The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-22
4 BEAUTIFUL GRAFTON.
Father Terry's Eloquent Address
In Behalf of the llerald.s
Irish Relief Fund.
"A Touching Picture uf the EusTefs M
Of the Famine Stricken Tae-
pie OF Ireland.

1n the nixteenth Instant. for the purpose oE
contributing 10 the Meruiia triah relief fund,
and pS which ExsGev. 1lutatiu Seymour wap
President, the Mev. Father Edward Terry. ~
bt. Johns Church. Utica. delivered an address,.
which for depth of pathoa, beauty ~ dletlon
ana exquisite imagery. has rarely, II ever.
been surpassed The burning eoaue,,ce
uf the gifted and imraesioned orator
ahould he ,pare frequently employed In
behalf III his suffering eountrymer, whose
virtues and whoHe woes he az graphically
Ahd lovingly depicts. Wa envy not The man
or woman who can read this superb burst of
orKtoty---the wall VI anguish from heart
oveftlowlnu with love and sympathy for Ire
land and not feel the tears riae from the
heart and gather 10 the eyes' as each Of the
sAd and touching pictures n unfolded by the
snagieiane wand Of eluuuenee.
Fpr the benefit W our readers wa reproduce
alinoHt the entire aynopsis ef the address. as
II appears ia the Harotd ii the seventeenth !:
Venerable and most worthy Mr.. President.
reverend brethren, ladpa and gentlemen l
bid you hearty greeting In the grand aud
hahle plrppHn uf your gathering here TO-
nioht. only u few weeks ago the fearful news
WAS Ilanhel throughout our land that hunger
and want had rrapt Into The homes of our
iellpw-bpinsa beyond the aeaH, and Iii the
midst u uur teenin1 aranptleH and well
stacked farms All o,ir own n-in the midst Ut
gathered plenty and pruapetonH putaultn,
AMI warm hreadeH, and the faces nf our
friends that know no care, there was held up
hefote us the viasun of land wbere death and
hunger were abroad, of men hurryinH to-
upthef With fear aud consterpation written
On their brows, AZ they haHtened from their
homes, not caring Ut the whittier, but only
that thny might not look upon thefltttle oues
pr hear their cry an natuiea Instincts dragged
their starving limha to the side OF
her whom the Nod Of nature gave them for
piuteutlon, and aH they turned up Into her
0eAthlike face their little ahrunAen eheeka all
pale aud war che could but klaa them with
her cold and famahed lipa OIL men have
stood upon the everlasting ieea Of the Arctic
eeA, aud when the fatal ahot had laid the
white bears cub IN bleeding death on her est
cAplhg track, they haye aeen the motbet'a ~.
etinct. stronger than all death 9r any fear, halt
her aA she He'd. and fastening back to where
her Offspring lny. abe cruucbed IN shelter over
It'd dying form, aud npite cf All the lnHtlncts of
eecNt,e, defiant bf the approaching weapons
poised III deadly ainl, abe clunH With martyr
tifn1nuAe to the spot where nature held her
mothefa heart, and received her death wound
A<syn6 niteo,iely MoAnetl Into the frozen aky.
And II 30 atrunH, 90 piercng. go Intense ts the
Instinct Cf motherhood oven Ia the Wild beaat
what shall we aay Of the love that aiaa to
thie tho sweet eomnlunin1a af Intellectual
iiie, the bond that tiea tho mother to her
hAbpe that minAlc In a Thousand dear aaao-
ssona into whose nnv es s1a ssaes ,nn on er
neck, OF laughing hide. their playful faces On
her warm breaat, aud what shall be the
power, whence the tongue even from the
realms of horror yet unknown, " te!! ua ot
tho ASfony keen and deep that eoldly cute ibto
Tho core an she mnat look upon her datlinHn
starving At her aide and see them reel and
tctter 70 tho earth, aud when lifted TO her
heart feel their little Icy hands thruat into
her hoecm cold aa we'll, m III the throea OF
death despair will make them aenk at last for
hpn where nature frat beatowedit, Oil take
IL. hide Il. breathe uf II no more; think of II
no longer. tell II not aloud upon the streets of
earth, leat, hearing pf the heartlsa hand that
took away their food, we loee our trunt In all
humanity.
THE piaur or uorr.
It ID "a auch an emergency that the people
Of America have riaen; and while we may
not wonder at tho quick reapnnae tho a,lm-
mons found IN Irish heatta which, like the
shells Of ocean reaa',ntitng over With music
of the sea, carry cbroad with them in exile
the echoes Of the old aonxs and the old joys.
and the old love of home: yet II is when we
zee our fellow citiE.na VI different creetln. dlf-
ferent nations and different political aim !:
knowing us only ~ hnsceehcra ~ their
reached out for their aid; II ia when We see
them come 40 readily and Az swoetly to the
call, that we feel there IL divinity In the
heart Of man, aud that there muat hc some
Immortal place for him beyond the sphere Ut
time since all this passing earth were far too
poor setting for such beauty. And when
bethink me of your Senate and your place or
State, ordering out IL ships 81 war. made
neesengcrs Of peace 10 bear tho bread oi
plenty 10 the homes Of need tho very soul
within me swolls with love and pride Of you,
my fellow-meh. Only one such picture did
the world ever see. IL WAS when on that
stormy night the pillows ashed and tossed
tho little bark of the disciples. Human eyes
gased out Into the darkness and the cry for
help went moaning over the sea when. 10! u
ehining light burst full upon their Vision and
j form approached. walking OH tho waters
and crying TO them aloud amid the wind and
waves, "tear not, for II Ia J." look upon
the world now and the night VI gloom hangs
heavy on the sea-when, haik! from out a
little Island hidden In the waves shrek Of
anguish tells OF suffering and death; ana be-
holds there comes upon the waters strong
and mighty form, moving majesttcally on
her mission OF help, the messenger OF free
dom, the Messiah among the nations. buoy
ant over every wave, and Mt her masthead
proudly floats that well. known flag OF glow
Ing stars, which from this hour until the end
Qf time shall be a sign OF salvation to all dis
tress. ...5.-.
TRIBUTE TO THE rREss.
No trade, no profession, no social place but
has share In the glory Of this mighty deed.
And here let me turn to the members OF that
profession TO whose enterprise and enliRhten-
ment !s SO largely due the progress of so
ciety-that child of freedom, that hope of
every State, fearless, ietterless, impartial
prees. To Its charity and Its energy may be
attributed most of the good that has been
done in this great work ot national beneyo-
lence, and IL Is to second the efforts of one Of
its chief representatives that we are here to-
night And | would say of his great and
prineeiy deed that eagerly as the arms of his
enterprise have reached out for fame
into the burning deserts or seethtng
iungles of Afrca's wilds or sought It
III the Geathlike Stiffness Of the frozen pole,
never did they find SO warm a spot on all this
earth, and newer did they secure all imMor-
tai, Al enduring name till laden with the gifts
Of charity they touened the heart OF old Ire
land The appalling distress which has
awakened in our lard so widespread SYM
pathv has drawn atteution likewise to the
home condition of the Irish people. 1t were