The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
A New Life Of Emmet.

of the Confederacy," as her southern
countrymen lovingly style her, has
earned the love of vet larger constitu-
ency by no Die tribute from her pen to
the memory of Robert Emmett. IAN
Irish knight Of the Nineteenth Cen
tury'' is the title of her book, recently
published by the John W. Lowell Com
pany, of New York.
In it Miss Davis displays wonder
full acquaintance with the story OF Ire
lands wrongs throughout the century
which preceded the advent of the hero
who still holds the foremost place In
all irish hearts. The terrible history
of the penal days is told without exag-
geration CT extenUation. 1.-The prom
Uses of England to this unhappy coun-
try" she says, "have ever been like the
fairies, which crumble into dust at the
first touch Of the morning sunshine.'
She tells touching and Characters
tic anecdote of the boy Emmett, how
one day, while experimenting with
chemicals, he became accidently pois-
oned by corrosive sublimate. Instead
of giving an alarm, the peculiar little
fellow consulted the Encyclopedia, and
finding chalk to be the antldote, took
it and crept INTO bed. He suffered
greatly during the night, but he solved
the problem Oh which he was engaged
when the accident occurred. VERY
strongly does the picture rise before US
of this strange, krightly child, who met
the probability of death with the same
utter featlessness which formed so
marked a characteristic IF his after
life"
The Infamous policy of "carotid cut
ting Castlereagh'' iii permitting En-
NETS conspiracy to go On after he had
became fully aware Of it, in order that
it might be put down in blood, LEADS
our author to comment: 1.-THE policy
which allows men to rush blindly Ola to
destruction, that their blood may prove
a safe cement for the foundation Of new
tyrannles, is one which is abhcEent III
the extreme to any rightrminded per-
son. That this has been the usual
mode of dealing with Irish rebellions
since the time Of Elizabeth is also al
evident fact TO those who read, With
unprecedented eyes, the history Of Hiber'
MAN instructions. Ii is. we May
add, the policy and the hope to-day OF
/ the Infamous Balfonr, tit successor to
Castlereagh, but thank God il IS 8
policy which shall no longer be success
| full.
] Enlrnet's epitaph, by his own request,
mas ever yet been written on stone;
bus, like the Just man Of Horace, he
| has ralsed q monument more enduring
than brass, and his epitaph is engraved
ia millions of hearts. 'sIn the deserted
cl,u1chyard of ST. Michins " says Miss
Davis, ''there is 81 slab on which nc
name is traced. Beneath the stone
rests the ashes Of Robert Emmett. How
long, O Ireland, how long will it re-
main without az epitaph i Here is her
own eloquent epitaph:
"1Thus died lreland's time knight.
sinking into the grave clothed in all The
bright promise Of youth; never 10 pat
GLE the sad livery Of age, never to feel
the hopelessness of those who live to see
the principles for which they suffered
5ramplsd and forgotten by the onward
march Of new interest and new men.
Perhaps freedom, like some deity of
ancient Greece, loved him too we'll to
let the slura and contun1ely Of out
rageous fortune dim the bright }ustre OF
his virgin fame. Was it Shat, in every
revolution there must be some sacrifice
70 GIL the ravenous jaws Of watchful
tyranny ere the new liberated people
can march forward 10 the fruition of
their hopes? Or is il that the graves Of
those who fall: like road side crosses
point new generations on the road to
freedom? x + . Ireland stands new
with outstretcied hands eagerly waiting
tie advent Of her freedom, Now she
has climbed with tire}ess feat the rugged
path which alene leads TO Liberty 4
domain. Who, then, shall say that
those have failed who, with their very
hearts blood, fed the watchfires for hel
guidance, who deemed it glory te be
accounted worthy of such sacrlfcef
That patriot blood may be the talisnan
to break the chains that ever bound her
down, the vesiest slave, at England s
mercy; and now, that in the near future
we may see-~oh. blessed vision!-a new
era dawn upon this beautiful but Unhappy
land, let Us reverently remember those
who died martyrs in the effort to save
their countrymen."
So writes this generous, warm hearted
daughter Of the warn-hearted South,
who does not possess. 80 far as we know,
a drop Of Irish blood jn her veins, but
who, mot ignorant of woe has learned
! to feel for the unfortunate Twenty
millien Americans of Irish blood will
thank her for this tender and beautiful
tribute to the idol of Irish hearts and
the cause for which he nobly lived and