The Irish standard., 1901-05-04


every issue Of weekly newspaper that
either Catholics are prosecuted, or, are
most probably going to be prosecuted.
Surely the time has come to leave off
the old spirit which days of real perse-
cution in olden times did beget, to live
of the present and the future, and to
reach courageously but honorably for
ward towards the elevation of our peo-
pie to the character as we'll as to the
condition of free men. Let us be lust
to America, and know and proclaim
that nowhere all things duly consld-
cred, is the church freer than in Amer
lea; that nowhere, as in America. ia
she allowed to live in uEtrammeled
freedom and to prosper as her forces
and the zeal of her sons permit her.
From yonder pallium has come my
inspiration. In words, such as my lips
could not pronounce, in words that
burn with the eloquence of deepest
feeling and most earnest action, the
pallium that touches the shoulders of
John Joseph Keane speaks to me, as
it does to my hearers, of church and
of country, of sacred love for one and
the other, of intelligent devotion to the
veal of one and of the other.
Friend Of my priestly and episcopal
years. my fellow soldier and my leader
in all causes that we believed to be
serviceable to church and to country,
I shall not this morning speak for my
self; it is needless. is it not, that I do
so? You know me too we'll.
But will speak in the name of the
church of America and of America,
and say exceedingly one and the other
rejoice that you are seated in the full
panoply Of archiepiscopal dignity and
authority upon Dubuque's cathedral
chair The church Of America and
America are sure that from Dubuque
will go forth in sweetness and power
mighty influence for good in the aid
of religion and Of patriotism. You are
not an untried public servant. Your
deeds Of valor upon many fields of la
Dor, your high endowments of mind
and Of heart, your exalted personal
and priestly virtues, the esteem and
love which you never failed to win
wherever you set foot in America or
in Europe, the encomiums awarded
you by the chief pontiff of the church
all this ia remembered today, and is
taken as an augury Of what you are
today and of the trophies of victory
which the future reserves for you! Yes.
church and country rejoice and con-
gratulate you.
| Iowa, the whole northwest rejoice,
for here will be your more immediate
field of future labor: here will your
mind and heart pour out with special
abundance their treasures Of strength
and of love. In the name of priests
and people of Dubuque, in the name
of the northwest, l bid you welcome; I
bless the morning of your coming.
And be yourself rejoiced, not that
power and place are given, but that
great opportunities are opened. You
| enter into a goodly an Inheritance, en-
riched by the piety and the zeal of your
predecessors. ready to reward your
labor with richest fruitage. Priests
are exemplary; people are loyal; you
need but speak and hosts are mar
shalled into battle for glory of God
and the salvation of souls, and noblest
examples are before you. But yester-
day a Hennessy ruled the diocese of
Dubuque: under his guiding hand
priests. churches, schools were multi
piled: under the spell of his word, reli-
gion was respected, authority revered,
the dignity of priesthood and episco.
pate maintained and protected. Before
him, Smith was bishop of Dubuque;
he brcathed over his diocese the sweet
fragrance of piety, which he had
brought with him from his monastic
retreat. And before him, again, was
there in Iowa, Loras, the apostle, the
saint. the ideal missionary bishop,
whose name will never be forgotten in
Northwestern America, whose memory
will be forever a stimulus to hottest
zeal for priests and people. Those
were your predecessors; do for church
and country even greater things than
they. Prospere procede ct Regina.