The morning call., 1894-03-18

and i'll usage. The Irish people clamored
against the Government, ana their real wrong
from first 10 last had been that there was no
Government over them; that under changing
forms be universal rule among them for four
centuries had been the tyranny OF the strong
over the weak; that from the catalogue of viz
tues demanded OF hose who exercised authority
over their fellow men tile word justice had been
blot ed out. Anarchy had borne It's fruits.
The Ieb lion OF '98 found the people UMPIRE
pared and II was crushed out in blood. Men
never fought in hoer and juSter cause than
the herors of '9S. And had they been success
ful their names would be hailed the world over
as the heroes OF liberty. But at least they had
advanced To a higher level. The civil rights
granted In 'S2 remained. They could not be
Withdrawn. Liberal public opinion in every
part OF the world began to make COM
mon cause with the suffering people, and
what had been conceded became the stepping
stone To more ample and more precious liber-
ties. Hence. while for the next quarter Of
century the current of its political life sermed
to be running with increasing velocity out into
the ocean of desUair and utter wretchedness
the tide was gradually rising which. under the
guidance OF some mastei hand would carry
them to another installment OF liberty.
The time at last came, and with 1t The prov.
idential man, OConnell, tile Irish OF the irish.
the embodiment OF her traditions, civil and re-
igiOus; of giant frame, and giant Intellect, I'M
daunted courage and matenless el0quence
" 18th the eye OF a stateSma u. beneath tile mass
OF ignorance and wIeIehedness in which his
countrymen were STEPPED, he discerned The eie-
ments OF union and of strength. His genius
called them forth and ma snaled them INFO
a power before which his enemies declared
themselves vanqui>hed. Through the open
doors of the British Parliament he entered and
7,o0o,O00 Of his enslaved countrymen en- cred
with him.
Were il only TO Ireland" said Laeordaire
THAT emancipation has been profitable. where
IL the man who had freed 100000 OF souls :?
Challenge your recollection. search history
from that first and famous edict which granted
To the Christians liberty OF cODsci nee, and see
II there are be found many such acts, COM
parable by the extent of their effects of CathO-
lie emancipation; and each time that this peo-
pie, advancing in their existence and their lib
erty, shall recall TO memory the man who
studied the secret OF heir ways, they will IN
scribe the name OF OConnell both on the last
pages Of their servtude and on the first OF their
regeneration"
As Wendell Phillips says: HE did what the
ablest and bravest of his fOrerunners had tried
To do and failed. He created public opinion
nd unity OF pui pose which made Ireland a ma
ton. he gave her British ci iZeushp and a
place in the imperial Parliament; he gave her
press and public. With these tools her des-
tiny Is IN her own hands. Swift and Moy-
neux were able; GraIian, Bushe, san
rim, Burrows. Plunket, Curran and Burke
were eloqu nj. They gained now one
point. now another. But after ali
they left the helm Of IIeland's destiny in for
egn hostile bands. OConnell was brave, 81.
gacious ana eloquent, but. more than all he
was a statesman. for he gave To Ireland's own
keeping the key of her future. AS Lord Bacon
marches down the centuries he may lay one
hand Oh the telegraph and the other on the