The Irish standard., 1891-01-31
Shlel, strongly in his famous oration,
Charges against Catholics "that the
Catholic religion, the religion of our
fnrefathe1s. has been the auxiliary Of

! ruler, GltaG d kOOu gOV6EuHeuG muSG III
of the people, for the people and by th
people? The great Jesuit theOlOgian
Suarez, writing against King James
document of the divine right Of kings
In fact, it has been asserted that 20,
find our constitution sketched b.
Suarez and Bellarmine in their trea
tises On government. Again, WHO Of al
the thirteen colonies Was the first Il
proclaim and grant religious liberty
Catholic Maryland And then, as :
poet friend of mine has we'll put it,
! When Virgin Liberty yet stood
Within the dawn of maidenhood.'
Who was the boldest and most self
sacrificing signer of the Declaration o1
Independence. He who
Taking up the bloodess steel,
| TO make the nation woe or weel,
Alone Of all the signers dared to trace
! Not only his historic name, but native place,
And with the dauntless front Of freedoms sor
Wrote, Carroll of Carrollton."
And
'.When the reeking sod was warm
With Martyrs blood split in the fearful throe
OF battle, and the trembling earth
Groaned in travail of nations birth.
Who was Father Of the glorious
American Navy? The Catholic and
gallant lrishman, Barry! Who were
our allies that helped to crown our arms
with final success at Yorktown? Lafay-
e5te and his fearless. faithful compeers!
And, gentlemen, standing to night in
this banquet hall, our hearts pulsating
with love for this great and glorious
land of The free, and looking hack upon
the achievements of the past, does not
the heart love send up the prayer: My
country este perpetua!
And what is it TO preserve and en-
hance that glory2 will not steal more
time from You by a disasisiJion ON the
necessity of religion as a basis OF society
by showing that 8 good government
must make and keep good laws, and
must have law abiding citizens, that
law can have no binding force without
the divine Legislator, that we must give
to Cae ,ar, what belongs to Gsesar, and tn
God what belongs to God, and we can
not be loyal to country, without being
primarily loyal to God, that the better
Catholics we are the better citizens we
will be,
The conception of honor with our
Catholic forefathers Was that it should
be with us --spotless integrity III the
sight OF God, much more even as un-
stained reputation in the judgment of
the world. The former is the founda-
tion of the iatter-and it is chiefly about
it that every true man as citizen should
be concerned. If we are 'Bayards sans
pour ct sans repr0che,' men without
stain aud reproach at tie bar OF con-
science and in the presence OF the Most
High God, there can be but little fear
of our good name among men. Would
to God that the men Of our day were to
take this truth to the heart, then ill.,
deed might we hope in this land OF un-
bounded liberty-for all good, the return
Of that age of which the great Roman
orator speaks, when men had for moral
safeguard, not the boasting voice of the
6ckle populace, but elevation of char
acter and spotlessness Of conduct; then
we shall have honesty in our conven-
tions, honesty in the Discharge Of office,
honesty in our halls of legislation and
our courts of justice-then every man
will be true to himself, and
1T must follow as night the day,
Thou canst not then be false 70 any man.
NO government, says great states
man. lean be either lasting or free
which is not founded on virtue and on
that independence of mind and conduct
among the people which creates energy
and leads to everything that is noble
and generous, or that can conduce to
the strength and safety of state"
Cardinal Moran saws, on the increase
of the holy faith in Australia: 'In 1876