The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-10-30
they we.E met by various Irish organ
izations, including the Sixty-ninth Reg

iment, Papal Zouaves, and conveyed to
St. Patrick's cathedral. At the latter
place Archbishop Corrigan, assisted Ivy
Fathers Mulhearn and McGovern, cele.
brated a requiem mass, Father Lily, the
great Dominican, preaching the sermon.
After this fitting testimonial the body
was conveyed to the wharf and trans
mitted to Ireland on the Guion steamer
Wyoming, which had been placed at Mr..
Ford's disposal by the manager. On
reaching the other side there were most
imposing funeral obsequies attending
the interment in Glasnevin cemetery,
among the most revered of Ireland's
dead.
A sketch of DR.. Cahill would be in
complete without a glance through some
of his brilliant efforts of voice and pen.
We append few selections from which
partial estimate of his genius, elo-
qrence and devotion to Ireland may be
formed.
At st. Patrick's day dinner in Glas-
gov, Scotland, in the course of his adj
dress, How Irish History is Learned"
he said: 1.-THE history of other countries
is learned from the cool pen of the his
torian, but that of Ireland is learned
from the crimsoned tombs of the dead.
The history of other nations is collect
ed from the growing population ana
successful commerce, but the sad story
of Ireland is gathered from the deserted
village, and the mountaineering can
vas Of the emigrant ship. You gave me
too much credit for those slender pro-
auctions of mine, and perhaps you are
not aware that it was on the graves OF
| the starved and shroudless victims -ei
English misrule l stood when inditea
the epistles. 1 dated them from the
grave pits of Sligo and the fever sheds
of Skibbereen. If I seemed to weep 1t
was because followed to coftinless
| tombs tens Of thousands of my poor,
prosecuted fellow countrymen. =
1t was not my mind, but my bosom that
dictated; it was not my pen but my
heart that wrote the record.
"And where is the Irishman who
would not feel an involuntary Impulse
of national pride in asserting the in
vincible genius of our own creed while
he gazes on the crumbling walls of our
ancient churches, which. even in their
old age, lift their hoary heads as faith
full witnesses of the past struggles of
Our faith. and still stand in their mas
| s1ve framework, resisting to the last
the power of the despoiler and scarcely
! yielding to the inevitable stroke Of
time? And where is the heart so cold
that would not pour forth boiling
| torrent of national anger at seeing the
| children of forty generations consigned
to premature grave, or banished by
| cruel laws to seek among the strangers
| the protection they are refused at
| homer"
On March II, 1860, in his Grafton in
the Academy of Music, New York city,
on "The Fidelity of ireland in Defense
of Her Liberties and Religion upon
which occasion he was introduced by
Archbishop Hughes, DR.. Cahill said:
| when 1 went out to look at the pro-
cession (speaking of the st. Patrick's
day parade) 1 was delighted to see the
number of banners, the cap of liberty
over the harp of Ireland, and what
| was very glad to see was the American
| flag side by side with every banner as
1t passed my hotel. The Stars and
Stripes went, if l may use the express
sion, hand in hand with the harp of
Ireland How longed to be great
man, as l saw every one uncover mis-
head as he passed the statue of Wash
ington. was delighted to see such wor-
ship, if l may SO speak, offered to the
memory of the dead Thousands of men
taking off their hats and bending them
selves in humble posture as they passed
by the Father of His Country"
In an address on 1.-THE Famine" de-
livered in Liverpool, England, Aug. 30,
1852, he said: II saw this famine and
looked at it, OF those that left the
country 10000 alone persisted at Crosse
Isle.
1.-TWO thousand persisted with famine
and scarlet fever, and those two thou
sand lay in Sligo field for two days
without an awning over them, and yet
there were G24,OO0,00O pounds of gold
in the British treasury. Who can paint
that but an Irishman?
"No man could believe, going through
Glare, the determination that took place
in those days. There were miles of
road, and no one on it. During the
famine fever 1 saw little children, per-
fectly we'll, except wanting food, with
not smile on their faces The little
children starving, and fever in their
house, their father or mother dead, and
the little things crept about without a
smile on their faces Lamentation COW
cred the country like a cloud"
The effect produced by the letters Of
DR.. Cahill was, If possible, greater than
that caused by his oratory.
He wrote scathing philippics to Brit
ish prime ministers, particularly to Lord