The Irish standard., 1908-11-14

In his address at the Boston Cath
edral OH the occasion OF tho Catholic
centennial celebration archbishop
O'Connell said In part:
The history OF New England has
long since ceased to be the mere mar
ration of the advent ant' passing of
the Puritan or Pilgrim. al that is
most essential but 1t is not all. The
whole story is even now far more
comprehensive than the recruiting Of
the doings Of any one bono Of cx'!es
who, whether in sailing vessels cr
steamships, entered the ports alorg
the shores from Manl:ation to :he
Saint John River. The pioneers of
every settlement will al"ay7 have ,lio
glory due them and that will intvita-
bly, Be- in proportion to their porn,a.
nency Of possession AM! the Lreadth
of their influence. But though un-
douhtedly the first New Englanders
left upon both the society planted
here and the commonwealth founded
by them, a certain stamp OF their
sturdy ctafacterfa and their civic ideals
ideals which by Improvement. and
development in the course Of time
have, proven their intrinsic value,
nevertheless a certain unlocked for.
indeed, unwelcomc advert Of others
with character very 'iss'rnilar and
ideals quite distinct from those Of tho
original settler, changed very mate.
rally the whole sta'us Of tho 'Ero-
vince and brought into play forces.
which, with time, have Influenced and
arc bound still more t. influence the
true history of this part Of America.
Let us glance quickly at the change
as 1t happened, and then divine If VIC
can something Of what only tho fu-
turc will reveal in it's complei cness.
In tho narration OF this puse Of the
nations history, the page which is
spread out for our consiG .-u.ioI dur
ing these days, one motive only
should guide us---the search for
!. truth.
i Between the Puritan and the
:. Catholic lii. the beginning lay a
dreadful gulf. To begin even to
. understand the true sou: of things
which happened during the past cen
, tury that gulf must be explained.
Until a bridge has be"n thr5wn
i, across that chasm, stlll very deep,
, even il growing happily narrower,
, this people of New Enelu,n will never
l live in perfect concord. The first step
, in the remedy Of an i'll is the ad
mission of its existence. And If
there is place where this holy en-
, deavor for harmonizing :ear:s is fit
= ting, it is this place. the mother
i, church of this whole Province. and If
, there is one upon whom that duty
would seem to rest more than upon
any other, it is upon tho Me.ropoli-
tan of the greatest relis GUS body in
! New England.
a WIldL IL Tie IN5n US OuitSuASs NsOo1
!, will has before now accomplished
q many miracles and eaitE can move
+ mountains. That therefore we may
learn well this lesson Let LIS go back
to where the story starts and see not
!. merely the opposing clements at thci'
. source, but their fruitful, origins arc
n learn how misconceptions ai:'; misuE.
: derstandings were then us they ar
r now the real causes, rather than mere
e wanton malice, of SO much disunicl
:" and so much consequent: weakness .tt
t all.
e The little band of sturdy e'nigrant'
!. who settled along the si:,:.s Of Mas
o sachusetts we're men who had suffered
g for conscience sake at home. The!
were, If not all of English o''e', Brit
ish in the general sense Of the word
n They were on-concorrists in rsfi
sion-opposed to the Establishes
n Church-and democratic in their civil
;dools Thev ,yere ~ would seem