You ought to be proud--you, the sons and the grandsons of men who were shot down for daring to arm themselves--you ought to be proud that you have lived to see the day when with the good will of the democracy of England you are arming yourselves in the light of heaven." The note of exultation in this passage rings again and again through his utterances.

He saw, or thought he saw, the symbol of achieved liberty in the muster of young men, ready to take up the sword, and no longer branded with the name of felons for so doing.

Nor was he alone in his rejoicing.

The host at that meeting was a great Irish landlord, Colonel Sir Hutcheson Poe.

He, upon reading Redmond's speech of August 4th had written to the Press saying that since he was too old to serve he was taking steps to arm and equip a hundred National Volunteers.