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HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF.
English Opinion of O'Connell 50 Years
Ago Paralleled by the Same Opin
ion of Parnell To-day.
THE GREAT REPEAL AGITATION,
The 'futile Attempt- of the London Times
to Prevent an Alliance Between
O'Oonnell and the Whigs,
People are astonished at the violence
of the attacks made !:y the Times on
Mr. I'arnell, because they forget the
attacks made by that journal on Dan
iel O'Connell, After the genera! elec
tion of O'Connell held the. bal
ance between the two great Euglish
parties. The Times was horror-stricken
at such a condition of things. O'Con
nell, it declared, would he "real Prime
Minister an awful situation."
But it implored English patties to
stand firmly together, to unite against
"the Repeal Rebel," "the ui principled
ruffian." "the demon of malignity and
anarchy," in whose hands the people of
Ireland had been forced to place the
destinies of their wretched country.
"We ask the people of Ireland," it
urged, referring to the "terrorism"
used by O'Connell at the election' "will
they submit to an inquisitorial and re
vengeful tyranny like this? It' from
the dreads of murder or famine they
dare not raise & cry against such brutal
degradation-—if they will vote thus with
the knife at their throats for the Parlia
mentary tools and lackeys of such a
miscreant—we appeal from them to the
people of England, and to the ministry,
whether they will suffer their fellow
subjects of the sister island to be tor
mented by the system of organized ruf
fianism avowed by an Irish Catholic
lawyer, and furtively promoted by con
federates priestly garb.
VVe hope there will be no truckling to
O'Connell and his gang there will be no
bullying by O'Connell there will be no
stupid and puerile attempt to govern
Ireland through, the co-operation ami
instrumentality of men who profess the
first object of their lives to be the sepa
ration of the two countries and the
"breaking up of the Empire." Despite
the exhortations and warnings of the
Times, the Whigs showed every dispo
sition to form an alliance with O'Con
nell. The Times wrote: "We have
already pointed out the desperate con
dition of any English party who first
leans for support on the Irish Repeal
Rebel and his gang, and next has to pay
them the wages of their services by tak
ing them into partnership. But the
embarrassments of the Whigs are
thickening with every post.
They durst not refuse this unprincipled
ruffian whatever office he chose to lay
his hand on. They could not canyon
the Government without the aid of
O'Connell and his crew."
Again, as a prospect of a Whig O'Con
nell alliance became certain—"We our
selves can see nothing but clouds and
darkness on the horizon: let the most
prudent management be resorted to by
the most virtuous counsellors. What,
then, must be our forbodings with
O'Connell and his associates 1/ing in
wait for the Monarchy on the very foot
stool of the throne?"
Once more—"O'Connell and his fifty
votes will hold the fate of the British
cabinet, whether its chief bo Lord Grey,
Lord Melbourne, Mr. Hume, Mr. Ward,
Sir S. Wha!ley, or Lord John Russell,
at his own precarious mercy and too
late it will be deplored that a miserable
faction of place-hunters have been suf
fered by the people of the country to
usurp the power of the State, that they
may destroy the principles of our.Pro
testant Monarchiai Constitution, and
sever the whole frame-work of the Em
pire.
Mark, all this was written to prevent
that alliance between Lord Melbourne
and O'Connell which was so productive
of good to both countries while it lasted.
Everyone possessing, any information
about Ireland admits that had the policy
ot the Melbourne Ministry been fully
carried out there would now be peace
between England and Ireland. It was
the failure of the Melbourne Ministry
to fulfill their part of the LichfieldT
House Compact that led to the repeal
agitation. That failure was due entirely
to the Times and the House of Lords.
The Times tried to prevent an alliance
between O'Connell aud the Whigs and
when, despite its efforts, that alliance
was formed, it never ceased to denounce
and libel the Irish leader. In 1837 it
wrote "Never did an unprincipled dema
gogue act a more treacherous part to
wards Ms wretched dupes than O'Con
nell is acting towards the people of Ire
land, whom he sells *s he slavers them
with the slime of fulsome panegyric
(strong) enough to turn the stomach of
a Chinese sycophant. Never was a
baser, a meaner wretch gibbetted in the
frnmls of political profligacy."
A?ain--" What an unredeemed and
unredeemable scoundrel is this O'Con
nell. Oh! how long shall such a wretch
be tolerated among civilized men! But
let him mark us well—as surely as he
dare invade the privacv of the life of
Lord Lyndhurst or any other man,
woman, or child that may happen, by
themselves or their relatives, to be op
posed to him in politics, so surely will
we carry the war into his own domicile
at Deri ynane and Dublin, and show up
the whole brobd cf O'Connells, young
and old." O'Connell's reply to this
challenge is worth quoting. He said:
"Of course it is not my purpose to
bandy words with creatures so naturally
contemptible as you—Bacon and Barnes
—are. Your rascality is purely venal,
aud has no more of individual ma
lignity in it than inevitably belongs to
beings who sell their souls to literary
assassination and who from their na
ture, would be actual assassins if they
livfd at the period of history when the
wages of villains of that description
bore a reasonable proportion to the hire
ycu receive for a different, only because
a bloodless, atrocity. You
have made literary vileness a byword.
It is really discreditable to Britain that
i- should be known that so much atro
city, so depraved, so unprincipled, a
vileness as the Times has exhibited,
should have auy countenance or sup
porters. As to me, the only sentiments I
entertain are those of contempt and ut
ter defiance."
With one more, quotation from the
Timesweshallclose this article. In No
vember. 1385, these lines on O'Connell
appeared in its columns:
Slime condensed of Irish bog:
Ruffian—co-ward—demagogue!
Boundless liar—base detractor!
Nurse of murder, treason's factor!
Spout thy filth—diffuse thy slime.
Slander ia in thee no crime.
Safe from challenge, stife from law,
What caii curb thy callous jaw?
Who wo aid sue a convict liar?
On a poltroon who would fire?
O'Connell is now regarded as a model
agitator. How will Mr. Parnell be re
garded fifty years henceV—Freeman.
Our: an and Lord Avonmore.
As a judge, Lord Avonmore (Lord
Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer
in Ireland) had one great fault—he was
apt to take up a first impression of a
cause, and it was difficult afterwards to
obliterate it. This habit was at times
to Curran a serious source of annoyance,
aud lie- took the following whimsical
.method of correcting it. The reader
must remember that the object of the
narrator was by a tedious and malicious
procrastination to imitate his hearer
into the vice which he was anxious to
eradicate. They were to dine together
at the house of a common friend, and a
large party was assembled, some of
whom witnessed the occurrence of the
morning. Curran, contrary to his usual
custom, was late for dinner, and at
length arrived in the most admirably
affected agitation. "Why, Mr. Curran
grumbled Lord Avonmore, "you have
kept us a full hour waiting dinner tor
you." "Oh, my dear iord, I regret it
much you must- know it seldom hap
pens, but—I:ve been witness to a most
melancholy occurrence." "My God!
you seem horribly moved by it—take a
glass of wine. What was it? What
was it,?'' "I will tell you, my lord, the
moment I can collect myself. I had
been detained at court—in the Court of
Chancery—your lordship knows the
Chancellor sits late." "I do, I do
but go on." "Well, my lord, I was
hurrying home as fast as ever I could.
I did not even change rny dress. I
hope I shall be excused for coining in
my boots?" Pooh, pooh never
mind your boots the point, come at
once to the point of the story." "Oh,
I will, my good lord, in a moment. I
walked here, I would not even wait to
get the carriage ready it would have
taken time, you know. Now there is.a
market exactly in the road by which 1
had to pass—your lordship may perhaps
recollect the market—do you?" To
be sure I do. Go on, Curran, go on
with the story." "I am very glad
your lordship remembers the market,
for I totally forgot the name of it—the
name, the name." "What the devil
signifies the name of it, sir! It's the
Castle Market." Your lordship is
perfectly right it is called XJastle
Market. Well, I was passing through
this identical Castle Market, when I
observed a butcher preparing to kill a
calf. He had a huge knife in his hand
it was as sharp as a razor. The calf
was standing beside him he drew the
knife to plunge it into the animal. Just
as he was in the act of doing so, a little
boy, about four3rearsold—ran suddenly
across his path, and he killed—oh, my
Godl he killed "The child! the
child!" vociferated Lord Avonmore.
"No, my lord, the calfi" continued Cur
ran, very coolly—"he killed the calf,
but—your lordship is in the habit of
anticipating."
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Manitoba settlers have been losing
heavily by prairie fires.
Swan Bros., leading cattle dealers of
Wyoming, have failed for $T,100,000.
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THE CHURCH IN AMERICA.
Protestant Prejudices Rapidly Disap
pearing and Harmonious Rela
tions Now Existing.
P0WER0FTHECATH0LIC CHURCH
is an Antidote Against Communism, In
tflirmOTP-nrw. Divornp nnrl
ttic
seeks new and more favorable paths,
leaving the proud ones in possession of
their stagnant stupidity. To a keen
observer of national characteristics it
must be a source of pleasure to notice
that genuine Americans are ever will
ing to learn and to improve themselves.
They are sympathetic and generous
and they would be glad to see every
body succeed in the pursuit of happi.
ness. With these admirable qualities
oar fellow-citizens will not always mis
understand us Catholics to the extent
of looking upon us as "enemies of free
institutions." They have learned much
already about the Catholic Church, or
rather, they have lost much prejudice.
They are now learning that the Catho
lic religion is a po\t erf ul antidote against
communism, intemperance and divorce.
They will yet learn that this same
Catholic Church would be quite im
potent against crime if she relinquished
her right to have a voice in educational
matters. They will also learn that the
present school system is not the most
perfect in existence. The system in
vogue in England and in all English
possessions and colonies is superior to
ours. The majority of Americans cling
to the present school system because
they have never yet studied a broader
and more liberal system. But they will
do justice to us Catholics in this matter
within the next ten or fifteen years.
Until then we shall continue to main
tain our right at great cost and sac
rifice.
The time is approaching when Amer
ica—the fairest home of the free—will
be at the mercy of the ravaging furies
engendered by anarchy, intemperance
and divorce. The State will then ab
solutely need the help of religion. It
looks as though the Protestant churches
would then be unable or unprepared to
give the needed help. This needed help
may come from the Catholic Church,
who. according to the rule of the sur
vival of the fittest, will then be consid
ered as being supremely in harmony
with free institutions. If some of the
Protestant churches shall then be left
in the lurch, it will be a great misfor
tune but they deserve no better fate
so loug as they do not join the Catholic
Church in trying to remedy a calami
tous defect in our present school sys
tem. The shrewdest enemies of the
Catholic Church begin to perceive this,
and hence the sinister croakings of
false prophets of evil.
It seems that the worst malefactors
in this respect are some alleged minis
ters of Christ. It is not true that the
Catholic Church in America will ever
be, or wished to be, a State Church.
The time of State churches is rapidly
passing away. Aside from the present
defective school system there is now as
much union between Church and State
as we Catholics can desire the State
guarantees protection to the Church,
and both State and Church work har
moniously for the good of the people.
There was a time when the people,
wishing to escape the tyranny of ignor
ant and half barbarous rulers, implored
the Church to act as guardian over their
natural rights and liberties. Thence
arose institutions which were combina
tions of civil and religious administra
tions. Temporal cares in church dig
nitaries have not always been conducive
to the best interests of Christianity
quite the contrary. And it is certain
that if the Church can devote herself
principally to the spiritual welfare of
her children her power for good must
be incalculably greater than under the
old system. During the last eighteen
centuries the Catholic Church has no
where enjoyed such true freedom as she
may enjoj in America. And if she does
her duty she will undoubtedly achieve
her most brilliant success in this coun
try., Her faith never changes yet
there is a continual development in her
organization towards a higher perfec
tion. America is the place where a
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new and higher civilization is develop
ing itseif both in Church and State.
A few words more about some of
Bishop Coxe:s latest statements. It is
positively painful to see how an edu
cated man tries to torture the plain and
pure teachings of the Catholic Church
into a bungle of revolting ideas. The
probalis'm, as held by St. Liguori and
sanctioned by the Church, means this
When two opinions are equally prob
able, either opinion may be followed as
as there is no doubt as to the ex
nee of the law. When there is cer
de as to the existence of the law, or
one opinion is notably more prob
than the other, the most probable
lion must always be followed. A
ilar doctrine holds good in civil law.
•••-.. hthis difference, that the civil lavv
3ss strict than the Catholic theology,
as when there is some doubt as to
guilt of an® accused person, the
uionofone juryman is as good in
il law as that of the other eleven.
it no one. thinks of accusing the civil
as producing "perjury, theft, i.iv
rity, all the passions and all crime."
ly lawyer or judge would easily un
•stund the meaning of Catholic teaeh
as to probabilistic but some men
possess no tact in picking the right
meaning out of a chapter of Catholic
theology.
The Parliament in Paris in 1762 was
far from being "composed exclusively
of Roman Catholics." It was com
posed of eminent members of the
Jansenist sect, bitterly opposed to the
Jesuits. When the Jesuit confessor of
Louis XV. refused the Sacraments to
the .King because the latter wouid not
dismiss Mme. de Pompadour, the then
reigning' members of the Bourbon
family in Spain, Italy and Prance
joined the Jansenists against the
Jesuits, and with sword in hand com
pelled Clement XIV., to dissolve the So
ciety of Jesus. In the brief reluctantly
issued to that effect the Pope said
The end we aim at is, in the first
place: to secure the advantage of the
Church and the tranquility of the na
tions then to bring aid and consola
tion to each of the members of the So
ciety of Jesus, whose person we love in
the Lord, in order that henceforth
being delivered from all the pains
which have tormented them, and from
many discords and contention, they
may more faithfully cultivate the vine
yard of the Lord, and more abundantly
work for the salvation of souls."
Bound for America.
It is not difficult to find adequate rea
sons for the extraordinary rush of emi
grants this year from all parts of Eu
rope for the happy land of Canaan
across the Atlantic. The Irish are com
ing in greater throngs than ever, be
cause of the constant danger of evic
tion, and the prospect of worse times
before the good time comes. On the
Continent every nation is staggering
under the burdens of taxation and
requisitions on the male population for
military service that constitute a state
of things nearly as disastrous as war.
In some countries cruel persecution is
driving the Jews into exile in multi
tudes. Over the whole Continent hangs
the black war cloud that may burst and
devastate Europe at any moment. It
is not strange that all persons who find
life a terror under such conditions and
can escape to America are doing so.
While the states of Europe are pi line
up debts in time of peace the United
States is paying off its debt at the rate
of
$10,000,000
a mouth. The decrease
last month was S18,000.000. When we
have peace here it means peace and
prosperity for the people. Since
I860
the public debt has decreased nearly two
billion dollars. To the common people
of Europe a country that is embarrassed
by tke rapidity with which its debt is
diminishing that has no compulsory
military service that has a free church
in a free state, cheap land and plenty of
work for all—such a country must seem
like the Promised Land.—Buffalo Com
mercial.
Eastings.
Correspondence of The Irish Standard.
Michael Hackett, of Nininger, was
adjudged insane and sent to Rochester.
George Dillion died last Saturday
morning at his home in Nininger. He
was oue of Hastings' oldest settlers,
coming to our city about 32 years ago.
He leaves a wife and five children, three
daughters and two sons. They have
the sympathy of all in this their great
bereavement. He was buried on Mon
day, with Requiem Mass, from the
church of the Guardian Angels. He
was 68 years old. May his soul rest in
peace.
Mrs. Charles Krantz came in from
Hampton with her husband on Satur
day to spend Sunday with friends. She
went to Mass on Sunday morning and
was in the best of health was taken
sick Sunday night and died the next
morning at 6 o'clock of apoplexy. She
was 47 years of age, and leaves a hus
band, three sons and two daughters^
also three sisters, to mourn their Joss.
The funeral was from St. Boniface
church, and her body was taken to New
Trier.
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Investigating the Poverized Condition
of that District and the Horrible
State of Things .Revealed.
BEY0ND THE ISLES OF
Is a Bank Which, is Stated by Reliable Au
thorities to Be One of the Finest Pi&h
Stations on the Coast.
A special emissary of the principal
Dublin daily is the author of what fol
lows: Anyone, who has taken ihe trou
ble to investigate the condition of Con
nemara is aware the resources of that
wild and picturesque region are only
equalled by the poverty of the inhabi
tants. In the. garden of a miserable
cabin where the people starve from
year's end to year's end, is the opening
of a marble gully from which a few
blocks have been carted away to grace
the walls of a museum, and no more no
tice takeu of it, except that the carman
who is driving a tourist by points his
whip towards the spot and announces
the fact as a rather curious item of in
telligence. But the resources of the
land are as nothing to the wealth which
is known to exist in the sea within a
few miles of this strange region. So
far as the inhabitants are concerned, if
the fish swam in the Polar sea they
could not.be of Jess advantage to them.
They have no fishing gear worth men
tioning, while the boats are too spall
to allow the mariners to venture out on
the deep sea. It is a fact scarcely to be
credited that the cured herring sold in
the shops of Gaiway are herrings which
have been caught by Scotch fishermen,
cured in Scotland, and then exported
to Dublin, where they are sold to the
small dealers in the Provinces. The
again before the various royal commis
sions which have listened, deliberated
and done nothing, proves that the sea
along the Gal way and Donegal coasts
is literally teeming with fish. For a
longtime one of the things which pre
vented the developement of the fisher
ies was the want of harbors at which
to land the fish or where, in stormy
weather, the boats might obtain shel
ter. At Cama, this difficulty wiil soon
have disappeared. The Government
authorities seem to have made up their
minds to try the experiment of provid
ing faculties for a great fishing station
at this remote spot, so far as harbor
accommodation is concerned. Within
a very short period piers have been
built at- Kilkerrin, Ardmore, Mason Is
land, Cam a and some other places in
the vicinity. Through the exertions of
Father Fiamiery, the indefatigable par
ish priest, these works have been car
ried out under such circumstances as
to afford a vast amount of employment
in a place where the people were, as
time has proved, willing and indus
trious, but in a state of destitution for
the want of some means to earn a sub
sistence. Prom the representations
which .Father Fiamiery made to the!the waters of the bays and in the sea
authorities, they were induced to allow
the system of "day work" to be carried
out that is, they sent down one of
their engineers, who employed the men
in the district for the day's work and
taught them what they were required
to do. Of course, a good dep.!of skilled
labor was requisite, and tradesmen had
to be imported to perform this. The
materials employed were found on the
spot. Indeed there is enough granite
about the place to build piers for the
entire of Europe. The engineers bear
testimony to the aptitude and industry
of the people, and to the alacrity with
which they performed whatever work
was allotted to them. A personal in
spection served to prove the accuracy
of the statement, and as I watched
these men at work I could not help
thinking what a pity It was that the
vast body of their kith and kin who have
rendered such yeoman service in the
building of the cities and harbors and
railroads of the western world had not
found scope for their exertions their
own land. To see these men at work
under the shadows of their native hills,
and with the sea already lapping against
the granite barrier which they had pro
tected, irresistibly brought some such
thought to one's mind. What room for
their labor exists is shown in deserted
Connemara, for want of a convenient
road, the people arc forced to drive
their carts twenty-five miles, while the
actual distance across the hills between
the two points is only four miles. As
mentioned in my former letter, the
journey between Kilkerrin and Gaiway
has been, by the construction of five
miles of new road, shortened by no less
a distance than twenty miles. Scores
of such instances abound, and practi
cally leaves the locality in a state of
nature. This is one of the difficulties
which will beset the fishermen of the
locality, even if they procure suitable
boats to avail of the new harbors. The
present method of conducting a jour-
ney from tins n,irt of the eoa?t io Gal
wav is one
of the most primitive kind.
Starting from Cama at 7:30 a. in., the
voyager is exceptionally lurk', tn reach
Galwav in tiraf for the 4 n'cii'ck ira in,
which lands you at he Bn-fidrdone ter
minus :ifter 10 at night. It is r^rtainly
a grievance that the long car does not
ARRAN'start from on/den a little earlier
time past vaiious schemes
proposed for providing a
evidence given by experts over and over ertions would, be used to promote the*
and
make the delays on the road shorter so
as to allow the limited mail which leaves
the City of the Tribes at. 2:i to be
caught, but the primitive sy-tom of
journeying has survived in Oonmncava
with all its inconveniencies. To this
want, of communication with the outer
world is to be ascribed in a givat de
gree the backward condition of the dis
trict and the inhabitants. Foe some
iavo been
wr-y
from
Gaiway to Clifden—the latest schw.ie is
a line which is being promote!.] to run
from Gal way to JIeadfoot,and v». Cong
to Clifden. The people fire anxious tor
a railway coming by any route, but the
preponderance of opinion would soera
to be in favor of a lm?- through Spiddal.
but. not keeping all the way to ttu- sea
coast, the idea bring to lop the beads
of ail the new harbors, so as to. -ift'ord a
ready and a iapid transit Cor fish to the
markets. Great energy was a short
time since displayed in the promotion
of a line from Gaiway by Oughterard
aud Recess to Clifden. But in con
se
quence of the members of zlm privy
council being of opinion that iiu1bar
onies guaranteeing a. portion of the
dividend under the "tramways act"
were not abl^ to bear the anticipated
burden, the line in the promotion of
which some thousands of pounds was
expended was not sanctioned, although
the then lord chancellor (Sir Edward
Sullivan) declared it- to be a work of na
tional importance. Lord Carnarvon,
who during the period of his viceroyal
ty visited the district, promised his ex-
line, but the only way in which he Con
servative Government propose to legis
late for Connemara is in common with
the rest of Ireland by means of a jubi
lee coercion act. A. great d?a] of the
evidence adduced by the select commit
tee on Irish industries had reference to
the resources of Connemara aud their
development. Amongst nearly all the
witnesses there appeared to he a con
census that the fisheries, as well as
being the most neglected of the re
sources. promised the speediest and she
most lasting occupation for the people..
Beyond the Isles of Arran, which lie
outside the coast line, bordering Kil
kerrin and Birterbuy bays, is a bank
which is stated by reliable authorities
to be one of the best fishing stations for
cod on the entire coast. To reach this
place with safety it would be requisite to
have boats of from twenty-five to thir
ty tons, as the waves along that part of
the coast are nearly at all times high,
and rouah weather is nearly the nor
mal state of matters atmospheric. Tur
bot is even with the rude appliances
which the fishermen have frequently
taken, while bream, haddock, ling, cod,
hake, mackerel and pollock abound in
outside. The creeks and inlets of the
sea which run a surprising distance in
land, are frequently filled with herrings,
nearly all of which, however, make
their way again to a safer distance
from the tracks of men. In the winter
seals visit the coast, and up the creek
of Kilsyleagb, across which the new
bridge has just been made, is a favor
ite basking place for this animal. Very
large quantities of the finest lobsters
are raised on the coast, and owing to
this crustacea being the least perish
able species of fish the people are en
abled to keep the. a long enough with
safety to dispose of them. For lob
sters the price the people receive aver
ages from about 3s. to 5s. 6d. a. dozen.
Most of the fish are purchased by deal
ers who have agents close by, and by
whom the lobsters are sent to London.
Mr. Redmond, the present proprietor
of the comfortable Recess Ilotei, tried
the experiment of sending live lobsters
by parcel post, and was in receipt of
orders from all parts of the kingdom at
a remunerative price, when the postal
authorities declined to permit the pas
sage of the lobsters by her majesty's
mails. The cost of transit is the real
obstacle which prevents a gigantic
trade being done in lobstei s. as the
bays provide the best possible breeding
places for the fish, and the people
understand the trade, but the heavy
charges for conveyance prevent a profit
being made. Oysters have been culti
vated on the coast, but the custom is to
remove them after a certain time to the
oyster beds at Clare, where they are
fattened. The Gaiway coast has, how
ever, provedno exception to most othgr
places, and of late years the oyster
beds have not proved remunerative^
Then, again, the fresh water fishing is
one o^ the most marvelously productive^
in the kingdom. Between Gaiway and
Clifden there are stated to be no less""
than 120 lakes, in nearly all of which»
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