The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-03-03
LEO XIII. AND HOME RULE:
Father Bernard O'Railly Shows That
the Sympathies Of the Holy
Father is
WITH THE CAUSE OF IRELAND,
The True Meaning Of the Answer of Ris
Holiness to the Letter Presented TO Him
by the Archbishop of Dublin.


Holiness to the Letter Presented TO Him
by the Archbishop Of Dublin.
The answer Of Leo XIII. to the ad
dress presented TO him by The Arch
bishop of Dublin in tha name Of the
Irish pilgrims, will, | am morally GER
tain, be cahled to the United States in
such q garbed form as 10 entirely mis-
represent the Holy Fathers words and
meaning, and SO to nislead public
opinion with respect to his true seuti.
uaents and policy Oh the Irish question.
This misconception OF what the Pope
really meant and said is all the more
easy because both Ur 1Valsh's address
and tbs answer were ia LATIN.
Let me hasten to declare at onca that
Leo xiii. refers 10 the two letters
which he addressed, through Cardinal
Mct;abe to tie Irish hierarchy on Aug
ust /, 1882. and January /, 1885, as sol
emnly recorded testimonies Of his
fatherly solicitude for Iriahmsn, and rs
containing the rules otconduct laid down
for the guidance oj tile Irish people
under the then existing coercion laws.
He concludes, after once more warning
the people against every act OF criminal
violence aud useless rebellion against
overwhelmingly might, to abide by tile
cr1,.,cais nj: chair EiShnfS
So, this short discourse OF LEO XIII,
has to be read and understood III the
light OF the two former lNntihcial LIT.
ters, and in that Of the solemnly de-
cIared confidence which the S}oly Fa-
ther expresses IN the wise guidance,
under the pressure Of actual difficulties
Of the Irish Hierarchy, who are with
two single exceptions} syowod and az,
deut Nationalist.
If, therefore, leo XIII. places conf.
IDENTIFY the leadership OF tue Irish peo-
pie, while enduring heir present trials,
in the hands Of their Nationalist Bish-
, ops, begging the oppressed TO follow
the advice so lovingly given i'll 1892 and
1883 TO people and ieaders-i5 will be
clear that the Supreme Pontiff remains
unalterably fixed III his expressed cong
viction that the claims OF Ireland &c
home rule are Just, aud shat che nation
al struggle should not De stained by
unrighteous deeds Or by such crimina
violence as that rescrLeC! to in the years
mentioned by tla Muonlighters and In
vineibles.
/ now give both the Pope's answer te
the pilgrims on February /, and ex
! tracts from Che two Letters OF his just
lnentiOned:
I'VE shall not des;lin YOU by a Ions
discourse" the Pope begins: tout il
much pleases us TO say to You, Wha
you must certainly have yourselves per
ceiYed, that we feel Z. deep delight if
your presence aud declared sentiments
we accept heartily the assurance you
give us Of Che great JOY With which yol
and your fellow couatrymen common
crate our sacerdotal jubilee. On ou,
side, we desire thai you should have nc
doubt as to our recipr0ea5ing your af
lection.
Yes, indeed. our mind was turned tt
Ireland from the very beginning OF onl
Pontidc;.le with a true fatherty solicit
tule For Ireland commended herself
to US on many grounds, above all fol
the integrity o. her faith, upheld by the
triumphant courage Of your ancestors
after the good seed had been sown
among them by the labors and virtues
Of St. Patricia faith which lrelan
has handed down to you as a deposit to-
be sacvediy guarded.
"Nor is it without good reason that
you firmly rely on our 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 prospect
ty in a way to convince everybody that
we have always responded to the trust
you have reposed in us.
s'Of this kindly disposition toward you
you haye at this moment striking evil
dence in the fact that we have, at the
present juncture of your affairs, sent to
ireland on a specific mission our Ven
cradle 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, inasmuch 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.