, 1880-12-25

bloody Whjgs"; WouIfc had accepted Office,
50 had f}all. The Catholic gentry, always
the most uMpntrIotlc class In 1rrland, wilu1n
| OC0nncl lad mndc eligible tn Office, de-
sertcd him one b. one. They pretended to
regard his dcnunciatiuns nf personal and pu-
litlcal enemies with horrnr. Their sons were
fur the 1nnss Mart ctiucateti In tho Catholic
! schools of Englund, principally at S.oney-
hurst. They returned to ireland with the
| ltlcn that O'Connell was no better thai Il
brawl!ng 'Sqntre,-that It was nndRnftfed
and unEcntlemnnly to be nssoctated in tic
remotest why with him. They wcre thor
ounhly in,brrtt with the greatncsso Of the Brit
ISL connection; they looked upon their poorer
countrytncn rs mere llel0ts, Eppsi enough to
vote for them on clectlDl,-slay. O'COnnc,t's
own sons and his soi,s-ti,-lnw Ilntl taken
pIace under the British Crown. lie lla,l to
some cxtcit lost the confidence of the moro
Intelligent of the pcasahtry by hta abandon.
Ine,It OF the repeai agitation Of 1874, md Ills
subsequent alltnnce with the bAsc, brutal,
MD hl0otiy WhiKs"; but, mare tl,an TINT, he
| had by this alliance rendered tho antf.ttthe
! aHltatfon. which lad assumed gigantic pro-
/ p0rtiOns, whiGll WIS OIL the very eve Of Sic
| cess, alWrtIyc. The f0r1n Of tho tithu-tnx
was abolished, 10 hc sure, but tic substance
remained. tho landlord becanlc tl.e tlane-pr,c-
tor 10 collect taxes from the Catholic tchaMtry
| for tho suppor. Of the Ep!scopalinu minister,
| whose only thinks wefo vulgar denuncia.
TONS of tho contributors
Tie Catl!o,lc pensNntry lost more that, they
gained by Catholic emancipation. They l,utl
beared every danger, they silrunk froln no
sacrifice that O'Connell ca!leh nh thens IL
Fn.ake, and in 1S40. eleven years nftcr ellalici-
patton, Il was ''lllcu't to ste INV they l,al
people Lave benefited by that measure. TIey
have derived n.t'lousa1nl times inore benefit
from the establishment dt the Nati,al sc!lnOI
inr, measure, md even FROM the Ballot net,
| which was i,lcant tO serve Wllig ca1itlluntes
for Parliament. Sonae Df tho Catholic sn.!lres
becalAg Magistrates and Grand JNrnrs 10 he
md. some Catholic merchants becainn land
lortis, but llAye they l>ccn t.ure fair, moro
lenient, moro honest In their trcntnlei,t II
their poorer ColntryMet! tim Protestant
ke,llllares, Gorn!anstowns. and the SruIlys
differ rs landlords frnuI the i.Gitrtlns. l.ltis-
downcs, al"L lsence .Jotlcses:. DO thu Gall'niic
Grand Jurors vi Cork md I4i,ner1ck Counties
Grand Jurors OF Antrim ainl Down? Is the
Ora1lgetnn1, May my inDretlle bunch ntlvOcAte
nf thy Crown Ill political trials ttlan Ills
cathnle brothers l, Harry, Q'i5r|en, and Fitz-
/
1 presented themselves witt! sl1cal futct to tho
Catholic pcnsatts in 1910 rs they do 10 Mr.,
| Dutty and others t;ttlny. Tug peasants % nny
not have thought tli;.t tic f9rty y;sil'ng frye.
for the benefit bf thhsa who trsp!sctl the VIC
tins. But 1t Is ,certatn tint their descendants
Of to-s!ay lo. Even III ls4o, tho more in,elEi-
| gent Of them Thought 50:
Tho young Catholic priests sprung from
the I,easantry, feeling for t1lcnl, syinpat!llz-
Ing will! them In ali their pplitlca! aspirin
tions,-thcir every hope acted as the mouth
pieces at their feelings. Father Dayerin. 4
letters to UConnell calling him to account
for his compromise OH tha tithe question and
ills alliance with the Whigs.-wltll "yonr
immaculate MI justice lovinG l.or,l john
would arEso, In Ireland now II Mr. rarnelI!
compromised Oh the land question, entered
on Al, all!a1ge tge y wi. the WilEs, al thereby
ers-ln-law, aud othcr, relatives; but ute people
cn,Mlonctl U'connell's mistakes md lapses
from tho stragl,t patll Of political leadership
1le liad led Metn to Victory oyer their IT.
was barrell, the enemy haf cupitulatcl. Tic
champion and irlen,l. lis p,,rpo So
was pure md honest: When he
they llocked to his standard; they subscribed
to the support Of themoyenlg1t. Ayct these
Impoverished. r:!ck.rented. ill~clad peasants.
\ -SlthSGtlnkt1 lle ENORMOUS sufl-1nT thchl-Hl
he said q people Ike thnt could not III. yali-
Guis!1cd. The movement swelletl to vast pro-
portions. Thu imass-li|cet!ngs wcru never
before squalcA In tho history nj any conn.
try. Q'Connelrs tlrnness Of pl!rln'sn may
have deserted him, but Ills oratorlcnl powers
were unlmpaIred.
Tho agltatlou Entne!l sympathy II. Amerisa
II nsn FE1es Se1 ntin,14 %S1e a;a nd n oisr Hs
large towns to express SYMPATHY With tho
Irish people In their struggle, ,-allA this was
at q tine when the Irish vote was not much
& Greeley. .; a!ways frie,ly 10 tilo lfsi, took an
nctLve part In organizing these meetings. Mr.
Seward spoke ut some Of thc1n, as did Lewis
CasS and other distinguished ,ls'l. Frest-
pad. pa,hy Wilh sS' tho movement @ b lis s s' 10
inc New Ynrk meetings. III Paris meetings
wure orEnnizea for the snntc purpose. AZ
one OF thesu N. ,Arago was IL The cllnlr, and
means lcast. Lctru 1sollIi,. Tie hitter sntd
".France Ii ready.to MD mn oppressed >eo'
PIC in their decisive strl!Es'c, VIII! * y
arms" a subscription WINS n,atiu for the
repeal rent, and N. llollIn was requested Ia
present 1t In person 10 tile Association nt
O'Cnnnutl was frightened. lie was a,'
nntspoken Af0Narchist, llc WIS fur pence, ht
wAntct! no war, nltl.ough on sonle aceasiotls
he used to talk atntlt tho people defending
their rights viii, their lives. about living ''as
slayes Or dying MS frcemcn."' lle said abuu
the IsolIin utlNir, "rhe people ot Ireland trt
In favor ot democratic liberty, but !ihert,
1nitigated by the stability Of q ,lin'llca
Monarchy" ctc. Wo lnay well tIuagln.
how tho YOUNG lrclandnrs chnf.a
at thIs Interpretation nf tile pnblc onn!on nl
ireland. The Americans .lml tic French
whether through disgust at such talk or he.
cause they. saw there was 10 clmnce with
such u lent!cE,. who. w',en the decisive mo
,nent came, TALKED SO milcil about lIcaceahll
lrEal md constitutional measures. w0uIt
hayo nothing lnoro to to with the repeni ngi
Government, tl,ell Tory al!.! ut ty Peel, saw
its chance. 1t. determined to put dnws
tho ngltutioll which WAS led by sile!, y man
Tho Clnt1tari meeting was prohibited
niltl boosted higtl," but tho decisive ulnn,en
Ind cUIhe. anil l!e was Il ratlurD ls n M,A,. hi
nct!on. Ono Ut tho tlisgnstetl y".lmg lrclaml
ers said TINT lrranl VAS won at Cln,1taTf INT
lost Mt clontarf. TERENCE npitew MrMAnus
who Ind co!e from Liverpool to attend III
meeting, said TINT IL IT should mot he held tilt
sympathy Ut the Engltsi, democracy was lbs