The Irish standard., 1888-01-14

txOuEAt the act OF SC-Calleo Oulou, anu
his apeeches are among the finest ora
torical treats in existence. He Was a
famous lawyer His death occurred on
the 5th day OF January, 1854.
Thoobold Wolfe Tones Visit to France
in 1895.
When Wolfe Tone with his family
banded at Wilmington, Delaware. few
months before. he intended to settle
down to the life Of an American farmer.
Before choosing his future home, how
ever. he vent to Philadel phia. where he
xnes his friends, Hamilton Rowan and
Dr. Reynolds, and then, furnished with
% letter of introduction from the former,
viii. two resolutions Of thanks from the
srtsz, Catholic committee, and some
,s,tl1er papers, he waited On Adet, the
Minister Of France to the United States,
aud eyolnined to him the plans be him
self had formed for French invasion
<,f Ireland. Adet spoke bad English,
gsope worse French, but they managed
to understand each other, and at the
Minister'S request Tone prepared a
memorial on the subject. Then, salts
fed that he bad done all that was prac-
ticable znder the circumstances, be pur-
chased farm near Princeton, II. r.,
and wenS with his family to live upon it.
Wit..ii1 few months, however. he re-
caived letters from Keogh, Russell, aud
simn,s, informing him OF the progress
s,f Revolutionary opinions ia Ireland
and urging him if it all able 10 so to
France aud solicit the active assistance
OF she Government Of that country for
tl1s, cause of Irish freedom. He con-
suited with Rowan and again Visited
-.AGef, who gave him strong encourage
y1ent and furnished him with 81 letter OF
Introductioa to tha Committee Of Public
Safety III France. His determination to
abandon Lis peaceful pursuits and en-
gage once more in tbe stormy, danger
Gus. and thanhlass career OF al Irish
.ne7olutionist met with no opposition
from his heroic wife, who concealed
from him The iact OF " probable early
increase in their family and urged him
60 Let NO consideration prevent his fulfil
sneyt Of his duty to his country. He
sarew upon s;in1ms FOR $3.50, Of which he
Reft alOo with his wife Then he sent
his brother Arthur to ireland to inform
tIe leaders that he was starting for
France and to intimate to his parents in
order 10 lu!l their appsehensions, that
he was ;shouS 20 settle on farm in Jer-
sey. He spent day i'll Philadelphia
with Hamilton Rowan, Napper Tandy,
and Reynolds, apd before dawn OH a
GOLD December morning embraced his
brave wife, his children, his sister, and
act off for New York. Speaking Of the,
as it proved, last parting from bis fanl~
iiy. he says 1.-The courage and firm
aest, OF the women supported me
we had neither tears nor lamentations,
but on the contrary the most ardent
nope and The most steady resolution. f"
Leaving New York on New Years Day
1se landed at Hsvre on February after
a rough passage. He reached Paris a
fcw days later and paid lis first visit
there to James Monroe, then American
Minister at Paris, who afterwards be-
came President OF the United States,
and whose name will be forever asso,
ss,iated with the patriotic ''tloctrine'
which he enunciated in his famous Mes
sage of December 2, 1898, when he de-
aslared that any attempt Oh the part of
European powers to <'extend their sys-
Sen to any portion of this hemisphere
would be looked Upon by the United
Estates las dangerous TO our peace and
safety" aud would consequently be op~
posed The American Minister re-
,eived the Irish Revolutionary chief
with the utmost cordiality and gave him
all the assistance possible. Ia fact, as
Wolfe Tone himself tells us, Monroe
soon dropped all reserve in dealing with
him and said to him On his second visit,
ssGo at once to the Executive Directory
and demand an audience. explain your
self to them, and refer them to me for
the authenticity Of what you may ad-
vance. . It may be added that wheh some
time after Tone found himself fnan-
cially embarrassed lin fact almost with
ont a dollar--the generous American
promptly came to his relief and ad-
vanced him funds sufficient for his re-
auirements. Acting on Monroes ad-
vice, Tone sought an interview with
Oarnot, the grandfather Of the present
President af Che French Republic
most prominent member on the Exeeu-
tive Directory, whom the French people
atyled the .'organizer of victory" Car
not received Wolfe Tone graciously, lis
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