The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-06
ARCHBISHOP WALSH.
The Illusrrious Prslats Visits Thuries and
is rendered Grand Reception
by the People.

is rendered Grand Reception
A by the People.
i Ha Replies in q Most Feeling Manner t.
!. the Warm Address Of Welcome BY
Rev. Thos. 0'Dwyer.
/ On January Id, his Grace the Most
Rev. DR.. Walsh paid q visit to the illus
trious Archbishop of Cashel. at his
| residence In .Ihuries. Tt was the first
time he had been in Thnrles since his
elevation to the Metropolitan See, and
his reception transcanded in enthusiasm
anything witnessed there for a long
while. AS soon as Or. Walsh. with his
/ liliu5trioua host, entered the Archbish-
4 ops carriage, the people uayoked the
| horses, and drew the two reverend Pre-
iates, in triumph, through the streets,
! to the ATchiepiscopal residence. In
front Of the College the vast asssmblage
organized into q mass meeting, and a
warm address Of welcome to the Arch
bishop Of Dublin WAS read By Rev,
Thomas O'DWyer, Administrator.
| His Grace, who was frequently inter
rupted by prolonged outbursts of cheer
ing, replied as follows:
/ Father O'Dwyar and Rev. and dear
| frienGs-I beg to thank you, priests and
people of Thurles, for this W arm well
come. 1t is always pleasant 10 be wei
coined as an old friend. Itisa vel
| come, indeed, that have often had the
good fortune to meet with here in
| Tharles. And. grateful as | feel to you
for the warmth of the reception with
which you have brought me in triumph
into your town this evening, | must
say to you, that TO me there is no more
gratifying incident Of all this great
demonstration, than the reading OF
these good-natured words of your ad-
dress. in which you assure me that you
| do not look upon me as stranger: that,
coming to Thurles, as have come, I do
not lind awaiting mo merely the cordial
welcome with which any honored
! visitor is sure to be received in this
hospitab,e Irish town; but that am
welcomed by you as an old acquaint-
ance, and, il / may say it, as an old
friend, as one who has been for many a
4 year not unnoticed visitor to Thurles,
and whom Thnrles consequently now
gladly takes the opportunity of greet
| ing with this outburst of enthusiasm
that has surged around me since [ en-
tered your railway station half an hour
| ago tcheers.) My visits to Thurles. to
which you refer, those visits of mine to
the hospitable home Of yeur iliustrioUs
i5Archbishop iereats cheering were An
unfailing source ofpleasure and delight
to me in those years Of college life that
| for me have so suddenly, so strangely,
and With such startling unexpectedness
come to an end. 1t was always my
privilege to come here when chose.
And could not come too often. MY
welcome never seemed to me in danger
OF wearing out. Indeed, the only fault
/ that was eyer found with me here was
| that came too seldom, and that when
| did come my stay was too short. How
do we stand to-day? Triumphant--tri-
umphant all along the line renewed
cheering) our people politically united
as the people of no other nation on the
| face of the earth ever were united be-
fore. On the eve of ths elections we
were appealed to, as yo1 no doubt re-
member, though many strangely seem
to have forgotten tive were appealed
to by the foremost statesman OF Eng.
land to speak out our minds now that.
as he reminded us, we were for the first
| time afforded the opportunity Of doing
| SO in the same measure and degree in
which the people of England and Scot
land have SO long enjoyed the privilege
and the right of speaking out their
minds upon the great question Of tho
uay. May / remind you Of Mr.. Glad
stones words. Here is what he says:
Down to the present time the constlCu-
ency in Ireland has been miserably mar
row; it has not had the same representa-
ton, not even the same comparatively
contracted representation speak of
| the counties particularly has ex-
| listed In England and Scotland. j need
not 20 into details, but its constituency
has been SO limited that we can hardly
recognize It's utterances as the voice Of
the nation It was the voice rather Of
| a class And then what follows: II
do not know whether in consequence of
those circumstances, but certainly in
conjunction with those circumstances.
during the whole time / have sat in
| Parliament the Irish representation
has been so divided that it is impossible
to say where vas to be found the voice
of Ireland. The Irish nem-
bers have been divided ON every ques-
ton in the last Parliament into three
parties, and these had been three min
orities-one party, terning itself Ma
tional, led By Mr. ParneI; another party
the supporters who gave their confid-
euce to the Government; and the third
the Tory members returned for various
Irish constituencies. None of these
have been entitled by their numerical
strength to say, We speak the voice Of
the whole people But Ireland has
now constituency as broad aud ex-
/ tended af g.,aiifsed u, Snaak THAR rwarts