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palace intriguers and influences and " something more , " is another evidence of that solidarity which is to be the future international law . In Germany we see the sentimental tippling enthusiast of the Divine Right , saute au vin de Champagne ^ entering upon a , Royal Progress amidst official felicitations ; shaking hands with " Hanover , " who , though an obstinate old Tory as a Duke , has proved an exception as the tolerably honest German King . Young Austria is caracolling like a lad , to the smiling approval of the parental Nicholas , who looms very large in the northern horizon . His troops have been soundly thrashed in the Caucasus : a comfortable fact , not only for the sake of brave Circassia , but in that it cuts out work for the Bear that threatens
to hug all Europe next year , if report say truly that the counter-revolutionary campaign of ' 52 is already mapped out at Warsaw . Old Kadetzky begs for more Croats , stifled as he is by the sullen calm of " Order , " disturbed only by the bastinado and the musket . Piedmont is the bugbear of Austria ; so from the Chanceries of Vienna come forged incitations to revolt , said to have been dropped in the streets of Florence by agents of D'Azeglio . Opposite rumours at present make a second Charles Albert
of Victor Emmannel , already scheming to play a trustful people into the hands of Despotism—on conditions , or , according to official jargon , " finding himself overrun by the Revolutionists , preparing to make common cause with the Defenders of Society . " He is also announced to be arranging a concordat with the Pope . May all such rumours be , as we believe them to be , of Austrian manufacture ! their aim is of course to sow suspicion at Turin . If this young King were to play false , his crown is but a whisp of straw in the coming whirlwind .
At Rome , in the midst of French and Austrian intrigues , Pope and Cardinals roll helplessly to the abyss that will submerge all falsehoods , however sacred , and all tyrannies , however legitimate . The far East is becoming almost as go-a-head as the far West—so literally are extremes meeting ! China is undergoing some revolution , the object of which is said to be to eject the Tatar dynasty ; and some amazing Mandarin i 3 said to have been preaching " self-government" ! A storm in the great , the original teapot of the globe f The real character of this revolution is little understood through the branching obscurities which invest the central Flowery Nation ; but it seems to command the instinctive sympathies of the English in the neighbourhood .
Siam goes beyond China . In the person of a young gentleman of forty , Legitimacy has formed an alliance with constitutional Monarchy and education ! The new King has added to the number of constitutional axioms : it is not good , he says , either for King or People , that one will should rule ! Very good , O Siamese ! The most unsatisfactory revolution is that which the Indian Government is about to conduct in the
Deccan . Part of the territory is seized lor arrears of tribute , which are to be intercepted in the shape of the Nizam ' s revenue . In short , he is declared bankrupt , and his " estate " is handed over to official assignees . But they only take a part of his territory into their keeping , and that only for a time ; they will b <; unable to eflVct any real reforms ; they will only bring additional bereavement to the Nizam , his creditors , and his subjects . In the opposite extremity of the British empire , North America , we see something that promises to be an instrument of incalculable benefit , to the
Colonies , and to the people of thin country : virtually the great railway question seems to be set tied—the railway is to he made ; and if so , while capital and colonists are drawn to the three colonies of Canada , ' 'Ne ' w Brunswick , and Nova Scotia , an opportunity is offered of providing for the labouring poor , while the process of improving their" Condition is carried on at home . Such at least may be done , if then ; be but the will . -
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Catholic Acitation In Irklani). Preceded...
CATHOLIC ACITATION IN IRKLANI ) . Preceded by active preparations , enthuniiintic though quiet , and marked l > y great RteadineHH , characterized by a- triumph at Limerick , which may bo considered the opening battle of the great campaign of Catholic agitation , the Catholic Dei ' eneo AaHOciution bus at length presented itself to the public , and held its lirat and eminently uucucHtiful aggregate meeting . Attempts were made last week to get up an Orange riot by the Reverend Tim-sham ( iregg , well known in Dublin , lie and ft Mr . Cooke placarded the town ¦ with provocative poster » , declaring that the . title ol
Archbishop of Armagh , belonged alone to Lord George Beresford . To this the Tablet replied : — " Our readers already knowthat the Primate , the . only Archbishop of Armagh ( a certain Lord John G . Beresford , who sometimes receives that title , being the merefet of shams and impostors )—the successor of . St . Patrick , the representative of the Holy See and of St . raters Chair , the ehief teacher of Christianity m this island , authorized and commissioned as such by our blessed Lord and Saviour , hag been requested and has kindly chairuarcunai wise
ghrea his consent to occupy the , - man , and all the other archbishops and bishops in the three kingdoms—not , we repeat , including in that description the superintendents of certain Protestant congregations appointed by the state to receive stolen goods and to teach falsehood , but all the archbishops who are archbishops , and all the bishops who are bishops , have been invited to support his Grace on this occasion , and to lend the weight of their influence and authority to this great event . "
Mr . Cooke was forbidden by the police to post any more of his placards after the first batch , and both himself and his notorious chief Mr . Gregg , having provoked a riot were severely handled by a mob . Mr . Gregg indited another epistle asserting that he had " tickets " ( the Catholics to prevent an Orange riot had adopted the ticket system ) and that he would attend . Early on Tuesday morning the streets near the Rotunda rapidly fclled with people , and by eleven o ' clock Great Britain-street and Sackville-steet were thronged to excess . Strong bodies of police were on the ground and about 1000 porters from the quays in order
came up in ranks to assist them maintaining . From half-past ten to eleven , there were numerous arrivals of the more prominent actors in the great scene—noblemen , prelates , members of Parliament , commoners , and priests . When the doors were opened the body and platform of the Rotunda soon filled . Thresham Gregg , his coadjutor Cooke , and another individual arrived , presented tickets which were rejected , protested against the rejection , and retired escorted by the police amid the hissing and hooting of the crowd . With this exception the meeting in every respect was dignified and orderly , not a single case of drunkenness occurring during the day . tunda
Viewing the vast assembly within the Ro everybody was reminded of the days when Daniel O'Connell guided , excited , and controlled the people . The platform was slightly raised * a gilded chair placed for the distinguished president , and seats around for the lords and prelates in attendance . At ten minutes past eleven o ' clock Lord Gormanstown rose and said : — "My lords and gentlemen , I have the honour to move that the Most Reverend Dr . Cuilen , Archbishop of Armagh , and Primate of all Ireland , be requested to take the chair . " The moment the title of the distinguished head of the Irish Catholic Church was heard by the people , the speaker was interrupted by deafening cheers , which were again and again repeated .
Mr . Reynolds , M . P ., then came forward , and was most loudly cheered . He said : — " Fellow-citizens , Lord Viscount Gormanstown has moved that the Most Reverend Dr . Cuilen , Archbishop of Armagh—( loud cheers )—and Primate of all Ireland—( renewed cheering )—be most respectfully requested to take the chair and to preside over this great meeting of the Catholics of the United . Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . ( Loud cheers . ) Now , gentlemen , I have used the precise words Lord Gormanstown used in moving the resolution . The Almighty has not blensed his lordship with as good lungs as he has blessed me with—( laughter)— and I am , therefore , in seconding the motion
which , an member of Parliament for the city—( cheers )—the committee have done me the honour of auking me to second—I am repeating his lordship ' s words , and having performed that pleasing duty , 1 beg now to congratulate you upon this enormous assemblage , headed by the Primate of all Ireland—( cheers )—surrounded an he is by the following mitres : —We have present his Grace the Archbishop of Cashel—( loud cheers ) — hi 8 Grace the Archbishop of Tuam—( most vehement and prolonged cheering )—the Lord liiahop of liirminghanv—( cheers )—the Lord Bishop of Edinburgh —( cheers ) —the Lord Bishop of Eiphin—( cheers )—the Lord
Bishop of Clogher—( cheers )—the Lord Bishop of Killaloe—( cheers )—the Lord Biuhop of Clonfrrt—( cheers ) —the Lord Bishop of Savannah—( cheers )—the Lord Bishop of Cloyne , and the Lord Bishop ol Hyderabad . ( Cheers . ) Although there are many dignitaries of the Catholic Church here under the rank of bishops , I will not detain you by enumerating their rut mow . We have on the present occasion the advantage of the presence of many members of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland — ( cheers )—and 1 hope those who are present are not the less acceptable to you because they belong to the Iritth Brigade . ( Loud cheers . )"
" Wo are asflembled here , " Mr . Reynold * continued , " not for the ptirpoHC of forging chuiim for any Hect of our fellow-men , whether they are ChriHtiaim or no ChristianH . Wo are here assembled to protest agaiiiHt an aggrcHsion thut haa been committed on uh , and while , in aborting our rights , we aro prepared to maintain the right of every sect of Christian * , wo are equally determined to protect our own . ( Cheers . )" The motion having been carried by acclamation , Dr . Cuilen , Archbishop of Armagh , accordingly
took the chaitj . He delivered a long speechT polnr ing out how the Catholics had been driven to assurn an attitude of defence ; how the movement was not hos t ile to anybody but their persecutors ; denyin that he had stepped out of the ecclesiastical into th political domain ; and claiming for the meeting that it was purely defensive . After describing the con sequences of the jDufham Letter , the mention of which drew down a storm of groans and hisses he aaid : —' - '
" Should we not , Jiow , ever , be thankful to God for having given such a-turn to late events " - ? If we ar threatened with the persecution of violence ^ and force end is put to a rifroze dangerous sort of ^ ersecution ' the persecution of false friends , whose smiles and triflm ? favours were scattered for the purpose of enslaving Us and gradually depriving us of our religion , or pur reli ! gious rights ; who , under the pretence of being perfectly liberal , would put'truthand error , light and darkness on the same footing ; and who to propagate their princi ples more effectually would take into their own hands the whole education of the rising Catholic generation of the country . ( Hear , hear . )"
He eulogized their defender in Parliament , particularizing Graham and Gladstone , and the latent Catholic force of Ireland . He explained the objects of the Defence Association : — " It will be one of the first duties of this body to cement firmly and permanently the union among all the Catholics of the empire—a union so closely connected with the interests of all , so necessary for our welfare , and even for ourexisterice—a union commenced under such
happy auspices . . When we shall be closely united our efforts to redress our grievances will not fail to be effectual ; and here a-great field will be opened for the operations of the association . Our poor are to be protected from a heartless proselytism—the faith of the children of the soldier and the sailor is to be preserved—the state . of our workhouses is to be examined—a Catholic education is to be obtained for our people . In a Catholic country like this there is a great and perfectly organized system of Protestant instruction . Hundreds of thousands are
expended in promoting a purely Protestant education , whilst the sums given to Catholic schools ( with one exception ) are given only on the condition that the system of the schools which -are filled with Catholic children shall be suited to the education of children of every sect who do not frequent such Bchools , and we are left without any Catholic university . ( Hear , hear . ) But it would be too long to enumerate all our grievances . " By the labours of the association let us trust that they shall be removed , and that we shall be put on a
perfect footing of equality with every other class of her Majesty ' s subjects . ( Hear , hear . ) In tending to this great object , I trust it wflTbe ' accurately understood that no divine , and no just human , law ia to be violated—that the rights of no one are to be invaded , but that , on the contrary , we are to be ready to proteot them—nothing is to be done to weaken our allegiance to the Crown , and no insult is to be offered to those , who differ from us in religion , or to any of the Protestant inhabitants of the empire . ( Hear , hear . ) like vio
" The association must repudiate everything - lence , threatening , calumny , or misrepresentation , its arms must be the arms of Catholic truth , prayer , patience , forbearance , justice , and charity . Catholics are continually misrepresented , as if they were the slaves oi bigotry and intolerance . Our conduct is to be ttoe oe " answer to such a charge . ( ' Hear , ' and cheers . ) On the motion of the Bishop of Elphin , Mr Sadleir , M . P .. Mr . O'Higgins , M . P ., and Mr . J « n . « Burke , were appointed secretaries . A leutr read from Cardinal Wiseman , in winch he aliuot mysteriously to those " whose word would a mnnths aim have been in our eves as safe a eecu j
as a bond signed and sealed , who have made lig pledges given to us , and feel no shame in drawing them . " Letters were read from the n able William Stourton , Lord Arundell , ot w » ^ ( inclosing £ 6 ) , Lords Stourton , Kenmare , J-ew , two Roman Catholic Bishop * ; also an ad ^ Roman Catholics at Liverpool , inclosing i < lu - , tioI )) Without much speaking , the following reB ° * deJ moved by the Archbishop of Cashel , and sf-t by Sir Piers Mostyn ( on the part of Uie ^ b Roman Catholics ) , was carried : — j ai " That we declare an act lately passed by the 1 1 ^ . ^ Parliament , commonly called the Ecclesiastic * ^ ^ Act , to be a violation of the compact contain t Catholic Relief Act of 1829 , and . ubversive oi i « hifl principle of religious liberty an establish " empire . " g 0 , John , Archbishop of Tuam , moved the nex lution , worded as follows : — , r , fiit dilution , worded as follows : — , r ) rc 8 fiit ^ ' that trie
" That we unhesitatingly declare v rt . ) j iou « maters have betrayed the cauae of civil n " ho iicH <» freedom , and forfeited the confidence ot trie ^ the United Kingdom . " - ] e ,, g th Ilis speech was not remarkable , oxcep t lor ^ „„ of the sentences , and the ponderosity f » \ 7 * hurge » reported . But he recited a heavy \™ against the Imperial Government . ^ cOn" Who could imagine , " he said ,. . udin 3 ' who « "uld , duct of the priests during the famine , HOOtli '" K Imagine that those who were instru mental i t „„ - the publio discontent , u « d preserving tno 1 ^ j ^ ted W quilfity amidHt such terrible trials , wpre to u cr i | , tio" ' our rulers uh the ilrst victims , of a bigotca i ( Hear , hear . ) " . tfoWMr . Kedgh , M . P ., seconded the ^ % rle v » h <» ' ing the Act oiM » airliiunent in hw «»»" '
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 23, 1851, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23081851/page/2/
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