The Irish standard., 1907-11-09

he watched tho oncoming Of the Irish
troops. The splendid regiment march-'
ed UP to the selected spot, and III .
body, wheeled to the coloxss Of France,
only seven men turning to the British
side. The regiment which Followed,
Lord 1veagh's, a title recently revived
in Ireland for. one Of the Guinness fam
lily, the brewers, went almost as unani-
mously to the Williamite banner, as
did portions of couple of other regi-
ments. But the bulk of the Irish army
def1led under the f1eur de lis of France"
only one thousand and forty-six out of
nearly fourteen thousand men prefer
ring to serve England.
When the French fleet arrived under
these circumstances, Ginckle feared
the Irish would repudiate the treaty
and renew the war. When Sarsdeld
was told that powerful" feet was
sailing up the river he seemed stunned
by the news, remained silent for a mo-
ment, then said in mournful accents,
TOO late, the treaty is signed; our
honor is pledged-the honor of Ire
land. Though one hundred thousand
Frenchmen offered to aid us now, we
must keep our plighted troth"
Homo and Family Given Up Rather
Than Wear the Badge Of Slavery.
He forbade the landing of the expe-
dition, saying, with the scrupulous
sense Of honor to be expected from q
soldier such as he was, that the spir.
1T, If not the letter of the capitulation
extended to any such arrival. So the
French ships were used to transport
to France the Irish army that had VOL
unteered "for foreign service" They
sailed away from Shannon's mouth
day or two later soldiers and civilians,
mobiles, gentry and clergy; in all more
than nineteen thousand persons, who.
like their leader, Sarsfleld, gave up
home, family friends and fortune rath-
er than accept the badge Of the con-
queror.
sarsfleld's estates, near Lucan, in
Dublin, which are still pointed out,
were even at that early time valued at
nearly 5000 pounds a year. Those who
followed them later for the same pur-
pose were generally conveyed to France
in the vessels which brought foreign
wines and brandy to Ireland. The SOL
diers were entered on the ships. books
as wild Geese" and that became, the
common name for them among the peo-
pie. One Of the poets of 1S4s, Michael
j. Barry, in. touching lines, thus sang
of them: 'r:ss y Z
20. - @ :iSH 9:
The wild geese-the wild geese-'tis
long since they flew
Der the billowy oceans bright bosom
Of blue;
For the foot of-the false-hearted stran-
7" ger had .curst s:t,'.@s' , $3.50
The shores on whose fond breast they'd
,.., settled at first:
And they sought them home afar off
DER the sea,
Where their pinions, at least, might be
., chain1ess and free. ,
Sarsfield fell in battle two years lat
er on the field Of Landen, while brave
ly leading victorious charge Of his
Irish brigade against the British en-
emy. A rifle ball had entered near his
heart. and while he lay ON the field
ahis corslet was removed to permit an
examination of the wound. In the pang
of pain he put his hand to his breast
as if to stanch the wound. and when
he took his hand away it was full Of
blood. Gazing at it for a moment
mournfully he family gasped, 20 that
this were for Ireland" and he never
spoke again. Even before he died
sarsfield and the men who sailed with
him from Ireland knew of England's
treachery regarding the treaty. William
and Mary ratified it and expressed
their desire to carry IL out, but the
Parliament which they controlled de-
clined to do so, and the unfortunate
Irish Catholics were oppressed ~ and
crushed to. as great an extent as II
the treaty had never been made. y
EnsIand's Perfidy Nsrvsd the vietots
Of Fontenoy and other Glorious /,
Fields. !,
That Is why to this day tho docu-
ment is referred to as the Violated
Treaty" and Limerick. where It, was
signed, is known in Irish annals as the
CITY OF the Violated Treaty" The
knowledge Of England's perndy, serv-
cd to nerve the arms of Sarsfleld
Glare, Dillon. ,o'Mahoney and MacDon-
nell. and thousands of others against