RETURN OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CASHEL FROM ROME.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 14, 24 July 1885, Page 21

RETURN OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CASHEL FROM ROME.

(Diiblin Freeman, June 6.) On Wed* esday evening as the clock bell in tha Town Hail struck five the mail steamer Munster, having on board the Most Uev U>r Croke Archbishop of Cashel and hmly, rounded tha East pier. A laree crowd of Kingstown and Dublin people bad assembled on UarliJe Pier, and a number of flags and bannerets lent an additioral air of attraction to the scene. Groups of on-lookers had takeu possession ol almost every point of vantage iv the vicinity of the harbour The balcony at the railway, the green bank in front of the Yacit Club the roof of the Boau (Jlub, and the railways were alive with expectant faces. As the Munster came alongside the jetty a rinsinecheer aro.e from those assembled on the wharf, and, a gan-waf having been espeditiously run iv, a large and representative deputation went on board to welcome his Grace, and congratulate biiS on h£

.u C^ eer u a u te ? cbeei : a / o9efrc)n:lthecrowdcou g re -fate(J od the nier as the Archbishop, with Archdeacon Kinaane, P.P., and followed hv on\he n wharf n ° f thede l' utation ' amended the gangway and stepped The party then proceeded to the Royal Marine Hotei a lara P crowd fo.lowmg and cheering at intervals, one person from the body ot t,:e crowd calling out, <■ What will your U&cw d-, with ErS ion I " at which there was a general laugh. a rung - Lv JUJ U tbs rT ev , enin & at cUm o'clock, there was a public meeting in \ha Town Hall-Mr. P. McDonald in the chair, jf fs GrSe w a ! £ attendance, and addretses were read : - as m His Urace who, on rising, w.is most enthusiastically cheered in reply, Mid-Mr. Chairman, ladies, and gentlemen, afteftho very lonaud tiix-Mme journey that I have jusc complete!, and the meat anxiety that, attached to the very weighty delibW-arions I waS engaged in, in common with the other Irish bishops in Some you will be considerate enough, I am sure, to accept W iae tIT even ing a tormal acknowledgement, wbicu 1 most proudly and sincere^ make to you for your very beautiful and flattering address anH the exprtssion also of my thankfulness for it. It is not th P fi J time that thepe.pleof X, B g,town and of this disr£ have eoS pUmeuted m» so. On this very night two years I returned W Rome, as I returned to-day, after a memorable mission and after the issue ot a certain document, of which we shall speak but little to nigh-, and you, the people of Kingstown, met me onVho beach below and received me with that enthusiasm worthy of true Irishmen and nutated that long and striking series of addresses Shcorn^ m/^ed,mm /^ ed , m Kln g fltown and ■terminated only in the Cathedral ChuiSi TT uUSu U 5i eB ; L am one °t those who be ' ie ™ in theae addresses l think that addresses anch as this are moat useful and iSctive

They are useful as evidence of the people's faith in the people's Church (cheers), and of confidence in the heads of that Church ; and they are instructive inasmuch as they prove, if proof were necessary, that every man who is honestly disposed to labour for the National cause in Ireland, no matter whether he is an ecclesiastic or a layman, let it be tho hardworking, zealous, and long-tried rural curate, or tbe mighty dignitary who presides over some metropolitan or primatial seat in Ireland, if it be known of him that his heart is in tne right place, that his heart beats responsive to the National aims, and that his aspirations are such as behoves the regenerator of the Irish people, there is one thing clear, that such a man will always be honoured in our land (cheers). As for me, your address gives me great and sincere pleasure, because I know that I can claim credit for nothing but good intentions (hear, hear). I would wish to lift up this old land to somewhat of its pristine grandeur. I would wish to see the soil of Ireland emancipated, I would wish to see commerce flourish, I would wish to see honest industry rewarded, I would wish to see Orange ascendancy broken down (loud and continued cheering.) I would wish to see the green flag floating onc^ more over a prosperous people. I would wish to see the honeat artisan, the hard working labourer, the industrious agriculturist rewarded for his toil I would wish to see all classes in Ireland harmoniously working, with plenty at their board and peace in their homes, and all our people as happy in their respective conditions as they are in France or Jffingland, in Italy or elsewhere. A good deal in this direction has been already done iv Ireland owing to two notable causes— firs', to the union of the priests with the people (cheers) ; which union I tell you shall never be sundered (cheers); and in the second place to the energy, the indefatigable exertions, and uncompromising patriotism of our fine, splendid Parliamentary party (cheers). But though a groat deal has baen done I tell you cand idly that a great deal remains to be done (hear, hear). Time will, no doubt, bring forward many things for the benefit of old Ireland. If you wish to succeed in the future, as you have partially succeeded in the past, you must be watchful in the first place, for you are dealing with a vigilant as well as with a crafty foe. You must be united as one man, and present a formidable phalanx before your adversary. You must ba prepared to make sacrifices for the cause. You must be persevering in pressing your righteous demands on those who can grasp them, and above all you must be prepared not to put yourselves in the power— in the power of what are called the friends of law and order— you must ba careful to do nothing that wouU bnn? discredit on tho National cause, either in the eye of God or Christian civilisation. As for myself, you know that for the last two or three years, and especially since my last return from liome, they have given me a character of being unchanged and unchangeable (cheers). Well, lam (renewed cheers). I have been with the people since the commencement of this great struggle, and lon<» before it commenced. In my early days I was in sympathy, as the world knows, with the IrUh people— thirty-five years ago and more, perhaps— for I don't like to be precise as to dates. The career I commence. I, then, shall be precisely tha career I shall continue to the end -fearless, I shall be unchanged and unchangeable— unaffected either by malice or misrepresentation. I shall continue always in the same course, acting on the same principles, working on the same lines, labouring for the good ot the generous and patriotic people of Ireland ; the earnest advocate of national liberty all rbe world over: the friend of every righteous cause, and the sworn "enemy of oppression and-tyranny (cheers). As I said in the beginning, I did not intend to address you at any length, and, as ia usual with me, I have carried out my intention. And now, nothing more remains for me to do .but to thank you, as I do, from the bottom of my heart for this second demonstration which you have made in my favour, and to assure you, the people of Kingstown, that if you shoul I either singly or collectively visit gallant Tipperary, I will be there to receive you with open arms, and reciprocate at least some portion of the kindness that you have bestowed upon me (loud cheers).