The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-15
TO PREMATURE INsURRECTION
The Unbridled Brutality of the
English Soldiery.
THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED
BY Red Coats to Get Rid of the
Surplus Population.

A hundred years have flown by
since ireland entered upon that struggle
which has made the year 1898 one of
the most glorious. as 1t is ono of the sad
dcst epochs Of oar chcqucred history,
says the Dublin Freeman. Upon the
lst of January. 1898, the minds of Irish
Nationalists will at once revert to that
memorable time, and cold to the best
impulses Of patriots must they be whose
ardour In the cause Of ireland Is not
revived by the thought OF what the. men
of '9S suffered mad SACRIFICED At this
distance of time it Is difficult 10 realize
the position IN which the unfortunate
people OF Ireland were then plunged.
The plans of the United lrishmen were
as an open book to the government,
thanks to tho battalion Of testimony
that the gold of Dublin Castle has en-
listed In its service. No effort was
spared to drive the people into revolt,
and many months ere the insurgents
took the f, Id. murder, rapine, free
quarters, and burnings, and other de-
tcstablc engines Of oppression were I'M
sparlngly used to drive the people to
desperation.
Tho government had made long am,
careful preparations. An Insurrection
Act made tho taking of an oath of as
yt ,iulp III
Niceroy's power We're extended counties
were proclaimed, and people were for
biddcn to be out Mt night The Orange
maglstlacy were given the utmost
hcellse Thcy were empowered to break
into houses and to transport for service
In the mavy any people whose loyalty
was of suspicious character Then
came The introduction of \reign troops,
the establishment of yc7manry corps,
ana martial law. In 1894, through She
trcarllcly OF Cocklync ana doubtless of
M'Nally. the English government were
Informed OF .Jacksun's French mission.
year later regular system of cspion-
age was at work, and in 1896 there were
but few secrets oG the United Irishmcn
that did not find their way into the
hands of the government. Tones COM
picity In .Iacksons designs compaled
MIN to seek asylum in America, which
he quilted only to urge the cause of
Ireland upon France. or his stay in
Paris it has been well said, with only
few n1liDpHG fcHr I'M H., 10
but little French, so trnnsccndcnt ware
his abilities and his zeal that he brought
nohlc French feet and sixteen Thousand
veterans with IIochc at their head out of
brcSL In 1896" The coming of the
French In 1867 was urged as a reason
for the beginning OF hostiities, but the
suggestion was not carried out, and the
same inaction wns observed when to-
wards the middle of 1897 the militia reg
1mc1ts sent Il dcplltntlOn to the cxccu-
tive OF the United Irislmon to lay pro.
poshls for the seizure of the castle he
fore that body. The ndccisGn in the
ranks OF the leaders continued until at
lcngth, soadcd by the whippings, burn
ings. trlnsEoltntiOns and ptch-cap
tortllrcs, the people clamollrpd for olfcl-
sivc measures, with tho result That in
stopping of the mail coaches on the 23rd
of May gave the signal for the rising.
With the closing OF '97 and the dawn
OF 9S was witnessed the first of the
many trials associated with the insur-
dictionary movement The trial OF Fin
ncrty for alleged libel on Lord Camden,
the Viccroy was ono OF the opening en-
counters between the government and
the United Irishmcn. Finnerty was the
printer of the Press, the organ Of tho
United lrishmen, and the charge
brought against him was founded Qua
letter published In that paper and ad-
dressed to the Lord Lieutenant, whose
shares in the judicial murder Of William
Orr it trenchantly assailed. The char
actcr Of that piece of invective Is fairly
indicated by the following extracts:--
'rhe death of Mr.. Orr the nation has
pronounced one Of the most sanguinary
and savage acts that had disgraced the
laws. In perjury, did you not hear, my
lord, the verdict was given? Perjury
accompanied with terror. as terror has
marked every step of your government.
Vengeance and desolation were to fall
on those who would not plunge them
selves in blood. These were not strong
enough; against the express law of the
land not only drink was introduced to
tho jury, out drunkenness itself, beastly
and criminal drunkenness, was employed
to procure the murder of better man
than any that now surrounds you" And
again we read:-"Let, however, the