The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-27
AN IRISH REMINIsOENCE .

within your lnnleul'tOS Oos0A ftuioi 10 ho
small task for well-worn memory to I'M
dertaAe.
An historian can give you all the occur
RANGES through successive ages from GENESIS
- Revelation without halt or fault, by
either purloining them from predecessor,
or by pulverizng, pruning and embeilish-
80 what he unearJhs frJm the BodheaE,
aTd taen fashion them to suit either the
tasre of the times or the exigencieS of
Marty: but pegging away at ones inner
ssolf drawing from an overdrawn brain,
that has too often been under the hands Of
q notary, is another thing altogether.
EVERYTHING gets mixed up-d ties, hablt1-
ions names. damsels, men. The angelic
creatures you once swore by and wor-
shined are now, alas! lean, scraggy, I'M
tootbed and decapillarized or have feshed
into 200-pounders, with halt ton OF family
Eneaments around them.
The heroes and patriots you looked up to
with a species of awe, and admiration, and
reverence have dwindled down to the pro-
nortions of ordinary mortals and become
nusillanimous and mercenary; some are
Governors of colonies, some on the bench,
Some ENJOYING their ease-t thanking God
that they had country to Sell-Sub teg
mine fdqi with the gold that once their
ma riotic palms would have spurned, while
others. true to the instincts of manhood aud
patriotism, still firmly battle against the
odds believing in the justice of a cause
that is too powerful to be neglected and too
formidable to be much longer opposed.
Here in this free and enlightened republ
where those now living revert with feelings
of veneration and pride to the great men
they knew and were intim to with, Jack
son, Clay, Webster, Calhoun and the gal
LIANT Lee SO eau | point with pride to
6 &C. Gray, Purcell, Barrett, Tom
Steel and Richard Lalor She'll, all of whom
have passed away. Then amongst the men
of 4S to Thomas Davis, the Boulanger, the
Father Ryan of Irish Goul-stirring song,
John Mitchell Meagher, John Martin
Mangan, Darcy McGee, who fell from grace;
Pope Hennessy, now governor of Barbados;
Charles Gavan Duffy, now Sir Charles,
a relative of mine, who emigrated to Aus
traha, became premier of that country, and
who now lives at Nice upon a retired pen
sion of $4,000 a year; Thomas OHagan,
afterward created Lord O'Hagan, with
WHOM L was Intimately connected;
Sharman Crawford, although a wealthy
landlord himself, the great agitator for
tenant right. John Rea, the terror OF
Judges and magistrates-the George Francis
Train of Ireland-poor fellow This brain was
too largely exercised to withstand the press
ure of his utopian ideas, and he fell by his
own hand-a suicide. Peace to his ashes
He owed me $4,000.
Isaac Butt, whose mantle fell upon the
shoulders of Parnell, commenced his politi-
cal life as an extreme Orange nan Of the
worst type only excelled by Roden, Tresham
Gregg or Ballykilbey Johnston, but like
d'Israeli, he changed his views and drifte1
into the national school, where the political
creed was country and not religion,
where he remained until his death.
John Rea, myself John F.. Ferguson,
Warning and others, made him the leading
counsel in a mammoth suit against the Bel
fast corporation. 1t was certainly q mann
I1sNEtx DO
amounted to upwards of $400, 600, and occu-
pied eight years before being brought to
conclusion. | had, therefore, ample opportu-
mites of Analysing Isaac Butts power ami
patriotism, as l was thrown daily in con-
tact with him, either at his Office or in the
committee room Of the House of Commons
during this suit. We won it, however, but
unfortunately were debarred any costs,
with the exception of IS 900 or 10000,
awarded to John Rea as Telator, which
he refused to receive for years.
This suit was occasioned by the corporation
borrowing money for a specific purpose aud
directing it to other purposes, also for per-
hitting aldermen to become interested in
city contracts, and also for political opprss-
sion on a certain class that composed one
half of the population.
Well, with the exception of Pope
Hennessy and Sir Charles Gavan Duffy
all these have plssed away. | must
now begin to abbreviate and allude
only to few more Of those occupying pub
lie attention.
Joseph Biggar, NJ. P, for Cavan, al
though brought up in an austere Presbyter-
ian atmosphere always affiliated wit the
liberal party and / have known him long
and intimately. Although slightly de-
formed by an accident in youth, his face
is the perfect mirror of intellect, honesty
and decision.
His father was an immense man, up
wards of six feet and built accordingly,
while Joe is not more than five feet six.
conundrum that was very current in
Belfast was:
(Which is the biggest man, Joe or his
fatherY
Why Joe. because be is little Biggar
We now come to the most imposing and
impressive character in the IinleSPar
nell fzzle. Sir Charles Russell, who
Is very sincere friend Of mine,
have watched his career with surprise
and astonis ment. The success he has
achieved is due solely to MS individual per-
severance and cultivated talent, reaping a
rlc6 harvest of upwards of 100000 year.
When he told me of his intention of going
TO the English bar, I laughed at the idea,
as he had sufficient influence and good con
nectlons in Ireland to meet the same sue
cess as his brothers, who were influential
barristers.
Now, the laugh is the other way. 1t NAV
De too late to obtrude an opinion upon him,
but would strongly advise him, if he has
any spare time, to take night lessons in
cahgrapIy, as a few years ago
when paying visit to this
country with Lord Coleridge and
others. he wrote me a long letter from New
York, which the combined efforts of all our
postotfice experts here, to whom l submit
ted 1t, were unable to decipher
now come to the grand rascal of the
plot,
RICHARD PIGOTT.
This individual must not be COMPOUNDED
with the respectable Pigotts of Dublin, the
Chef Baron Pigott. He is of another class
altogether. Every man." says Tully,
mas two characters" Pigott had several,
one for himself, the others for society.
once upon a time, a Belfast newspaper
was languishing for want of funds, and as a
political necessity it was necessary for the
salvation Of its party that it should be boil
Stored up. / was appealed to, and in mo-
inent of youthful magnauimity advanced a
lew hundred pounds. Then came another
eau, then another and finally, as matter
81 self preservation l was obliged to take
.he entire plant into my possession and thus
became, like many another fool, a newspa-
per proprietor. then secured Dennis Hol-
iand, who succeeded Edmund Yates on the
northern Whiq, as chief editor-and then,