The Irish standard., 1888-03-10

he could not speak a word OF any laE-
guage but Irish
A volume Of OIeary's controversial
writings was published in Boston. o. S.
A. about twenty years ago; but though
marked by great erudition, splendid
diction, and lncisive. logic, they only
lived the ephe,neral existence that awaits
all such works in this age ola more llb-
| eral and broader Christianity The
value of the writings th the Catholic
Church appears certainly to be rather
unquestionable. The Rev. NJ B. Buck
ley, Of Cork, in life OF O'Leary, pub
lished in 1868. says Of these writngs:-
"Candor obllges us to confess that
in them are found enunciated many SEN
timents Of a theological nature which,
though they do not transgress the
bounds Of orthodoxy, are nevertheless,
characterized by q boldness Of assertion
and license of reasoning sufficient to
awaken feeling Of nervous uneasisess
in tie mind oil @ Catholic reader"
On O'Ieary's return to Cork III It'll,
after twenty five years spent in the Con-
vent OF the Capuchln Friars at St Ma
Ioe's ia Brittany, he had q controversy
| with Freethiuker named Blair, to
which interest is lent by the fact that
the Friar. owing to the Laws affecting
Catholics at the time, was required to
wait on the Protestant, Bishop OF Cork
70 ask permission TO enter the lists in
defense of Revealed Religion. O'Leary
also deTeuded tie doctrines of the
Catholic Church against the attacks Of
John Wesley, the famous Evangelical
preacher. The discussion was marked
by great bitterness and personal on
slaught On each side, but subsequently
the parties met at the house Of friend
in Dublin. and history records that
they were mutually pleased with each
other, snd parted fast friends.
have now come TO deal with very
suspicious circumstance in the career OF
O'Leary. During Life he posed as pa-
triot. The Irish Brigade section OF the
Volunteers paid him the high compli-
mems of appointing him their honorary
chaplain. In that capacity he attended
the Great National Convention held in
the RotuDda in 17S3. and was received
OF the door Of the Building by the entire
guard ct the Volunteers. But 1t is now
contended, with much show OF reason,
that O'I1eary had FOR Government gold
secretly prostituted his brilliant pen to
assailing the liberties of his country,
In g series OF letters commencing from
about ITO, OLeazy denounced the
Whi5sboys, supported the Test Oath
which Catholics were required to take
III order TO show their allegiance TO fine
House Of Hanover, and their rejection
Of all the claims Of the Pope to temper
al Jurisdiction over them, and warned
! the Irish people against the revolution
airy doctrines from France. The servioe
She letters rendered the Government
was NOT unrequitted. Plewaen, in the
introduction TO l.is History OF Ireland
wsites--s 1.-THE Rev. Arthur O'Leary was
thanked by the British Minister for the
services he had rendered to the State by
frightening away the bugbear Of Jacob
inism aud securing the allegiance OF the
Catholic body to the illustrious House
Of Hanover. A pension WAS granted to
him for life in the name Of trustee,
oaJ upon the secret condition that he
should in future withhold his pen and
reside no more in Ireland--in such dread
was holden an evangelism OF tolerance
and brotherhood in the county, This
occurred after the passing Of the Union
which O'Leary had supported on the
understanding thatit was to be followed
by Catholic Emancipation, though g.
few years previously he stated in pub
Tic letter chat Pitt had offered hun con-
siderable pension if he would write in
favor Of the Union, and that be had re-
fused the bribes stating that he could
could not be seduced from his allegiance
to his country. 1t cow appears, how
ever, that as early as 1884, while he was
still chaplain to the Irish Volunteers,
he was ia the secret pay of the Govern
ment. Froude in his 'English in Ire
land" gives more serious aspect to the
affair tuan Piowdan. He states that in
1854, the Irish Secretary ap-
piled to the English Cabinet to furnish
him with two informers. ''The valua"
BILE persons,' writes Froude, answer
ing to Mr.. Ofde's description were sent
aud the name of one OF them will be an
unpleasant surprise to those already in
terestsd in the history of the time.
They were both Irishmen. One was
detective, named Parker. The other was
no less person than the celebrated Fa