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‘ Marci: 13, lets.
make oath as to his connection with the
revolutionary movement or e
‘s
. was nrrzsted.
harticlpatlon in the rlsios. and
imprisoned in Fort George in Scotland.
THE mlllsuuls o 17 . r
During the next two years ltohcrt
Emmet remained in Irelund. Iiiil hld In
opportuu y o see at iirst hand the Ier<
rltrle process of persecution and revenge
lrilirh ioliovred the rebellion ot nits.
lie witnessed h sure no normal mi d
this picture, tongue. however
graphic. can portray. indescribable tor-
lniiirted u
mnr
punishment oi lrcl
nod guilty slil;e telt tho rcogesnco or
the oppreasor. From mirth to south,
rrcin east to west. the English sclldiery
burned the dwelling: at the htsoshlo. and
cxecutad men by the thousand without
even the pretence or a legal trlsi. No-
Istory's pages are record-
'strocitles" which never
ell except in their corrupt imagination.
-r Pltrnihrs
nuhlin Erlln-let
w the scourgiog ot the irlsh repels
by the corrupt parliamentary
ct or
o oi P
land, Mr. Pitt, and their lnial-nous Swiss
the van-
os
tor yesrs stood
corruption ot the castle end not to
shame its nsschinolioos.
POSSDXIYS DECLARATION.
I George Ponsonby. opposing the policy
at coercion, made this thrilling llerlhrp
Kl
ostsr sinsn .
' en the tnion was a reality Robert
1
lrtshsnen such as Dr.
Wilson. Thomas itussell and the Cor-
ie. H mind ver drilled
his eat
it
nod in October. 1802. went back
Dublin.
no-.vsntlso -nu srr.sr.l.un.v.
He organized the rising with conspicu-
ous ability and on a sound principle, He
was convinced that the Rebellion pl '93
snization was
e of the success with
e n.v. 511.500
3. ii All that he had he sure to the
cause or ilbert .
. d adverse the
lore. or which treachery or not t
it-est, mnsplr in tin and detest
heart
5
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c
on August 25 was caused by his uncoh.
querabie rlcsire to see hurt more his he
issued Shuts CIITYID.
m. crros no mean st-ulcn.
The umring or evidence nuiiiclent to
convict Emmet tn no easy that even
tor an unscrupulous prosecutor. its had
city. For example: to kid clli vh
Five dlttersot styles or nenmansnih. Ind
on
.5’:
Realizing the futility at
user called no I-itneosea.
For thirteen mortal hour! In Itnad
ireehnaent. lnrl then this yiliitit of twen.
ty-live made the speech which has not
only thrilled every lrish heart irom that
any to this. out has claimed rlghtiul
place as one or tile world's great ora-
ops,
THE miI'.l‘l.'lltI.V.
. on the next afternoon he was hanged
on a rude etsltoid in Thonlasstreet; Ho
want to h dcalh n utter iiznhrnnce at
rear. His calm cl s sralclully returned
the pimps t okers.
Ind It: went. hurls to his illakcr In hzv
rains I pure Ind Ilwllcls htro. The
executioner hacked oli his hohie head
with s butcher's knife, and holding it
up to the people, shouted: "This is the
head or a traitor, Robert l-Zmloet."
when the gallows bad hcen removed and
LI been hurried to an unknown
grave. some or those he died to lilrerate.
scooping down, wet their handkerchleis
in his blood Ind h them rl hell‘
hosonla. While tetra at pity dimmed
their cred.
ms srurosv w-ru. rs.
Tyrant England has ts en the ills
of Kobe Emmet. t she has not
quenched his spirit, iur that still lives
it the hearts oi tnyrl d a his race
Hla mernorv. too. will never die it -ill
continue to inspire the lrlsh people
wherever they may the exnmhie
or his courage and unseltlshncss in suc-
is country might he
axon. who
can say that the hour or deliverance is
ms is ocsrs cm-pots.
Britain today is hard pressed and
stricken as never ilnfare. e is poor-
tug out men trill money in what muY
well he her death struggle. Her armies
are checked at every point and i:lel
helpless By the indomitable Guns of the
3.5
the seas. hecauae. unimated by the Ipirit.
y the nuns:
nd, In
a
Sreat lnlhitlo h Hoila
Irish exile devised the wonderful sub-
li-tlrlne. whirl: has Irlntlo her giant. Heel
oi irooclads powerless to protect the
English commerce in‘ even protect them-
elves.
out more than I century since
consent or men is numbered among 2 e
master spirits or the pro .
JOHN DL"l‘DY'S srzecn.
.loho nerdy spoke as rolloa-s
i am glad to see this splendid meet-
in; here tonight. in spits ot the in-
clsrnent west or. you had
such a splendid musical and oratoricsi
lrilles.
t beiore long
s
y ire represented at the
or London.
here tonight not stone
to honor Robert Emmet. but to declare
our purpos o w to Emmet‘: epitaph
sod rrlnke lreiand s nation. we honor
ltohort Emmet not simply because he
gave his lite tor lreiand. we honor all
the men who died ior lreiand. whether
on the tsttlsheld, on the scsirold or in
the prison cell. poor Robert
Emmet in an especial manner because
he alone or sit the men who led tor
lreiand hequesthert to the irish people
in his desth speech s set or principles
so his last will and
testament and he made the trish poo.
D .
cibltlliatian
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is execu ors.
‘o -, site th very eloquent and
heautitul address that you have already
' death at ttohert
mm t. ill b entirely unnecessary
r the to s y en ther word on that sub-
ject. I Will concern myself. Ind I think
you concern yourselves, more with the
position and prospects oi the po
which Robert. Emmet represented than
with events or t 2 past. ' sve s
right tor the tint time to nearly halt s
century in look to the immediate future
with stronger hope and a iirmer con-
ylcilon oi’ the ultimate triuolph at our
csuse than it has been the lot or any
lrishrnen to do during our llietime.
are lol some or our countrymen.
though they are decreasing in numbers
at the epitaph or Robert
rnet will be written when the Home
Rule Bill that is now hscging up among
the cobweb! oi ihe English Farllulnent
hecames s aw, at In Ibiurdlty.
Aiter Ihollt thirty vo yturl of more
or less peaceiul agitation, during which
relnnd was able t Ivrlng some
things from England that were
of I little heneli -
rnlinliu the hetter government iii Ire
land by England, was passed h the
British Parliament and then promptly
suspended. Thu susrlenslan I ee
upa by both the English partied. by
the Liberal Plriy, Vhlvh hid Men under
s promise to the irlsh people tor s grost
many yeors o urh measure, and
hy the Tory Party. which was strongly
‘rarely in the dock. Iithcill tool or is
opposed to it. now. the Tory
Ilvl'n.lv‘l control: the House 0! lord:
Tile ohlect oi suspending that
measure was to carry out a
need not
it it s
the i."ni'Iialllcnt
nto cxistcl-ice
nytlxing at
rclsnd. it would ha
y numerous provisions in
the Act rroru doing anything to undo
got or hundreds or yellrlt
lreiand,
shsolutcly nothing to promote ost
those industries. relan would reins
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on. s more
magoioceut dshing grounds woui
lie exploited try toreigners, and s great
DUDE men VI men
to seek ahroad the
living whidis England denied them in
lreiand. lzccsuso the economic system
lg'nnd heituvep herself during
t That Anlendihg Elli excludes
mm the authority oi the lrish Parlia-
ment at least four counties 0! Ulster.
will exclude the whole province.
ohject is to divide lrslsnd politically
t e express
the religious
country would r n abso-
lute and lgnohie tollure.
when that pill had heeo put on
the statute Book. as they call it. mean.
has put on the shelt, put out of sight.
England was on the eve or wnr She was
confronted with the most dangerous sit-
uation r at she has had to race since
the wars or the time of the great No-
polson. Daniel o'connoll. who certain-
y cannot be accused or losing ‘an ex-
trenlist. told the irish people continu-
nllywba hardly omitted It trom a single
speech mode to the people-that “Eng-
land’: ditllculty was Ireland's dimor-
tunit 0‘Conuel did not mean
that England's did-lculty would he lre-
land's opportunity to light, out he did
lreiand a
duced, it he had lived and had remained
the leader or t e is people. is-on
certainly have put to practical use that
talk ctlmllt “no amount oi human liberty
helps worth t
iavorite policy oi Repeol oi the Union
to the iron ,
John Redmond alter the Bill had
been suspended by ugreenlent, between
the two English parties, instead of
using that opportunity to gt soot
thin: out of England. to force Aaqllith
to throw the Amen 1 orerhourd,
the oi the prohibition:
u
or.
ous in tlze'I3iIl than those which Ive
the privilege at doing unythlng-instead
oi doing anything at that kind. without
even calling it meeting oi his party,
without gulps over to lreiand and call-
ing is ention his organiza-
tion. instead or doing what any ordinary
ader in luck extraordinary circum-
stances would have done-lir. Redmu
stood up in the House or commons and
pledged the loyalty oi lreiand to sing-
hs did more
:7
es
nded. He made that
without getting anything in re-
. without exec
less and impotent, l-zoslsnd. having the
greater unity she has had
century at wiping the Irish Question out
at existence. would throw t at oppor.
tunily away and periorrn an art or up.
precedented generosity.
Now there is no use in calling names.
l have called John
. That. not put an and
the pretence that John Redmond can
lnngnr he accepted as the lender or
the irish people. The Irish people have
never yet tollpwed a pollroon, snd they
are not going to iollow John Redmond
into the ranks or the English army.
e now t res parties in lre-
iand. the Redlnotldltes, lhe Unlnnisls
and the real xationallsts. John Red.
mood tells )nu through the American
press. that the majority or the Irish
11 his side, tlilt lreiand is
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a
s
is
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In I rishiegrlm the other day he
said that then was ' vo
against England lreiand
minds roe oi the desilstch sent by Gen.
eral hiowt-svlerl to the Czar, "order
reign: in Warsaw," sner ho had eu-
sured the silence or death. l-is tells us
this stter silt newspapers have been sup-
pl-cssed with h royal and consent,
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that the people or lrels un-
aninloua in his support nnd loyal to Eng-
land, thcy suppress six. neienre
or the neat t-i, h ptattlt-ally
means martini w, ut In
where they cannot make 2 living. Civil<
lions are I! g ‘led hy court msrtl .
so t no wonder‘ that no VGIPI
Jahrl Redmond has taken very good care
0! that. The voice of Ireland, the voice
of the real Nationalists at Ireland is
tlhedl
‘In
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is is
it will he found that there is consider-
nhle iiie left in lreiand still.
in addition to these rnensiires of re-
pression. stronger methods than Eng-
tifytag to a large extent; the hat-hora
are mine osetl. th
cltiltlons are t It
not that the invader: would be welcom-
ed by It least same of the FSDPIC 0!
land.
2
i think you will all agree Eng-
lish Goverllnlcnt lrnows u
and these measures gne the lie direct
to John Redhionds statement that the
irlsh people are loyal to England, that
they syropsthiso with England in this
war against Germany and that they are
satisoed to accept as s oai settlement
that misershle little Home Rule Bill
it-it would cnly apply to shout seven-
eishtlis ot lrclilltd.
pie , ars ago the Liberal
Gnvernnlbnt. which is supposed to rep
resent the British Democracy, the Elig-
that conlhlii
that the
its husi
st
er
ril aways ru
d rat nmcntary
ctlrllbiued to suspend the
Billv-this luoersl ccrorurncnt. pledged
to Home Rule-
izen army, of over 1410.000 such to sin
gsulsa and and t r t e purpose or re-
sisting the application or the measure
to wtllt-h their mill was pledged to the
people or Ireland. Thht army renisins
intact. very few ot them have gone to
t s Eng-
d most or these
are e ii men nilt ot worlr or tile rift-
rs r the country. and their hurisl in
toreigh graves would he I. ecod ridrlsnce
tor Ireland. The Tories
support or the oligarchy
trola the British
m tter how many so-culled Im-
tlonatlsrs are lrilled on the hsttleiieida
oi’ France and Ever oody
who irnco-s England tests certsin that
at the next election the Tories w‘
come into power sou they are pledged
to repeal the Home Rule Bill.
‘ow. that is the prospect, the clari-
ous prospect for which Redmond
ed the loyalty or lreiand.
in the House or
have not capo e oth Volun-
teers. who h e the material in them
tor real soldiers. nd the rpm,
men
mosh to protect lreiand irorn spy for-
eiso ioiioence. are s '
hey hope the Germans will win.
that they will help the German arm
it comes. not t
TIIE KINII,
X0 tyrant has
eier given disin-
Iercslrd liberty to
his rlrrirn. Eng-
land will
slve ircleurl rico-
Ilom hlcnrlcd with
iustice. The law
oi compcnsotiou
I ha-
never
never rcsts.
lleva that Ger-
many may well
he God's instru-
lllcrlt ‘for giving
JAMES K. MCGUIRE
A POWERFUL APPEAL FOR JUSTICE TO GERIilAIi"
a a in the United states-Gcrma
could do ior lreiand-Germany the irlchd oi lreiand-
Sir Roger Cuen'lent's mission In Bcliin. ,
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Irish people will he iniinilely greater
Ind more crulhlrig thnn thlt which inl-
lowed (lid Finer Vi I‘. van IaiIKl:n<l
us. lnlpoverished lreiand villi he
pauoerrsst tor s hundred yc s hy tile
England lasts there will he
on indemnity thlt will stagger hum:n<
snd lreiand will have to pay her
silsru o! t at. .
Conscription II In the III‘ in
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d. e Irish
light then either for England anti
against Germany. or iar Ireland, side
by title with Germany, Ind against Eng-
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the same in hoth cases, it
money would he very diirerent.
lurid hght! against England the indem-
nity impaled on nglan
alone. and pcrhlpa in the event at Gel‘-
nlun Victory, in addition to the indom-
nity which England would have to pit
Germany. Germany. helhg s ltlnd neigh-
bor, might insist. thlt Ihe pay Irolnnll
an indemnity, tut). far centuries of roll-
hery. so thlt Ireland could start house-
keeping on I cash hails
But they tell us that lreiand seps-
rlted from England Could not exist,
duct 1, the year the
I-‘nnline. Ireland hlil eight million! and
a halt oi’ people, and in spite oi the fail-
ure oi vncticaily tho wh
all: p
hen
this ground. which is
will be nlurh sater than she would he
had she taken soon Redmal.ld's advice
scat two hundred thousand oi her
by the lnpers tho tremenduous rate or
her expenditure. so that the horde. am
will be imposed on use English and‘
she would he sole to pro tood tor
several million more no le lid
with er resources o pcrl evelope
could xlve employment to millions or
people it ides tom engage is .
ture, and could support a Dohulatlon at
st least twenty or twenty-sve millions.
From the military point is view us
land is one at the most deiensihle coun-
tries on the , N.
r tlslnlr that you will an admit Lint the
trials have earned the name they hove‘
gut in lighting rare." and that]
theretore. irelsod would he psrrsmy.
sols to hold her own my es...”
rm.’ JOHN. F. HUGHE5> 5.,
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