Telegram-herald., 1888-04-05
GREAT GLADSTONE
FROM CONSERVATISM TO REFORM
1ns Respective Positions 81 IrstaDd snd
faxlGad Expl4i2ed Ia = LsstUrs by
Rev. Ch2s- % Rsiily. D-D--Sksd-
stsEs fneidsD tally
Ms2ttsnsd.

The entertainment given by Branch - Of
the Catholic Benevolent Association al their
hall, corner Of Louis sAd WsLerloo-sIs.. last
evening was one OF the highest order, and
should have been attended by nsll full
OF people instead Of by mesgre hundred
or thersabouts az Il was. Thoss who wefs
there however. were Of the very best and
most sppEecistiye of our ifish citizens, aud
the efudits aud somewhat pnotracied.
though instructive and entertaining, lecture
Of Rev. Or. o Reilly. Was listened 10 with
the utmost attention throughout.
The lecture was preceded by 4 splendid
musical prog ramme. consisting Of vocal
selections by Miss Marie Uusy and F. c.
SteinmAn h9Ie oblgsIos ~ Ho0ea A.
Davis aud a piano solo by Miss Some
schOateD, every number artlsilcslly reno
cred aud TeceiFe0 with warm acknowledge
msnts Dy The audience.
Rev FF. Okeilly was introduced inf0r-
maliy by the President Of the Association.
ana at once launched into 4 dissertation 81
reforms and refOrmers IN general In
speaking OF men and things, ne said, II
was most important 10 Know of whom and
what We SPEAK Reform AID retormer nave
4 different meaniBg III Europe aud 10 this
country. Speaking Of reform III Ameuoa
we would associate IL with some particular
thing. and naturally ask refoIm OF whaD
Something n religious, or social. or oUsl-
ness. Ii there means only the emanclps-
tion Of the masses and The granting
OF greater liberty 10 the people.
The Tory party is the conservative party OF
England, the party that insists on holding
things down as they are and keeping them
without chSnge. Those Who advocate
change and progress and advancement, are
the Wings or Reform party. These are
they who would ike 10 see greater freedom
for the people, and the harder the oPpres-
sion the greater the freedom they seek. VI
such is William Eysrt Gladstone, although
he was not always thus.
OF the great refoTmers OF the old world
bat very few have attsined well deserved
regulations as statesmen, scholars or gem
fuses. They represented not themselves,
however. but the nation, the church e.. the
people Tor whom they labored. We know
not what Pope Leo or Prince Bismarck
might be dio they not hold Office, but there
| is one man who represented. not only En-
gland as Premier but himself and MS
country as friend aud reformer. The Pre-
miership rests no longer upon him. Sails
bury is in that high place now,
but We know not how soon
| he may be replaced. But Gladstone
| is Just the same In or out OF Office Tne
| giants mantle may fall upon E dwarf. but
| the giant is the giant still.
| In the history OF the nations how plainly
we see the prophecy fulfilled that Japhet
| should take possession OF the tents Of Shsm.
| The arts and civilization of the Old World.
| which have left Us the pyramids, Babylon
| with all its wonders, countries once the
| centre Of the highest civilization and the
| greatest commercial enterprise, the grand
| est architecture and the highest
| type of civilization now only
| present US people who can scarcely erect
| for themselves reed hat. 1t goes far 10
| refnte the modern doctrine of human per-
| reliability and perpetual progression. The
| destination of nations are determined by
| certain hxed laws. The younger sons OF
| Noah were barbsrians, but became event
| uslly the rulers Of the East and brought
| forth s. civilization unequaled. evincea by
its literature, its arts and sciences, its archl-
| lecture. its engineering. but il has dwinGled
| and dwiDdled until Japteth has truly taken
/ possession of the tents OF Sbem.
And now we see two nations struggling
for supremacy. England. unqusstionsbiy
first in this Japthic race, with her energy
| and acuteness has taken the lead of ell
| Otner nations on the face OF the globe IN re-
gard to her maritime advantages. sac has
hung on to this supremacy with great
| deal of statesmanship aud more stupidity.
| for they are nothing Dut nation OF shO Op-
| keepers anyway; but other countries, the
United States iDcluGei, have stood snpInely
by and let England slip in 10 the control
| of ali the most important wsterwsys
of the world. No other power csn compare
| with her in the colonization and ia the pos
session of situations which makes her mis-
| tress OF the seas.
Wonderful it is that one small island, one
| little people, has set itself TO oppose such a
| country as this, and bar its rushing course
| adown the Japtnic stream. Stranger too
| that this people should be go little known
and so little understood by England her
self Like the AmmOmite they ask, who is
| this people, Aud the answer comes a. II
came 10 him. IL Is people with God.
The reverend gentleman did not speak as
! priest or ss Catholic. but as a philOsO-
| pher, when be claimed that the lrisa peo-
| pie were a. much nation OF religion ~ OF
| patriotism, snd la their faith under repeat
/ ed adyerses they have risen again ard
| agsln, for God ID with them. What has
this people. piiting against the world with
its woes and with is gloryf What has u
| iss2 It is q people with a God. No an
| ti4uity was claimed for the Ceits, though
clearly from their temperament Of Orienia
origin. but It's nonor and honesty, and the
| Christian religion has leit Is 10 develop
alone as the nursery Of peace. religion.
poetry and music.
These two nations sre the embodiment
of two different IDEAS Wendell PbiiiIpsssi1
any English red-coat could shoot an lrish
rebel, but all the artillery on the island
could not kill an Irish ides. The IrIsh and
English ideas are dismetnclly oppostd 4
The Irisbman's, handed down from pain-
srCh8i ages. .is that Of tenure 81 land anG se +
government, or government by representa-
| toa to hold the soil and be governed bv his
own sons and bis own people. The
| Euglish idea is m0nsrcaicai. q psrcsiing
out - tie isno 70 TIE followers NJ the con
queror instead Of 70 the members Of ths
family. ~ CeBtfs the government ~ ths
/ King instead of Vta the people Wfh
this aafsFonisn came re'irious and coca
peTsecuflo8 The sex sournf lrsi - s8D-
press tbe irisbma1's i1es of hs-es.tef sud
tben oi here. Just as TODAY fhsg prevent
our D DeetnEs. foroi1 rs g. bear arms and
prohibit agitstion. The inEiisbmsa csu
/ pinch ar lr.s aman flesh vlt8 hanger nu'
he cannot t8uch a. Irshmans soli.
The lsni dsss q the Irish avs older thar
the 4aEna lbarfar. Trey have foIiows-
Engislo slta 'hess IDEAS 80 ~ith liKt 80
torch, snd ii rsuasine6 for Gladstone - 80
| and spprec iaat SIZE wsiI8 ever b. fol-
iowed rIt6 these IDEAS untl fhsv were 80
oznize0. Al Ess seen as ste e. $50 fhs
! fae sttemIt 70 Frotsstsn ze Irslsno hss
been complete "a urs kaxisod in 5fl
rs iEio1 hs1 become mere ifle1 taz1 -
lsnd bad koeli-a hsrns the slssstssliss
rnart q the church
This rsvc atfCD co orirsr- ee5 i1 1852 vsfi
fA- cray b8is ~usn 3D. i3nEs ~ Well NJ
/ toa Jared bar reTrsssn.st o. sb1els a
sss asss q goTsraosst Ha.d.ne aoTs