New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1922, Page 12

FAREWELL TO REV. NEW BRITAIN DAILY W. A. DOWNEY IS . ATTENDED BY OVER 300 PERSONS Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Tender Popular Catholic Clergyman and Teacher Banquet at Elks’ The esteem in which Rev, William A, Downey, of the fuculty St Thomas's Seminary, at Hartford, and f former curate at St Mary' in this city, is held by local was manifested lust night at the | club, when ahout that faith assembled banquet given hy the Bishop Tierney Assembly, ourth Degree Knights of Columbus, In the gathering parishioners of other churches 8t. Mar where the populat labor for stveral y A Boutitul Repast The banquet and attending festivi ties last night reflect much credit on the committee which handled the qf- fair 50 successtully I'rom 0 o'clock, when the bountiful repast was the diners, until carly the guests thoroughly of chureh atholics ks 800 members at tarewell wer th priv first course of ¢ placed hefore this mornir enjoyed them- The affair opened with {he singing the “Star Spangled Ran- ner' Seated at the head table were Rev. William A. Downey, of Hart- ford; Toastmaster Patrick I*. King, Rev, John T. Winters, pastor of 8t. A chureh this city; Rev Thomas e/ pastor of the church of St this city; Rev. Lucy pastor of the church Heart of Jesus, of this city E. Fay, pastor of Our I church, of Plainville, formerly of this city; Rev. Raymond . Clabby and Rev. William A. Krause, of St. Mary's church; Rev. William I, 0'Dell, of § Peter's church, of Hartford; Rev. William O'Brien, of Thompsonvill Rev, William Doherty, of Torrington; Rev. Pliny J. Cooney, of Greenwich, and Rev. M. L. Reagan, of Nauga- tuck. FFollowing the rendition of the na- tional anthem, Rev. John T. Winter offered the invocation. The following is tke menu: ape Fruit Cocktail a la K. of C. SOUP Bisque of Tomato With Ox Croutons FISH Penobscot Salmon With Hollandaise Sauce Persian sPotatoes RELISH Olive ROAST Young Vermont Turkey Cranberry Jello Giblet Gravy selves, of ot len, Bojnowski, the Sacred Rev. John dy of Mercy in of ‘Celery Pickles Potatoes Turgips DESSERT ‘Ice Cream Ladyfingers Macaroons Demi e Many Tried Their Voices. During the banquet, popular songs ‘were sung to the accompaniment of O'Brien’s orchestra. Vocal were contributed by Miss Kathleen Walsh, M M. T. Crean, John J. O!Brien and James Sullivan, and duet by Miss Wadsh and Mrs. John ( Connolly. _Professor Frederick I Hagmon, accompanjed the vocalists on the piano. 13 Young Women Assistants The following young women assist- ed in serving the diners: Misses Anna Fitzsimmons, Kathleen Grace, Celia Hickey, Marion Curtin, Rose Conlon, Grace Smith, Irene Conlon, Bes: Conlon, Catherine Kenney, Mary Welch, Mary Leghorn, Caroline Con- lon, Anna Weston, Mary IMitzgerald, Elizabeth Iitzgerald, Nellie Maloney, Alice Hickey, Grace Claughssy, Rose Fitzpatrick, Mary Fitzpatrick leen Riley, Mary Riley, Mary Williams, Mary Feroe, Ruth Cosgrove, Mary Donahue, Mary Walsh, Mary Welch, Irene Walsh, Elizabeth Walsh, Irene . Burkhart, Mary Burkhart, Julia Crowe and Mrs. Joseph Ryan. Father Downey's Address When Rev. William A. Downey was introduced as the principal speaker, Mashed Use Cuticura and Have Lustrous Hair Regular shampoos with Cuticura Soap will keep your scalp clean and healthy. 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He 1id not realize until reached the [ nall that the affair was one in his honor, and the assemblage af such magnitude that he was forced to n deep sense of feeling and grati- tude. The popular priest who has many times in the past, both as preacher the pulpit in local from the public stage, [earned the prestige able tor, wus at his best last night, His topic was “(he Washington," ind was as tollows Mr | he wi outset was n on churches and of ora on rie Toaustyiaster, Reverend IPathers, Membsrs of Daly Council Knights of Calumbus and their friends: he pleasure | experience in |dressing this gathering on the anni- |verszry of Ameri s foremost citizen genuine and sincere. The observ- of this day is universal; from Atlantic sea-hoard to the Rock- from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, city, every village, every settle- seeks to discharge its share of the common debt due him, In distant Egypt and in far off Anstra Amer- licans will gather as we have gathered, and in every capital of Burope the American flag will be displayed in re- spect to him whom we call the ather of our Country.” Consequent- Iy that 1 should be selected as the instrument through which the Knights of Columbus of New Britain |pay homage to his memory, 1 esteem a great honor. Washington an Inspiration However thg magnitude of the task lias not escaped me. Since the birth of this nation Washington has heen the inspiration of oratory; for two |hundred years his achievements have |been heralded, his virtues exfolled ;:um his life’'s work eloquently vis- |ualized, so that the eulogist of today | must necessarily have recourse to the :H'l"rfll\rlfl of past generatipns, |Though we are sepagated from him | by the space of two centuries, we feel |his presence still, we accompany him lon his surveys through unbroken wildernesses, we share with him the of life in the open and his ssures us as it quieted the stricken, shattered remnants of ill-fated expedition. But ashington the youth may it is Washington the man the more. 1t is in- the century which Louis [is nee the les, every ment 5 pan Braddoc! though W inspire us who we admire deed strange that witnessed his birth also saw NIV on the throne of Irance. His- |tory ascribes to this monarch that pithy saying, which aptly expresses the sentiments of the age: *L'Etat c'est moi"—"I am .the State.” Yes,| the king was the state, the king was| the country, the king was all. Su jects there were but they existed merely for the king. l.umanity for eighteen hundred years had dreamed |vain dreams, and entertained false hopes that some day there would be |freedom and liberty for all. ‘Christ's teachings did not beget a nation of brothers, because man had spurned his invitations, and in the age of Washington we see despotic power triumphant. There had been de- mocracies in earlier times; Greece | had at one ‘time nourished several republics and the Swiss Confedera- tion had long been established, but democratic governments had been un- tried in a mighty extensive state. America, this land of ours, is the suc- ful result of this experiment, the complete realization of mankind's dreams, and the instrument which Providence made use of to liberate fettered humanity was the Washing- ton we honor this evening. A Great Man In whatever guise we view him he is a truly great man. As a gencral we dare not assert he is the greatest of whom history makes mention. His carcer is outshone by that of the youthful Alexander who in twelve| years conquered the entire known world; the legions of ITmperial Rome under the mighty Caesar were far more formidable than the inexperi- | enced soldiery who acknowledged Washington as their leader, and the strategic ability of the great Na- poleon may have far surpassed the genfus of our commander-in-chief, but however in military annals Wash- ington must be assigned a prominent | place. He could boakt of no Mace donian phalany, of no well disciplined | legions, of no fully-equipped, well- leites oyal remunerations when hunds wnd they not for to unexpected uproariously forth-coming, We can ourselves tonight: “If the heroes of Valley turn to the land for would they be ¢ present Ame homuge and of true and as such must we cxemplar, Of late propagandn. has Washington 1he thelr fondness Country" ren ler questionable (hglh loyalty, [tell ug that he desired rupture | with that Mother Country, that an in America was farthest from Such an assertion is ah- While # member of Durgess, Washingeon at A that he would at hig own expense equip a foree of 1000 men and lead them the rolief of oppresscd Boston, and again he said ‘No should scruple or hesitate W moment to use arms in defense of s0 valuable a blessing as Liberty.” He wag a patriot in the tmdest sense of the word; and thoso who discover in| him a partisan of British principles | and a lover of British domination are bus, Catholie ladies and guilty of the foulest slander, |you are members of an Raps Hypocricy bellevers in a faith whose alms land this age of ostentation and hypo- patriots. As a |are to produce loyal one hr much of patriotism, (Society truly American in character The proudest boast of every organi- land principles, the Knights of Colum- zation is that it is patriotie, each|bus need no encomium. The work claims for itself that virtue and looks [they have done will live after them. askance at the patriotism of every (it has merited the approval and ather society. Kor that reason it nray|Praise of all observers. Some there be well us to consider what pa- (Ar¢ who maintain that the lnte war triotism it. Tt Is nothing more than|made the Knights of ColumTis great. love of country, but that love must|Nothing is more untrue; they were not be sham but real, not an hH..,‘Krf‘H' since their foundation, the war declarative love but active, of- merely an occasion manifesting that “ous one. 1t is more than the dis. |8reatness. As Catholics, you are playing of the American flag in one's taught that duty to country comes button hole, it is more than the de-|sccond only to one's duty to God. claiming of bombastic, meaningless, |Christ Himself was a genuine pa- emotional apostrophes to the Stars [triot; the most touching scene in all and Stripes, it is more than noisy |Scripture is that which shows us the renditions of the “Star Spangled Ban-|Saviour weeping over Jerusalem, the ner.” These are but the “trappings|royal city of David and His fore- and suits” of patriotic sentiment m\rl"“"h"rs according to flesh, the holy may lie [city and His people and nation. St. Paul gladly makes profession of his love for country, protesting that he |ls second to none in prizing his na- tionality. He warmly repeats: “They re Hebrews, so am 1. They are Israelites, 8o am 1.” Thus you have been reared In an atmosphere of pa- triotism. Catholics have ever hasten- the love Americ him insidions to I'hose elamor are not but ask Washington and Forge we to [which they died, fled by the conduct of leans? What would they think of the violent, stormy debates that now di |vide Congress?" If we feel that a so- called bonus is proper for those who fought in the late war, let us speed- lly grant it; If to our minds it savors of mercenary patriotism, or if it wili |paridyze the industry and the vitality of the natjon, then let not the fear of offending interested parties or the unwillingness to yield fo adverse political sentiment, deter us from re- fusing the request. Lauds Knights of Columbus Members of the Knights of Colum- gentlemen, organization make oy [ i gl patriot the recrente who hy for ‘Mother own no dependent | his thoughts solutely false! the Virginian one time st man n erisy for an lvirtue; beneath them there hidden the ‘soul of a base traitor. Pa- triotism is manifested not only on the field of battle, mid the rear of can- non and the clash of arms, but it also makes its presence felt in the era of p A man is patriotic not only when he directs a charge against hos- tile bayonets not only when by scath- ing denunciation of a enemy power he incites an audience to martial fervor, when he modestly performs the varions duties of citizenship. He is a patriot when he uses his ballot to clect the more competent candidate irrespective of party affiliations, he is unpatriotic when he permits the hope [of personal advancement or remuner- ation to determine his choice of an unworthy pretender. He is a patriot [when he submits to the just laws of his country, he is more than unpa- triotic when he evades the obligations his privileges of citizenship entail. He s a patriot when by sound, construc- | e et it et b o fou | Sngaidu bed o matty ol bs SR G DUt knowledged abuses, he is an anarchist | "¢ 40 claim that we are lovers, tried when by unjust fault-finding he|2Nd true. of our own America. We would disrupt and annihilate the gov- | ®4lize that her future depends not collectively but on individually. This ernment which shelters and protects |00 her citizens each one of them 1t will be Tet v rushed to arms in her defense. Their [valor on flelds of battle, their N;Il‘r}- fices and thelr herolsm are unsuf- passed. We frequently recall this fact to others, not because we feel |that we have done more than we hould have done but to answer the [calumny of ignorant higots. As Knights and as Catholics we do not boast, we should rather hang our heads in shame, had we been remiss in this most sacred of all obligations. Catholics Love America We are not better patriots than we him. He is a patriot when he upholds | : the traditions of American justice, |18 Your country and mine, when he considers his fellow-man as|57€at as you and I are great. a brother, when he respects his con- victions, religious or ‘otherwise, when he scorns class distinctions to lend a helping hand to the needy, when he is willing and eager to work honestly and faithfully for his country's pro- gress. He is a sham patriot, a con- spirator, a positive menace, an unde- sirable breeder of discontent, when by trickery and dishonesty he disre- gards the principles of justice, when he holds his fellow man as merely a rung in the ladder by which he him- self climbs to success, when he is in- tolerable to those whose religious enets are not his, when he stirs up | hatred of the rich among the poor | and contempt for the poor among the rich, when as a laborer he conceives the capitadist as Satan incarnate, and as capitalist he views the laborer as| a human machine, a selfish, unruly disturber. Finally he is a patriot who is not afraid of work, who under- stands that a six-hour day and a five day week will never make America great. culcates, and this doing America's prosperity is assured. Let us not seek be patriotic when others are shoulder the muskets. unmindful of the sentiments which the founders of this republic, and among them the hero we tonight honor, always entertained, namely an abiding faith and trust in the power of the Almighty. An irreligious na- tion, a godless commonwealth cannot True Patriotism These then are the qualities of true | pafriotism, these are the character- stics of a Washington. He is Amer- ica's foremost patriot and yet how modest he w He frequently pro- testecd his unworthiness, his inability to discharge the tasks imposed on him, even though he knew there was no other so well fitted for them. How dffcrent he was from the boasting, bregeing individual we so often meet | tod who from the house-tops pro- | claims the services he has rendered his country. He loves to recount in| piissionate oratory his many achieve- ments, he delights in reciting the prowess of American arms, and in belittling the accomplishments of every other nation. He exclain vehemently and vociferonsly that | ours is the greatest country in hu.-[ trained veterans. His army was small, | inefficient, half-clothed and half- rved. Ttg personnel was constantly | changing, due to short r‘n\iSHHNH.\" and we of today cannot appreciate 1 obstacles tha confronted him in! victorious campaigns As see | Washington going among his men at | Valley Forge, sharing with them the winter, sympathiz- their lack of foad | shelter, his heart the sight of ploody | snow of thost who had no shoes, we marvel that he could accomplish what he did complish. His men loved him as no other army loved its chief, he was| rageous and rless in battle, he | ert Lo every opportunity and inscribe his name on the| leaders, | president his | illustrious, The | his administration are | not doubtful; they are evidenced in| the Constitution itself, in the great measures recommended and approvel | him, in his speeches to Congress and chiefly in his Farewell Address | to the American people. He acted | honestly for the universal good, neve personal selfish motives, His | entangling foreign alll- | ind the wisdom of thats policy | heen vindieated by the history | hundred ye However | Washington the general and Washington the statesman arouse the | dmiration of e generations, it is Washington the patriot who n-\r‘ st we rigors of a severe ing with them in anmd clothing and torn within him foot-prints in the ac- co ¥ thus we statesman and was equally AS career principles of by for hatred anc for have of though two snee obtain a smali any good druggist. 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