The times., 1897-12-26
THE REVOLUTION OF '98
Slaughter Raised It's Red
Right Hand"
RAPINE RULED THE PLAINS

| Timely Review of the Irish StrI-si
| for Liberty, Which VIII BE Co d
| Were Inspired by the Harpy
Issn,, at Yorktown.
In ehe four provinces of Ireland today
| enthusiasm ana hope are In the hearts and
minds of her people, in preparation for a
| n est patriotic observance of the centen
| nal snnivci sairy of i 79S, Wien the cuuntry )
| nade desperate effort To free itself from
the thrail of Great Britain. as did the
Ar eiican colo MES less than score Of
| years before. The blood Of martyrs is tue
seed az the church SO il has hetn found,
md il, the coming event no doubt it Will he
cf cctuullv found that the blood shed in
'9S, the lives lost, tie great sacrifices.
n:: dc To attain the liberty Of ireland ny
force OF arms il the hands OF l;pr devoted
sons during that awful perioii Of war,
have not been made in vain. Scenes dur.
enough, spread over the several years uf
its sIrnceie. Fifteen months in poor Erin
was a period when all ;iie horrors Il
civ.i stiife ragged:
karine ruled the plains
Aud slaughter raised its red, right hand,
ana virgins shrek ed and roof trees blazed.
hIid icSoation swept all the lanG.''
Ample evidences are realized in the
Ancricsn-IriSh history of this republic we
liv. III 1fat for at lea ast fifty years pre-
cetliEg 'eS the great discomfort in lreid I'd
caused numerous colonies TO deporJ ti:cm-
selves frum he old land and seek homes
elsewhere, more especially III the new con
tiErpt across the turbulent Atlantic No
mon. anti sritish people were found in ;his
land preceding and during the successful
revolution 9! tie American provinces than
the Irish fr"shy;erians that co!0aiZed in the
Carolinas, IL New Hampshire ana Maine.
The i,ious and heroic Irish m0therof Andrew
jackson inihucd his noble Sbui with the
strongest antipathr to England and helped
To mold hin. into Tie unflinChinC warrior
and leader n "a inst the British power that he
became. She lost two sons and IeriSh,,l
herself in the ra use OF American indie
pendence- Had this noble oman been
In Ireland, in her revolution, resisting the
sway 81 Re same oppreSsor she, without
question, would have Eeen ready To sac
rifice "a much. IL is not ina rpropriate IT,
mention in this article tile name of Mrs.
Jackson. She was oil the HutchinsOnS.
and her relative, Lord Hutchinson, an
eminent and humane sOldier held nI-
port ant comma nj in his native iandahteri1r
To tie civil war lie was second in com
mand t. the gallant Scotchman, Gen.
AbefcrombY iE the expedition to Egypt,
who, in 1855, was chief in command of
the forces in Ireland and gave general
satisfaction, arfording Il ray of hope
to dropping dcspondency." The branches
of the Hutchinson family that dwelt in
the counties of Tipperary Cork and Gal
way were nearly all of such kind manners
anu affa bic demednur as 10 fasCinHte the
minds of the people, and tleir influence
did much 10 avert the shocking scenes
witnessed elsewhere in the civil strife
TIE protracted struggle for independence
of America and it's successful achievement
rean aEencd the hopes OF Irish patriotism.
The land became fired afresh with ,hc
genius OF liberty. A nobis occa sion offered
in which 10 organize and arm military
y
closed and the combined fleets or France
and Spain We're riding triumphant in the
Irish Chanrel 4 fornida hle invasion was
thFea tened, ard at that time the island
WAS almost wholly destitute of coast de. |
fense- The danger aroused the Kingdom, |
as her people were told by the British min |
istry that they must defend themselves" |
The result was that more than 100000 |
men almost instantly sprang into ar,.!s, uui- |
formed well equipped nd differed. After |
this event there was a rapid increase of |
in the country. The concessions
had been wrung from the British Ca bitet
under great stress and as 4 CONSEQUENCE,
eDmity soon began TO develop the
desire TO destroy Irelands hopeful progress |
A non-Gatholic Irish clergyman, Rev. James
Gordon, at tie beginning Of this century,
wrote the feeling among Irishmen At this
time He said: "A diffusion of liheraj
sentiment and unity of interests
lad confined men of all ranks
,nd persuas;oDs in the common causr.
Tie unhallow ed monster of religions
iigutry conid no longer be introduced ~
he government It. foment preju;iice and
ow haJefUl division; all was concord and
ianhmity. Bat the object of creating
sseIIsion and anrulliug the benefits t,i-
nil Ell was never lost sight uf by tie
london ministry Ireiand's happy
tatr continued, ho . yer, without inter
uDiior until thu disbandrneut of the
Cmnteers, and oJhSr schemes We're prac.
ICED TO dissipate the prevailing United
ointment OF the irish people. British
nibery and corruption Were mediums,
mi its Parliament, in 1884 unscrup.i
ously sHnihilatad Irish legisl ative in.
epenGence and imposed new restrictions |
II the trade and commerce OF Ireland |
,bese treacherous proceedings excited
eneral Indignation in the land and its |
pirited peoTle nuw turned their minds
0 wider sphere Of political liberty.
must not be forgotten that the Catholics
vere still under the ban of the penal laws
/: Britain, and although they numbered
wo-thirGs Of the population Of the nation.
we're divested of political rights. Again.
0 quote Rev. Mr.. Gordon, who said.
For the removal OF these o6ious re-
trictions and disqualifcations, by which
he Roman Catholics were deprived of
hat was accounted their due share of
oli.icaI power, vigorous efforts were
.cde and various engines put in notion
The Duke of Leicester headed, and many
Irish Protestant gentleraen
IL Constitution, Liberty and Peace" but
IL hills OF the IIish ministry We're still
finding Ireland, and TIE result was the
,rlnaticn OF the great organization, The
nited Irishmen,' - which had its inception