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TO THE EDITOR N.Z. TABLET. SIR, — I agree with Mr. O'Connor that to call a public meeting is the proper course to adopt. I can assure that gentleman there was nothing further from my thoughts than the idea of giving the commemoration a religious aspect. Any attempt in this direction would be highly impolitic, sis well as historically wrong. The '98 struggle was no religious uprising — it was the noble effort of Catholic and Protestant alike to throw off the yoke that for centuries had entailed degradation and misery upon their country. My object in approaching the Hibernian Society was not to confer honour on that body — I have none to confer — but simply to s jggest to it the desirability of arranging in good time for a public meeting to be held, not necessarily under its auspices. Active patriotism and enthusiastic resolve are auxiliaries indispensable to the inception and success of a movement of this kind, and where, on the present occasion, can we hope to find in their entirety these two excellent qualities if not in the ranks of the Hibernians ? However, I gather from the tone of Mr. O'Connor's letter that there is no danger of the centenary passing over in Dunedin without fitting recognition, and as this is the end and aim of my interest and ambition in the matter I am perfectly satisfied. — I am. etc.. South Dunedin. P. E. Xolax.

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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 28, 12 November 1897, Page 20

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'9 8. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 28, 12 November 1897, Page 20

'9 8. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 28, 12 November 1897, Page 20

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