The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-18
WILSON'S MARIE WILL ALWAYS STIR BRAVE MEN Ever Felt Each Moment
 Was His Brave
 Hour LOVED WIFE OF
 SIR VIM. HAMILTON Died Magnificently Tn the Battle of Trafalgar.

The weaker nations today are look ing today to Columbia Let her not disappoint them. For Columbia her self was once a weak nation, only strong in deathIess resolve for death less Rights. In 179S, there were is- lands of the sea that looked to Nel- son for help, and he came. On Sept IS of that year he sent the help they cried out for to the people of Malta in the Mediterranean. Tehy had ap- pealed to Nelson for assistance. and he sent a Portuguese squadron con slsting of ships of the line. and frigates, which appeared before the capital of tho Island, Valetta.
 The name of Nelson will always stir the pulses of brave men. The name of Nelson carries forever a romantic interest on account of his unfortunate passion for Emma Ham itou-Lady Hamiltou-wife of Sir William Hamilton. Her charms eu- snared him. a tough British officer of world-eEperionCe Her beauty has been celebrated by great pain ters. Sir Josha Reynolds and Rom ney left enchanting pictures of the Irish beauty. Poor Emma t"-whO died in poverty, neglected by Nelson's England to whose care EnEland's Nelson committed her and her child. Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson. Great Brttain's naval hero, was born in Norfolk, England, in 175s. He began his career through an uncle who had the post of comptroller of the navy. The boy had received on- ly a broken education at Norwich. But, again in history genius fitted itself out for nfe's summons. He was sent to the West Indies. served on ship that made a voyage to the Arctic ocean and sent back to the West Indies On the way home, after a season of depression, a flow of pa triotism suddenly fired the boy, "I will be a hero, and, confiding in Providence, I will brave every dan ger" Nelson always felt that that moment was his radiant hour" When sent to Canada he immediately attracted attention. His appearance was odd, but the glow of his eye was noted by all who met him. When the great struggle with France came, his country knew that he was a mag n1hcient instrument for use. In the unsuccessful attack on Santa Crux de Teneriffe he lost his arm. Invalided home, therafter he was sent in pur- suit of the great French fleet under the command of Napolean for the conquest of Ezypt His victory of the Nile C179s) made him the ma tional hero. After providing for the blockading of the remnant of the French fleet in Alexandria, he sailed for Naples Alas, Naples became a pitfa1l to him. At Naples he met Emma Hamilton, maid of honor of the Queen of Naples Her enslave- mont of Nelson. her endeavors to turn his vast influence into a means of boLster1ng up the kingdom of Ma paes. the 1ntrigues, passion, foolish ness. Nelson's slavery to the rare Irish beauty-all this can be read in the celebrated Memoirs of Nelson Returning to England with ''Emma' he would go to no place where Emma was not received; and it became a social scandal But no human being who has soul within his breast can read the magnificance of the final mast in the great sea-drama of Nel- son's career. without emotion It reveals tho true grandeur of NeIson's character. Before the battle of Ira falgnr. the fight that was to break the power of Napolean's plan to desolate the British Isles. Nelson knelt down fin tho cabin of the '"Victory'' in prayer. and. on his knees writing the codtcil to his last will and testament, committing Emma and her child to the solemn care of the English na- ton. The well-known signal that he caused to be run up. England ex- poets every man to do his dutyi' thrills the imagination And NeIson's death in the cockpit of the Victory where every broadside shook the ship from keel to truck. and tho sroans of the wounded and the dy- ing rent the air. ''I have done my duty, thank God for that!" were the last words of the great hero.
 His body was sent to England. and inferred with pomp and nations mourning. in SL Paul's Cathedral London.
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