The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-05-10

only IN IHe HUN oei p"0 w
from her methods Of q hundred
or even three and four hundred
years ago. And the result will
be the same-true Irish hearts
the world over will be stirred to
increased hatred Of Great
Britain.
The few millions Of Irish who
are still left in ireland may be
intimidated and suppressed by
the summary execution of the
Sim Fein leaders, but the tens
of millions Of lrishmen scattered
in almost every land under the
sun will be aroused to greater
activity in an anti British prop
aganda. which in the present
crisis may we'll give that coun
try more concern than ali that
have been carried on during the
past hundred years.
Even now, when EagIand IS
depending so strongly upon the
active aid and sympathy o. this
country-ard when Irish Amer
icaus, for the most part, have
been at least passive as between
Great Britain and her enemies
the cruel execution Of The lead
ers of the recent Dublin revolt
is almost certain to weigh heav-
lily against England throughout
this country, for there is scarce
ly an Irishman who will not feel
agerieved and embittered by
these shocking tragedies. And
these Irish in America have
their friends and neighoors who
will not be Indifferent to their
sentiments and interests.
Even though it may be claim,
ed, as IS no doubt true, that NIL
itary Justice called for the execu
ton of these rebellious leaders,
and that they had every reason
to expect the punishment meted
out to them, this does not relieve
the fact that the men executed
were patriots in the highest
sense. from the viewpoing Of
Irishmen the world over. and
that their names have but added
to the long list of martyrs with
which England has adorned the
page of Irish history.
Robert Emmct, himself, was
no less a rebel than these lead
ers Of the recent Dublin revolt:
and the, British government was
equally justified, from the strict
~ military standpoint, in put
ting him to death on the gailows
But for more than a hundred
years the name Of Robert En-
met has been asynonym for IT.
ish patriotism, and even unto
this day the story Of his martyr
dom is used to arouse every pa
trictjc impulse Of which every
man and woman, in whatever
cline, are capable.
Even a journal SO partial to
the British cause in the present
war as The Springfield, Mass.
Republican, takes precisely the
same view of this action Of the
British government in ''pillns
tragedy upon tragedy" through
the execution of the Dublin pa
triots-one OF them a man with
a wife and eight children; ;;
Prefacing its remarks with
the incontroverJible statement
that ';as often as the British
government has executed Irish
rebels for treason. the Irish peo-
pie have heightened their list OF
heroes and martyrs: this ataid
old New England newspaper
says:
If the ulterior effects OF The
summary execution Of these reb
els had been Sufficiently cons!d-
cred, it is difficult to believe that
the carrying out Of the death
sentence would have been per-
mitted, the sentence Of death
would inevitably have been
passed upon the prisoners: but
postponement of the executions
would have enabled a calmer
Judgment to assert itself. AS
now shaped by events, the his
tory of Irelandin the past Two
years affords material for Irish
disaiTection to fatten upon, in
asmuch as the first threats Of in
sQrrection came from Sir Ed
ward carson and pyon from Gen