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Anniversary of tile,
I One Hundred Birthday of Robert Emmet
twill be celebrated under the auspices Ofgthe Clan-na-Gael, at the Academy
"of Music, Broad and Locust‘-St,s., on Thursday Evening, March 8rd, 1910.
THE IRISHMAN.
The savage loves his ua 've shore,
Though rude the soil and chill the air;
Well, then. may Erin's sons a ore
Thci;-‘is'l:.-wlilch nature formed so
- all’. .
What Rood rellects (I shore so sweet
S0 gen'rous as an Irishman?
His heart is rash. his heart is warm,
' ' ’ guide--
red of harm,
nbler pride.
, won't be tlnretl;
to practice as to plan,
He rlcarly lnves hir poor reuarrl,
‘Anti spends it like an Irishman.
it he should your secrets sran,
Your cann enco he scorns to m(ick--
For faithful is an Irishman
' 1 By honor bound in woe or weal.
r Whnte'er slie bids he dares to do
, his post
Be where it ought, in danger’: van-
And if the Field of fame be lost,.
. ‘Twill not be by an Irishman.
Erin, loved land! from age to age
e thou more great and fam'd and
ree - . -
- .ilay peace be thine; or, shouldst thou
WI! G . A '
netensive war, cheap victory!
nay plenty flow in every held; '
, with gentle breezes aottly-tau.
And cheerful smiles serenely grid
The breast of every rishnian! .
. . ‘. aurs, ovr. .
‘l- An Irish Poem by Whittier.-
‘ Brightly figure thy short-s upon hislory’s
. .7l.vhcrs n'arnee dear tuvante and :8
' ’ science lon -now-n.“t ’ '
Like tinfsetting start through the-Inpse
e ' - ,
Fm: IIlC‘SEia-g‘Il‘C-sill isle ell: uernia
. at-esnne. ., -'
Fair lslandl thy vale: are embalmed in‘
. . s s cry ,
-which history telletlrot ages gone
When o'ssian's proud heroes strode on-
ward to gory, .
And ocean's wave answered their loud
iittle-cry. ,
The wild vine is creeprngwthe sharuroak
s c 0 ng
It’: toliage o'er many a dirnly seen
pi
' -Where entombed on the fields If their
-. .-nneare re nsm
The proud. peerless chiefs of the
‘ Emerald Isle. g ' ' .
‘>A.nd ini f:ir.1.'iter years, with the purest
. e
7 many a son
0f the green shores of Erin, the gem of
I
1-‘air. evergrcin laurels of glory has
gtfi
‘On the bright list of glory torevtr
shz ‘stand,
‘And fame circle Emmet, the eloquent
era .
>Wha wakened the spirit and pride of
his land
They are douel they are gone! but
eir memories that linger
on the shores where they perished no
- 'vvrett:l'i 5 al revi e;
No slave of a tyrant shall dare point the
2- nger .
-- ’ Of scorn at those sons of the Emer-
. ‘ ald Isle. .-
' Hibernia: Iliough tyrants may seek to
de ratle thee.
s of science acknowl-
,' edge their bi t
Onrthy sea-girdetjr shores, whose high
' as. a e thee
The gear of tht occtm. the wonder of
- earth.
,. Long, long has the halo of glory sur-
. .V rounded
The mcmhory of Brian. the pride of
, .
- ' y is are. ,
And o’t-t thy dim lrlkes and wild valleys
ave soun e V
The he-an-touching strains of Carnlan
7 an . oorei
- oh, soon may the banners of'Irc<'tlt)m
' o'er th
Green island of
ee. ’ '
Erinl may Liberty’:
' as 0l'aluK‘5, lawyers antl literary men, he
‘ then a
1 were organized to put down the Unlter
‘ .- voion Km,
To the high cause of freedom. full
V won.
The martyred O'Neill and the gallant
Fitz t l
Biiigriiplliczll Sketch of the
V Bi'otlier=ili=l.aw of Emmet.
ll Consistent Advocate of the
v Right of Ireland to Her
Independence.’
Robert Holmes, a vcry ernineiitnntl
born at Richardstown Castle, in the
County Louth, in the year 1765. He en-
lcred Trinity College, Dublin, in r792,
when Henry Gratian was at the zenith
or his power and reputation, and amid a
crowd of students vtho became tan-urns
highly distinguished hnuselt. having
always carried on the honors in science.
lie was admitted to the bar in Hilliry
ierm. i795. Towards the close of I709,
or at the beginning of I800, he inur-
plished sister of Tliomzis Addis ‘and Rob-
Emrnet, the former of whom was
state prisoner in Fort Gco
Scotland, with Arthur O’Connor, The
Russell and others. - ,
This family connection drewlupoit
Holmes the suspicion of the government,
which evidently was not tvithout some
grounds. At the time there gxisted wit
others a tiompany entitled the L1w-
yers’ Corps, of which Saurin was com
ninnder, an in which were ROIJCI’
Holmes and Daniel O‘Cclnriell., The)
S
ta
utas
Irlsltillui; but the acts ot'brnt-aliiy
law
excited him so much, that at at publit
parade l’lL'ld in the Hall of the Font
Courts he threw down his arms at’
stepped out oi the rank . he re ,
of the bar tollowedgand at 'lhe‘ nex‘
professional dinner that l-iolrnes attcnei
c (A i-iicznlict‘ iusrs,-ed cnthe reading 0:
‘a res‘olution"adoptetl siuec Ilolmes’ ntis
demeanor in effect that "No persttn
not being enrolled in one or the year
manry c ms was worthy of being con
sidt-red a rnentber of the bar.” I-Iolmc:
left the room and Llespatclaed a hostilt
message to the individual who had that
insulted him. In lieu of its acceptntion
however, a criminal prosecution was in
::
Justice c afterwarth
killed in Thomas street on the eveninl
of En-imeI’s rising in 1903, as is the halli
with Chief Justices, read Holmes a let
. “That arm." said he, “which tht
considerations of loyalty were no
strong enough to induce you to raise
on behalf of your sovereign, would haw
been lifted to take away the life of :
brother." After three months Holmes wm
ilterated. Business talring him to I.A'inclor
in i803, he returned on the day of Rob
ert Emmet’: insurrection. His arrival 2'
such a juncture was to the government
conclusive evidence oi liis . connectior
w’ rising. He had no sooner
reached his lwuse than it was ittlackt-tl
by the Castle robbers, sacked of his
apers, and capturing himself he was
again thrown into prison, where with-
out any charge being made against him
he was kept for three months: during
which time his brave brother-in-law was
executed, and his wife-broken-ht-alt-tl
with the exile or one brother, the legal
murder of the other, and the doulitlu‘
fate which these lessons warned her.
hung over her husband. died; and Ruh-
en Holmes walked from his prison to :2
more gloomy hearth. Many years pass
ed before the brother of the Emmet:
would be cntruszed with a l)i'lef,-sIlSpc(l-
ed by the har, hated by tho governnteut.
scant.-rl nn by the Bench as he was.
length his hill and pnlcnt energy slim-
illated no doubt by opposition, rose abavr
the bar. the bench. the government. llis
genius l’Il'R:tlI to attract, and it was ni-l
ong until it could coninintid. His busi-
?
smre ' “
To the luster of primitive ages restore
The item of the ocean-the izrnrrald
. i Islel . l
Emmet Celebratiaa
ness increased and for many years lit
has been regarded as the head as he ix
navv venerable orator and lawyer, was ‘
rind the amiable and brilliantly accotti- ,
on
e, V . ,
rendered himself, as far as man can
surrender himself body and soul to the 5“?
h of that bloody ambition which flesolates
,, not,’ but why they will,
on in utter zibnegatiori of politics from
the times of the United Irisliinen to the
day of the Young Irelantl p'arty. The,
dread event that roblletl -him oi his be-1
oved vvitc, cornpcllctl hiru tofsilence un- l
til mcn anti tiriics equal to JIIC former
period again challenged his ‘attention asi
a duty. It he never tradetiin lrisl,
politics, he neveryiook even a silk gown
train the gm.-erllxiicnz. lie has remain
a barristerdenying‘himself any ap-
proximation to govern.-ncut, preferment
in the accepiance 0i.the Queen's coun-
cellorsh ' ' ' ‘ ' ' " '
In no; he piiblishetl an atltlrrss lo tht‘
ycoinanry oi Ireland justifying arms as
a resource against tyrzt,-tny. ‘it is writ-
ten with power and point. "The slanti-
ilig army," he said “js'.-in evil. wither en-
dured by the body pulit
it The mere soldier
The citizen and ill: mere soldier’ are as
distinct .15 free agency and necessity-
as liberty and slavery. The citilen is
e who has entered into society the
better to attain the dignity of his nature.
The mere soldier is one who has sur-
disposal of another. He is almost as
passive as the word wilh,which he was
glits. He is thekt-retrhcd ‘inazrtunenr
the ‘earth. He is bt-tight and Sold like
(he beast of the l'te;ld."v' Another‘ pam-
phlet pttblished dui:ing‘,llit'.'s:ai'Vric‘ year i-rmner C3
u
9
e
'2’
3
s-
5
, authoritarivt:-
ly sltited to have been the-p.-oductiou
at his wile. ‘ The title f'.Rn address to the
peopleot lrlrirlrl, showing them why thc)
ought to submit to tlte union": is iron- "
ical; the writer in an atliniralble manner
actually showing why the people shoultl
submit to
Grattau had sait:lj‘we may talk plausibly
,to England. but so long as she exercises
4t power to bind this cr-tuttry, so long
r
iv
t the
are ‘tile 31:TfilHIs,:h‘,‘;:
claims of the one go':lg:til
of the other." The pnmplllrt in war 2
as distinctly fcllowed up the I<ey-n6te-
‘ a rcunveilticii" says the writer
community of interests ever will be equi-
tably conducted where both parties are
riot equally able to assert their own rights
and to resist the innovations or injustice '
of the other. I beg my cotintrymen nnt
to suppose that I think the measure a
lzood one. No; but I know it to be in-
evitable. I beg them not to suppose
I place the smallest rcliance on the prom-
ises of equity, and disinicrestodness of
the minister. No; but I know that we
cannot either reject the measure or in-
sist on the performance of the treaty.
' - As to the ius'tice we are to meet
it will be like that which is shown to a
child by the gitardian who wrest: his
all from him, while he tells him, ‘I will
make you happy,’ and gives the child it
whistle, or a cake. The boy may feel
that he is injured. but he must submit."
In’. 1346 Holmes successfully defended
the Nation newspaper in the government
prosecutions brought against that journal
for the publication of lllitchel‘s articles
on the uses at‘ railways to a revolution-
ary people. His .-pcecli on the occasion
was a very powerful effort-or rather not
an effort bulla success. The most
markable feature of it, an I have else-
where shown in greater dzt:iil.'('93 and
'48; The Modern Rztwlulimiu , History,
61., of Ireland, p. 266) “was the detailed
account, based on English law authori-
ties, such .19 Sir John Davis, Chief
Justice Vaughan, Lord Mansfield and
Blackstone, showing that according tn
the English reading, Ireland did not
possess a shadow of the true principle of
freedom. Ile defied any collslitulioiinl
lawyer to deny the fact, ’ ‘ ' and nr
gucd on constitutional groiiiitls that as in-
surrection aizzlitlst lawful authority was
rebellion, and to ewile to it, setlrtiun; Eu’
resistance It: oppressinn wits not rt-brl-‘
lion, nor to teach at people the means oi‘
successfully resisting oppression, setli-l
ticin.” He appeared more the accuser oil
the crown than the dcfclltlcf of hisl
client. "We tlioliglil" szlitl Mitchel, “wcl
rhe iatlwr of the Irish Bar. He broader:
heard the blood of Emmet crying aloud;
from the grotintl." Even the Chief Jus-
tice was forct-d to arise from the liar-
row-niincletlness of his charge to ie
iury, by an acltnowlcrlgnienr of the ad-
vocate’s genius. "His address," he said,
“has never been surpassed in ti court oi
justice." This speech printt-Ll in pam-
phlct sllnpe was largely circulated; and
followed up some months after by “Th;
Case of Irelniitl Stated,” which imnictli
aiely creitted renewed excilcmt-nt as be-
ing the ablcst parrphle: on Irish anairs
during this ceuutr
In i848, the old man, from amid the
snows of more than four-score llriliiers.
arose like one of those volcnimes in the
.n. Heclai. His defence of
Mitchel in thc May or that your has been
spoken of by an American tliviilte present
at the trial, as rt-rniuding him of the de-
fence nl Saint Paul before Agrippa
lle “once ngnitl, like the ghost of ‘98
stand up to uplnaid the ruocit-ry of En-
glish law in Ireland. VVli.=it mem-
urics must have throbhed thrtlilgh him!
Ila had not entered that Cour’ rtloztl for
half a century. The brother of his wife
9.
had left that dock, in which Milclirl
OLI for the scaffold. c avowed ihr
principles of 'chel-he assurned their
full responsiluli - the priso er
in -tlin lrelan
was enslaved; 2 d ei intcrrilptctl by
I’-arnn troy, exclaimed that ‘he could
not do justice to his client viitllout doing
justice to Irelatt ."‘ c succeedilig
day after sentence had been passed, the
' l’l’l(‘tI off, and the tlislurbanct
that succeeded. quellcd, Holmt-s artse tn
2 ' delizlnce to that vlith vlhicb
Mitchel friglilenetl the judge from the
bent es. A portentous cairn had
cet-ded the storm, upon w '
mzn‘s voice roke-"I wisli now
state," said “that what I said yesler
day as an advocate, I adopt -
n r- 'rlion. ‘ ‘ ‘ The .
General is prrsrnr-i retract nothing-
ll‘lt‘Se are my in ' '
these are my opinions. as to the relativr
positirutiot Entclantl a‘tid‘Irel:u1(l. and l
‘ etrrto insinuate, violate
e ' ‘nirmgc
now‘ , 0 so axdin;"
warming irto adlicnitietl terror of pa-
ioiisrn never stir nssed, he cunt'lutled-
.ct her Majestys Attorney-General rlu
hit duty to its.,r.wrrrvrt.ml,1iiarve done
mine to my country,’
With unimpaired intellect, preserved
2
2
by the purity of a sincere life, an a sin-
l-le-mintled iairh, mm . chatvi;
abyss into which Plunitrt and other-
r-qually unstable tell, the venerahlt
patnot went into retirement, Irnin ur
the grave will drag ' cute V!
fur all time, before the public flflfl the
unborn students of his country's history
A Poet Aptly Describes the
Parliamentary Situation.
(From Slim Flirt.)
["To characterize those who object
to the Irish members in the I-English
Parliament supporting a nutlg.-t which
the Speaker himself admits increases the
taxation of our country, as Orange-nierv.
dishonest men and crank is neither
the wisdom of the stat‘esm:tn nor tht
manners of the entlcmnn. . .
the orthodox less opposed tn the
creased taxation of their country than
the Emil" ’"-." ‘ mlnent on
nrdtnonds speech, November 19, i9o9.]
Air-"Let Erin Remember the Days oi
Old.”
rl‘
tn-
Let our orthodox lambs to the Liberals
Nor believe
IV on two mi
that we betrayed her,
litins per anuurn ot ire-
go
We zssigncrl to the sleek ptrsuadcrl
Though some niih the flag: of royal
n urrt,
Say we're bound hand and foot to llvtt
. ranger,
just close our eyes and ears to the resl
of l e wnrl .
And be led by the cute qiiick-changer!
Though Sinti I-‘ein cranks have in vari-
ous wa
,.
Set my I .h Irieritls rcpinimz.
With harubraiiitll talk of the Parnel
tays
VVhile a tliFft- vnl scheme oullininiz,
Wt-‘ll tightly to Asquith and mrrrll hold
it the gen'r.1l elections over.
And then-it the waves have not o'er us
ro. t-t -
We may again recline in clover!
. -Taro. C. Ilnninv.
9
sh‘,
Thursday
I ‘Academyof Music; Broad and; Loculsllrilsltreets
March ‘3rd.‘l9l0 f
Evening,
n ‘ The tire that has never been quenched,
triad of the Wes:
By Wii.t.um RODNEY.
While ye honor in song and in story
The name of the patriot men,
Whose valor has covered with glory
l-‘nll many a niountiiin and glcn,
nrgct not the boys of the heather,
Who niarsltallt-tl their bravest and
1.
best,
When Eire was broken in Wexford,
Ami limited for revenge to the Westl
give you “the gallant pld lrVesL" boys,
where rallied our bravest and host.
wltt-it Ireland was broken and bleeding,
Ii-urmh tor the men of the westl
Tilt’ lrill tops with
’Twas ill
glory were glowing. i
e site I
o a bright harven
av.
When the ships we'd been vvearily wait-
tug
Sailt.-d into Killala’s broad bay; ’
And over the hills went the slogan,
to waken in every breast
ys.
Among the true hearts of the West.
I give you “the gallant old west," boys.
lrVllcrc rallied our bravest and best,
Whm lreland was broken and bleeding,
ilurrah tor the men or‘ the westl
Kiilnla was ours are the midnight,
And high over Ballina town,
Our bainncrs in triumph were waving’
Before the uexl snn had gone dew ‘
We gathcr to speed thi: good work. , i , "
bu
ys.
The true men anear and afar?’
Arid history can ttll how we routed ‘
' tic aisthr ’ gd Cnstlebnr.‘ -
i give ypa "The gallant old west.“ boy$.
Whore rallied our bravest and best '
When irclantl was broken and bleed- '
mg, ‘ .
Jlnrrah for the men of the Westl
And pledge me, "The stout sons , of
' s. ' ‘
Bold Hulntteri and all his brave mm, ,
Whose tramp, like the trumpet of battle
llrouglu hope to the drooping again.
Since Eire has caught to her bosom
On many a mountain and hill ,
The gallant: who fell so they're her;
To cheer us to victory still.
i give you “The gallant oltl West," boys, , ,'
whrrc rallied our bravest and best t
Wht-n irnaud was broken and bleeding.
hurrah tor the men of the westl
Though all the liriglit dreantings iv. .
c crislietl .
went down in disaster and woe.
The spirit of old still is with us I .
That ntver would bend to the foe;
And Coriniicht is ready whenever
The land rolling tuck of the drum
Rings out to awaken (hi: echoes ,
And tell us-the morning has come.
So here's to the gallant old west, boys,’
which rallied hcr bravest and best,,
When Ireland was broken and blceding,
hurrah, boys! llurrah for the west. '
Tickets for the entertainment ,
can be procured at the lrish->
Amorlcan Club. 726 Spruce Sh. ‘
or at the Box Office on evening
of entertainment. .
Emmet Celebration
Don't Forget the Date
Academy of Music. Broad and
Locust. March 3rd, l9lO
