The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-11
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL. M. P.


The following is pen-portrait of
the present leader of the Home Rule
League, taken from the Hornet, an
illustrated London paper:
personal appearance and demean-
our, in voice, and in fashion Of dress,
as unlike the dishevelled Donnybrook
''patriot'' of tradition as the O'DonO-
ghue himself, the more one regards
the Leader of the seven champions OF
Obstruction, the less one can under
stand how Charles Stewart Parnel
has come to be what he is. Born Of a
good stock (he is a grandson. by the
fathers side, of that Sir John Parnell
who was for seventeen years Irish
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
grandson, by the mothers side. OF
that stout admiral of the American
Navy, Charles Stewart, better known
as "Old Ironsides, y when he figures
in private life as a gentleman. he IS
one, for he is ''tO the manor born.
In public life he acts as if moonStruck.
In the club, the drawing room, and
the hunting -field, he enjoys intervals
of lucidity. 70 meet him, then, is Il
pleasure; to meet him at the other
time is Il pleasure, too, but only to
those who look upon Wagner 5 music.
| or Il visit to Bedlam, as treat. lie
| first saw the light at Avondale, III the
county of Wicklow, where he poss-
esses landed property, one-and-thirty
years ago; but it is not recorded that
he displayed more than the usual OBJ
1 &c
was given to the study of blue-books
in the cradle. But at that period, it is
| true, he hadnot contracted the acqualn-
lance Of Joseph Biggar. He was edu-
Gated at an English school, and
subsequently at Magdalene College,
Cambridge. While a STRIPPING he
offered himself rs candidate for
Dublin county, in the popular inter
est. and was defeated. On the death
of John Martin he stood for Meath,
and was elected. Last year he went
to the United States as the self-con-
stituted representative of the so-called
Irish nation. to acqult himself of that
most hackneyed of duties-to present
an address. This year, by virtue OF
persistent obstinacy in st. StepehIf's S,
|
ming to find himself--well, not exactly
famous.
He is tall. slenderly built, with q
delicate cast of features. and firm
vet withal kindly expression. He
wears light beard and a black scarf
When he speaks his accent is more
that of an Euglishman who has taker
trip to New York and brought bach
, the slightest Fifth Avenue twang
than of an Irish Protestant who ha
served as High Sheriff and had the
: privilege of presiding at executions
He is a tolerably close reaSoner. anC
, has, in general, a smooth, even-tonet
voice, and the most irritating severlt,
of temper. His principles in what h
! is pleased to consider politics are vic
: lent his apparel is the exception tina
confirms Shakespeare rule about it
oft proclaiming the man--it is quiet
He has worked himself into tn,
: conscientious belief that the Imperia
: Parliament has not sufficient time t
/ devote to the consideration of Irisl
o subjects. and, accordingly, with a logi
clear us Liffey mud. he applied him
Q self TO wasting the little time it has
t Similarly, with the intention of re
/. tarding progress. he makes perpetua
/, motion-the Obstructives have solve
that secret--to report progress. And
in like manner, avowing that tn
9 House should not sit after half pas
o twelve. and that all decent peopl
should be in their bed by that hour
he helps to keep it sitting till repro,
l. ing daylight stares the gas out G
n countenance.
George Ill. wondered how the appl
= found its way into the dumping. Tn
more we think of poor Mr.. Parnell. hi
lineage and education. the more W
y wonder that he has become Presider
e of the Home Rule Confederation {
: Great Britain. and can consent +,
parade our manufacturing disticts c
- stumping tour. After all. he
IS young, and may live to see the ere