The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-22
wrote that 106 of those who suffered
martyrdom for the cause of Ireland In
'9S were Protestants, while only 56 were
Of the Catholic faith.

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Of the Catholic faith.
Mr.. Redmond showed the justifiable-
ness OF the rebellion, and told of how
Ireland would be free if Gen. Hoche had
succeeded in effecting landing in
Bantry bay, with 63 French ships and
5000 men. They were driven out to
sea by a fierce hurricane" he continr
ued, land hence 1t is that Ireland is in
chains today"
Mr.. Redmond's description of the
landing of the second French fleet in
Kfllala bay, and of the skirmishing at
Castlebar, where the English troops
were overwhelmed by the French, was
much enjoyed. When he told about the
way the English troops ran, giving the
battle the name Of the "Races of Castle
bar,' there was great laugh.
Every mention of the name of Wex-
ford, New Ross. Corey, Rallinamuck and
other noted battlefelds was the signal
for outbursts of applause. The mention
of Lord Castlereagh, who completed tie
act of union with England, and whose
name, the speaker said, was doomed
among 1rishmen to go down to eternal
and blasted infamy," was the signal
for a storm of Kisses, which lasted sew
eral minutes.
The speaker then told of the brutali-
ties inflicted by the English yoemanry
on the Irish peasntry. How in one
night thirty-five Catholic churches and
an equal number of peasants homes
were burned down and other Incidents
of that nature.
"There was in '98 young leader in
Wexford whose name l am proud to
bear" said Mr.. Redmond toward the
close of the lecture. Seeing that the
fresh arrival Of some English artillery
In one Of the battles was discouraging
his men, he rushed at the mouth of one
of the guns, shouting back: Come on,
boys; you see they're harmless!' He
was blown to pieces when the piece ex-
ploded. When his old father was told
that he had died in battle. he said:
Well, I can spare him, because have
three other sons in the army.
Another story was to the effect that
near Killarney an old man died just
before the insurrcction, leaving a son
and daughter The son was arrested
on suspicion of disloyalty and was seil-
fenced to be hanged. His sister begged
for mercy for him on her knees, but all
the English officer could do for her was
to give her the body unmutilated, III
stead of allowing it to be disemboweled,
as was the custom. Years afterward 1t
was found that his sister had nursed
the hanged man back to life, and hal
secretly kept him. deformed and de-
mented, from that time on.
These" said Mr.. Redmond "are the
memories that are burned into our very
natures in Ireland, and cause the NAME
of 98 to evoke the deepest and most
passionate emotions of our hearts. Eng
land forced the Irish to rise in rebellion
prematurely. This is serious charge
to bring against her, but can substan-
tiate it. The fires of bigotry were kim
died by the English rulers. Deliberate
and persistent oppression was used by
the English to force the insurrection."
THE MEN OF '9S DID NOT FAIL
Mr.. Redmond continues:
"What lessons does the history of
'9S furnish us? 1t is story of failure
as the word is used. Those men rose
to shake off the shackles of inhuman
and intolerable oppression They
failed, and paid the penalty with their
lives But they never fail who die in
good cause. Some of the objects for
which they have fought have been OBJ
tanned; others have yet to be Won.
Those in whose veins flows the blood of
'9S will never abandon the cause for
which they struggled
Triumph may not come in our time,
but we believe 1t will come as we be-
lieve in the existence of God, and when.
after the long and weary night the
dawn of freedom breaks over Ireland,
the redeeming people, in the very midst
of their triumph and jubilation, will
halt to kneel by the graves Of the mar
tyred dead Of '9S and acknowledge with
tears gratitude that from their suffer-
ing was drawn the inspiration that made
a free, united and triumphant Ireland
possible
Mr.. Redmond described the butchcry
In Wexford town of 300 women and
children at the hands of Cromwell's
soldiery. Murmurs of revenge arose in
every part of the hall, and the scene
was so graphically described by the
speaker that many of the women in the
audience wept aloud. Mr.. Redmond
closed with the recital of verse OF tho
famous song, "Who Fears to Speak
of 1882"
A few Of those present were Recorder
Goff, w. Bourke Cochran, Senator Sulli-
van, Judge Martin ]. Keogh, Congress
man Sulzer, William Astor Chanler,
Judge Wauhope Lynn, Judge James A.
O'Gorman, r. J. Kennedy, Capt Stephen
Mcfarland Andrew HaPperty p n