THE RIGHT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume III, Issue 135, 3 December 1875, Page 8

THE RIGHT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT.

At the O'Conncll Centenary celebration in Toronto, Can., Archbishop Lynch said : — " I come here to address you as an emancipated Catholic Archbishop to emancipated Irishmen, and we owe our emancipation to tho | great O'Connoll. Not only were Catholics emancipated, but Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, and other religious denominations, except, of corn-so, the English Church, which was the Established Church of the Empire. So that all who Avere not Episcopalians ought to rejoice in this festival to the memory of the great O'Connell. Whilst a young boy, T had the happiness of hearing the great O'Connell speak. I attended his meetings, and as a boy, was as proud as many of our little ones are to-day, to wear my green scarf. But O'Connell only commenced the war, and it is for this generation to continue it. An Irishman will not lie satisfied until every bond and chain bo broken. There is one bond yet remaining, and ! I trust the struggle will not cease until it is broken. Ireland wants to be governed as Canada is, and as we in Canada would not "be governed by any but Canadians, so Irishmen ought not to be satisfied until they be allowed to govern their own country. I am delighted to see this immense assembly, and I am delighted to see the principles of Father Mathew carried out here. I had the happiness ! of speaking to the great man, and I am glad that so many in this audience are his strict followers — that all I find here are temperate. As long as you keep sober every avenue of prosperity and sociitl enjoyment is open to you. I will conclude these observations "by thanking Q-od at seeing so many emancipated Catholics, and friends also who are not Catholics, rejoicing upon the anniversary of the birthday of O'Connell.