Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-06
IRELAND'S WRONGS.

Leo ure Of Father Nusen at the Cathedral
The nv Il of the Present Land system
of Ireland and the Re emedy
The vesper service at the Cathedral last
night was attended with very interesting ser.
mon by the Rev. Father Nugent, Of Liverpool
England, which was heard with marked arten-
tion by large congregation. The reverend
speaker took as . theme the suffering Of the
land tenants, arising from extortion and mis-
rule in Ireland, and their privations were de-
ltneatod in an eloquent aud graphic manner.
la commencing his lemarks the speaker re-
ferred t. his former visit to this COUNTRY and
expressed sincere gratitude ut being alive to
return thanks for noble assistance rendered
by the people of st. Paul. BE said it was
y large Catholic generosity that had aotnated
the spontaneous charity of st. Paul, extended
In 90 liberal manner irrespective of denOmi-
nation. Au outline was then given of tue sut-
feriDg Of the tenants In Ireland and the man
ner OF relief. The first notes of distress were
responded to by the people of Liverpool, which
bound by commercial unity, aud having been
a.lt up by lrishmen, was stimulated to render
Immediate and active assistance.
In January last Liverpool had commissioned
number of people to visit the stricken coun.
try, intending to be guided by their reports.
The speaker had been called upon to visit
that part of Ireland between Galloway and
Sligo Fourteen thousand had pledged them
selves to raise food. The speaker arrived at
Galloway on Saturday afternoon The next
seven miles in area. One-third of the popu-
lation was famishing for want of food.
The speaker had heard the appeal of the par
ish priest; it was heartrending story. 1t was
asad o hnmiliating thing when people had to
depend on one measure of m, al a day for sub
sistence. The big tears started from his eyes
and stole down his cheeks as that parish priest
to his sad and wretched story OF want and
suffering The river divided two parishes; one
third of the entire parish numbering 800 TAM
lilies, were in need of relief.
The speaker then made a touching allusion
to his visit to Conemara. The parish priest
had pointed to him swamp on which twenty.
seven families were located; there was not a
four-footed beast nor an ear of corn. It was
touching sight to see those people Watching
for The coming sail. At one inn where the
speaker had stopped there was no chance to
GET food or shelter. He then spoke of bis kind
" reception by the good brothers of st.
Francis. A visit to S,reamstown and an in--
spection of the Wretohed cottages was related
with pathetic pathos The people had not
asked for help, they we're met by a group of
wretohed women. Their eyes had sad and
touching look that appealed mora eloquently
than words FOR the necessary assistance.
The speaker related an instance which showed
the sacred love of mother who could not part
with one of her seven children, though they
were In danger of starving The speaker ad-
mired the noble instinct of the mother whose
abiding love for her offspring was characteris-
tic of an Irish mothers love for her children.
The reverend speaker gave an idea of the un-
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which under the most favorable circumstances
was not calculated to sustain human being.
Many of them had their patch of potatoes or
corn, but for the most part they had to seek
external help by going to Scotland and En-
gland to assist in the harvest, the earnings
from which paid their rent. Many Of them
engaged in kemp burning, whioh produced
soda ash which was sold for $40 or $15 ton.
This source OF revenue was dried up by recent
importations from Peru which made the soda
ash fall to $S per ton.
Tnere ~as no occasion to refer to the greedy
system of the landlords; the lack Of aym-
psthy. between the low and the rich, these
facts were part Of the history of the famine.
Father Nugent here paid high tribute to
Bishop Ireland in his noble efforts to assist the
sufferers. In this connection reference was
made to the efforts of Bishop Ireland in colo
nizing the sufferers. Thanks to his zeal,
thanks to all the people of Sc. Paul and the
po aerful advocacy of the press, 500 sonls had
beei rescued from the terrible existence.
In the future those who had been helped
would always bless the name of st. Paul.
They would be one in sympathy with this great
American people. who offered homes to ell,
where, ii man had energy and integrity he
muat sue ,eed and come to the front. When IN
1887 cloud swept across the ocean and threat.
ened the English coast, the speaker had
bought of emigration. On his way to this
country the speaker had brought ~ith him
little shamrock. He had cherished 1t. but 1t
died. Nowhere could the shamrock come
10 perfection but upon its own soil.
SO il was with Irish character, it best grew to
perfection On its own sacred soil. The speaker
wa not 10 favor of wholesale eniaration, such
a course would be injurious to the land of their
birth and ruinous to the race. blessing,
morally and intellectual, had been conferred on
the individual cases, who had been given
homes in this glorious country. The speaker
extended thanks for the patriotism, humanity
and unsel6shness which had been exercised by
the people OF St. Paul. in helping those brought
over. God had said those who fed the hungry
and clothed the naked, had done it for himself
To the people of st. Paul, the speaker said,
their memory would forever fondly linger in
his heart. Their noble generosity would ever
be enshrined in hia memory. In closing, the
speaker referred to the evidence of temperance
and respectability which characterized the con-
gregation of St. Paul, as eontrested with the
Of Liverpool The speak.
er thought there we're more drunken
women in England than there we're men, and
the hideous results of the social cancer were
characterized In the most powerful language.
The speaker adjured his hearers to cruclfy their
appetites for drink, and enlist in the army OF
Christ, to overcome the great enemy Of the
Irish people,