The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-09
WOman's True Dignity.
A LARGE AUDIENCE HELD IN COMPLETE CON
troll BY MONSIGNOR CAPEL.
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Il am not Il politician" said Monsignor
Capel last night is w. L. IIenscl. the chair
man Of the Democratic State Committee,
was introduced TO him, while the dstin-
guished eccclesiastic waited in the green
room OF the Academy OF Music for the
hour at which he was TO begin his lecture
on the "True Dignity OF Woman"
have avoided politics all my life. simply
cast my vote. and that i all. II | were II
politician | should be Iiome-Ruler. |
would not be Il Fcnian. for that believe to
be against the grace of God" The MOnsig-
nor laughed mcrrily and turned to meet
Judge Arnold. All about him was a
crowd OF robust, Notwithstanding
cIeTics. with here and there we'll
known layman. He stood up almost
against the wall and nearly directly
under picture OF Patti. He wore pllr-
pie silk soutanc and cape Of so dark a
shade as to look black. and sash and flow
Ing cloak Of so light shade that they were
frequently mistaken for red. He carried
under his arm a wide-brimmed beaver hat
OF a shape largely in vogue with ritualistic
Anglican clergymen in this country. Tied
round the hat was the ecclesiastical purple
cord. The cleric received each one who
was presented to him with singular heart
mess. He was about the size and bore a
striking resemblance To eX-Judge Brew
ster, and recalled Daniel Dougherty in his
etTusyeness and the quickness OF his wit.
At quarter-past the ecclesiastic looked
at little open-faced silver watch and sig
nified to the Very Rev. Maurice A. Walsh,
the Administrator Of the diocese, at whose
residence he is staying. that 1t was time to
90 out upon the stage. A long line OF
clerics and laymen preceded him. As he
appeared in view OF the audience he was
received with the capping OF hands OF an
assemblagc that crowded all the seats and
some OF the aisles OF all the house except
the topmost tier. He bowed and sal In a
great bme-c0yered armchair, against
which his bright silk cloak lay with pleas
ing effect. Stephen Farrelly, the president
Of the Catholic club under whose auspices
the lecture was given. introduced him i'm a
brief but complimentary address. All the
while he was speaking scores OF glasses
were leyelled at the fascinating man." AS
Disraeli called him, "who was as well I'M
formed in the ways OF the world as he was
in the works OF the great caslIists." There
were 10 be- seen in the large audience dis
tinguished men OF all religions and no re-
ligIon. expressive OF most intense interest
in the distinguished ehurchman. As Mr..
Farrelly finished. the ehnrcbman gracefully
swept forward and smiled and bowed
again a the audience renewed the APP
plause. When silence had been restored
he pleasantly gave back all the pretty things
that had been said OF him. aud declared
that mo tongue talks 80 sweetly rs the
Irish tongue, no tongue is so complete a
master OF what we poor Engiishmen term
.blarney.' lie approached his subject di-
rectly. He had read with amazement and
horror, he said, the expressions used at the
recent Convention Of Freethinkers, a con-
yention attended by ladies and gentlemen
=. Al American women are 10 be freed from
prlestly influence, rs advocated there" hs
said, "and from the influence Of God. theI
say God help America" But he did mo-
believe that the doctrines enumerated a
that meeting would lind Judgment Ia
the minds Of many women. "Fron
what have seen Of American women,
he continued. al feel sure that they viii
| be commonly rejected Controversy, b,
thought, did little good. II Is sometime
necessary, but not often. lie then, b.
said, would speak In no controversies
spirit, but would make simple declare