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VOL. XV.
“IMMACULATE VIRGIN, PRAT
PHILADELPHIA, JULY
FOR US.”
15, 1887.
: No. 218
b threw) &
THEY. €. 0. 8, FOGRIAS,
PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY BY
MARTIN I. J. GRIFFIN,
711 Sansom STREET,
-HILADELPHIA.
ted to the advancemen:
THE IRIs CATHOLIC BENEVOLEN] t UNION
OF THE UNITED STATES.
TERMS:
Year in
IRISH THOUGHTS
‘The kingdom of Heaven suffers
VIOLENCE and the VIOLENT shall
bear it a’
—We ha taken uparmsin defence of
our liberty, our proj
our children ; we are de! termined to pre- | 4
serve them, or die,””— Washington to the
Canadia:
—Wh: at res sources have you got but to
lie down and_submi So Divisional
Magistrate Pett could, say to Pa-
tence people. -Now who he most
as
rable? Plunkett or the Patience fre
le.
think. Philadelphia has passed | ¥,
—S
all other cities in supporting t the National |
League of this country. ork and
Boston had Queen Ji bilee. ‘elebration.
But not a sign of Jubileeism was seen in
Philadelphia.
And ours is not an Irish city either.
—When Victoria was enthroned O’Con-
nell is reported to ave been an enthu-
siastic spectator, 0 have declared | *
that he could have! brought balfa million
Irishmen to defend her if need
Can that be true? Was it not O’Con-
nell who was averse to “spilling one drop
of blood.”? Had he called the million to
defend Ireland would they not have been
at better work. he had ‘*Patience”’
tor Ireland and half a million of men for
“the young Queen.” There was no “*pa-
tience” for those who would assail her.
bh.
Adam says that The London Times
continues to assail Parnell but its oe
he
a
the City of Philadelphia, rather than
not act just as the Times wished him to
do, mitted a monstrous crime
for which $5,000 would not atone. . Ie
should bring O’Brien to Phitadelphia as
an act of reparation for the crime he
committed in keeping him from coming.
The Irish American hits at amagazing
iter who undertakes to deny the aid
of the Irish to the American cause dur-
ing the Revol
uti
It says that the French forces was made
up in great art of the men of the Irish
Brigade. Just so and more strangely
that the ‘French forces” ase > largely
tis
was pla t{ Yorktown it was
Hessians in the French who met
in the contest [Hessians in the British
service from their own locali
A study of the Hevolutonary War will
show x many strange
Bishop O'Farrell sa
“Tt is not for the bene efit of America
see Ireland again free and Parnell as
. first Prime Ministe:
Let the ‘‘yoice of ‘the world go to Ire-|&
land to sweep away the combination”
but sweeping is an act performed with a
visible instrument worked by hands—
not by standing empty handed and plead
ing to the “combination” to get
The world has responded to Treland’s
appeal. Will she now. respond to the}
“Voice of the world,’
- e English Government are doing
the] ihe work ot spreading the true
‘aith. You know how we all hav
heard about the mission of the Irish peo
plein the designs of God being thatof
Faith Spreaders. Now it is stated that
here and untold
ants are now its ene
ae well. ‘member ofPanament
and a Qu: aker, who was evic-
Bodyke
ctions declared in Parliament that the
Irish tenants would be justifled in start-
ing 8 Rev volu ion.
en the Trish are more *
tient”? tna the Friends think they Shona
be, why should ot. the oppressor give
them Coercion? What a people take
they must like.
Once in olden times in Philadelphia,
about 1741, it was orted that Irish
‘Papists’”” became Quakers. But bless
us if we believe they kept that way when
England got to putting her Irish methods | m
into operation here.
the Quakers couldn't stand it. And
bet that if Revolt took place in Ireland
even the Quakers would not have ‘*pa-
tience” to keep quie et.
2
os
ny of the good judgment by which he]
made his millions.
me O’Brien when he got
home to say that in this country more
petuous
eho
that
lenty of
such seatient people as the Irish Amer-
ans. Oh! well, they have the Irish
‘patience” blood in them. But as the
blood thins they get more ‘impetuous.’
—If the Irish tenantry would systemati-
cally burn down a landlord’s palace for
every tenant’s house demolished by the
crowbar brigade, the Public opinion o|
@ world would not Michael
Davitt, after sontennlatiiy the outrages
wreaked in name ww upon the
iyke peasantry declared his bitter re-
reedom in ‘or seven or eight
years by preaching to ate, people against
e breaking of
he law. He ab: rately te raciad all h
had said it favor of peaceable means of
gaining the
r80ns do not see that the pro-
cession of soldiery and crowbar ades
about the country destroying the homes
of the people constiutes a “state of war.”
Such is the ic Citizen.
—What a “noble Sectate it presents to
Americans to have an army of a tyrant
burning or destroying the homes ofa
people, and casting them on the roadside
for rican money to hem from
starvation, A few resolute Hearts de-
fending their homes, and the babes God
tad give! m to care for. When
the dstroyers could not dislodge the
0 call in the priest to get the
surrender of the Home. Upefenders 80
their homes might be level!
not been “ “nore heroie
and even a Teligious act, for the priest t to
have assisted the Defenders rather t
the Destroyers ? Perhaps tne anighty
might have been the army of Defende:
that would have arisen in the unhappy
nd,
But down “impetuous” spirit. Be
“patient”? another gereration and this
Irish Question will be en e Irish
will not be in Ireland, and cattle will
fatten on the land enric’ “ty Tri
nd fine eating it will be for
the ‘English Catholics and their allies the
Orangemen. S e Te-
medies all wrongs. Another generation
isnot long after over seven hundre:
years,
So many will see fhe end 2 the strug-
gle, But how from what it
should be after conturies
———— + ___
Father Barry, a Philadelphia, whom |
delegates to I. . U. C.K. A.
Conventions how very well i an enthu-
siast i jn school advancement. He lately
had the Civil Service Examiners to test
$ of the pupils of his school. ‘They
Feport to him 3
Permit \ us to congratulate you and all
the teachers of your scht
form excellence of the papers. Never in
our experience have we found the same
schools, we consider this as flattering a
compliment as as we can pay to the attain-
eets of your pupils and the etliciency of
thelr teachers,
We rem ain, F rit great respect,
Very yours
‘tno toe F, Parken,
JEROME X Maul
Sen
subscri ption,
gret that ke should have delayed the cause |
ool upon the uni-
dee
—————
d one and two cent stamps for your
ope
PERSONAL. ~ j
v. J, A. Fanning, once active in {. 0. 3.
isthe’ ‘Iciexavero ot Hitnois Total Abstinence Union
tothe | Pot delp!
ael H. Sigers a. New York lawyer and
ra died recently. He. was. ver sczive In
tion and early years of theC. ¥. M.N. U.
nei rhe
has dat ey Total "abstinence pares or the |
‘ew Jersey Union has been appolnte e
Pope Domentie Pretat pe °
D. Chism of the A.M. Keiley Soctety of
ma bas pa peer | gesented bad a OR
mera fo that soclety.
rst Honor Med-
alsa Fy Notre Dare U Diversity at late Commence.
ment was the son of ope Alcorn President of
No. ae C. B. U. of
ose
t Quinn, ‘a on "Htoroes and Heroines of
Unton In Falsing money for the yellow fever vio-
tims. He soetis never 10 have heard af the
igen Atenbishop Ryan visited Bt. Louts, the
Gleray gave bim Our Union’s own
Fauter propesed t he
ibventm, eh * Wonderifthey knaw
es tothe Philadelphians,
25,
Total Roiitenee Union, is a Labor Candidate for
the Lexisiat
an honest servant “and that is something bar
say E (many who are runnlagforcfice{a fuatelty:
Serat
was Hatlior Peg Memanus ot Green Ridges the
Union ts quick to appreciate the aldof the clergy.
ise from. the youn priesthood of our diocese,
and lo! he has ‘a
Father
Memphis, ak of the efforts of th?temperance
@ health of our are
shop. They
ar
Secretary of the Louisville
aeocae says it elected the people will ot
of the Scranton Union Convention
have looked long and eagerly for a leader to
—Judge Drayton of chatlen =con, a . ‘ina charge
- | tothe Grand 1 Jury Osigber isan 1776 sald:
atime when the American Army
before Boston bad not'& thousand weight of
der—the forces were unable to advance pe 0 Can.
ada, until they received a small supply
from this country, and tort the eset one
ress expressly seiit-and when we
a few moi ths before we begul ith a “stock of
500 weight.”
—John W. Jennings Ex-teustee
rat pabile wale Prospect hill Phiiadelphia,
OF E206
It is triangular shaped and bow Broad
Ontat ato. Thirteenth, Stiles and TI 1 NDROn, Streets.
thas deen and yet js h is in et “and the aue:
Honeer gave ¥ bought &
ino. Roaranteed Hi yet avery
spied hd wid Look place on the “several lots a
Jennings securing every
track.
0 you Biggar and Par.
ell wee making the Ee Bish ih’ Parhame ne trap
out inte the roby igi e after night that inany
eopl
oue offered Pa ‘thus puvebaig the whole
well intention jenounced them for
thelr note t bua only exasperate the
nem) tld. Nothing would be gained by
Yo nber that, do paps you
Were one of those wi t Ike the carrythgs
gn these troublewome Irisumen were at. {tw
foree they Tt was Revolt against the
Old methods of Parliament. “Itdid good all now
concede even if the enemies of Ireland had to
tramp,
oti back to Ireland,
ait think of O'Brien sn
and t e long suffering and patient people
that they have the f the Amer-
ican press and peop ded you shail peace
fully continue the Pighteous struggle.
ps afterall the Irish are mate to belleve,
that we pue hore would tara from themeif they
alse the! hand the ehord gave them to project the
pes He gave them. a pledged
te cmaelies TOD rover Pe ar APS 30
We wonder i those x aretelngthent thiaty are
not telling us some que
—ine iNew York World ve math had an article
0
on the Men wi lead the Irlsh"in Khtladelphia,
It named Hugh McCafirey, Fatl her and
Bech, Hubert MeWade, “Patrick Duntevs,
Miehael J. Rvan, and Martin 1. J, Griffin,
Among other things strange to us it said of
Editor NAL.
ite tis otk marvel how he does so much and does
fre is noted for his painstaking efforts and ac.
curacy asa historian ; anybody getting up a bisto-
rical Sketch of some’ Catholic subject who can
pass under Mr. GriMin's criticism unscathed may
t
re Mocs are aoe salary” for
enti come int
eace has its victories no less renowned than
Js there a grander triumph, In American
mee!
ry than the nig at Geltysbu,
tee" Division and. the Philade elphia Brigade,
tow, grand a mantfestsiion of our elty'etitie Hiro.
ther! this anton of those
Ghee enemies but now. the truest trends,
gratifving too to know that ireland's sons, the
Sich Philadelphia Regt. bore such a herole part
contest of meaty: cour gears ago and in the
Tander events of this Reunk
We thought how glad Hon, A, M. Kelley would
have been to have been at. Gettysbur i these
scenes of this July. He was there an
dier’s duty tn the terrible days of July
The American Catholle Historical octets int
PI 9 XI1L with a handsoi
oft RDS as a Jubltiee oftcr ine moons
ts REC
will also be
Archbishop,
mate Ate
rerouted to Cardinal Gibbons and
Paria errs {0 stating that John Gil.
y Shea is a member of tle, Soc He was,
but resigned when t aL told dhe country
the king of history. vhs, fame thai! been bullt one
Then he dis hid that for thirty years
opie ait lin father of becdise he
of the Catholic Publi.
eatin soatsty aga is last’ History sought to be
studied by every student of history, Dat we fea
it won't
Now as he has the reputation deservediy, in our
opinion, of being an eminent historias, "why
should they avoid It?
—The Harrishui eee jately bad a
trait and sketch @ life of Kev. J iteity,
at York, tte! Nas the builder ofS SiCharles
jorromeo. churelty at Foltadety phia. And 1
Puliadelphians hope he may, again paitgrector,
The Te «int: vather OrRlley i
oud be nothing else, fora man
aly nature ant gentleman
the York. There
MMiktuens and-good humor ia his fextures; whieh
Tanhor fall to serike a stranger the: moment he
sees hm, and which 1s eertain of prepossesstn:
every one in bis favor. Me 1s gre
arishioners: ee his chri:
tand al
wise and consistent religious instr
Rey, James Corte, of
zs.
pot
Convention at Provt
the Rhode by pri
Rhode Istand remember, where they” sit et cet
a foreigner vote unless he 18 a pro
One hundred and ten RO, a priest Nou
een driven out, ‘the ‘Piautation and when
dol ort with the
Wberating "Army, the muy "repeated. the
laws debarria g Caitolies f from. euteritig the Pro-
vince. nth Was buried,
ive Brench priests were’ in the funeral pro-
ceasivn carrylig lighted ta: twas the
first Catholic procession tn that State.
has a Catholle for Secretary of Stateand & Mest
pens its Assembly with prayer.
ne other alts that make a aaa
—Presidept Glennan participated in the Wel-
come Home Demonstration accorded, Cardinal
Gibbous. On being presented his Eminence,
President Glennan on, behalf of the. BU.
xtend Cardinal an expression "of the
Clon’ Saruiifeation athienaferetara, and aske:
his blewing upon ion. The Carding) di-
rected the President to say to’ the members
hethad the kindest remembrances. of the Union
and extended Lis blessing to the Union and all
its membe
elite thoughtfulness of our President in co:
rating 10 the Demonstration tn the name of ried
nion 1s commendable. and is to be re
evidence of dev interest ta. the Union, and the
maintenance of {ts Catholic eharact
The Cardinal, when Bishop of Richm a ave
the Union high endorsement and. tested. his
See
eh apprectation of the character of President |
nN a M. Wigman of Green Bay. Wis., Re
Fenenta tive of the C. K, of A. to neveral al Counelie,
d President of the Wisconsin C. K. organized
in ca after Heckmer’s \tefault, has been
made
en f Order of St. Gregory the
by
Tie dexpises ‘Sbtuary resolutions and wrote a
Milwaukee Branch: “When I die I don't care
for any one to tell or write how Twas, or
aut good, If any I have done. I want the bro.
thers especially to remember that Iam a human
al member me
“ihe Breve conveying the title 1g a large piece of
Parchinent written at length in Latin, sealed
with the Pope's seal, the Fister's Ritig and sign-
by Cardinal Ledoc
gregation of the reves Cardinal of. the: Pre Top.
Sganda, Simeon sent at autograph fetter of con-
eratulation The ins. the usual form,
pith as
Soustomare
Bolden octagonal cross, with th fred
bearing in a red field the figure of Pope Grea:
ory at; this is worn with a red silk r1Dbon.
fr inged with fold. upon yn the left breast. There ts
vided » with the Tull Sustgnia ot hi
formally d with his title, through th
per'eeremony, by the ‘Bishop, There is but one
outer of the same rank iy Wisconsin—Vrot, Sing.
enberger Franeis Seminary at Milwaukee.
Tins distinetion. {3 conferred upon Mr
A the tostanee of the Bishop. anid in conse ence
and distingulshed servic ureh.
Sesmeto bin usexpectedly
surprise.
where through {uherent virtue natu
Kulghtiood to all who win tt, the tine does hot
rry any prac tage, beyond the In
rusie iMecit of recognition et service ‘bu
Rome It would take him into the Roman “noutity
and invest him with certain advantages of ran
and political distinetion
1, 0, B. U. NOTES,
—No. 419 of Savannah, now has 60 aid $1700, a
gain of 10 an nas 00,
{ Frankfort, Ky, Frith 25 members
a ette ‘step backward In a year.
Ng ft of Ehladetpnta, the Archbishop Ryan,
has 193 and #1886 a gain of 19 and over #00,
—Our Union's Branch at Kingston Canada, has
7A and 8126, a gain of 6 and loss of about #150.
—St Joseph's T. A- B. Society of Summit Hill,
Pa. Noll CB. U. has 215 members and Is
ng
—No. ‘of Pottstown, Pa., has 38 members an
Increnva 0 of § members in tie year. It has the
1100 it had a year ay
—The St. Jerome Meoctety of Philadelphia, has
spagainof Sim the year. It Just has the sane
amount now that it Tago $2186.
o Xo. 4320f Phiade! mia tie Father Jordan, has
He iit and ¢ us after paying #20 for bene.
ta ps it si
cea 0 8 elected Peter Mur.
» President nan. Vice-President s
. Galnor, Sec., Jam ‘Phan, areas.
exate is likely to be
fo. 217 the Father burke "of Philadelphia,
with It members own $1145 after It paid $620 for
benedts iu six months. That "was too inuch for
is membership. Protective measures are neces.
No. 69 of Nashvitle, Albernlan_Soctety has
45 and HOW a gain ofdand $1020. For the num.
ber of members ft has made a most astonishing
galn tn funds, | Parhapsit had been by an enter:
tainment or pic-
—Out in Kellyv! 7 ie le, Pa.. named after one of our
own Wind we aie Nee ya ago settle “d there and
became 112 of
members a aos of 13, ‘The old ni name. ofth the sta
tion at the Railroad has been changed to Berwyn.
—A. M. Keily Sociely elected at 6th Annual
Meetin
Heat 9 Wall: Vice-President 8.1.
a pha. 3; Walls Treas. Martin Gil-
. Robert P. Lynn;
aus hey: Trustees, John
wartz,
¢ needs looking after.
The law of No. 9), that any Yearly loss ‘shall be
repaid the treastir
Would be a food one for 458t0 adapt,
iichard Sheertn its President, has ‘been elected
to Washington Convet
old No, 90 of Chester, Pa., the first Pennsyl-
fala Society to join the Union, a holds up fis
with the strength of 14 bers and
ood round #2000 tn is reas. ™T
s {tg President, and J: Doherty still hola
the Seeretary's'pen, as fhe: did. since we frst had
communication with him tn 1872.
No. 120 of Pilladeiphia, the Dr; Moriarty so.
ciety has now 225 members| a loss of 4 during the
ear Ie ined $50). One of its
fis and his family got
other w.O'Brien of the
arateain Carrol society ot Filiadeinian pehose
aim on t . Fund a Commit
Presidents of Philadelphia Nocioties appornted b
President Glennan, reported “not entitled.” hes
fact claim {a the hands of attorneys
tou w
joseph’s T. A, B. Society, No 1351. ©.
BU. tleceed thelr officers on Sunday, June 2h,
ch J.
asf follows:
wyteer, Frost gas. ou.
aeavitce Se EE in. Sec.
Harkins; Tre ead, X. Cant
There was a’ lively Nolan of
Ha; ear the
Seranton Union Frese Carr of St. Ann's siete
rest. Boyle of the M and atte
Mutheara, of Mauch Chunk, were In aiendanes
Ml cell ver ofr wea speeches on the temperance
“Rernember I
C.B. U. members, that no one
0 ¢: gan boadmiued to the W.
lity.
quent ie It is A special matter of | pre
Mat with all the chance i Aepect old and decrepid
or fickly that the Society officers bh.
, | brothers
TWO Ws,
Of many letters we have received con-
cerning the attitude this JourNAL has
en concerning Ireland, we take the
bert of publishing the opinions of two
lends reland well
oy our readers, Father Henry and
Hon, jas. D. We
“Do not take 1 of me when I tell
in its advice to arm
te tance to the English Government.
Despair alone or madness,
xcuse such
ledge teaches me."”
ERSBURG VA., a une 17,
Dear wre Grirrin:—I to offer
you my 8) inks for Fou ir many
rave and noble words in the recent issues
phat I totally ‘disagree with the JovrNaL
the Irish to ed re+
timely, and
ies deserve the thanks of every patriotic
pishman in the lat am ‘‘sick and
land now has
the sympathy of liberty loving people
everywhere, and her brave sons should
quickly organize and ainke an effective
blow for freedom, tyranny and
uel persecution of Ennant has driven
thousands of helpless Irish women and
7 beautifully illustrating the doctrine of
“‘patience,”?
Wives, mothers, children and sisters
are in cold blood thus deliberately mur-
dered, while husbands, sons, fathers and
all able to fight, quietly look
TS.
ttle.
jousand dead Irish heroes,—
slain in the glorious struggle for Irish
Independence, would do
the patriotic sentiment of the world than
he ‘patience’? doctrin ne preached and
practiced from 1 now until d
incerely Sours,
James D, Brapy.
4 OATHOLIO KNOW NOTHING.
interview published - in the
Phatucte hia Times Ju General
Master Powderly said: But there ‘is one
question that the American people mi
take op that greatly concerns the ‘rorking.
mans | itis or will become the burning
of the day. ‘An issue which
van excel all other in importance and
that question is the | problem of the Breat,
unceasing flood of~ emigration from
Europe. I am utterly sed all
forms of pauper emigration and to a
country and a menace to th ‘ican
Pome. Asa ruling to decide who should
ve ex: 1 id make it an almost
Stricken refugees
Almost de moralizing condivion.
They will accept anything at any price in
the line of work, even the band of. charity,
tis too true oftener
charity than anything else, Weick people
o not benefit themselves in coming here
and they stand as a menace to the men or
women whose situation they apply for.
Such are not desirable acquisitions. The
laws we have are not severe enough and
do not cearly define who are an
not to be allowed to land. Violations are
numerous. Our organization is carefully
laying up evidence,
Now if any one will examine the file of
Native A f 134 the Catholic
Uistorieal society or any other American
papers. he will see} ust the
Pays expressed against Irish Catholics
w were about the only immigrants
coming
2
6
ee
says his views one not Know
wanton but self protectio:
indeed with great poe we
announce the death of Rev, J. D.
Treasurer of the Total ‘Abstinence Union
America, and President of the Ohio
on.
Dv .
We have eae Father Bowles for
more than twent; ¥ Tears, since he was
pastor at Burhugon N N. J. Ourannual
meeting at the Conventions was a pleas-
ure us both, and the occasion of much
pleasantry. God rest hissoul. He was
bapied July 7t!
retary N tien attended the funeral.