The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-03-03
LEO XIII. AND HOME RULE.
Father Bernard 0'Railly Shows That
the Sympathiss Of the Holy
Father is
WITH THE CAUSE OF IRELAND,

The True Meaning Of the Answer Of His
Holiness to the Letter Presented TO Him
by the Archbishop Of Dublin.
The answer Of Lee XIII. TO the ad
dress presented 10 him by The Arch
bishop Of Dublin in tina name Of the
Irish pilgrims. will, / am ,norally GER
tain, be cahled to the United States in
such g gaIbled form as 10 entirely mis-
represent the Holy Fathers woods and
meaning, and SD TO lais;6ad pubIjc
opinion with respect TO his trua senti-
uients and policy cu the lris1j question.
This miscoucaption OF what the Pope
really mean, and said IS ali the move
easy because both Dr, Walsh's address
and rhs answer we've ia Latsn.
Let me hasten to declare at one= that
Leo XIII. refers to The two letters
which !.e addressed. through Cardinal
McCal5R 10 the Irish hierarchy on Aug
ast i, 1Ss2. and January /, isse:,,, MS sol
eauly recorded testimonies Of ms
fatherly soiicitude for .iriannsn, and as
containing sne rules 0tcoudaGt laid down
for the guidance of tie fris people
under the then existing coercion laws
He concludes, after once more warming
the people against every oct Of criminal
violence aux. useless rebellion against
overwhelmingly might to abide hy tle
ccunseis Of their Bishops,
So, this short discourse OF Leo Kill,
has to De read and understood il the
light OF the two former pootlhciai let
ters, and iu that Of the Soiamuly Ua-,
c!Ared confidence which the 1ioly Fa
ther expresses In the wise guidance,
under the pressure Of actua! difficulties
Of Che Irisi. hieS:.ra!1gy who aze t"ish
| two single exceptions} aYovod ana 81
deut Nationaliass.
| IF, therefore, leo XIII. places conf
IDENTIFY the leadership of the Irish peo-
pie, while enduring heir present triais,
ia the hands Of their Nationalist bish-
ops, begging the oppressed 90 follow
the advice so lovingly glveG III 1882 and
1883 TO people and ieaders-lo viii be
clear that the Supreme Pontl1f remains
unalterably fixed iii his expressed cong
viction that tue claims OF Ireland to
home rule are Just, and that the nation
al struggle should not os stained by
uurighteous deeds OF by such criminal
violence as chat resorteA TO in the years
mentioned by tlls Moonlighters and In
vincibles.
! now give both the Pope's answer tc
the pilgrims on February /. aud tx
tracts from Che two lstyers of his just
mentioned:
I've shall not dessain YOU w q lone
discourse" the Pope begins: tout il
mach pleases us 10 say to yon, what
you must certainly have yourselves peg
ceiYed, that We feel & deep delight in
yonr presence and declared sentiments
we accept heartily the assurance yor
give us Of Che great joy With which yol
and your fellow countrymen cornlne1n
crate our sacecdotal jubilee. On oul
! side, we desire that you should have nc
doubt as to our recipr0easllg your af
fection.
Yes, indeed. Our utind was turned te
Ireland fronl the very beginning OF o;ll
PontificaJe with true fAGheriy soIici-
tndc For Ireland commended herself
to US on many grounds, above all fol
| the integrity OF her faith, Upheld by the
| triumphant courage Of Jour ancestors
after the good seed had been sown
among them by the labors and virtues
Of St. Patricia faith which Irelan
has handed down to you as a deposit TO-
be sac:eaiy guarded.
"Nor is it without good reason that
you firmly rely on cur affection. We
shall never cease to treat the Irish peO-
pie with the love which we justly owe
them; and we shall, therefore, continue
to watch over their peace and prosperi-
ty in way to convince everybody that
we have always responded to the trust
you have reposed in US.
"Of this kindly disposition toward you
you haye at this moment a striking evi.
dence in the fact that we have, at the
present juncture of your affairs, sent to
ireland on specific mission our Ven
erable Brother the Archbishop of Dam
ietta, in order to make it possible for
ourselves to gather from his report, in
formation about the condition of things
there, and about what is best suited to
you.
.'But, inasnuch as your difficulties
are most urgent, you must in your con-
duct adopt the rule laid down in the
letters addressed by us some years ago
to the Archbishop of Dublin. This is
what your religion requires Of you, that
religion in which the Irish nation
chiefly glories; it is also what is de-