The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-25
A MEMORIAL TO O'CoNNELL,
The Ceremonies at the Laying Of
the Cornerstone Aug
ust 1st.
4 GLORIOUS DEMONSTRATION

4 GLORIOUS DEMONSTRATION
His Grace the Archbishop Of 0ashel's Glow
| ing Tribute to the Work Of
the Liberator.
| dublin Freemsn.l
CAH1Rc1vEEN, August 1.-To.tlay
was memorable one in the history Of
Cahirciveen, and as such The people
evidently regarded it, to judge from the
unbounded enthusiasm of the vast null
titude that assembled in trout of the
stately temple that is being erected as a
memorial to the Liberator. The corner
stone, which was blessed to-day, is an
object OF great interest. and has been
presented to Canon Brosnan by the
Pope The stone formed portion of St.
Clements House, at Rome, the ruins of
which were but recently discovered.
The stone is placed in the tower Of the
church, from which 81 spire will spring
that will be visible Tor many {. mile be-
yond the birth place OF @ Gonnel, which
is close to the town.
At four o'clock, which was tbs hour
fixed for the commencement Of the
ceremonies, the people congregated at
all the approaches 60 the church, and it
was not without some little difficulty
that way was made for the process
sion. The attendance OF priests was
very large. many Of then having come
from great distances to take part in the
ceremony. The Archbishop of Cashel
and the Most Rev. DE-. Higgins, Bishop
of Kerry, were followed by the priests,
who were attired in surplices. The
procession proceeded to the tower,
where the stone was placed in position.
After the prayers prescribed by the
ruhric had been offered, his Grace was
presented with very handsome silver
trowel, which bore the following IN
scription:~-
VIZ, Presented re to the
Most Rev. 7. ". Croke, Archbishop OF Csshel, on
the laying Of the
Cornerstone of the O'Connell Memorial Church
On the 1st August, 1888.
LEO SSgljo XII: Font Max:
CANON BROSNAN.
The stone having been duly laid. the
procession passed around the bound
aries of the church, and thence to a
platform which had been erected at the
northern end Of the building. The
Archbishop and the priests ascended
the platform, where Canon Brosnan,
who was received with great warmth,
read the following address:
"May it please your Grace. We, the
priests and people Of Cahircivaen, hail
the advent Of your Grace amongst us On
this mem 1rab]e occasion as one ct the
greatest events and one of the brightest
parts in the history Of our ancient
barony. We welcome you as the repre-
sentative Of our Holy Father Pope Leo
XIII, who has specially dsputed your
Grace to lay this block of marble from
St, Clements House in Rome as the
orner~stone in this noble church, which
by the contributions Of the faithful
children of our race throughout the
world, is being raised to the greater
glory of God, and to the memory Of one
Of Ireland's greatest sons, Daniel
O'Connell, the immortal Liberator. We
welcome your Grace besides as our great
Archbishop. the worthy successor in the
long line Of illustrious prelates in the
See of Cashel, whose name is a house
hold word in every Irish home as we'll
as it is in that greater Ireland beyond
the sea. We thank your Grace With all
the feryor Of our Irish nature for hav-
ing come amongst Us poor dwellers by
the Western wave, as ST. Brendon and
St. Finian came to our fathers of old, to
bless us by the exercise of your high and
holy office, and we feryently pray the
Almighty Giver Of all good gifts to give
you length of days to rule over your
great Archdiocese and this great Cath
ol4c province, and to inspire your coun-
trymen with lofty conception of their
duty to their faith and country"
The address was received with loud
cheers, which were again and again re-
newed when the Archbishop came to
the front of the platform,
In the course of an eloquent speech,
his Grace said--O'Connell was, as you
know, the founder of a school of politi-
cal action that has done, and is still
doing, vast deal Of good for this coun-
try. Irefer, as you may suppose, to the
constitutional, as opposed to the physi-
cal force, mode of securing political or
social ameliorations, and IN this con-
nection it will be quite enough for me-
to say that, while personally far from
questioning che lawfulness, under cer-
tain circumstances, of having recourse
to physical means for the redress of
acknowledged grievances, or subscrib-
ing to the slavish doctrine that no
amount of national advancement could