Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-20
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 At the last mass at the Immacu- late Conception church yesterday Father Slocum preached on the gos- pei of the day, which was an acco,int of the TranstiguratiOn at Mount Ia bor, from which the speaker drew the lessons of faith, the difference be tween the spiritual and corporal man, and then made application of 1t to the strong characteristics of the Irish race which manifest themselves through their faith. Two points were dweh upon particularly, one that the Irish as people have never been known to conspire against govern ment us such; that in the revolutions the world has witnessed against Christianity and social order the Irish never figured as a race. Their faith was their great anchor ill time of crises. The other point dealt with both religious and national character istics of the Irish, whose faith and loyalty to the teachings of the gospel, lowed them to be vengeful or yindtc- tive upon their brothers who differ from them religiously. Twice in the history of Ireland" he continued, "have the Catholics had the upper hand in the affairs of the government, once under Queen Mary and again under James Second; yet when Op- portunity offered and though they had suffered under previous reigns, not drop of Protestant blood was ever shed by the Catholic Irish in the hallowed name of religion. On the contrary, before an Irish soldier would take the field in the cause of James Second, they extorted from him guarantee of religious liberty dor all his subjects. Protestant aud Catholic. They insisted upon grant ing to others what long had been de- nied to themselves. Yes, when for long years they had seen their fath- CTS, their brothers and their sons dis franchised, exiled and put to death for their religion" 4s M
 During the sermons, Father Sl0cum paid glowing compliment to the vir- tues of the late General Hawley, a man with whom he had Il personal ac- qualntance for many years. Il feel" he said, 'it entirely appropriate as n Catholic and Catholic priest to pay merited tribute of respect to that great and good man who lies dead to- day in the nations capital, General Joseph k. Hawley, United States sen ator from Connecticut. He was man who in his entire lifetime never did a wrong to anyone. My earliest mem- ories of him go back nearly fifty years, when as boy before the civil war I saw and heard him on the plat form pleading the cause of human lib- erty and the abolition of slavery. A southerner by birth. he always stood for liberty in its broadest and best sense. He was born in North Caro- lima. the state which gave the first blood to the cause of the cOnfeieracy: which in defense of that same cause sent into the field the greatest num- Der of it's sons of any state in the south; whose soldiers carried the con quered banner to the highest point of the high tide at Gettysburg. and whose flags were the last to be furled at Appomatox. Yet when it became necessary to make choice between early affiliations and duty he was true to his principles and gave his voice and his pen to the union. He  was brave soldier and appreciated brave and true men. He learned to respect Irish valOr for he often 'lttl Irish soldiers to victory. and one of the few times that he ever met defeat was when he encountered the cOnfed- crate, General Finnegan. at Olustee. He carried his principles in times of peace through his whole life. as gov ernor. congressman and United States senator. He was honest liberal and sincere. He never stood for wrong or allowed wrong to be perpetrated when he could prevent it. By his voice and his vote on the floor of the United States senate he ever fought against religious prejudices and when necessary for the rights of his Catho- lie fellow citizens.
 God bless the memory and God rest the soul of Joseph R. Hawley. the soldier. the statesman and broad minded patriot"