The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-03-15

Cardiaai MeCsbe's Lensea Pastoral 81 Tstem.
pernuce Read - Presence sf Bic 1ife1ess
Remnius-The One Mistake Of . Noble Life.

land Ia in mourning to-day. and has been so
for tho last week. because Of the sudden death
OF Cardinal McCabe. by noon tho romans Of
the dead prelato will havo been laid at rest In
Glasnevin Cemetery. Dublin mourns and
mourns sincerely ovcr that opened grave.
Whatever coldness Irishmen felt for tho Cardi-
nal Archbishop Of Dublin on account Of his at
titude toward tho National party. and lis real
or supposed relations with Dublin Castle and
its officials. has disa ppoarcd with the nrst It'd
ings OF his unsxpe death. They now re-
inembur only tho exemplary and devoted priest,
the gentle practical. pious young clergyman
who rosc steadily in tho love and veneration OF
tho aboring poor, In the esteem and confidence
Of his ecclesiastical Supporters. and in the re-
spoct OF his associates In the priesthood. until
their sufrrages made him the llrst In dignity
among themselves.
The life Of this prince Of tho Church would
have boen most beautiful because most be-
nehcent and self sacrificing life. If tho political
traditions OF the Archiepiscopal 500 OF Dublin.
and tho influence exercis oil over him by tho
strong personality OF his immediate predsces-
SCR. mad not prdispos.d him to lean rather
toward the ruling authorities in tho Castle
shan toward tho popular cause and the lenders
OF tho national movement. Cardinal McCabe.
~ administrator oi the metropolitan parish as
rector himself Of one of the principal city par
isnes. ami ~ parish priest OF kingstown, was
s 80 b. Sf s sny @ nnsS a"sn
straiion OF sympathy. manifest cd that he was
with tho nation ~ it's struggle for tho fuI!
meas ure Of its rights and libsrtiea. he would
have been. practically. king ovor his Deopls.
II Is impossible for us Americans to form Just
which tGe Irish heart entsrtains for a Bishop
who is thoroughly with the people in their aSpi-
they give themselves with the Old. unanenched.
enthusiastic devotion OF the Celt Tor his sept
IL was the misfortune Of Cardinal McCnbe to
have basn raised to positions of great respon-
s.Oiity under Cardinal Cullen. man reared in
national aspirations, looking on every popular
movement IN Ireland u. tending toward revo-
Archbishop OF Dublin Just when the country
WAS fast approaching one OF those periodical
rrs's n ni ,rss y sc er,sis
when the existing Jaws and til. courts OF Jus
tie" afford neither protection nor redress from
eviction. and the real representatives OF Gov
ernm-pt come Ia the starving peasants door
in the form Of tho crow bar brigade. human ma
TIRE viii inevitably seek RELIEF or revenge Tor
/ believe that tho only way to render such
lani is Tor clergy and people to unite in press:
ing upon the Government tho Just demands OF
the nation. Public opinion in Eng land and the
advance OF enlightened LIBERAL sentiments
among tile endng asses are such that no Min
isrry could long withhold from Ireland the
snd psrsistently by the majority Of the Irish
people having At their head the Bishops and
sry rSpres.nintiyna This WAS The case in
1889 so. II is the ease TODAY.
In 1879 things had come, to such pass In Iro-
| land. that othin. but such union could give
the distressed. oppressed. and maddened a.ri;
| cultural masses n sure hope to lean upon and
save them from despair. while forcing the Cow
| ernmcnt to save the farmers from starvation
Archhsh"p Croke and not y few Of his brother
into the national movement to save II from de-
WAITING from the path OF Legality and order
them from being drawn into the net Of the
| aHrariRn and secret societies. and to restrain
eyrry tsndeney t.wsrd VIC encs ga, and oa,raEe
tion wcrs shown. in the fact that. where tho
Bishop and his clergy thus sympathinsd with
and controlled the suffering masses. there was
| neither crime nor disorder whereas. in such
dioces.s ~ ;hos. OF Dublin. Tuam. and others
| where tho bishops had denounced the Land
| League. the national move ment, and the popu-
lar i-nders the secret societies had It all their
0T CardInai Mecabs dSnonncsd the watch Words
Of the Land League, Pay 4 fair rent" and
:, Keep y.pr GTip,on the lapd',.as eoinrnnnis-
womaniy and ,i-moraizinx association. 1t was
AL error Of Judgment. His remuneration drew
| and this somewhat softened the terrible irrta-
| ton produced On the popular feelings by such
m.nt Bnt the people never forgave what they
| considered AN act OF hostility toward them
mas d" t. Se' By wr"n. so G long "e sad@red
| against All hope Of redress. and when they were
making heroic efforts to seek that redress by
| constitutional methods and In onpostion "a
the secret societies ! believe the Phoenix Park
murders and the other outrages which dis
land in the opinion Of tho clviliz-d world never
would have taken place. end that the organi1a.
existed. had Carolina Cullen and McCabe been
heartily and onenly With the people IA were
shop. yrqs or snf
No one who has not lived In ireland of late
yenrs. can have AN idea OF the intense and ab
sorting sarBsstness with when both the Irish
peopl. aud the Overwhelming majority OF the
priesthood h"ve thrown themselves into III,
| Land League and National movements. Car.
| hinnl McCabe felt that this .arncstEess WAS a.
powerful ~ resistl-ss. IA the quiet energy q
tn. .'ds I's,ns ring steadily To- 81 until T. ha'
painsd N faIheriy heart TX. his. one wholly ant
most mns.lfishly devoted !" the goot OF his POO
pie. 10 bo made TO feel. as he Was daily and in Il
hundred ways, that he was looked upon NJ NJ
ally Of tho Castle. M in i."gn" or In sympath,
done. in their Official position. 40 much to ag
gravaL the distress 81 the peopa. 80 much T.
nrny"ke disorder; ana 40 much 20 make nI ,h'
II wts evident to me, when | hal tho hono
of convsrsng with his Emin.nc.. tina, he WA
smartiuE under this sense 81 being in u fals'
| position toward his countrymen. But yoi
could not "onyers. long with him without see
MINDED man. Harpv had II been Tor him ha,
h. m. in q Clergyman around him who w"r
on. maj oiti"d to u him bold ~ throw hrns-,
on his p.ni e. generosity, and by u single ~"
tn show that h" was with Them now. heart am
misrep rss"nted their cause ~ one unhapr
moin.nt 81 his public life. l had hoped. ate
IN. death Of \ NJ Sullivan that following III
example Of Cardinal Manning and Mr.. Glad
rton. in Enaand. the Cardinal Archi bishop 9
Duh in would have come forward aud sent 1
his name and his trihmt" to the Sullivan test
monia fund. THIS single act would have AZ
him right with the people.
, And now death has come 70 make them foI
get or forgive his one error In pressn"" Of til
lifelong service. the unwearied devotion t
every pri"stiy duty. the loving aud liberia car
, "f the poor. aud the unaffected piety aud sim
pIritv " one who sought only to hc. and WA,
in very truth u man Of God among hia hocl
| 1t l- u touching circumstance OF this life. :
a suddenly ended that tn" Lruten pastoral rea
last sunday IN MI the churches II Dublin WI
! concluded and dated on the very ave OF hi
1 death 1t is u slngularv earnest apreal to III
| people on some Of til. mOmentous topics tia
,, bishop or priest could dilate upon during IN
peni'antia season. Ono would be led to thin
that this eloquent eXhortation to cody li
, | WAS written with the consciousness Of the nrA
: Judgment and in the approaching light of tn;
day which knows NO evening. Lie Ia mers
: II sp-ck Of time" lie says in the opening sci
. t.n,- connecting tho gulf Of nothiDgnes
y whence wa came with the shoreless ocean
Il eternity whittier We ara fastening" FroI