HOME RULE IN CANADA.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 66, 1 August 1874, Page 14

HOME RULE IN CANADA.

Iv Toroto, Canada steps are being taken to establish a Home Rule Association and though not yek thoroughly organised, it is certain td be a large and influential body. The chairman of the Organisat on Com. mitte addressed a letter to his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Lynch ArchbMhop of Toronto, asking his countenance for the AssiSnTand the following noble and patriotic reply is the answer of the Prelate - St. Michael's Palace, Toronto, April 9, 1874. K««S. 6 «f fi^ 1 d ° o °i fc T * n ? Talid ob J ofi «on to your instituting a branch of the Home Rub Association in Toronto. It is creditable to a man s head and heart that whilst he cherishes the land of hi SbS tion he should not forg«t the land of his birth or that his anchors P He is a jealous husband who. does not wish his wife to love and succour her parents when she can do so without an injury to her posiJon. Poor Ireland is a mother that claims the loving sympathy of a« her children because she suffers. Patriotism is a virtue at whose call a man leaves home and friends, and expose* his life to defend hS country ; it ranks higher than the love of family. We must not Wet that our Blessed Lord wept over Jerusalem. g Home Rule is the right even of barbarians. It would sumrise me to find Irishmen in Canada who would not wish to see their coEy enjoy rights that we enjoy here. The Provinces of Upper and Lo wZ Canadatouch, and yet there is no clash of authority with separate land and of the wealthy classes. The poor are cast forth from the EZXZfZZSZ* aQd yet the oppreßSion of the poor cri - <° Whilst ia Ireland lately my eyes wandered over immense tracts 1 ! of country from the railway ears ; it was as desolate as the Campagna } £ SrVfl f^n WUh malaria « With thi9 diflEbreDCe in ££* of Ireland, that its Catnpagna was cut up with hedges, and the fat cattle were more numerous. I noticed in the Catholic churches on Sundays the absence of young men and women. I was told they aS had gone to America. The immense sums of money drained from the country by absentee landlords, the taxation sent to England and the absence of trade and localimprovements bespeak the want of a fatherly government. Any movement tending to ameliorate the condition of the people is not purely political ; hence, for the sake of Irelaud and humanity, whose welfare you seek, you have my blessing oa jour association. . ° ■ yuur The Irish are one of the noblest and oldest families in Europe— not destined to be absorbed into another people. They are carrying the light of faith and civilisation to the New World, but their mission is greatly married by the vast numbers of its people who are piUaaed of »11 earthly goods by inhuman kws and landlords, and cast on thew* shores m a state of degradation and poverty. A gre»t number of these people, it is true, recover, and become rich and respectable citizens through the prodigious strength of their natural qualities, aidsd by the grace of &od ; but alas, there are too many lost who would have fid. filled their noble missions were they able to come to this country under such favorable auspices as other nationalities, Solomon prayed against too much want, lest, compelled by poverty, he should steal and forswear the name of his G=od. This, is also my p i. aye r for We have no doubt but that the association will be carried on peacefully and constitutionally. Youra respectfully, j (Signed) f John Joseph Ltnch, Archbishop of Toronto.