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ElllllET CELEBRATION
g ACADEMY OF MUSIC, BROAD AND LOOUST STS.
, Tuesday Evening, March 4th, 1913
THE
Gian-Na-Gael Journal
OFFICE
lRlSH-AMERICAN CLUB
726 Spruce street
A nation of people who fan to honor
thcir iiinrtyrc cad, is u people who
In: doomed to decay, and who have do
generated into A race of consummate inn
grates, and who are unworthy of the
enjoyment of the priceless boon of human
eedom, hut o all the foul aspersions
that have been cast on our race
‘digit livti, that Irish liberty ‘might not
perish, nnd as each succeeding iourt oi
hlrich approaches our friends and broth-
cic actively coopciatc in csicbi-sting the
cnnircmary or our patron saint and map
tyr, Robert Emmet, which will doubt-
sword is the gospel oi our organization,
and having an imperishablexiixith in its
by the sword, and by inc sword nlonc
can she regain her nationhood, and in
the prosecution oi that noble ciitcrpi-ise
Irishmen will he actuated by the loitimt
dictatcs oi patriotism and manhood. Not
'i‘ia‘e our brutal enemy, England. who has
acquired all the booty wealth and opu-
lence ovcr thc bones oi slaughtered na-
tions. In her conquests there were no
licndisli means that could he conceived
liicli were not cmploycd, and now that
i needs no more. or can conquer no
i-, she turns her hypocritical eyes to
an and calls upon ths United states,
socailcd unglosaron oiispring,
.. i-mild. not subduc, to promote
lam IAA.(a min I [H At. or
or must remain undisturbed and
sisphtcd. But through’ tbs vigilance
oi the organized olansmen aiiii exiles oi
Ireland the United states has emphat-
iinily rcicctcd her wily iinil ncisr-ions
Schemes. And liars provcn by our ac-
tions. that banishment and exile ha‘: not
raiidcrcd us impotcnt irorn striking a
blow at our ancient cncmy and the as-
piraiions iind manhood oi our race will
nsrrr crass thcir vigilance, and activity,
in iollov.-ing tlic srnmplc oi I oli Tone
n Emmet until the epitaph oi the
latter shall be written.
.
, An omen at Delhi
bomb which was thrown at
Lord Hui-dinize at Delhi, Britons gene'-
rteutous warning.
W iie it seems probable that the act
was that o a fanatic, Lnere is, never-
theless, a plain lesson in it. In "a wnn
India for India.
Students of the subject say that Great
Britain holds the India ' n wolely
th c racial dominance oi t c
ms as g ‘ nisni
quite conceivable that is brown liroibrr
oi llindiistan is capablc of doing the
kto ‘la-
, have coma too late, and t
hcrin “sonic-one has hlundered."-l‘.yening
Bulletin, December 23, 1912.
‘ No Business of England’!
England has no interest whatcvcr in
our coastwirs trade. She like all other
iorci nations is mod’ to law irom
participating in the coaatwiso steamship
tiaiiic at the United States.
bei
in the polite language or di loniacy that
it is none oi her usiness wiint this gov.
eminent does with its on s ips.
and secretary Kim: is cntircly ril;ht.-
Inquirer, January 25, 1913.
MICHAEL DAVITT ‘
. ON FENIANISM
James Stephens had taken part in the
ctiart oi Young Ircland, had witnessed
tho hreakdown oi Independent opposi-
tion in Parliament. and had discovered
in these iailuros thc ncccsoary attributes
which alone could ensure to o movement
a iair promise oi success. iar move-
ments had bccn made tor the people.
The people had not made the movements.
Revolutionary ideas had originated, not
irom them, but irom their leadcrs, and
stephcnr sought to create an organiza-
tion which should be essentially oi the
people, and which would represent their
feelings iar mcrc iaithiully, it less openly
and yehemcntly, than did the high-soulcd
patnols oi the “Nation."
A ' cw out oi Youn
ed or the Brotherhood sympathy and
material ni .
e t or aniration built u by
0’Mshony and imssii was one so tar
up uaicd in its comgleteness in 1‘
history. Yet it ha is detect, in com-
in with as all other ccrct mo
merits in Ireland, that the knowled c oi
in gr, denied to he nk an nlc,
was ultimately suppli to Dublin Clas-
la and o the me oiiicc by thc in.
valuable, ii ignoblc, rdiunct to English
rulch he 'nIo cr.
cnian movenisot proisaacd to b
but a political rnovciiiont
2
nothing
' lmr n interests in
and simple.
ii that force was badly a
badly applied, end. the misc
I 0 Av ' Ice
in Parliament, had leit tic lenders oi
the people no other alternative but to
tail back upon the pi-iinitivc woman and
endeavor to miilic it more ciiectivc than
ever iisicrc. -
At the time tbc idea was tar ircm
being it chiuieiica onc. c root is
apparent in t e icar it aroused in the
minds oi English itatcsmcn, who '
it succeed, an o
cniucd ‘t could have done so, is
common linowle go to us .
the irony of (late that
an organization relying sci ailiriittcdl ‘on
hysical iorcc alons should gain not ing
l than a moral victory. It iic d
inherently snta niri.ic,to
description, the happening of '61 opened
the e es of fair-minded men, and con-
vincexl them that here was g-raver trouble
than their statesmen had led them to
ieve.
That even the wisest oi tbcir statesmen
received‘ a a is evi ent in a sur-
p -no i
tlirougbcnt tbc civilized world.
c tcnt to whit-h‘the move-
uiutcd statcs
it
a
sin
n
across c occan
ii the chain that
1
- was t 2 rat in l
binds tho irish race together. Ind which
storms to. which so
o
-v.
ay of a grow:
I ID. A
s tai-y or state Knox. in his reply
England’: argument, infarnis England
d, ‘ ooi
$“oiih5$7i“.o‘i.-‘clarity ma rtrsiigin.-no
veinber 10, 191 .
THE BATTLE OF BENBURB
BY P. J. LYNCH.
The story of Ireland is studded with
a chapter splendid in victory or
aublime in defeat. . through the ages
we trace the rise and fall, the ebb and
How of the nation’ sfurtune-. Now
despair and defeat hang over the land
P
Owen Roe O'Neill, the pride and hugs
of the Irish clans in the middle of t e
seventeenth century. ‘
The remarkable pl:triat' in which dom-
oi O'lxeill’I life ‘Ems
an
sr
vi
0
0 Spain.
Such Wu O'Neill when the Confederate
d in 1511. His
mil:
quest from t
on: c h‘
ionnd im cagcr and enthusiastic to
nsbt in her causc the 1 do oi
June, 0, he ioraook thc brilhsnt dec<
orrtions on posts w ‘ch a all
too in s to lavish on and ‘ti:
on eagerness, true-helzrtedness and hero-
ism worthy oi h‘
the wci lit at his marvelous personality,
nil courage and vigorous in-
int '
C 066 W 0
were carrying on an intermittent though
deadly war with the minions of English
rule in Ireland. Lcavin Dunliir he
run is ow at a had iouiid
lo on many a hard-ionght field. 2
landed in Don d was Imrnadlntely
e l, s
invcstcd with‘! e command oi
or
under
. arthcrn chici bad plciity oi
srcciicntinntci-i . ii i wssnw; and
- 'zation. To
sign with such
cnmiiadjmrhahc
legions was but to ipurt disaster.
the iarcightsdncssinnd wisdom w
we among his most prominent attri-
coni-
nter on a serious cam
command. an
Lords Blaney, Conway and Montgom-
0 the other hand, O'Neill had but
iivc thousand ioot nod iive thousand
. his side were at he
flower of Irish chivalry.
lilacllnhons. of Mnnsghnn‘
;ell’s, oi hI.oi.ifort3:RtlIltl2 W
‘ermnnng ;- e, ' ei ya. 0
connauglit sent its O'Rorke:, Macncrr
‘Connors K
=-
c.
i’!
d otniig
in the v IL nlo . i A1‘
rgii; e Haipins, oi Tyrone; tbs
IilacBndye, the .iaccab.-s the Fitz-
jistriclcs and ritmiinons wcic all ready
to rtrilic tiic blow tor the crccn an
(‘rill . s .
rs ai Nuncio, Itinnc i, was
Th’ ‘’ - - and to him
G mm was I H8
mriiion by an Irish tidy oi
pelled to beat a hasty re-
home In com
true,’ though at iomc loss to ths Irish
CHV . .
The 4th of June, 1646, was th
full. when O'Neill and Munr
their areas. ' aisli
stnte1;ic- movements Owen Roe re reat-
rd to Knoolrnscliagh dose to the Black
water. Mu '
lowed up.
e (au-
O, with
t-. Alter some
um, nxi or (0-
He subsequently [at more
than he e. d. '
4 o'clock in the evening
advancing in a double
ii.
in the preliminary siririiiishing Colonel
O’Fs.rrn1l o rctirc before tho so-
‘ am with 600
muske ccrs. I-lis rstrsat was well exe-
euted, thcrc being not the slightest dis-
:2
it
-i
brouicr. it e
Colonel lunchlalioii, who was retu
in his exploit oi sciittcriiig the scotch
an 11.
o
squadrons a u
Their ri-ivai , The
Scotch muaketeers were continuing 0
rs were swtinmlng or
their bare lives across the stro ,.
which ran red with the blood oi their
comra cs. ,
chccred by the brilliant success, O'Neill
dotarinincd on a general attach. g
and in grim dstcrmincd silciicc
msanor
on
c
months or thc cannon which ztinnro hacl
awed on thgcnei
m r. Basic, back ‘they were thrown,
broken and spcnt, like the waves iron
the hrcast oi the rocli.
than time, the Irish columns,
on ry, dashsd up the hill.
Not n shot was iirad. osing with tbs
enemy with sabre and pikc the assoc
. Lord Blaney and
his men were hiirle no
1)
he
lincs was made. Thevattemlbt only made
coniusion worse coniounded. g ,
Good gcncral that ho was,O’lVeil1was
not slow to follow up the vantages
which thc turn oi the t1de had oacrcd
'.'ii'ist than liiiinroji corps were iioundcr.
ing in on inertriaa o miss, omalir
ts. The
emy no iongcr tn i rcsistancc.
iW
‘ rel: :w‘r" i
mliuiim and his licutcnanta, Lord cc
way, captain Burke, an
horse sscspc ross tnc rBlac I
Most of the iniantry you cut to pieces.
r rown ' he rivcr.- ,
whcn tiic sun went down that night
on the hatticlicld oi Benburb three thos-
drag oi the ciicmy lay cad
rish were woundcd including th bra
and saliiiiit coionci
lllnchTwohi.l1 O'Neill. I
T . .
dhorse-a h
dlsciplinedhsnd hi-.ivc. 5" Strong enovii
to cope with any that might be sent
i . ,
lunro licit no time in placing all many
mgpg as possible between hiinacli and
B or his disas He
never puilcd rem, or s
travel-stained and iipent, be real:
ltiy before im. Itnis no enli-
geration to say that this action change
ths wholc course of Irish history from
that vcry ,
o
Tlckeh for the entertalriinent can
be procured at the Irlah-American
Club. 726 Spruce street. or at box
olfica on evening of entertainment.
ii” Ti‘
, . o
attempt to reorganize the reellng
ongh
“ ‘W’! “‘“"'i“.9‘EF’.’f’.‘If 9.‘l'.!’?EE
d forty of the V
THE UNKNOWN
BY THOMAS CAHILL.
Not ours to shed the tear of Sorrow,
Above a fallen comrade‘: grave.
When in the embattled van tomorrow,
a ove our in s may wave.
That men unborn inn ,
li dying or died t e hravc nnirnown.
Unknown he died for Mother Ireland
Against the t,vrant‘s handed mi .
Unknown he fell f
A hero in the cause I)
him ri ’ ,
priests the solemn dii-ge intone,
But in our heart of hearts is dwelling
The memory of that man unknown
falter.
strif
o
Brilzht beacons on that ‘
The shades of Crowley, E
To i;lory’a summit point 1: er
VVhere latciy trod the brave un own.
‘Tie sweet to light iar liiatbcr Irciand A
oer -
on c green is wavm .
Bcttcr death at home tor sircland
t
Eilin shall not lack assistance
Phoin true heart: like the unknown.
atriot.
11.
in
emulatie I118. t k I A d
strugge again 5 es ace. in
yalwrrlrudr wessoi)
, memo is
iinpcrishahl enshrined in the cat lov-
inx; heart 0 Ireland at home an in exile.
Ilia comra as in or years tree a
lnonnruen e follow-
ing epitaph was sculptured on the slab:
“Here iieth one who served his country
well '
And in hcr sacrcd muse untimely icll.
Let every lione-st heart who reads this
SCTO y ‘
Pray God save Ireland and this mar-
tyred soul."
Tickets for the entertainment can
be procured at the Irish-American
Club, 726 Spruce street. or at box
uh omce an evening of entertainment.
:......:%.
SLAVERY
Fenian and Abolitlonlsl
We hell-eve half the so-called civilized
world is mslavsry. Worldly intcrcsts
and its dominating iii-got power, icsriiig
criticism, chains the uman min . like
an anchor does the ship to th. bad of
the ocehn. Occasionally, however, it
breaks loose irom its moorings, when a
mighty lienye oi the
the
note one verse of his
laillips:
insects hissed
derstand
II he written
I on hi llest law oi the land.
'rDI5hll:l)Qi'" In ‘ rcnmer," the Philis-
tiues cried. when He preached an
ic his ,
Til they icarncil that the men who
have changed the world with tho
world have disagrocii -
That tbs rcmnrnt is rigii
masses are led like
an v. lVe
oei-n on Wendell
"Fanatics." the 'm be
t w n the
sheep to the
Fat’ . .
For the Instinct of equity Ilunibers till
roused ' structive man.
What less could he said 1: one so
capable of “'endel.l Phillipg. W 0 said I
K‘ r or two before he died in one of
is rnernornble speeches among other
i :
' "lgllo community the will not lilrotect
its most ignorant and un pillar member
the iris utterance of his opinions,
In
no matter how false or hateful, is only
or Dine and sirelnnd, .