The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-01-04
ss OF IRISH PArRzor1sM
TIE Archbishop er Cassel-Wsw Ireland May
BECOME . Great Nation, and The Irfsh
May be Keps - . q reNt Christsan People.

May be Kept as . q rent CArisssan HseopiS.
DUBLIN, Dec. 1e.--The name Of Kilkenny
Is most dear to Irishmen. 1t was there that.
in October. 1642 the Con federated Catholics
met. proclaimed to the whole civilized world
their polit cal and religious grievances and
bound themselves by q solemn compact to
pursue by all legitimate means the recovery OF
their conlscated properties and their in
alienable rights. while committing no crime
against God or man.
Ono might have thought. all through last
Friday and Saturday. that another national
Convention was about to assemble In the ancient
city Everywhere was busy preparation. Priests
from far and near kept coming in by every
train and by private conveyance. The Arch
bishop Primate OF Armagh. true to tho hearts
core to tho cause OF ireland. and number OF
othor prolatcs. wcro the recipients of a warm
and respectful welcome. Toward evening came
tho Archbishop Of Cashel. But the entire city
went forth to meet him. A carriage was in
waiting for him at the railway station: but the
enthusiastic crowd embarrassed tho horses and
drew the carriage in triumph through the
streets.
Tho occasion which drew to Kilkenny for
Sunday. tho 1ith OF December. 1884 this
great concourse Of prclates. priests, ana peo-
ple was the conservation OF a SUCCESSOR
to st. Caniee. in tho person OF Dr. BrownripU
OF u patriot Bishop entirely after the heart Of
the Irish people. and sharing in every way tho
hopes, aspirations. and sentiments OF the two
Archbishops Of Armagh and Cashei. Kilkenny
Is the episcopal seat of the Bishop Of Ossory.
No man since St. Canice filled the episcopal
chair has Eraced II by more pricstly piety and
purer patriotism than DR. Brownrigg brings to
It, OF tho splendid ceremonies Of the morrow
they arc associatsd with the most sacred cere-
m2a br OF relation would pal upon the Cath
spIendor and tho soiemnit the people did not
the ths sese q ros and ia beating for
umplant strains OF the sacred liturgy there
Most impressive. Indeed. was that amounting
but witch sTr Of rs mo. sraH
slumbers amid the ruins of the past; but is
"%intor Bishop OF Dublin hf Dr. bSnneS G an
the a %
eloGn's ., Was needed to make known to the
iand; his lab%fs we're, familiar to them. and his
hrsG s vide as"s os to every ian and child
how at the So 90 the
ponuIar mnsse .; scan and divine tho political
perty parish and docese and the wednre Of
every. household within them ,depend"d on IN
pubic the e .b%at the 9sSy
question aG OF life or death for Irish nationai!y
and more enlightened generations set their
restored to their native ' ani The 5housaSds
o, yIhnns men W9 byenry issue from the adj
moro Catholic than their predecessors and
the wn re Of es' by by
sE%nticisn ana socialism, they desire above
iisous decadcnce. Everywhere and among all
SoSe % SS peope
ratrick shall not go the way now trayelled by
Enese or even by ,Scotand and Eng land where
protestantism IS but an ineffective breakwater
They want tho Irish, TO remain faithful and
iervsnt Christians Catholics.
with tho bsso "EE hh 81 'a se
Of public frssna Ts
OF intense and universal satisfaction. OF having
hottest affections and deepest aspirations, il
ia Kilkesny the importance Of a national
OF In .hs the
part: Bu, his spirit presided, over il. and Per
vetsd the e en, Id nssembsGe 'ayand clerical
S5ok {; tfsssiysd At KiiSsrs on his Way home:
wherever he shows himself the popular sense
Dr Ih h m%dh s a.,
br. croke himself. the IDOL Of tie Irish masses IS
Gublicist. the foremost. and fearless deiender Of
the TEss @ G"t rm his his
Rs nsht Of we e ens
h s kaar sa9 a99 % The t liz %hos
Sseoe he road sys h WAS @ d1a
shipping multitude that greeted DR.. Croke in
kilSenny seemed to have come all the way to
Kildare to meet him again. The town-the
thriving city-was illuminated: the poorest
cabin wing with the wonithlest residence to do
honor to the peoples henefaet?r. Only the
and the venerable Round Tower, and the ruin
OF St Brigids Firehouse were dark and dscon-
belong t" the people Of the land. At the "s p poM
tora residence there were addresses from the
people and from the clergy Of the district. elo-
in tho manner they said It. "'"' 'A'' '''' '"u
Our first duty" the Archbishop said
in reply is thanksgiving to God. Our rep
more Sowsrful or more determinea. P rsss
and peoEle were never more thoroughly
Sr nsa We ,hn "oH a licked
that l am devoted not only. to the Church.
which claims our first love and alieg lance but
70 the land In which we were born. 1t Is en-
md a fair land this land Of ours. We are wag-
ing II constitutional warfare for its advance
ment We shall never lay down our arms until
We have won p or prenared tho way 70 certain
will toll that foremost in the Tray were the mel,
OF hi 1T Kildare, headed by their fearless
6 0atr r, ;so in Lyion or in Kerry not tho
They are tho deeds OF her worst enemies
of the national cause. But all these things
only go to demonstrate the absolute and
most urgent necessity for. the Irish Epis-
to be like the strands OF the electric cable
from continent TO continent. SO united. SO
firmly bound together that through the
current lows OF devotion to one purpose.tho
making Ireland great and the keenine her a
Christian nation. BERNARD O'REILLY.