The Irish standard., 1913-03-15
MEETING WITH
NAPIER TANDY
Came Into Prominence When a Mem.
BE- Of Grattan's voIun-
ID tssrs.

! sa tesrs.
| The first time when this caring
spirit, among the patriots of over a
hundred years aSo, came into public
: prominence Vas when a member of
i Grattans famous volunteers. in 1850.
, randy was of good family, high edu-
cation and comfortable fortune, ana
! was born in Dublin in 1910. From an
early period he took an active inter-
i est in every popular movement in the
+, Irish capital, and became prominent
| in the United lrishn,eil Iii 1850 he
| vas dropped from the rolls OF the
Dubliu Volunteer Association for Ger
! tain patriotic expressions made in
public. and two years afterwards was
imprisoned by an order oc the House
.; Commons for breach OF privilege
in sending Challenge iu the Solc-
f; itol General.
Wolfe Tone remarks in his journal:
J ut is but justice To an honest man.
who has bcen prosecuted for his frn
adherence 10 his principles, ~ OBJ
serve here shat 'randy, in GINNING for
ward on such an occasion, we'll knew
; that h~ was putting in the mos; en-
trelne hazard his popularity among
! the corporations in The city OF Dublin.
with whom he had enjoyed the most
unhoundcd influence Cor nearly TWEEN
~ years, and. in fact, in the event,
this popularity was SACRIFICED. This
did not prevent him from taking his
proceedings were Instituted against
! him for distributing a pamphlet en-
titled Common Sense elnbodylny Sc
vere structures ON the Beresford fam
lily, ;nd finding that a bill had been
found against him Cor communicate
ms With the Defenders in the Coun-
ty of Louth. with a view to induce
them to join the United lrishmen.' he
thought it wise to fly to America.
"tIe established himself at Will
mington, Del. until 1925, when the
progress Of events in Ireland induced
him TO proceed to France. Hc was
given the provisional rank of gen
eral. and intrusted with the command!
OF a small body of Irish refugees in
tended to form the nucleus of an
.aIt in, vol nd 1e- I'm ~,
frgate Anacreon. and on the 18th of
September landed on the coast of
..ran, off the coast of Donegal. where
they heard of;,FIumbert's defeat at
Ba'inamuck eight days previously.
They almost Immediately reim-
barked, after scattering few bonn
hastic proclamations calling upon
; Irishmen to strike from their blood
; cemented thrones the murderers Of
your friends and to wage a war of
determination against your oppres-
sors.' TO avoid British cruisers, the
Anacreon sailed north. and landed
, Tandy and his compa Mons in Nor
way. Thence he endeavored to make
his way to France, but was arrested
! in the city of Hamburg. at the insti-
cation Of British spies. The local au-
thorties surrendered him, as pris-
. oner claimed by England. But the
Hambursers paid dearly for this des-
picable piece Of work.
Napoleon. who was the first con-
sui, reclaimed Tandy as an officer Of
the French army, and declared that il
| English officer of equal rank would
i, he hanged. Instead Of executing
| Tandy as "a traitor the English were
glad to exchange him with Napoleon
for an English prisoner of war. Ma
, polcon levied a fine OF 1000, 900 francs
ON Hamburg FOR Its breach OF neu-
trality in surrenderins a French OFF,
Ger. Tandy spent the remainder OF
bis life in Bordeaux. France where
he died in 1893. aged Sc years.
! Sir Jonah Darlington thus says OF
Fandy: "He vas sincere and perse-
veiins. and though in many instances
erroneous and violent, he was honest.
! His private character furnished no
! ground to doubt the integrity Ut his
public one
7 Why a Door Slams.