expected will
result in notable victory for Home Rule.
The scene of the battle Is Bristol, for the va
a tati Df w
two candIdates-Mr Lewis Fey, @ Liberal, and
the brother of an Ergish Judge, and Sir IVor
Guest Tory, and tue sou in Law OF the Lord
Lieutenant of Irelaud. Tae electorate Ia
pretty evenly divided bet tween The two great
Eoglish parties. the consequence of which 10
that the Home Rulers. who n u IL ber 1900 voters.
hold, If they aot together, the balance OF
power, and can dictate their own tsrms The
news is that Mr.. Fry, having acoeded to their
demands, while Sir IVor has uneqaivocally
refused compliance, their leaders have deter
have the utmost confidence that they will
heartily, and to man, fiat their leadsrs' de.
csion, and thus strike powerful blow for the
liberties of the old land.
Mr. Bott's do nothing manifesto continues to
evoke strong denu n ciht ons from Irish popular
newspapers aud from Individoal Irishmen long
known for their services to the Irish cause. The
only pronoupcement on the other side-except.
ing, of course, the declarations of the British
and West British press on the esnbject-bas been
that of small meeting in Limerick, against
which we may place a resolution of the BALI. |
nnsloe Tenants Defence Association. OF the
lettsrn pu blinhed in condemnation of Mr.. Bait,
that of Mr.. O'Connor Power. N. p, owing TO
the strength of its language has attracted |
widespread attention. 1t has excited the anger |
of the English. reused the ardent 10y atty" OF
Mr.. Meldon, II P. and moved some twenty |
members of the Home Role party to sign an |
sd ress to Mr.. BnJt repudiatiug all sympathy !
with the attack made on him by the member
for Mayo.
MR.. o'coNNoR POWER on MIR. ISAAC BUTT.
The following letter from Mr.. OConnoF
Power b8s been published III the Dublin
EreemdnS Journal with reference to Mr. Bntt :
"Sir The Address in answer TO the koya
Speech, which calls upon ns to sanction the
blood stained acts Of the Royal butchers who
nave invaded AfShApiotaD, is passing through
he House without any division representing
he protest of the Irish nstop; without any
lem and by the Irish party for the restoration
II the Irish Parliament, or even the redress of
,rievAnces. The man who has brought this
iisRrsoe upon our country is IsnRc Butt. At
10 in Informal meeting Of the Irish members to-
lay l denounced him as o traitor to the Home
Z ale party and the Irish cause, and now re-
,est the accusation. At q future time / shall
eyiew the steps taken by Mr.. Butt In his
york of betrayal, loading mp to the snpreme
reason cf the present hour.-Yours truly J.
)'Connor Power" |,
While commenting upon this letter the
freeman Gays it publishes 1t with extreme pain,
DO only Inb olbCnbIBe VI lb1 nNhJ 40 Pe"N !
10 Journal. II regards the lang age of the
ritter as utterly orj1srifable, add thinks that
o can only have been betrayed into it under
no influence of great irritation. II 10 t)o
nch the habit in Ireland, VI adis, 20 set up }
he peoples idol one day aud destFoy him the
ext with every mark Of iKnOniny and Oh.
yquy.
'eillrs Of ar Butt" observes that he hss now
learIy marked bis own pOsi ion in tue Ii I'D
Irrsh p.Iltica aui given Jbe key note of mis-
fF-.. B. mpm HE
s.rong. minded, and daring pol
.ioiau that The Irish people took him TO be,
e heart, strs ngtb, and courage have departed
rom hin, aud the degree Of pressure which be i