The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-10-03
Bill, ARP LOVES ORPHANS
AiS Mother an Orphan When
Seven Years Old-Sad Story OF
All ISpidcnnic.

l. HIS Mother an Orphan Whe
: Seven Years Old Sad Story
; All Epidemic.
Is Nincty-ninc years ago today Robe
i. Emmct was executed for high treason
| w"ndcr how many of the old schoC
.. boys have spoken his spccch--hi
II beautiful speech in defense of him
= self and his companions for the Iris
. rebellion, and their attempt to sciz
9 the arsenal aud the aims in Dublin
and set Ireland free. | wonder hOy
5 many of the modern school boys eve
heard Of Emmett, one Of the noblcst
rnrcSt and most eloquent patriots il
all history. 1t took Il smart boy, ;
%l'tcd boy, Il good, kindhcartcd boy
To speak that speech with feeling ant
pathos. Chan Holt could do 1t, ant
he was The only one Of our set who
could make the turkey bumps rise or
our spincs and our hearts go pity-pa,
rs he stretched himself Il little higher
and exclaimed: 4" Let no man write
my cpitaph. Until Ireland is free, let
not my cpilapn be writtcn.' He bad
been already tried and convicted, and
| when the stern olu chief Justice asked
him if he had anything to say why
sentence of death should not be ~ o.
nounccd, he made this speech. The
Judge could not conceal his emotion,
ana all the court WAS in tears.
Robert Emmrt was Il very rrcat
man. Although but % years old at
his death, he was the peer and COM
panion OF Curran, Grattan and Philips,
and the friend and collcgcmatc of
Thomas Moore, The poet. When cx-
ccutcd hc was engaged to Curran's
daughter, the beautiful Sarah, and rom
Moore has written Il charming poem
about their sad and broken. hearted
destiny. Had it not been for Sarah
and his love, lImmcJ would not have
been tried, for he and bis fellow pa
trOtS, who were leaders Of the rebel
lion of lT9S, had already escaped, most
OF them to America, but Emmet hnycr-
cd Tor S1rah'S sake and WAS arrested
and tried for treason.
Anon. those rebels who cscapcd to
America was Il young man named MAJ
guirc, who landed at Charleston and
settled there. Ilc had some means,
and began business us II linen mcr.
"'" P"' i'N''". !\oI ioIT aIlcf
I'M" hc i''ITlc" an orphan %lrl, The
''"%n'c' q, sea captain, ana they
lived happily lTcihcr. Two children
were bora {" them, James and Caro-
line. No children ever had more
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