The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-21
freshmen HONOR
ENMET'S MEMORY
Thousands Pay Tribute to the
Martyr Who Gave His Life
100 Years Ago.

| BY conviction a Protestant in his
life and his death, Robert Emmett has
| peen raised to the position of one of
| the uncanonized saints by the Catho-
| lie people of Ireland. Born to the
proud privilege of belonging to the
ruling. class when class distinctions
meant everything in life, he devoted
his young manhood and finally his life
to the uplifting of his down trodden
Catholic countrymen. And while he
failed in his immediate object and paid
! for his failure on a scaffold after a
| trial which, by its cruelty and injus-
tlce, shocked the civilized world, Rob-
ert Emmett has not died in vain. The
very hangman who held up the bloody
head and proclaimed the death of a
traitor to England proclaimed liberty
to the world and sounded the death
note of English inhumanity to Ire
land"
These were the words of Judge w. L.
Kelly at the memorial services held
yesterday at the Grand opera house
by the Ancient Order of Hibernians on
the centennial of the death of Robert
Emmett.
Born in ITS, while the echo of the
cannon Of Lexington and Bunker Hill
We're yet circling the earth, when
France was in turmoil of a reyolu-
ton, it was but natural that Emmett
should have learned the lesson of lib
erty, and as he looked over his un-
happy country, was moved by the mis-
cry on every side. Without a thought
of himself he threw himself on the
side of freedom, only to fail through
some unexplained miscarriage of the
careful1y-laid plans. Some one moved
too quickly, for it is absolutely GER
tain that had things been carried out
as planned Emmett would have been
the master of Dublin in '98. When he
stood with but eighty men behind him
and saw that failure was to be their lot
he fled to the mountains with his little
following. He later returned to Dub
lin, however, to visit once again the
woman who had promised to be his
wife-Sarah Curren. And while in the
city, living under the name of Mr. Ell
lis, he was betrayed by some man.
And when speaking of Emmett, there
is one Irish woman whom no Irishman
should forget-Annie Devlin-the serv-
ing woman who waited on Emmett. She
knew where he was hidden, but when
the soldiers surrounded her home and
wounded her with bayonets until her
blood ran to the ground after being
cast into prison for more than year;
after being threatened with torture
and tempted with brides, Annie Devlin
steadfastly refused to the end to be-
tray her master.
mo one can say after looking at
this meeting one hundred years after
his death and thousands of miles from
the place where he died, that Emmett
died in vain. His spirit still animates
the IriShman wherever he is, and the
same purpose stirs our hearts as it did
his one hundred years ago. Although
he directed that no man should write
his epitaph until Ireland should be free.
the world has answered by enshrining
it in every heart which has love of
liberty, of whatever creed, of whatever
nation it is, and the unmarked slab on
his resting place is more eloquent of
liberty than all the carving of the
tombs of other men the world over"
Judge Kelly was called on to make
the address on Emmett owing to the
absence of Rev. P. F. O'Brien, who was
unable to be present, and his eloquent
tribute to the Irish patriot ELECTED
which completely filled the opera
house.
God Puts High Price on Liberty.
The first speaker of the afternoon
was Senator Moses E. Clapp, who said
that while he was unable to make an
extended address, he was proud of the
privilege accorded him to pay his brief
tribute to Emmett as a patriot beyond
the bounds of creed or nationality.
1--WE are apt to think, in this country
of ours, that liberty is as natural is the
air we breathe" said Senator Clapp, but
we must remember that it has been
won for us. God put price on liberty,
and a heavy one. The price is one of
sacrifice-of human sacrifice, Of chill
dren's tears, and widows broken
hearts and mems lives. And chief
among those who gladly died for the
liberty we know was Robert Emmett,
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hearted son of the Irish race While his
wish is not yet realized and Ireland is
not yet wholly free, the times are those
of hope and the coming years will yet
see what he gave a life to accom-
plish."
County Attorney Thomas r. Kane,
while not on the regular programme,
| responded to an invitation to make a
short address. Mr.. Kane spoke of the
present bright prospects of Ireland and
the place she had won for herself in
the world through the influence of her
sons.
ireland is no longer looked on" he
said, las the breeding place of revoiu-
| tionists and insurrectionists, who, if
| they have no one else to fight fall to
| fighting with each other. The world
| has learned that she is the home of the
best sort of conservatism, of the better
kind of diplomacy and of loyal citizen
ship not only for the country of birth,
but OF the countries of adoption. The
Irishmen have made many mistakes
and many errors, but the spirit of free
dom has always been theirs from the
| time of Robert Emmett until the pres
ent, and will continue with them until
| the dream of Emmett shall become a
| fact.
Ireland Free Would Help the Oppressed
with Ireland free the Christian
| countries which from commercial
| greed are allowing the Turk to torture
and burn throughout the land of Mace
donia, would be given an example to
| follow; for, taught by past sufferings Of
| her own, she would extend a defending
| arm over the helpless Christians who
are at present falling by thousands
| through the Mussulmans' rage"
Mr.. Kane's references to the Mace
| DOMAIN troubles were loudly cheered,
and when he took his seat the presid-
| ing officer was compelled to wait sew
| eral minutes before he could make
himself heard.
Gov. Van SAINT also made short ad-
| dress in which he said that if he were
an Irishman, Emmets name would be
| the one of all which he should remem-
! Der and revere.
The rest Of the programme consisted
of recitation of poem written for
| the occasion by Brother Ambrose, sew
eral selections and music by the Mime