The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-09-01

\ party of pilgrims from Bradford,
Eng. under til. leadership of their
parish priest. the Rev. John Earnshaw,
visited st. Patrick's tomb at Armagh
on the first Sunday of August. says
he Boston Pilot. They brought with
them n beautiful banner of st. Pat
rick. which the Reverend leader OF the
pilgrims presented. in ;n eloquent adj
dress, to Cardinal Logue. Archbishop
of Armagh. for the beautifying of his
Cathedral
The Cardinal welcomed the pilgrims
right heartily, and thanked them for
their gift. He knew that Ireland has
no trucr lover than the Englishman.
l'r. Earnsllaw. His emincncc dwelt ON
the bond of II common faith
1t is in this spirit and for this rc,l-
son that we here IN Ireland have felt,
and felt deeply. and sympathizcd with
he struggle which the Catholics of
England are making at the present
day for the Christian education of
their children CaDplausc) 1t is no
mere struggle for some temporal or
for the highest and dearest interests
which men can have here ON earth,
those interests which are not confined
in their consequences for the world to
come. There is no other cause SO s:,-
cred. no other cause so important, no
other cause SO worthy of cnlisting all
the efforts and all the sympathics of
men as the cause for which the Cath
olicS of England are contcnding at the
shaw has truly said in the beautiful ad-
dress which he has read there is one
thing certain-that they have the
sympathy of the Catholics here in Ire
land, and that they may count upon
any assistance which the Irish CathO-
lies can give them in the struggle for
the spiritual welfare of their little ones
in England. They have had Il proof of
II already. Our Irish Nationalist MEM
bcrs have fought this battle. think.
with greater persistence. and greater
skill in the House of Commons than
ever | knew them to fight any battle,
even for the temporal interests of Ire
land 0pplausc). They are our repre-
scntativcS in an alien Parliament
which we wish to get rid of as soon
as wc can (applausc). ana bring our
members home to do some good here
for our own country. They are our
representatives, and there is nothing
that they have dOnc---and certainly
they have worked hard and worked
wcll--in which they have not the sup
port and the sympathy and the earn
est desire for success OF their constitu
cnts here in Ireland (hcar, hcnr). II
is Il delight to us to know that we
sistapcc to our fellow Catholics in
England, and ii is Il greater delight. If
possible. to know that our fellow
Catholics In England appreciate what
has been done for them by the sym
pathy Of our Irish Catholics and by
the exertions of our Irish members.
II is only today that there has ap-
pcarcd in the paper n letter from the
iIlustrious Archbishop who is the head
Of the Catholic church in England
thanking our Irish members for the
hard. uphill fight which they have had
in cndeavoring to assert the rights of
their Catholic fcllow-cOuntrymen and
of the Catholics generally in England
(applause). And still, though 1t has
been a hard fight and n wcll-fought
fight. / am sorry to say that all the
efforts Of our jealous Irish members
have failed so far in achieving success.
1t Is certain that. notwithstanding all
their efforts, the concessions made to
them were very few and very unim-
portant and that II this Education Bill
passes into law as 1t stands at pres
cnt the Catholics of England will be
thrown back to the need of either
abandoning their little ones to the
danger Of losing their Faith or endeav-
oring to support in the future. as they
have done to a great extent in the