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‘4iO‘c1aber I912.
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HE South Ail cun “'ar ran its couise. Gril-
fith maintninerl'his firm faith and undi-
hi inism in the Boer cause. "The
British will never break into Pretoria," he would
say, and he would ' rim of
whlit he remembered
Boer capital. When a
that city unimpeded by a single shot, Griflith
n-iaintalne that Masonic influences ad betrayed
the Boer cause, and that the war had Sheen
“ squared."
The war did not conclude without its lesson
upon the Irish people. he come upon 1. em
whilst they slept; it wakened them with its
thundering voice‘; but, alas! it had passed 0H
before they htld finished rubbing their drowsy
9 es ' Another golv
den chance thrown away by our lack of prepared-
ness, our divisions, our disputations, and our
petty contentions among ourselves. - ’
The cry of the physical force men
again.’ The United Irish Alliance, the Clan
nGliellezl.l and the li c
All support was withdrawn tmm the
tsrians, und is dennite scheme for organising tilts
hopeless us organisers, many wh
hecxime extremely energetic in this respect. '
culnan'na ntiaodesl Fnunded.
The existing National organisations and literary
societies, were co-ordinated un er the title ! of
“ Cumnn mi nG heal." ey were tollle
utilised as centres for propaganda. and recruiting.
The Exec ' e sat in Dublin, and was elective
from the “ Convention.” which was constituted
bv two delegates from each National Association
which had become zuflliated. The first Conven-
tion was held ‘n December, 1900, with Arthur
Griffith in the ch
- p as m i ear,
upnn embodying su port for Irish language. Irish
isiury, in ustries, music, arts. and pastimes.
An advanced political creed was adopted, but
no specific stipulations were enjo'n
tatinns to violence were indulged in, nor no ap-
penis to arms were to be nimle until atleast in-mv
-could be provided, audit was generally linden
stood such provision would he ma e by we‘
mid mean: that would not be proclaimed from
the housetops. '
Here D vs omewhat embunassell in
political discussions with the Pnrliamentalian .
VVhen iv roclaime ourselves followers of Wolf:-,
one we were often asked, “VVIIB a up yuur
arms?" And our reply was unite. “What al-
ternative have the Irish people to supporting the
Pnrliamentary art 77" -cried 0 n e mun
“Supporting theniselves,” replied Griffith.
campaign of “ The United Irishman.”
" The United II'iSl]m.821 ” was teeming with
articles on the Irish language, history, and teno-
graphy. A vigorous cumpuian I
n
I-snlis several officers of the British Arnly iml
rinany emigration agents.
During the year 1901 over 40,000 einigrants
hail left the shores of Ireland. '
keen on stntixtilzs, revealed this and many other
demonstrations of decay in Ireland.
how than evils could be checked, and
out the vilrinua wala in which the nation could
recover its economic strength.
Death at Rooney.
In the Inidst of this great propaganda he was
left pl-acticullv alone by the death of William
-weeks Griffith was 2-llmost obsessed by the gloom
of his loss, ILHKI his pen moved onl on this
. When we think of these two men, who
‘had been linked together from their schoolllny
days, and joined in love because of the love that
-each of them held for " That Dear, Dark Head."
we wonder how the one had continued at his
‘lonely post after death had deprived him of hi.-
conlpanion. nv on o us who has had 9. friend
wor se d dreary dese , and we
-wander listlessly, aimlessly, hopelessly. Even
' n the object we set out for may be attained.
we feel no joy or thiill of triumph because that
friend whom we loved is not with us to sham:
-unit‘ v ILHII thilt; ciiumph.
Anyone of us who has felt these things will
Womlor how (lritliith, who had 9 deep and con-
stlint nziluro, mused himself from the staggering
blow “'i’ll(',iI lloolley's death had dealt him, and
sumi on fl p those wonderful energies which
ll ltl nuvvr l‘l‘ltll.V sllowli their fulness until now.
GrifEth’s Lonely Fight.
Aloml lc F""l‘llk‘il to rntor the Augean Rttl ;
alone he tackled the filth and corruption; Rio e
Ile slllotc tlls tiIl‘('L‘-iIEll’led hirlm nf “'estmillater-
ism, West Britonism, and Illlperialisln. II-J
was " Never‘
"izecohi.-i=.cTi9Ns or c;i2'1i=i=ifrii, .
T’ i g VII.-Close of South African War. Q
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' THE W FREE " STATE
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tore down the paper wall with which England
od surrounded his country; he lifted his coun-
try out of the corner and placed her on the high‘
way of ricudoiii. ,
Shortly umu l’iooney's death Gridith wrote the
long series of articles. entitled “The Game (11
Humbug," which extended over a eriod 1’-f
fallac of the Irish representatives at
“'estminster, ilnd lnid bare the long story of fraud
and milk ' ' d p
in Ireland fr<
definitely established him as the greatest political
writer in Irela.nd, and earned for him the ever-
lasting hutred of the political hoseies. ‘ ‘
J The Intellectual Oasis.
With ii faculty for journalism not hitherto ac.
corded U0 hiln, Griffith attracted to the pages 31'
“The United Irishman '- practically all the fore‘
most Irish il'Hters of the dR . w. B values,
George liioure, Edward Martyn, “ Jollnl
Eglinton, J. M. Synge, and many
ris Iusic was discussed by
rien Butler, Robert wyer, Bren an
Itngers, Gi'u,tIIHl I-‘Ioodjand 0’Neill Russell."
The nationalisation of the Feis Ceoil Committee:
was preaserl iunviird vigorouslypsnd the " Moore
Memorial cuucuns " are organised cliroughlm‘
pages. Milimry matters were not neglected, andi
here, thirteen years before the discovery of R i-y
(rcouuur, uic young men of Ireland were being
llJ5I>l‘llcI(3(i in it long series of articles froni gquu
drill to mnp-mulling.
Grithth not a “ Half Journeyer."
It was GriEith’e policy to utilise all the energies
of the people, and to equip them in the use of
all their resources to attain their salvation. He I
frequently declared at this time and in later.
years that he would never subscldhe to the di
trine of O'Connell that the freedom of Ireland 7.
was not worth the shedding of human blood. He , I
would never counsel the people to is their.
arms behind their backs and allow them to be
tied there, and to Help upon their voices and their;
tongues alum‘. Over ’ “ 0 an "
ls pen n
he defended the nrgvinislelticln of
from attacks upon them as sue , ,uc
that if their objects were not criminal and mi.
In 0 R wuic not sinful, secrecy in itself on
"not damn uicm. . 1
. a , , ’
secret societies
h d
celtic Mythology.
On 0 he most valuable contributions col,
Anglo-Irish literature appeared in e "ourha.l
from the hitter end of 1901 to about the middle '
of 1902. This w the scholarly series of,
art-icles entitled “ Tile Irish Mythologiciil Circle,"
liy Jenn Iluhnis rle Julmiuville, who held the
' I ology in Paris. This
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the Uml 4 Iris iua bv an article from Guaiih
lu self, in -hi:-h lie corrected uic Gaelic
Lellgue in it rendering of the Irish form of the
name of the villlige known as Chspellzod.
In this article arisilli unfolded the fascinating
story of Li. Belle Iseult, u-hicli was apparently
unknown to the Irish snvnnts, but w icli Vlil
familiiir in ull uiu Universities of the Continent
nusic had been previously tested.
And the rvsultel were disastrous. '
Griflith saves Tara.
Ahnut this pel‘ll.)(I Grinitli called attention to
the fact that 11 retired British pork butcher had
come in rs session of lands in Ire-
land wl-iich included the Hill of Tara.
This specimen of the British bourgeois had
conceived the idea that “ he Ark
Covenant
Hill of Ts.ru, and forthwith proeeded to excavate,
dig up, and otherwise demolish ill the historic
traces which told of the antient glories of
Ireland.
Gritiith led il strenuous agitation against the
vandalism. He stnrtsd ong and most Iu-illirlnt
ages to the plucu, and -he interested some of the
1
He or llnised Nstioncll pilgrim- 3
most famous S(‘i)0l.'1!'s in Europe in a movement l
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ta
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entlluaialst, luul seemingly little regard for holy
wells in Irelllll , ihc following little inci-
(lent would siig,-icam- '
On l‘i‘tlll1llng from the Hill of Tim the little
ty u u Ill frie dl i , at v wcll
uluuli um zlcoiiied sacred, and agree ‘u
rink envll otllcr's henlt from the limpid
uiilcm wlu-ii came te Englishman’:
spoil my thirst," and his eyes seemed to wander
tnuarda the l10iA'l bar in Kilnlcsssn.
G. A. L.
(To In: culltinued.)
I
SEAN MAC‘
CA seiu lllsi‘ (‘:u)ill7e luizlsce uimnf seiu
so n.uls ivu-mu. sat‘, emne 4'“. meme us
as
we AC bonghuili JICIIE ace mu, m baon once
pawn-o (‘aA‘l’,A, Agus AR Oammb uiiu CASAO Am
so I scuvsiil 5m'ltA. bl MEAS ACA 5II'I'D am men
cuigeimim gun pi-ml ulus e, pen mm mm pew.
Al emue, pain 4 ‘(Will an ceiml: I gcomuui-ne me
new A mcmm,-.
Asus mA ri imriu AR vie o.iou-no on, can mix
$eaLL on d (‘AIrl'mb, A5IIS AN us SAEDQALAID so
RAIOS&41S0hdln leu.m;eioessogiiL : Cuiseann
sun-sen sun mou, mIl,lteAC An CAl‘LL&AmAInC e,
1125 muiuucui ii, IS will CAIn'oe, o’.i CACAIR, o’.i
ch -ouccsis Asus oo‘n l1S.1e'0Il5. mm M seen
In a s4e‘(l9AL 50 mi An Dome. till culs mi
sieollse mm 0:; A comm, Asus uion 'OeIn se
ueimmim umtc uuiuu ii bl otlam sue on Liam
ugus an son na meme.
e AC In 4 nuiciiu. 05 numn cosuulg
se es 5et)AIL uu'u usuemig In A Udlle outcms,
An Cullsc mou. l')i mucnulm: use snnssn Le
sec non uoum A ham IF usisiuuucc n.i n-emesnn.
tin-n5 se so url tmie In (‘use nuislll A Di se
cmlcesu IS pure l>u.m.un -nliols, sgus ni pins
se I byiilneoiill lumiuuioeiicm mums vlunln -oo
ceuo-cume.m ml min .
Cum se :.uim men I IIblL(muI’DcACC Saemtse.
rusm se '0Ildl!il‘AlIlIA mi DLIA‘0dln I mum is
ceiie AS in (lIvlDA(‘(‘As I seem
se. ‘OI so
oaimii no scuint)
All in nuicecuui, fulllednvl iisceoml,
ms uo “ '0eIvu.me"
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A1; ssemig ASUS AS ‘oeunu.
UQITIEAHAISP ul so An All
0 C0540 e in o Cumnlkleom, oem se s.ia chalk
An son in (‘<lCnA(‘.
‘oi gcumpl sios AN SAC mu no neln sesu All
50!’! HA h- IRPATI '
(‘aoloe RIAIII sen nSAeOIl5,
Asus gun cinalxrac leis ouilm ne see-ollge so
'oti Li A llills. l
moi: htDAIn sis AC sieolig Le us CLAIIIH,
Agus [)4 mm; an hulllir 00 mks A giusuiu gieoice,
Dniomin, All mac us gum cu; se mi DUAHEA as
muluem HA six-misc no.
‘Do golu. An (‘()s.:'() so l-om emeiinnmg so
max 411 sciu. Di All: A scnion use nuam oimwo
lmeriite 9, All: llAn Cniocrlulg se mam, asus se
‘plum seen his iuuun nsorllcii as some De
asus nlume <15 Sn-unis. so ncusem DIA mac
4 swam 176 CHAS, Agus soL.is Asus HBARC u’.i
mlllnncm dnn:)0>
His Last Thoughts of Ireland.
A yathetic interest attaches to the follow-
in ' ‘ among the
papers 0! the late Sem Mac Caoilte. It was
begun as the result at a request for s contri-
bution by the Editor of this D
sonows soon hurried in to crush this gentle
and heroic life, and so it comes to us now
only after the hand that wrote it is dead and
gone. We know In t i ya when Sean
Mal: Caoilte was almost broken by grief snd
already within the shadow 0! his own death
he had a very grievous sorrow in his thought
01 Ireland. No man of his generation had
laboured with brighter hope than be, longer.
more earnestly, in unoiln-usive yet ' h and
at that great movement
was hill very heart and soul, which
was to him of such grace and beauty, animat-
ing all his thoughts and ways, should have
come to know 9 disgrace 0! the present,
was something which broke him utterly.
These lines. written under great stress and
ditiiculty. speak his sorrow even sitter death.
They are quiet words, maybe. but they are
wards to be greatly remembered:
TIIFI ilchievunlcnts of the iX'l‘E;,W1ltIX‘5 may be
c llssed in two csteaories-niorsl
material. In the moral nrrler their account may
be credited with three definite things:-
(I) Killing the Itcpuhl.ic.1n idea in
(2) Arousing vll iii
the Irish people.
(3) Crclitiori of LI ‘.'(-:elCi.i0I) in favour of the
British.
In the nmturilll order their achievements e
many, but they may succinctly be stated under
the followiiig luui
(ll Piivlily-xiv of Illa economic Iiic of tlle
Ireland.
e conserratlsni liltenl in
lHl’,lDn.
l2) llelztrlll-timl of the p<‘ople's property.
"iii; 2'1) '1 mipcmluus .x‘iilicu.il debt.
It N not ..i..pm-..l ill the iollo‘ ng urtice to
exailiiuc um llltltor iii my length. The ecollolnic
restlitrl to llu. null... of inc Irl'egul2l)‘S' operiltiuila
grlllillllelltprvsclitptIl'slie(ll)ytlleIl‘r lnrs. .
ieilvy rcsylollaillilitjy to the future rests
uitll uncll mu m'(u'y one who is piii-iiclpullug
u-livelier us fIlllV‘nLOI‘ or guuuuu in this uttelilpt
to set the p()iI[lle'l-1 lvislles at dctizlllca. The lines
and ’
cAolLTE‘." V" , i L .5
l
tun which this nlltilm of ours will move in the
,iuiuie are telling uliiippju :lic blood-welter of
r he P5 ml if tiivgze lines must inerituhly
., usmiiiive than they need have been
plot the plain rl-sponiailiillty I)? placed at once on
'tlluse Hill) hi-.-c
(-Vila we regzir
illrtlicr the Btllilrspilele.
nlcliullh puliuml lI(!i)Ie,Veni&ll(S .c tulle Irregulsrs
1lltl(')(.l the kill‘ '
iliey luu-c llillllvs‘-il)le to pursue a
, ‘leplllillcllll [>i’(V'rmlIll)(- “ii the near future of
' mi mi d has been so
n i, of the day mus-
- qu:-rurliug us Roplllilluinlmi lliut nut in ours nor:
the two iillu'('A'UllillL; g('l'Icl":I‘.iLr0- will 2 IE people
lit‘ (lkposoll uv ll.-mi to 2 .c iirgum-‘-nts of the
lepllblicilii lll)('tr)llliil’B.
Let us for u Iliilllirlit ('irll.xl<.i-'1‘ the position in
relation to the pursuit iii’ in tuture Republican
If he Yllllxrli lliltl not taken the attitude
u" N. )4Ill4.‘4’(i nrlluxl -ii tilnrz, it was inevit-
able that u ptllitluiil ]l>i iy would luive been forulell
In pursue ll rl'pIi)i(‘:ll).p(ill('y cimstitlltimizllly
in the ' Pilrllilll ill is .re even
A CiI1lll(‘9 of such xi mm 1‘ He will be both
1‘ niomlly llnd phyil illy lime man who nlll
Cum gr) iieitiro an I i electorate when pence
does mine to our dlvlmr-ti-ll rouilu-y to fiAlht.X'lli6
’ i1 liepulllitninisrvi M such ha; undergone :lU(‘ll
a sinister orientuiiun within the past few months
thllt not vlll tile r-luqlmncu of Ilemosllienes will
ionvlnue the ]lK‘upli: that it is nugit else [hall
the doctrine nl pum llri;1.iIiJ.lgE, -cu sm
liri-ll:-d murllur 'l‘hi- (lileQ'.vlVIiI scribes
pssull -replllllirilll u l... Mill im-I llhet the canipuign
erni ions tll: t llwv have dcgrzlded re-publicanisni
' l endeavour (uith tl.:lt llnctiousness which is
'1‘
perpelruiiuii of 41-rd: cl “ -. .
‘loo u-i.ll..=.llv..v;ll to rumlllit. blame the Treaty
for the evil t'lWnS4"qIlt'n(‘(“ of their own propa-
garlda umuu. ' Sutli specious self exoneration
history.
Let there lie IIO niiizllnderstnixling this point.
If the Rapid licllri ' b(v.‘ll killed in Ireland
idea 1
inc lilslni‘. u-ill not uciluiuly umich to those who
have accepted the Trollty. The future will as
lllexriritiily fix it on thme uln adopted methods
liu ilrc-tent‘-e of “ llu-, li('plil.>licx" which were bnullll
lip destroy the ollp-cl. of thiir isms. Irellinil
v has been rodu<'v:d to .. illillxlv Welter that one man
rT
n5
2.
E.
v.
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in
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c,<r!el'le of men
lern p:lnde:'cd to. (innit Irish bllxsi has linden’;-ll
the soil beulilsu in:-.llil-fem) u-oll‘Ii' not he recngv
for cum vluui u'lllIt it wus. ‘i in;
‘Illrongl-i Irish blood ii ' been but too literally iu>
iurpreted hi liu my mi ily liisllii-y as u polili.
lllin's liguro oi . ‘Vii. The there for the
1.: I11; " lloctrillc ... iroren rllpr-ble of so uumy
now in danger that
y for the future
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a.
A of a whole genera-
tion icuml in I'll uliiuisphei-c of such prenciliugs
hull iiiicrpnluliciiv uill i-iuismit itself in
sinstcr proportioilei irli‘ into the nice before it
Lecmlles suull mu. .
The secolid, and pm-liups more <1 ' or the
veineuts tins lu-en to arouse all that oonser-
I latent in tile Irish chul'.1ctei'.
the insensate um
shape ligsinst it, it
establish tlle nation nil such 5 hrl
l3ll'i i‘our:lgeoll< illmls in l<iIi1lilll.xll"tli.iOll wollld
arouse little Gppmltimi nlllbllgxi the
lilgh enlotiaii; iliriilelitlll to the seiccessflll cou-
clusinn oi ii mm century strllggle cou
been divertul into splemhll conslrllctive effort.
ken now if u ‘Il(Ilin‘l1flDl‘Z‘V of sanity should seize
the Il"Egl‘ili ll nlirlitbc possi etoreeoversallie
of this ii tying exllilllmting ion-embut we fem’
the high EJTl0Ili0Il:lii>ill evinced during
"l he replim y A conservatism that
S .
. tllllt
will look in LIOYI on everything relnotely
related to c .li.m and in the outcoilie uie
Irish Irelalidefs tile.) may '-
to Hm] liis mlty opnoilouts it ill sslek in the
fllct iUStiFl(‘zltl0n Iur Illi-is ilelillllciutiou of the
'r9l'ltV
" we tillil you so " llttitudil
'-pcsicl of. The Irish lrelsulleis
u will h.‘ll'0 slii-cilllllled to the coiisurviltis-iii
ilr
lrl-ich Illa Iorlli of lilcil opposition luiv umilse<l
lilrmlgll nu: uluilp punple.
u
tie badge of llu; ixlmli-5 tribe who incite others to
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