The herald., 1894-04-28

Montgomery 90 his successor and coad-
iuter, and whatever kindness they snow
TO him would be appreciated az kindness
by the speaker. Applause.
The speaker then turned to Bishop
Montgomery and addressed few re-
marks to him. At the conclusion OF
Riehop Morals address he was greeted
with hearty applause. He then in turn
introduced Mr.. Andrew Mullen, who
spoke as follows:
Honored and Dear Bishop Montgomery:
Representing as 1 do on this occasion
the Catholic laity, salute you and in
their name bid you weicome-a sincere,
heartfelt, cordial welcome-to this city
and diocese, the field of your future la
hors.
You we're met, as it were, on the
threshold Of your new home by eur VEN
erable bishop and his faithful clergy,
and given such welcome as must have
assured you that their heRrts went out
to you in loving devotion, and that you
could rely on their uuswerving iealty in
the coming years.
With that modesty characteristic OF
real greatness You declined such recep-
ton on your arrival es our hearts would
prompt. But now that you are with US,
our loved bishop and his honored vicar
general made known to US their desire
that the laity should meet and greet you
and give expression in their own way to
the Joy they feel at your coming, and
extend to you that welcome that springs
from warm, loyal hearts.
We also desire to give our citizens
generally, who show their respect by
their presence, an opportunity to meet
one who is to become one of them, and
who, as q citizen, is destined to become
identified to a large extent with the
well-being, the development and coming
greatness OF this city and of the COM
munity. For this we are here this even
ing. and feel honored in being choaen
to represent the Catholic lsity on this
happy occasion.
We rejoice, dear bishop, that it seemed
good the successor of the Apostles, guided
by the Holy Spirit, to appoint and send
to minister among us one so eminently
qualified to fill so exalted an office.
We can but regard it as a happy
augury that your conaecration, aG we'll
as your advent among us, occurred dur
ing the churches Eeauon of Alleluia,
when she rejoices over the triumphs
aud glories of the resurrection. May
we not now, in all reverence, exclaim
in language from one of her sublime
cantieles: LET ia rejoice and be glad /;
Alleluia, Alleluial" |"
After the hallelujah chorus from Han
del Mr.. Mullen presented Mgr. Mont
gomery, who was greeted with perfect
ovation. He said:
81 should have to be what am not.
either moro or less than human il 1 did
not feel fattsred at this reception. A
person muat certainly be excused for
feeling pride in this reception which
sprinea from noble hearts.
"My venerable bishop put himself to
great inconvenience to go to my conse-
Grafton. May God grant him years and
enable me to show to him that l appre-
ciate that delicate compliment. APP
plause.
"I have been treated by all OF the
priests with kindness and devotion. We
meet here as citizens. Applause.l 1t
is evident that Mr.. Mullen's paper may
be summed up in two points. 1t is en-
inently Catholic and eminentlY patriotic.
Il teel that the highest compliment
paid to me this evening is not that the
people not of our own faith and of oppo-
site faith are here, but the presence of
the mayor of the city on the stage, not
as q citizen, but in his official capacity.
For this compliment am truly thank
E-.l.
''This meeting is what might call g
union of church, citizen and state. My
friends, if we could lay aside little pre-
iudices and believe that man loves
his country until he has shown it by
acts that he does not do SO.
II want to put in word here tor the
I a L. l.
citizen naturalizsd now chooses to meet
around his freside and sing OF the his
tory of his native land it does not fol-
low that he is not true TO America, Of
he should be blamed.
"Ths man who iorgets entirely hit
native land has a heart too small tC
, love any country. Applause.
"We believe that society WAS ordained
by God. II society must exist there
/ must be law and order. the Catholics
gay that all power comes from God, NJ
matter whether it reach0a the people
, through kings or other high heads
Therefore we believe in the divine righ
r OF kings and of presidents because thi
} power is from God.
"We believe that constitutions arc
} born like poets not made. Constitution
cannot be made in one country ant
shipped to another. England tried tina
) with the colonies, and the United State
/ is the result. Certain constitutions viii
: be practical in certain countries tina
would not be so in others. We believ
in the republic OF the United States
The Catholic clergy are loyal to til
/ United States, and say that any VIII
7 are here and are not so, do not deserv
D the protection of the state. Love Q
} country is inborn in every man, an,
when people love a country and go t
= another it is because they love tia
? country better than the one they left.
{ Wherever you zee Catholic churcl
l or q Ostholic school, you may be sure
: friends, that although it may be teach
| ing people to love religion, it 10 ais
: teaching them loyalty to the ccuntr
. where il may be.
: "The world is moved by either OF tw
D forces. physical or moral. IL has bsel
: said that intellectual force governs tn
\ world, but it does not.
"The 13 colonies were freed by phys
ical fOr0A huk whNn IL wna accom nlia n a.