The Irish standard., 1886-09-11

blanket % his father commanded.
, ''Father,' says the boy, II thought I'd
keep it by me till I grew up to be a big
man, and then it viii, do for you when I
send you out to beg.o You are very
far. in the present hour OF triumph,
from fearing that the blanket will ever
fall to your lot. But it has fallen to the
lot OF NE, with whom the best of living
Irishmen might be named. When we
emember that Roger O'Moore was de-
MED all control in the confederation OF
Kilkenny which his daring and inyen-
tive genius created that Wolfe Tone
fell into disrepute for moderation with
the United Irish societies which he had
| founded that Glattan was in the end
denounced by the Volunteers whom he
had led to ole of the most memorable
victories in history; that Smith O'Jrien,
Dillon, Meagher, Mitchell and their
friends were expelled from The Repeal
Association, OF which they were the
most sincere and unseliish members,
and that O'Connell lost his marvellous
popularity in few months after his
last alliance with the Wbigs. it may
teach us all to be modest The writer
is not disposed to discuss the reason tor
Duffys quarrel with O'Conneil, with
whom he stood in the dock Iii 1871 On
trial for sedition, and with whom he
worked ln concert until 1917, when his
interest in the Repeal Association
ceased to have all active form. Ile
stood lis trial in ISis-49 for treason,
but the government failed in it's at
temp to establish it's case against
him. He was discharged, and his
popularity was made stronger than ever,
He WAS elected foI New Ross, Wexford,
in 1852, and he represented that place
III the British Parliament until 1856,
when he resigned his seat and went to
Australia. On his arrival there he was
presented with fsn estate by the Irish
colony. and his success in that southern
conliaent was at once assured. He was
called upon soon after to assist III form
ing the government, in whose service
he afterwards distinguished himself
and for which he received his patent
OF nobility" The title page of Gayan
DuMy's new work contains the follow.
Ing verse from the zen Of Davis:
'A1,d let the Orange lily be
THY badge, my Entrlot brother;
Tac everlasting green for me,
And we FOR one another.
This brings us to tne spirit THAT ami,
mated the Young Irelanders," Of
whom duffy WAS the head. They
started out to down discord and unite
ali creeds on a higher plalie Of patriot
ism. In this connection the following
words Of Duffy will be studied, inas-
much as it is statement Gu q question
Of paramount importance. He says:
whether Irish Catholics and PRO
testants can transact public business
together in good temper and good faith
as the Catholics and Protestants in
Switzerland, Belgium and Hungary
nabitually do, is a problem which
greatly perplexes the sober English
men. At present the negative has been
asserted 50 frequently and with such
especially by eminent British
critics who knew nothing OF the mat.
;er, that many worthy persons have
come to regard it as a truth which it is
die Or temerarious to dispute. &. gen
sration ago the SAME question was
equally the problem. There were not
wanting then, any more than now, men
Who answered authoritatively that
'uch all alliance was impossible.
But the experiment which was
made at that time lasted through
our trying years and was sub
ected to many critical tests,
md it furnishes, l think, better ma
erials for forming safe opinion than
my quantity of predictions and specu-
ations." Sir Charles is the only sur
,iyor of the men whose part in That
work was an active one. He proposes
O write of it impartiaI]y. How few of
IS, he asks, are familiar with the mar
'ellous story of John Keogh's struggle
or Catholic emancipation, which he
.lmost won while O'Connell was still a
aa at college? He continues: 'How
many of the young men Of to-day know
hat in 1888, when the established
huron OF Ireland was dccked OF It's
bishops and revenues by Parliament,
ts complete disendowment might per-
laps have been accomplished and was
endered only a question OF time? Ii
u 1856 all the labor Of the Tenant
league seemed wasted it was not so.
Truths had been uttered which, once
leard, were never forgotten, and the
principles embodied in the recent land
.gitation were first formulated by the
eague in 1885," The last Of band OF
poets whose names are the Watchwords
# the nation is making the last state
nent, in all probabilities, he will ever
make on the Irish question. The corpse
le left on the dissecting table has been
into life, and has entered a
sphere that was Duffy 9 hope and Davis
lream when the young men Of the ma
.;1,,,3 31uo,,n al their hasf;sat. II iisss5sfisl