The Irish standard., 1892-07-09

we'll. aud shared with several OF the car
dinals most kindly interest in him; ana
Leo XIII. has more than once expressed
his admiration for one who las Tor 80
many years been prominent in all Catho
lie movements.
Mr.. Onahau, was born in the County
Carlow, Ireland, about fifty years ago.
When boy he caught his fr<t glimpse
of America on St. Patrick's day. HE
made the trip up the Narrows to Ne"
York to the combined music OF divers
b. nds marching in procession under the
green and red, white and blue. At any
rate these two flags have in a measure
divided his loyalty ever since"
These words are quoted from the Chi
cago Herald, but we cannot admit that
Mr., Onahan's loyalty has been divided.
His love for the country of his birth is
intense, and even absence has not cooled
it. Nevertheless his allegiance has been
divided. Ellis heart" as Madame Necker
said of one of her acquaintances, sis wide
enough for the whole human race, yet
narrow enough for only two OF three
great passions The great passions OF
MIR. Onahan's life are religion and patri-
otism; he is Christian and an American.
His love for Ireland has never caused
him to denationalize himself; and this is
one of the sources of his power over mon;
and he has never used the green flag as
means of political ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
He has always been shining example OF
the patriot in politics, and standing re-
proach to those remarkable gentlemen
who fear to soil their hands by attempt
ing to stem it. If Mr.. Onahan has one
fault, it is too refined sense of honor.
He is a type of that old-fashioned aris-
tocatic sentiment, the decay of which
Edmund Burke lamented; he would
''feel stain like a. wound," and he has
always too acknowledgement his enc
mics admit -shrunk from making legiti-
mate profits from political position, hence
is poor man. He might have been as
honest as the late John Kelly, and he
might die as rich, but he has never been
casuist in politics or distinguished be-
tween political morality and moral NOR
atty; he has never applied most severe
tests to his pol tical action. He has done
more to assure the stability of the tinan-
cial government of Chicago than any
other living man; consequently the best
citizens of Chicago. irrespective of party
or creed were his devoted friends. "Ona-
hans word'' has become almost prov
erb; it gives one, in fact, the real freedom
Of the city.
Mr.. Onahan's work as organizer of the
first Catholic congress is Well-known;
His plotting of the Catholic colonization
movement to successful end is equally
we'll known; his services to the Union
cause during the war ought to be
we'll known, for be crippled himself fin
ancial]y for many years in order to help
raise famous regiment. His name is
connected with every great Catholic
movement of this country. Every prelate
including the late Cardinal McCloskey
and the present Cardinal has been his
friend. AS publicist and lecturer, his
fame is wide Notre Dame and F'ordham
in fact, half dozen universities-have
made him doctor. And only his irwin
chile modesty has prevented special THU
lar honors from Rome.
He is still in the prime Of life, the most
respected man in his own city, and one
of the most universally known of Ameri-
cans. He has happy home, a devoted
wife, and daughter whose intellectual
abilities have already begun to earn her a
name in literature, and one of tbs best
libraries in the West. Besides, no man
has more sincere friends. He ought to be
happy we're it possible for such devout
idealist to be happy without the realiza-
ton Of the highest ideals for the Church
in Observation-Disclosures F. Egan in Catho-
lie Citizen.
An Irish Monte Cristo.
''The story of Monte Cristo is generally