The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-02-02
THE TWO EMMETS.


vine in that city, and one OF the most pop
ular pulpit orators in America, prcacles
every Sunday, in McVicker's theater. His
discourse last Sunday was founded on sen
sationalsm in the Pulpit" To illustrate
the difference between live and enthuing
preaching, and sluggish harrangueng, the
learned gentleman said:
Robert Emmett and Thomas Adds Emmctorosed
more souls in Ireland in the name of libcrtytLan
they could themselves have aroused In the name Of
future life; and in the same island Daniel doom
nell swept along, fifty years ago, with an cloQtunCc
which no priest of the same church has cQulled;
and chiefly because, while the priest speal,i Il JOY
ora suffering beyond this life, the Emmes and
O'Conncll spoke Of IN Ireland and certain srrows
right by the hcagthstoncs of oil. In analy2hg tie
vital force Of the pulpit it mn. be kept IN memory
that the human heart does not betry mah sonsi.
bily to those scenes which are on the otAr side Of
deaths river. The Irish, dispensing from church
where the priest had painted awfully the last
judgment chatted pleasantly and went rome with
each other to Sunday dinner, hut the same men
went away from Robert Emmets hanugues with
compressed lips and with clenched fstlwlich BODIED
no good to England.
If Prof. Swing were as well vcrsed in
Irish history as in theological matters he
would not have spoken of the Emmett pat
riots as haranguers of the Irish people As
is affirmed by the Chicago Telegraph,
neither Thomas Adds nor Robert Emmett
ever made public "haTangue" The laws
against seditiou, in the times of Emit
were very stringent, and were enforced with
great rigOr and seyerity-so much so that
freedom Of speech in Ireland was eiltc,ually
crushed out But Adds and Robert were
promoters and leaders of Il powerful secret
organization, that aimed at revolution; but,
as above stated, neither one of them sought
to forward his aims by public speeches.
Both OF them We're compelled 10 keep per
fectly Quiet, Adds Emmett spent very lit
tie tim, in Ireland after he had grown to
manhood. lie and his brother conducted
much Of their secret business in France
Had either been so indilcreet as TO make
hmanguc in Ireland, publicly, or in
private to any large number
of persons, the government would have
speedily put Il stop to their imprudcnce.
That the youngest was capable Of the high
est clcqucnce is manifest from Rober; En-
NETS speech in the dock. which, although
mperfectly reported, remains the most pa
thetic and heroic argument which any man
ever made for the privilege Of giving up
his life in the bloom Of youth for his coun-
try. Thomas Adds Emmett, after he be-
came a member Of the American bar and
Attorney. General of New York, was con.
sidered an orator of extraordinary per-
suasivencss and power, and to this gift Of
eloquence high tribute is paid in the En-
glish inscription, written by Gulian G.
Verplanck, and the Latin one, by the iurist
John Duer, on Emmet's monument in st.
Paul's, Broadway,
Because the Emmcts were rcvolutionist.
Professor Swing not unnaturally assumed
that they harangued the people. The Pro,
fessor might find the material for many
sermons by reading the history Of British
rule in lreland--especally with regard tJ
freedom Of speech and freedom Of religion
Both the Emmets were staunch Protestants
like Professor Swing.