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I't I I'lijov, it tWi.i iiioiiK lit, :i pure plei?!ure. it is in liiyiu}; tiie sciitiiiK'nts coiit:iuicd tlieiviu ..» II tiibuti at thy ti'ot. I'lom ni:'iiy huvi' I, in tlio course of my lift', iicoivcd kiiidncssts which cnii nevor 111' U)i<;;ott<'n . But t'roui you I riocived much uioio. Tliri/ ^'.ive nie jiilli^. moA vii- In.ibli', it i> tiHc , but .-ucli jis witc thoujih ol ihciu, still t'Xtciinr. Yon ovcrlcjiiK'd t lili'tiuie ;ind ifiivi' iiu' your hoiiit. Thei/ \i;\w the I'r ifiiitnei' ol t'iit'iidslii|i — t/vu liiivc uivin uic its lury i>f>m'Ucv -thei/ siifti ovit iuc its |iuifuUR' — ijoit iiiivi' ijivoii iik' the vi'vy ruse itself. How mIi.iH I, then, uiy dt'.ir F.ithc!', fittinjil^ i-xjiii'ss tiic .iflcctioii f bcii- you and wliioh I deli>>lit in iickiiowled<;o. I know not, unk'ss I lowly knrol :i!ul, wliilst. bLi:>. i .; '• I'lilrlih' f^. (^iii/>r4\. iin<.'ly (li'dioatcd to jou. he M'litiiiu'tits cniitMUied iliicsst's wliicli Ciin never •i.ive me jiilt^. iiioj^t vii- erior. Yon ovcrlciiped oi f'iieiidslii|i — i/vu Imve -i/oii liJive uiveii Hie tlic l> expiecf* llie .ifleclioii ot, unless I lowly kneel inipldic the ».,- i LECTURE «iT i.if,j. "IRELANDinSUKSHINE and SHADOW," By J.J. GA HAN, Esq., Delivered in St. Patrick's Hall, Qutbec, he fore the Redemptoriat Fathers, St. Pa- trick's Cat/iolic. Institute and friends, on ilondixsf Even- ing, Oct. 30th, 187ft. :,„ ,, Mr. Gahan spoko as followii : — liev. Fathers, Mr. Chairman, Ladits and Gentlmen : It is not without deep emotion and a pardoQuble sense of pleasure that I once uguin stand in this hall. Five years have elapsed sinoe my humble voice first raised itself on this platform, pleading the rights of my anoient nation to free- dom. As I look around me I see the shadowy forms of dear mcmories| and tender rcooUeotions ; and I miss many a hearty, ^cuiul Irish faoe, which is now, I trust, smiling its gratitude for countless favors, before ♦.lie Almighty Throne. Five years of life's battle with its varying i'oitunos, have passed aw'.y since in the freshness of my being, I pledged to you that I would keep the virgin love of my Houl for Ireland and her people, pure and uusuUiud. How 1 have labored to redeem that pledge is known t3 you. In the furthest back-woods ot Upper Canada I have sought out the exiles of Erin and huvu Ktrivun to bring to their spirits the sweet i'luciuH which linger around and ttbout the merest romcmbraDco of their storied land ; and by the side of the hum- ble chapels Where they prayed I have seen their tears fiowfng as the picture of their country was drawn, not from my poor imagination, but from the fuUnei? of th^ir hearts, and held before their loving vision. And now, thatik God, 1 am amongst you again, true to Ireland as of old, faithful as ever to my friends, still dreaming of the land that bore me and of the race which is my joy. On the changeful boards of life many a scene has shifted since under the auspices of St. Patrick's Catholic Institute with the priests of St. Patrick's beside me, I claimed the weight of your sympathy for Ireland's self-government. To-night, un der the same auspices and with the same saored inflnences to guide nic, it is my happy privilege to unibid the thoughts which are the incense of my soul to my native land. So surrounded by dear memories and holy circumstances, I feel myself transported to the dear hills of Ireland, and with the spirit of the Pro- phet, I exclaim, "If I forget thee, oh, Ireland, may my right hand lose its cunning, may my tongue cleave to my mouth if I ever cease to praise thee, if L prefer thee not, oh, my juntry, to my chicfest joy I Many and manifold are the associations which cling to, and clus- ter around the heart of man. Beneath the voluptuous skies of the sunny South — amongst the rude, bleak mountains of the froEcn North — away where the mag- nifloence of nature is expended in the gorgeous EaHt, or in the wonderful prodi- gies of the Imperial West, there dwells a kindred feeling in the innermost hear' -A humanity which in linking the sons of earth together, by a mysterious, a spiri- l IRELAND IN SUNSHINE AND SIIADOTV. tual bond, attaches all mankiDd to the true home of affection, — the sacred ahrine of the unopened future — the mansion of love— the Country of the Redee:iied. Far beyond the realms of human con- ception — in the light of ineffable glory — in the majesty of power supernal, the mighty Master dwells. He is the source of the purest feelings of our being. He is the origin of the tender emotions of our existence. He is the bright. s>iu who lights the many worlds of ouf intelligence. ( Therefore it is that there nre so many associations and sympathies, emotions and sensibilities which alike are common to all the sons of earth. In the humble homes wherein are Written "the short, simple annals of the poor" wo know there exists all of thp in tensity of feeling, all the pure emotions of love, whether as between youth and maiden, husband and wife, mother and child, as in the palatial mansions of haughty lords. Many and manifold in- deed are the associations wiiich are com- mon to all; but there is one particular trefoil springing in the gardens of hu- manity, perennial in sweetness and in goodness, which is ever sustained by the warming, approving smile of Heaven it- self; and upon each leaf thereof we may read, -'God — Country — Liberty." It cannot be then a u^attor of surprise if in roaming amongst the parterrci ol" the soul my gaze should linger fondly upon that precious budding leaf; and that I should there behold the virtue and the value of being in strict accordance with sentiments \yhich I the children of Truth itself. It cannot be wondered at if I, possess- ing attributes in common with my fellow- beings, loved with a heaven-diroaled lovo, the land which gave me birth. "BvcatboH tlioru a miin witli itoul no iload, Willi norer to himiinlf Iiiih Haiil, Thin is ray own, my iintlvn laiul." sang the Laird of Abbotsford ; and if such there bu he is false to the best and purest emotions of tho heart ; ho is untrue to the very spirit of his beins;, for the man without u country ia a creature without virtue, unworthy of 'JonfiJenoc, of love, or 1)1 rospect. recognized as Some there are who would perhap* have but little anxiety to be identified with their country, whilst she. in woe and sadness, robed in the garments of sorrow and distrees pleads for justice from the strong and haughty oppressor. Soite there are who would perhaps join in the jibe and sneer; who deem it folly to evoke an honorable, a glorious, u prophetic past, while with folded arms they make no provision for the future. But for such there can be only a feefing rather of pity than of contempt. They are of those who glorify might ; who worship success ; who woulu ather swell the conqueror's peans than bear the martyr s eliains ; who, like butterflies, would rejoice while t'le Sunshine was on the land, but wouul fade and fail when the shadow cast its gloom upon the nation. But there are, thank Heaven, few of this description amongst the sons of Ireland. Ireland of the forn-olad hills and ver- dant vales ; Ireland of the "misty high- lands" and golden slopes ; Ireland of the rhythmic streams and softly-flowing rivers; Ireland where the Spirit of Beauty loves to linger, touching with her magic touch the reasons and the senses ; Ireland of the Faith ; Ireland of the Patriot's hope and Martyr's love, is happily free from a large possession of such unworthy beings. Firm as tiie foundations of their sea-girt isle, unshaken in devotion to principle, the children of Erin have olung to their aggrieved land with a tenacity unparalel- led in the anuals of history, with a tena city upon which the world looks with wonder, because the false world knows not the source, the spring, tho secret of Irish truth, Irish fidelity and patriotism ; but which, we kno''ing, revere as the simple submission to that Providence, who in imnarting the patriot's hope, sustains and glorifies the patriot's faith. 'J'his evening I have ohmon to speak of Ireland in Sunshine and Shadow ; in tho ounshino of national independence ; in the gloamings of an unbloody reception of truth ; in tho lights of unquenchablo fidelity, with song and speech and wit, pure and sparkling to enliven Iior exist- unco. And then in the shadow of oxtinc- tion ) would perhop» y to be identified hilst she. in woe the garments of ii for justice from oppressor. Soito' •haps join in the' m it folly to evoke , u prophetic pust. s they uiuke no But for such Bg rather of pity hoy lire of those I worship success; the conqueroi'.s tyr seliains; who, rejoice while t'le land, but wouiit 3 shadow cast its nk Heaven, lew lOt^st the sons of lad hills and ver- :he "misty high- !8 ; Ireland of the- "tly-flowing nvor»; t of Beauty loves her magic toucl> ses ; Ireland of the 'atriot's hope and pily free from u unworthy beings. of their sea-girt stion to principle, :e clung to their 3oacity unparalel- lory, with a tena world looks with world knows not the secret of Irish 1 patriotism ; but verc as the simple ovidcuoo, who in mpc, sustains and th. jho-ien to sponk of I Shadow ; in tho jpondeiice ; in the lody reception of of unauenchabli! 1 speech nnd wit, nliven Iior exist- shadow of extiac- IRELAND IN SUNSHINE AND SHADOW. tion ; in the gloom of a martyrdom bloody UH the era of Diocletian : in a ni^rht of slavery densely dark with the Star of Hope enshrouded in the bitter, bhick clouds of a foreign power, which, whilst wounding tho national body, sought to kill the nation's soul. Such is the tiieme ; and oh, for the tongue of an O'Connell or » Grattiin to do it justice ; to open before our vision the book of the far a way past, when Ire- land was the abode of happiness and free- dom ; when, in the language of Dr. John- ston, she was " the quiet home of sanctity and learning." One of Ireland's most distinguished writers has said that '•.Ireland's iiistory is as stormy as her situation." Over the page of wrong and sorrow, it is true, he most frequently lingered. The iron had entered deeply into his soul, and the im- press of its weight and its carkering rust left their marks upon his imagination. But there was once « period in the his tory of that land when the clouds were brightened by the sun of peace ; when the star of learning shone throughout the vistas of the ages, nnd the brilliancy of Religion bathed the land in a sea of glory. This was the time when Irelatid, strong in the possession of liberty, knew not how hard and dreary is the fate of tho land which bears tho conqueror's yolre. Thi 1 was the era of her national glory, before the Dane had ravaged hei- 'ullays and desecrated her shrines ; ore the weakened nation beheld tho Norman arising in his mail-clad might to complete her ruin and dectroy her liberties. In the limited space at my disposal it were impossible to enter upon a lengthen- ed dftsoriptioo of Ireland's golden age, And yet it is seurcely possible to render justice to Ireland's past unloss the ques- tion bo examined by the lights of the scholar and in tho minuteness of detail. But, limited though our time may be, ond though hasty be our glance upon the bril- liant records of Ireland's triumphant epoch, still it is sufficient to fill our souls with a just and legitimate priJe. More- over wo may read therein u significant lesson and u wcloomo prophecy. As lior noontide glory was when her knee was un- bent to foreign rule, so may we picluro the pure beauty of her existence when the soul ol freedom once ngain stoops to impart lier life-giving powers; when tho flag that awed the haughty Roman in the gorges of Helvetia, which waved over the bloody slopes of Fontenoy, and enshrouded the patriot Catholic soldier Sarsfield on the plains of Namur, shall be given to the breezes of liberty, fanning the brow of ii nation which, true to principle in her darkest hour, shall then feel how sveet it is to gain those rights which are God's inalienable gifts. Throwing aside much that may be re- garded as mythological or exagseratcd.we read lliat in the earliest days of our rac(i there seemed to be an inner, a spiritual feeling, impelling our fathers to seek their home in u far-away westsrn isle. Through pathless wilds, over mountains tall, rivers broad and occ ins deep they swept towards the spot where their genius would assert its power and their great- ness become the I'oundation of a race des- tined to boar a net ignoble position. Towards the West they turned their prows, nor ceased they in their search until the dostinied shore was gained. Thereon they cast ihomselves. There ihey established u system tho civi- lization of which is being made more manifest every day. A system of juris- prudence mild and paternal, a system wherein Learning was si'prcmc, with a language coffious, full of pathos and im agery, remarkable for its poetic vorsatiJity, its precision and its affinity with the ancient tongues of the world. Their worship also was purer than the geneial ity of races. Their Druidism bore u close resemblance to the teachings of Zoroaster ; and their adoration of the Sun which appeared to them as tho great cause of the oountless blessings with which tho Creator has favored mankind througa tho agency of this luminary, was com- paratively simple and good when con- trusted with the horrid, immoral systems of other races. I'litriarchal and tribal rather than feudal, the Chief was not the lord of the soil and of the villeins thereon, but was rather the head, the Tather of his family. Bravery was encouraged and I ,4 IREI.AXD IN SUXSIIINE AXD SIIADOAV. chivalric sentiment honored. The witch- in>turs I That light tipped with splendor the liummits of tiie Kound Towers, crowning these storied works of a buried time with the chastening lights of Heaven I That light fell upon the harper's soul and wedded his muse lorever to the truth. It touched the very genius of the race until from every valley there ascended one extutic chant of praise of hope, of love ! Great God ! what u spectacle did Ireland then present of superhumuiu virtue. The pure white flag of her faith was unstained by blood. All her being she surrendered to till) possession of truth ; and her soul was a miri'or reflecting the superual beauties of the Faith ! The natural love uf our f'athera for learning was then redoubled, redoubled, yes, ten thousand times increased. Beside the Church aiose the School ; and with their hospitality blessed by God our fathers entertained and instructed thou, sands of students from other lands, sup- plying thciu with books, with raiment ho gorgeous Sun of Calvfiry ! great: but littU Dtil that light from beautiful bosooi. og could uloue bo In the naturul waa. Her wild, of her being ; the eluncholy musing the courage and their deep deles- )UD and unmaoly ; ful and good niani- iness ot iheir laws the elevating in- uud of song, — ull od to !ooi( upon . unother light was ind with a beauty could fitly suiile. tiuuity and thank tre of unity, borne ot Patrick ! It nd glorify a people kus ineradioably a ;ht Hushed throush in the Druids had f the stars ! That i'jr the summits ot crowning these ied time with the laven I That light •ul and wedded his -uth. It touched le race until from ended one extatic , of love ! Oreut e did Ireland then in virtui'. The iiith was unstained jg she surrendered nth ; and her soul ing the supernal ( our fatliera for oubled, redoubled, increased, lieside School : and with sed by (iod our i instructed thou, other lands, sup- ks, with niiment IRELAND IN SUNSHINE AND SHADOW, 5 and with food. Oh, ye scoffers at the Church, and at those A$;e8 of the faith, where is the greatness, the preeminence of T ur boasted ninelecnth century ? Behold this people of a small, a tiny Isle sprcudiog the bleraed lights of learning, seeking but one reward and that not of gold 07 precious stones or earthly thiogs ; hut in that Kingdom where the moth eats not, nor the rust consumes away. Kings sent their princely children to these shrines of Irish learning and philosophy. Bangor, Lismore, Cashel, Armagh were crowded with aspirants to knowledge and truth ; and European civilization, lashed by Uun and torn by Vandal, found in our mother isle a refuge and a sanctuary. But our fathers were not merely content with filling their own land with the holy lights ot christian truth. Across the seas they sped to other climes and other peoples, bearing and proclaiming the glad tidings ot a saving civilization. Many distinguished historians attest the activity of Iribh Missionaries at that time. Through the streets of Gaul they vended wisdom — in the universites ot Italy and France they filled the most honored choirs in ihe various sciences until the whole world was filled with admiratiom of Irish Taith and learning. Ireland was called the Empire of Intellect. Dyonisius tells us that she was "enriched in books." Her sons traversed the land of the Gaul bearing aloft the standard of the Cross, where two centuries before the haughty Nial had carried the Sunburst in triumph from the Loire to the Alps I They taught at Paris, at Luneil, crossed the Rhine filling all Germany with the fame of Killian and glorifying God at Ratisbon, Kiew Salzburg and Friedland! They ascended the Alps with St Gall and with Columbanus illuminated Bobbin I They went to Lindisfarne and Oxford and snatching the Isons of England from ignorance and perhaps vice sent them forth to redeem their people with the brillanoy of tlieir knowledge and the sanctity of their lives. Foremost on the continent amongst other peoples, they forgot not thinr kindred race in Scotland but with Columbkille, tounded at lona ne of Catholio Scotlond's proudest pos- aided I new ates- sessions. These labors and efforts of the early Irish monks to promote the spread ot the Gospel : and their devotion to the sciences are being rendered more manifest by time. Tne adventurous voyages of St. Brendan in the sixth century became the most favored legend of the' middle ages, stirring the sturdy spirits ot that era to the develops ;nt of geographical science. Cardinal Zurla, speaking of St. Brendan and the islands discovered by him, which were one 'of the objects of the search of Columbus remarks *^' under this point of view no slight gl'.on his brow; an! listen to him as with words of liquid flr« he fills their bosoms with the heroism which is overbrimming in liis soul : " Stand we now for Erin'R g)ory I Stand ye now for Erin'H churu ! Long yc've groaned beneatli thw rigor of the Northmaii'R Ravage lawR : What though brothers league agninRt us ? What though myriadK be the toe ! Victory will he more honored in the invritidt,' over throw. Proud Connaciani* ! Oft we've wrangled in our petty feuds of yore, Now ye fight ajtainst the roliiier Dane upon our native sliore, May our hearts unite in friendship, as our blood in one red tide, While we crush their mail clad legions ani annihilate their pride. Brave Eugenianal Kria triumphs in th'? Right she sees to-day, Desmond's homesteads all deserted tor th« muster bnd the fray ; C!uan'« vale and Oalt<'e'8 summit send their bravest and their best,. May such hearts he their'M forever for the freedom of the West 1 Chiefs and Kerne of Dalcassia ! Brothers of my pBRt career, Oft we've trodden on the pirate fla^ thtit flaunts before us here. You remember Inniscattery, how we Itounde;! on the foe, As the torrent of the mountaiu bursts upon tlie plain below. Thejr have ou, or a destiny of cbKins, Trample down the dark oppressor white one spuik of li(u remuiiu), Think nt.t now I'f coward mercy, Heaven's curse Is on their blood, r)pare them not (hongh myriitd corses float upon the purple ftoiKi, by tho memiry of g^eat Duthi, nnd the valliint chiefs of yore, This day wi/ll scourge tho viper brood for ton I Ircl'ind wns f'i.iihAiI to the honr of her rortpority — did shw to rcuuiin in tho time i' udvursity. A plance at onr histrory will show uff thut these Danish warn paved the way for. another aud still more croel blow at Ireland. Weukened uod distracted by eentur^s ol fuad our motherland was but renoverio^ iivm the eTiin of war and fltrite when bungry and rapacious eyes were east upon her by the warlike Nor- man, The iovadcr from England came with falsehood and goi.'e to smite to earth tho land that io happier days hud freed English slaves and developed Boglisb intellect. He oume and drank deeply ot Irish blood with no mercy for the people that hud stemmed the torrent of savage fury and in Europe's darkest hour wa» the lump of science aud tbe ahrine of letters. For ages Ireland contended tor NationJ Lil'e; and u change coming over her invader's dmam ho nou)>kt also to destroy her Religious Exi^tonoc. " Ire- land" exclaimed the loreigner, "thou hnst l«eo great and glorioub in yonr oldeu frecdoj) — tboa bast been grand and sub- lime in your faith which has been the admiration of the world — my bishof* have hud ;>reoedenoe in the eounoiU because I was your Ijord — your sons have, in every record of Christian triumph since first they bent before Patrick on Turu, AUgraved their names and inscribed their memnrioa — I huve chosen to hurl Iroin me tho icnthority of Faith — 1 have ehoseo to strike the mother thut plasped me to her breuft and fed me with tbe milk of Uevelatiun — come with me now, follow me in my treason, renounoo all tiat has niude your story unigniticeDt, holy and huppy, renounce Koiuu and live I" " Non posnumur" answered onr fathers. " wo will not do it" ; and then in a tempest of blnodtnd corrow the ocntnried persecution beuun, bloody under Henry, and yet more bloody under UiirHbeih and yet moredia- bolieul under Grom well, under William und the Georges, until God led His suffering people through the Hod sea, from^the sha- dow of religious perscoutiou to tha sun shine of religi^tus freedom, when, tiultini; in the Emanoipation of their fuith, th*^ people huikd O'Conncll as: — " 11i» niodurn Mom*, who mnt ■•UBitur "TIm riiiplifi' oliitlua «i< loug iiU'(il uudvr," mELAXD l^i SUNSHINE AXD SHADO^T. n i8t.ory will show 'us MM paved the way I oiorc cruel blow at i und di8tructcd by r motherland wua but le evilH of wnr and and rapacious eye» l>y the WHrtike Nor- from EufiluDd came ;ni?e to smite to earth pier days had t'reod i developed Eoglisb and drank deeply ot mercy for the people lie torrent of savage 'a diirkest hour was Qce aud the abrine of Ireland contended tor u change coming over ho nought also to us EiiAtonoc. •' Ire- he loreigner, " thou glorious in yonroldea ; been grand and sttb- vhich has been the world — my bishof* noo in the eounoiU Ijord — your sons have. Ihristian triumph nince re Palriok on Tara, es and inscribed tiieir uhosun to hurl Iroin Faith — I have choseo r that clasped me to me with the millt of with me now, follow renounce all tl>Bt has uiii^znifioeot, holy and i)mo and livel" •' Non ed our fathers, " wo id then in a tempest of >e ocnturied perseoutiou r Henry, and yet more Hbttii and yet more din- well, under William uud God led His suffering Uud sea, from.the sha- HM!4coutiou to tha sun rcedom, when, tiultini; tion of their faith, th»- onnoll as: — Toinii, wh(y rpiil Kiumlrr uiua wi' loug tiU'i>t uudvr," Ijookios; at Iicluud groaoiog. biwdiog, in che dread Shadow of tli« PomhI time is ^uflicictlC to wring Wnis from the stoniest heart. Ti)e|Iviiecibetha.u eva. is <3^i« upon whicli the votaries of pi-wgrocs love m iriuc. Tl)« world (tad tli«i acisca to uew life uud was puisutlag with a fr<>bii aud vigorous oKistcniic. Mi;:lity tutnds were rcuriag aud surging in cn.ijestto waves over the rocks of t'eudulism. The printing press had sturted u^khi its vioadK.- t'ul career destiDcd ut flood tho worl«ld tUti advuULV) of tiitutU'Ct Kud t :o F',o rruitiou of intolltgoiMe. And u)l this tioto, while 4.he nations woct) renewing their youth «(id biuios of IviAi gruutuess, aud tr.initliM'Bi ittji tliu ftiJe oi' b(i!iu'j into u jiind ni' '•cur<'ases and «fili€s" This is no fancy picture atli the siiadow of injustice : buo as their 8asan% seiitod amongst the ruins of a re is n nielodj sweet in its verj iifjony . Cold and nlageish is tbe heart that is noi moved bj Ireland's nosie, stealing thronsib the afies sad and lottelj r eoiuiu;; with a raeiandtoly and a pathos sweet and tewier, soothing yet ^rievin}; : appealing, yet des- pairing, coming thron^h the mined shrines and shattered aisSes of n na- tion's desolated f^randenr, sobbing its plaintive ndody nntil her master's themselves as they rivet ber ehains. ** PcDse »t tbe soo<; of their captive and weep." And oil, who is n^t roaubed with the qnaint hamor oi Ireland, buoyant even in its tears, filling the soni with a sentinaent ol rich, ripe laa^hter whieb with an elastic rebound strikes at at once the ehordn of exuberant joy and deepest sorrow . We love to linger in reeol- ieetion opon Ireland's natural beanty ; npCiD tbe ever-verdant plains ; the stream - Kits singing between their mossy borders, leaping in gladness from hills whieh bloom to tbe very sammits ; tl*o valleys riehly ^reen fine filled with thcspiritsof her b-trds, hnr sages, apeitking from the ruined lemplea and eustles of the land. \i^e are prond to dwell upon the bravery nf this peopie whieh held for ages the victor wreath and which thoagb bent at last was never brake*. Our soils are made parer in the eontomplatio* of Ire- land's womanhood ahaste as tbe htreamf of their holy tele, spotless ns fbe stiirn whiob dnaoe in the depths of the Black- water, the Litl^ty and tbe Lee. Far move agreeable would it \n to spenri the van- ishing hoars in dream ond funeies of those ideal fuiit^rcn of Ireland ; bo* whilst even as 1 speak hondreds of gun-tipped pons are writing down hrr fuir faaM^, Bne«rin^ at the people who ohooee death and slavery rather than dishoaor and life, it wore treason to the truth to prcfor the ni;rc«»b!e to tlvo ncccssnry. D.irL and heavy was the hand ol tbe stranger open Ireland ; bot blacker and raoDald who was waiting oh tabhs. The servant protested that the faets wer not saeh as were related by bis master, who very good- hamcredly called upon IXvanld to givo his version, After dinner and when the goests had departed, the ckrgynan told Donald aever to interrapt him in saoh a maanar again. "Wed, bat it was au the trath " replied the stardy Ih>n.ild. " Well," said the Minister, " Whenever I slip that way again make some si^'n, whistle for initwace , but do not art as yon did lo-day/' 8onM weeks al't«ir the clergyman went to attend a portion of liis fock, who wuvo isht^rami, and for thtiir enlightenment be told thum of tlio way with which the Jewish lender M>aglit to destroy the corn of ifio FliilixtitM'n Th,- fishermen liatoned attentively, asdiil Pm- uUl, vrbllo (Iko luaaof Uod rebiutl llu ',ip- L IRELAND IN SUNSHINE AND SHADOW. 11 re straoger upon \ more heavy is Kittort the troth UttaiRtro tells n» t hondretl yenr rney n^inst the eompiruey begun >n the days of Iboscof Spenser the order rather Eoglish writers Dor own day we era to contend Fro»d* and end- ded momtrosity fy. No amount Scient to stop ■se. They seero wisdom of gir- lime ; and by a ey perasade the 'es that we are «re w. There tt a Tcry estim- Min who bad a Itenald. Thi» ttly and rigidly htest depurtnre th utmost hor- man wn» enter- brethern, and rrenee tor their was rather tooald who was trvant protested nnoh as were irho Tery good- IXtsiild to fiivo r and when the the clergyman •pthimin ssoh •t it was »u the ■rdy l>on:ild . r, •' Whentiver >;ike Rome fi^jn, it do not art ai* weeks nl'titr tbo n portion of his n, am) for thcir i!iH nt the way Biidcr i>o»f(lili to ili^tiin'rt Th.- r>y, imdi't Pm- Vi'lliuti tlu: 'Mp- toreol the fozes and the affixing of linbt- ed flambeaux to tiieir tails. So far all went well until the olerfsyman declared that " some commentators tell us that those tails were 8eventy-fiT« feet long." " Whew," came from a, comer of the church. The miuister felt uneasy. He saw it was neoessary to reduce that length, — " And some eommentators tell as they were only fifty feet looff." "Whew w," again came from that watchful comer. " And," he continued, "others assure th(>y were only twenty-five feet long," " Who-w-w-w," again proceeded from truth's cnstodisB, when annoyed beyood measure the minister looking f'rowningly upon the interttapter, exclaimed, "Donald, Donald, yon m^y whistle till you dee, but I won't take another inch ofi." And so it is with the scribes who write about Ireland. They may be ch<>cked once, twice, thrice, aye one hundred times, but they peritint in thnr career of fiilsehood, rendering it, by their action if no other cause existed abselntely necessary to re- cur to the past, there to glean thesouroos of the dissati' taction and unbappinees which exists at this present hour. When tlie sword had finished its fell mission ; when Ireland beheld her sons slain, her virgins murdered, her ministers murdered ; when her temples were robbed, her universities destroyed,' her homes bathed in a bm of blood, the Law stepped in to complete the work of ruin. Con- fiscation followed eonfiscation until the land of saints and sages, of martyrs and heroes no long>or mm owned by the stric- ken Oael. The law of which a very contemplation wrung the soul of' the Pro- rostant patriot Burke, struck down the nation, rolling onward^ relentlessly doom- injr to poverty the remnant of the an- gui»hR(l penje. That dreadful code epito- mised by Dava:« : "Tliey biilxni Ihn flock, Ihor hrihoit Hie ion, To anil th» priMi »• Ulster to the service of freedom T Alas^ it is borne down the dhunnon to shroud Sarsfield in a foreign land ! Where are the grai.d monuments oi Irish genius and piety which studded the land,. thick as stars in Heaven, where Science once loved to linger and listen to tho music of canticle andpanlni 1 Gone I Where are the millions*, once so happy in their holiness and exalted in their prosper- ity ? They are reduced to six huudred thousand! Is then the IriAb race dead ; are all its gloriea departed ; has the spirit of Ireland perished also ? "No," thund- ers the waves that wash the Irish shore, "No," sings the winda that play on tho Iviah hills — unconquered and uneooqner- able that- spirit lives to triumph ! Behold tho miracle of life in the Irish race. As tho voice of hope whispered throughout the land the eons of Krin gathered courage alresb, and touehiof; with n more than magician power thi- very agents of their destruction, niadr them Wtbh iis themselves. In the golden V i 12 IRELAND IN SDNSIIINE AXD SHADOW. I I •iays of Ireland's glorj she deeply eo- ^.rmved her vitality upoo (he natioRs-, and in the hour when all ^lory had departed trooi her she gathered Iter forces anow und mado her enemies bacome her sons. Hence wc see in latter days tiie tarp;e numbers of Protestant patriots who have shed lufltre upon their native land ; whose whole-souled natures grasped their suffer- ing Catholic brethren and who even with their lives attested the sineerity of their deeds, I'oor indeed and devoid of pu- tt riotism is the (rishoiun who lores not tiie memory of G rattan, whose voice, the very ^'niasic of freedom," pleaded for equal rights and national r^eoeratioa. Foreign to the best sencimeats and sym- pathiej of his race is the son s and versatil- ity of the IriHh race have cooqticred every instrument aimed at its destruction ; and now there are mighty Irelands wherever the Iriih exiled millions have fjundi-d new homes. Look to Britain. In the manufacturing centres the Irish havo multiplied like the chosen people of Egypt, too strong lor the cold hard of distrust and aversion. Forced by the cruel English laws and the mal-admiu- istration of the British outistitntion to leave tlieir mother Islo, the Irish there have with unsurpassed charity returned undying good for evil ; and by tigeocics and foro<-8 understood only by Him who selected fishermen to conquer in Hisuauie, are they planting tlie banner of the oross in tlie laud of Edward, ofFishor, of 31an- ninir. True Ut the spirit of their ualion ality, as to their faitli, they have not foi- gotton tlie evils yet unredresaed iu Iraland; but seising the bMlot they arc ev^ now obliging the 8«zon, under the protection of law and iu virtue of their cittxonslu|i to promise justice to Ireland. Thus in the very heart of England, in the centre of British 8lrenind powor is Irish liilulity to faith uud fatherland triumphing ; hikI by a very miracle in the sciencH of p<>l' tics IS the triumph of the trampled nicu bdcomo a blessing to the wroog-docr. Look to the rutted Ktatcs, to AuKtralin, to this Doniitiion. Y<^ars ago with blighted hopes nnd broken hearts, the liisli millions runhud from bondsgrt, over oceans IRELAND IN SUNSHINE AND SHADOW. 1^ of her faith and na ID Ounada, any le future. Look efiurreetioo of the, dolh tlie pjooiis of rside, crying, lite "ob, «U ye «*><> 1 and aee if there aoto wine." No eland like Edipuo and her eyoballi* ffioetacto of horror ) natioBB. From r of oeoturies, a holy a^d mag- with the 6u- }6t High playio); I beauty upon her itiie«>8 and vcriiatil- ive cooqnercd every 8 destruction ; and ireland8 wherever iions have fjuoded ) Britain. In the I the Irif>h havo ohoseo people of the cold hard of . Forced by the the mal-admiu- 8h ounstitatiou to lie, the Irish tliore oharity returned and by u^eeoeies oaly by Him who nquer in Hiiiuuuie, )unnbr of the cross of Fishor, of Man- irii of thiiir uutioo they iiavc not for- idreriaad iu ltd and; they arc evM now der the protection their oitisonsiiip Ireland. Thus in id, in the centre of wcr is Irish liJolity trinmphin'j ; and the HCteucH of p<'l' tliti traui|iled raco e wroo^-doer. itatts, to AuRtralia, Years ufco with cnheartH, theliiiJi )nd9ge, over ixjoiius and coDtiDents, with an imperishable love for the dear old land, the smiling fields, the noble hills, the singing streams, the cloud-capt mountaios, the verdant vales wherein their childhood rejoiced — left behind them the homes of their an- cestors, the graves of their fathers, casting as they fied a look of unutterable teudcr- ness upon the country dear to their souls by ten thousand memories ot mingled joy and sadness. Without any organized system of emigration, without leaders to guide their wandering footsteps they hastened to Australia, the United States and Canada ; and in those couU' tries as in Britain, Irish faith, devotion and courage have conquered. Happy homes and favorable prospect's are now before them. Mtn driven to the politics of despair in Ireland have vindicated Irish claims to statesmanship in other lands and under more auspicious circum- stances. In the hails of legislation these Irish exiles have thrilled with their fervid eloquence the people who received them. In the Church, oo the Bench, at the Bar, in the Camp, on the Field, in all the panoply and pomp of war, in Medicine, in Literature and the Arts, Ireland's exiled sons have shone pre-eminently and stamped their gpnius upon the homes of their adoption. Irish biithops,* Irish law- givers, Irish citizens in Australia ! Be- hold the triumphs of our race beneath the Southern stars I An Irish cardinal, Irish Arohbibhops and bishops, Irish rulers in council and in tent in the United States I Behold the success of our kindred beneath the stars and stripes 1 Irish Archbishops, Irifth Bishops, Irish members of Parlia* ii.ent, Irishmen distinguished in the learn- ed professions, Irish merchants and active tnon of buBiness in this Dominion I Behold the victory of the Irish race in Canada I And is this the pooplo'upon whose do- Holation we have so lately looked, is this the race upon whose devoted heod we have seen the viAls of woe and torrow so plenteously pouring ? It is. And what IS the secret of their success ? The Lon- don Tlmrs gives us the DUswor when it sayj "It is true we destroyed their churchei, we silenced their preachers, wo banished their bishbps ; but it was impos> Bible to root the Catholic faith out of a land where every cabin was a house of prayer." Yes! in that fidelity to Heaven Irish devotion triumphed and by a con- tinuance thereof shall our race be assured of a still more glorious future. From out these new Irelunds shall yet arise a grander spirit that will lead upward and onward to the sum.iiit of our aspirations. Wo are in the van to day and if we be but fait'if'ul we shall yet lead the mafch of a healthy public opinion before which the remaining vestiges of error and of wrong shall disappear, as do the mists of morning when the day god awakes in splendor. Of how manj misconceptions have not the peoples been disabused by the scattered children of Ireland. In this country our British fellow-citizens have seen the rec- titude of our conduct, the genius of our race, the virtues inherent in our existence ; ond their prejudices are vaiiishi* j,. They are beginning to understand that our aversioo to foreign rule does not include a blind, insensate hatred of their, persons; but that our desire is to see our kindred at home, standing ierect as freemen, the friends of the English people if you wi't, but not the slaves of the English Government. Liberty is worth all that a nation is worth : liberty is worth all that life is worth. Take away freedom from the na- tion, and you degrade it ; circumeeribe, fetter, enchain the intellect, the will of a man, and be is no longer the image of his Creator . Debase his sentiment of patrio- tism, destroy his sense of personal free- dom and he becomes a serf without tho higher instincts that ennoble and dignity the virtuous oitiEon . It is greatness of ideas : worthiness of sentiments ; nobility of characters ; purity of examples; fidelity to true principles that constitute the majesty ot a nution . Mere spnca estab- lishes no claim upon the soul. Therefore the Irish people in seeking the freedom of th^ir nation are not the idle worshipper::) of a soil which can give them nothing; save a tomb ; but are the devotees of a ecutiiucut before which the enlightened , mind reverently bows. But in what ' 14 IRELAND IN SUNSHINE AND SHADOW. does liberty consist I Not in miglity cities, not in vast monumentd of haman skill, lofty towers, lengthy railroads, nor in great watercourses. These bhow the power of human intelligence ; and the foraa of hnmaa will ; but a despotism may build them all. Liberty is in the Truth. Know the Truth, stys the great Master and you shall be free. In their adherence to truth the Irish people are preeminent and hence their future is safe. The portion of the Irish family which has founded itself upon the American continent owes much to itself, and its adopted home, bnt nothing to any faction or party therein . It owes to itself the duly of conserving the bright traditions and virtues of the past ; and a full, free and hearty allegiance based upon con- science, and a sense of lealty to the pro- teotioQ which the rights of citisenship afford them . \^ ith a completer under- standing of the economies, the laws of labor, of supply and demand, and a manly discharge of their dutiex as free- men, they joan afford to look in pity upon those who would lessen their power or obstruct their advance. But the chiefest duty not only .t( the Irish people here, but everywhere, is to maintain their purity of priooiple amidst the general corruption of the age. There is abroad, amoogat the nations, a spirit of insabordi- nation, of revolt against the truth, whioh we most repel by every means at our dis- posal. There is abroad a spirit that seeks to drive God from out the very world He created; to drive Him from the school ; to drive Him from all con- siderations of public actions and of public policy. This is the spirit that sways the sword of that man of blood and iron, Bismarck ; this is thi spirit that guides the pen of that speculative pamphleteer, Gladstone. 1 his is the spirit whioh declares thesuprimacyof the State ; aud even, where it would not be thought to have any existence, amongst ourselves there is a tainted patriotism which seeks to sever the sacred bonds whioh have so long connected Ireland's faith and Ireland's nationality. Lookiog upon the sti-cam of timo — asoaodinu; its banks through tlie night of tho pcnni dsyn, the wars of the English and the Danes, until we behold the splendor of Ireland's golden era and the majesty of that victory whioh gave Ireland's material glory and intellectual wealth to the Cross upon Tara, may we not declare that the voice which cries "Bfy country first, right or wrong" is not the voice of Ireland — that the hand whioh would rend the holy union of Faith and Fatherland aims f blow at the best interests and dearest sympathies of the Irish rac?.. We are none the less Utttholic because we are patriotic, for patriotism is a gifl from Heaven ; and are we less national thin we ;>ught to be be- cause we would be faithful 'o the Truth, though all the world ran riot in the mases of rebellious error ? Ah, I love Ireland, To make her, the country of my birth, for whose freedom I have pined in the lonely watches of the nigh't, glorious and happy I would fVeolv give my life. Lot tho maiUd hand of tyranny smite her|; and let the voice of her outraged dignity call upon h }r sons for an armed protection and vindication of her rights, and I will resign the pen and grasp the sword. In the bright flashing'of the patriot's weapon shall I march on Freedom's highway, and in my very life blood write the testimony of my devotion and the charter of her liberty. But I would prefer all the dread shadow of the blood-Rtained past — all the dense gloom of the penal days — all the horrors of confiscation and of famine which have torn the people from the land of their affections rather than that the impious, godless principles of this vaunt- ed century of oiviliiation should ever ob- tnn in Ireland and amongst the Irish race I It is possible that these views ate erro- neous ; but they have at least the merit of being conscientious. They are, I con- ceive, in full harmony with the highest and most exalted sentiments of patriotism. Thny do not, I imagine, contain any or the craven spirit which would tamely submit to tyranny and wrong. Irish in birth, in hlood and bone, in sentiment and in feeling, I love the flag of my fathers and 1 regard its public di.^honor an my personal disgrace. But when th" pure folds of that flag are unfurled, I IRELAND IN SUXSHIXK AXD SHADOW. 15. id the Danes, lor of Ireland's of that victory rial glory and e Cross upon s that the voice first, right or ■ Ireland — that 1 the holy anion aims ^ blow at rest sympathies re none the less patriotic, for [eaven ; and are ;>aght to be be- l o the Truth, iol in the maces 1 love Ireland, 7 of my birth. I pined in the t, glorious and I my life. Lot any smite her|; lUtraged dignity irmed protection hts, and I will ihe sword. In patriot's weapon I's highway, and te the testimony e charter of her ifer all the dread ed past — all the days — all the and of famine le from the land r than that the « of this vaant- should ever ob- longst the Irish (Jcsire to see the holy cross above and to read with the warrior emperor ot old "In this sign ihoa shall conquer." There is a bright dtttiny already open- ing for Ireland. We ttiay not be able to cast the horoscope of the future with the certainty of divine inspiration, but we ('••el an unbounded conSdence because wc rest our hopes and aspirations upon the eternal Providence. That Providence which reaches from end to «nd, which finshes in the lightnings (md speaks its mighty volume in the tlittnders ; that Providence which peopled the tur spread- ing spaces with innumerable worlds ; that Providence at whoM fiat all nature started into btfiog and order, 14 aa all just as lie is all powerful. En that justice we see our protec- tion, because the star ot' our Idyulty to Him has never vanished from our sky. It shone in wondrous brilliancy before the Frank had crossed tie Rhine, before Augustine came to teach the .Saxon. It duziled the Haven of the Norlh and in undimmed beauty it pierced the lurid shadows of Nornjan traud and auile. It is shining still fresh and unsullied a* when it illuminated the nations with y pure and holy light, in the itleHmings of which they arose to the prandeur which attends Christian civilization ; and if the past be a prophecy, it will never fade away until time shall be no more. Therefore it is that we believe Ireland is not doomed to be the victim of im- mortal wron*;. Therefore it is we hold with a firm and abiding faith that Ireland shall again resume her rishtful position amongst the nation? — Queen of VVestere Europe — home of good principles — shrine of the civilization of the Gospel, with ti.(^ scintillations of God's ineff'uble mijeatf CiStiog their radiant vl<*ri B views nie erro- east the merit of 'hey are, I con- ith the highest. Its of patriotism, contain any of would tomely rrong. Irish in e, in sentiment the flag of my public di.