The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
The Great Irish Uprising Of a
Century Ago.
BY valerlan Gribayedor, Author OF Tho
French Invasion Of Ireland in '9s."
RHETORICAL SOURCES OF INFOR-
NATION.

Before entering upon a description OF the
most important phase OF tho great Irish rebel
lion Of '0s. tho outbreak in County Wexford,
which ut ono moment came dangerously near
wiping out British rule forever. a brief digres'
sion may be permitted with regard TO the
sources OF information at the disposal Of the
utudont Of that momentous epoch. This Is rem.
dered all tho more necessary by reason OF
tho false impressions that still prevail on
the subject among Anglo-Saxon readers
OF Protestant denominations The writer
himself remembers. while a boy at school
in England, the feelings of resentment
which stories OF '9s worked in tho breasts
of his youthful s~choolmates. The Catholic irish
of rebellion times were pictured by teachers and
school books alike as sanguinary monsters
thirsting for the blood Of the hereto and guilty
Of atrocious grimes against humanity. This YER
sion has found favor among the British public
in general. and by o slow process of diffusion the
ISLANDERS have spread over America. And thus
wo witness the anomaly Of a large number OF
Auorjcon. vboac forefathers arose arainst tho
HNN-N a. pu;,,,h Crour and drove N,
exaetione OF inc BRUSH ol'wn Wv u,o.o.n'
,uoving THAR viaion in nil matters relating to
"oo"..ss..nuu ,ha. no.. ,reoroa Par NOR. AZ
Eugland's hands to become warped.
One of the nll.preyniling reasons for the pre-
judice created against tho men OF eeis that
their opponents were tho first in the held viii
Nh,tr s'pparpnira " their 'narratiyea' thair
l r"Snn,.. .ho,r ..hi.,or,oo, ,srro.
.impar.iai RELATIONS. 'nes on usrL,.n nA
1000 at tha., 'or INC pit,iess 'o.as'ous r.o. ur
. .sSs IsS'n in tho blood oS'' Of their Catholic fellow "
conntrvmen. To keen tho supply up to the dc.
mand. the aforementioned bigotod. narrow.
minded sectarian, Sir Richard Musgrave, a
Tory magistrate. performed wonders In tho
matter OF turning out copy. he went over
county after county literally with a tooth comb
IN n's a S.opp. aosaNs ~.
what q jumbo OF misstatements ana e1agRera'
posler,1S. OF az " esen n..u n,.n .usn.es ss,, nsu ae,h
sides Of the question prompts to an investigation
of hi. nonderous work. Musrrave's venom does
permeates tho memoirs" from beginning to
end. sometimes ~ Is inc taheorous poll.iciah
who speaks sometimes the pharisaical dispenser
Mas nv tho Irisb, be remarks.
70, " no,, VIM .sa, Ans
i. pure, a simple. a rational and undealed re.
S,rion shan he .stahlIshed among the d.,udsd
natives I'll of Ireland; when tho clouds of suporsst.
tion and ignorance which SO much obscure tho
reason. those bright luminaries which tho Deity
has benignly afforded to erring man to direct
MS wandering Stops tnrouen Inc thorhy pains
oflife and to guide his feet in the ways OF peacef'
.s..a,,, -. NJ. .ad nrIdoo hins.If in onotho,
thropist' let US add' priaes himseit IN another
part Of his work on having personally admin.
istered a few dozen of lashes to II convicted NAL
n"",.n, ~ othnr n.rson hoi,n ronna wii,na ~
content no otner person peihe iouho Wiling 70
perform the task. He also expresses disapproval
Of Gen. Dundas's action in treating with Per
.UDO 80, -
klns 9 corps OF Insurgents In hiluare' ieaVihG
It to be understood that theirs should have
bsen tbe nunjshment meted ont IN tho noor
soe ."s 49, ~ "N' p"o
betrayed wretches on the Curragh.
Musgrave, as stated. obtained most Of his lin
sorn,tjon"h v n nersonal canvass NJ the str;ck.,
Aoi"'''o"
counties very shortly after the rebellion. A
portion OF II was however borrowed from a col
.eo.ion u 'et,ofe :" puo'lsnouih
1893 In Dublin under the title Of " Jones's Mar
~ratiyc." The authors of these various docu-
,..n,. n omcors and so,dioro q, Tho Kipo's
"ente "eio oih'o'e "nu o'uio II y Ni"s
service who purport to describe their personal
experiences in the field, and IL must DO allowed