The Irish standard., 1906-03-24

England at the period confessed that
they were captivated by their ideas
and the unusual charm Of style in
which they were expressed. What
happened? The edict was given forth
7the scheme of darling vengeance was
to be put in execution against them
that dark-browed convict ships should
be got in readiness and. huddled away
In these horrid transports, they were
to be cast ashore on a bleak island in
the distant Southern ocean. They
went away broken-hearted, stained in
the eyes Of England with the dark.
foul, crimson stains Of the worst of
criminals. How little this apprecia-
ton of them was warranted let their
subsequent careers bear witness. Gavan
DUFFY. In his Four Years of Irish His
tory, thus describes them: Young
Ireland was routed and scattered OIL
most to the last man. They bore
away with them from ireland tho
stigma of q lost cause, and the re-
proach Of an ignominious failure. To
scornful enemies they were the pipers
Of sonnets, and the spouters of ora
tons; but when disaster had scattered
them wide over the earth. their true
mettle appeared. Among the shrewd.
hard lawyers of New York city, and
the long descended habitants who feed
their hocks by the great St. Lawrence,
among the trappers of the Far West,
among the missionaries and teachers
Of the Catholic Church, in the army of
Charles Albert, among the soldiers
who endangered and the soldiers who
preserved the Western republic, in
courts Of justice and legislatures far
apart through two hemispheres, they
won foremost places and maintained
the reputation Of their race"
From that description you can easily
see how little of the criminal was in
their character. The peasants, who in
their millions had fled from their be-
loved isle in twenty years, sent home
$s5.ooo.ooo to comfort tho gray-haired
fathers and mothers they had left be-
hind them disconsolatc. A racial gen.
crosby truly astounding, which exhibits
in a far moro comprehensive manner
their true character than the foul,
libelous epithets of London press
expressed it. At length John Bull
thought that his work was accom-
plished. The fomenters of dIscord were
gone, and the bulk Of the Irish people
at least the very bone and sinew Of
the peop!e-was quickly passing in the
direction of the setting sun. He was
no longer tormcnted by their problems
and their Affections. Victoria's golden
reign was now to pursue it's march un-
disturbed by warning elements. Eng
uncontested and uncomfortable. Her
brave soldiers We're causing her name
to be respected and her policy to be
upheld on victorious bnttleiields on the
plains OF India and by the shores OF
the Black Sea. Everywhere whereso-
ever the Union Jack waved, from 1850
to 1860, 1t symbolized the grandeur and
power Of Britain. enriched by the tro-
phies Of many sanguinary contests and
. worldwide prepondernnce In COM
mercial distinction. Hank! the mes
sage Is borne across the ocean that the
republic Of the West Is engaged III q
terrible civil war. LAY after day
comes the usual intelligence of bat
ties fought and victories gained-now
on one side, now on the other. English
statesmen devour with pleasure every
item Of news which they think is RUM
GUS to the general interests Of the re-
public. Secretly they give assistance
to tho supposedly weaker side SO as
to prolong the contest and thus ef-
fectually destroy the strength and
unity of the country. There is, how
ever, one morsel Of intelligence which
they find it rather hard to digest. The
Irish soldiers. under the leadership Of
the men they cruelty exiled, are per-
forming chivalrous exploits more than
surprising their old-time heroism
when III
Far foreign fields from Dunkirk to
Belgrade
Fought the soldiers and chiefs of the
Irish Brigade"
The war being at length happily
ended, on this continent Of the free,
the Irish soldiers, remembering the
treasured wrongs Of twenty years
previously-the cheap jibes, the taunts
and sneers OF the London press-are
aching to take vengeance on their
hereditary foe. No opportunity of such
Il kind forthcoming, the more restless
amongst them secretly ally themselves
with their friends in Ireland, who have
been for sometime planning secret in
surrection, and 10! the Fenian con-
spiracy comes to light in 1867. 1t Ia
sometimes asserted that this movement
accomplished nothing of any conse.
quence for Ireland. A greater mistake
could not possibly be committed. II
Is true that the methods pursued by
1t did not find favor with the priests