Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-08


captured by the same officer who had
taken Lord Edward Fitzgerald. At
his trial he was defended and betrayed
by the infamous Leonard McNal.y. |
convicted of treason and hanged on
Sept. 20. 1903. In an eloquent speech
from the dock he bid no epitaph be
written upon his tombstone until Ire
land was free. But the location of
his grave is a mystery that may never
be solved. for the British refused tol
make 1t known.
Thomas Adds Emmett was regarded
as among the most prudent leaders CT
the United Irishmen, who embraced
conspiracy and intrigue only when
convinced that parliamentary refornl
and Catholic emancipation we're not
ohtainable by constitutional methods.
Imprisoned after the Rebellion of '9s,
he was released in 1902 and went to-
France and Belgium to seek support
for new rising but when he learned
Of the failure and death of Robert
his brother. he emigrated to the
/ United States, Joined the New York
bar. became Attorney General of New
/
to be "by universal consent in the
first rank of American advocates" He
died while conducting a case in 1927.
His wife was a daughter of Rev, John
Patten Of Clonmel.
Theobald Wolf Tone. next to Robert
Emmett. is probably one of the most
romantic of Irish historical figures.
Born in Dublin in 1868, he became
early attached to the Young Irish
revolutionaries and In 1875 wrote the
original declaration of the United
Trishmen Society. A year later he went
to Paris, where he obtained the con-
sent of the French Republic to send
an expedition TO Ireland under Gen.
Hoche. hero of Dunkirk.
Tone was attached to the expedition
as chef de brigade, but the enterprise.
afterward known as "The Expedition
OF Bantry Bay" was dismal failure;
, the Irish Directory" was not ready
and while waiting for signals from
b the shore the French feet was dis
perscd by terrific storm. OF Tone,
. Il is said he committed suicide while
: i'm custody Of the British awaiting q
trial he felt positive would result in
his execution.
i "The Great Llberator.-
OF the Catholic leaders deSeloped in
; Ireland Daniel O'Connell stands the
, peer. "The Great Liberator" is the
other name by which any lrishmar
would know him. Born in 1775, he be-
. came the spokesman for the Catholic
claim to political emancipation, which
IL f..f
eloquent leadership. He too was the
father of the Anti-Corn Law move
ment. He suffered Imprisonment ant
frequent humiliation for his brilliant
advocacy in the British Parliament oi
z measures for the relief of his coun
q trymen, and his career spanned a pc
d riod of enormous suffering among tn,
a Irish. not the least of which was z
great famine in which hundreds o
. thousands perished.
nj Millions of Irishmen in the cours,
A OF twenty years fled the country 4
! the four corners of the earth. Ruiz
A was everywhere. Nov for the firs
A time in 500 years" said the Times
9 England has Ireland at her merc'
8 and can deal with her as she pleases.
hTueI AZ NItut Lcdutts
r But thirty years after O'Connell
. Parnell took up his work. The Lam
q League had been formed by Michao
g Davitt to relieve distress and fight 70
tenants rights. Parnell used the Ian,
League to strengthen the natfbnalis
movement. and in his fight he hell
!, the people as no other man had done
= not even O'Connell. Parnell fought Il
!, the British Parliament against ever.
: coercion act proposed by the Govern
= ment. was suspended and accused, b.
n forgery later proven, of instigatin
9 murder and outrage. BY chose
!, policy satisfied with the practical in
= dependence within the British Empir
= provided by Mr.. Gladstone's ill-fatc
= Home Rule Bills of 1886 and 1898, Par
nell nevertheless was convinced tina
: "no man can set limits to the onwar
march Of a nation"
The stirring fight of Parnell an
: Gladstone was followed with keenes
= interest in this country and The NeN
- York World let in furnishing news {
Irish events. In fact, the late Josep
Pulitzer personally conveyed TO Lon
: don a memorial from American citl
:. zens expressing appreciation for hi
efforts in behalf of Irish self-goyern
I, ment.
There have been other and grea
leaders in the course of the last cen
:. trry and half in Ireland, but non
z Of these have won the hearts OF IN
. Irish people as have the young lead
I, ers who sprang to power In 1915, Wit
the Rebellion of Easter Week, {
whom the outstanding living mem
Der is Eamon de Valera.
Is DE Valera, Griffith. Collins, Barten-