The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-08-12


Irishman who thus allows himself to be iDtia,
epced by English opinion becomes snob ana
q flunkey.
bot s there not some resemblance between
your line of conduct and that OF the hlpusters
in the United States Congress.
Mr.. Parnell-oh, by no means. We ;,;S,u cannot
ing, as 1 understand it, was an attempt, by
making dilatory motions, to waste time ana 80
prevent the Presidential ceont from being oo-
never make purely dilatory motions. Our sue
ct ss depends not on our waste of time, but on
the fact that the EDS glish Parliament has more
work than it osn do.
SOME sUccEssKs.
With regard to another branch of our opera
t,ons. MANY questions which are neglected by
English members for one cause or snotner we
have taken an irteIe.t in. Take, Tor e4ampie.
the Prisons bill. We have insisted on tnat
bill being properly discussed, ana we nave
succeeded in carrying several amendments IN
It which witt produces great improvement ;ih :ih
prison discipline. We have been charged WIN
obstruction be cause have ventureu 10 ih-
terfere with some measures which no previous
members Of Parliament had thought 1t worth
bile to interfere with. There was, Tor IN
stanoe, the Mutiny bill, whlon haa oeeh f o.
quarter of century. Well, We insisted on
having discussion on the bill. and Inc result
was we had some amendments passeo' "nion
the House approved.
Correspondent-Your action has met with
some disspproval from other members OF the
Home Rule party
Mr.. Parnell-Oh, yes.
Correspondent-Thelr objection, uhoer-
stand, is that you oaly irritate your opponents;
that it would be better Co try policy OF argu-
ment aud conciliation.1
Mr. Parnell- The policy of argument and
copciliation has been tried and found WantlnSi
we never did get anything; we never VIII get
anything by soft speeches and q humble de-
meaEor.
Correspondept-Will not the inconveniences
| to English business caused by your action
produce a strong feeling against you IN Eng
landf go
| bet,er for the Irish cause. 1t is only by bring
| ing the inconvenience home TO their own doors
| that we can make the English government
| clearly understand the evils of the present
system. When they have suffered at our hands
| q little of the ipconvenience We have Deeh 30
long suffering at theirs they will begin to see
our demand for change of legislative
| arrangements In very dinerent Ngh1.
THE IRISH VOTE.
Correspondcnt-Do you think you have lost
apy votes tor the Home Rule cause by the
course you have adoptedf
Mr. Parnel-As yet certainly not. On thst
| point am quite certain.
Correspondent-But IN time you surely are
ert .ln TO lose the sympathy OF the Lioer raj
paruy on which the Irish cause has had
rincipaly 10 rely. Will they not be
forced by the violence of pubic feeling II
England against you to cast you On, and re
tuse all alliance with you, even on poiIts tneJ
were formerly willing to coucede!
Mr. PArneil-Our action may produce al
estrapgeuenJ from US of the Liberal party 1o
u time Bot this feeling will, have no dolp pt
pass away. They will see IN the end tnab
| IL " . Tho following a truly lloeral policy
Deceutraliz alton, the increase OF local power
is The guiding principle not only OF tie irist
Home Rule party, but rightly understood o
tne Erg sh Liberal party also.
| A TWO EDGED SWORD.
Corresponueut-Can you point TO any othe
result of your action
| serted by Englishmen that they would DE onl!
100 glad if we took part in the discussion
} Errtsh, as they do in that of Irish affairs
l We'll we have taken the hint, and you see ID
= reception we have met. We always believe
that this professional anxiety OF Engllshme
for our intervention was pretence' We nav
= | now proved it to be So
TIE HALF PAST TWELVE RULE.
e Correspondent-Do you contemplate any q
b | tempt on the part OF the SoVernmenb W Pu'
}, Mr.. Parnell-Yes, they will probably abr'
:, gate the half-psst twelve rule. lhat'. yo
g rnst understsn is what is called q sesrlon'
order that is to say, it is an order when
!, agreed to at the beginning of every sessio
# and ONLY holds BOD for the session. Probaoi
If it will not be proposed next year. shoul
70 mention a strar 90 circumstance in regard
q this haf-past twelve rule. 1t was sIror &
If opposed by the Home Rule party up to In
es session, Tor 1t n8Q always oeen HoiO "S1iN
50 them, A private Irish member had no cnar'
n of s't.rg his bill introduced x ID until Ia
le party were thus always able to defeat OF
g measures by giving notice of opposition al a,
e. so preventing it's beipg heard after haif-pa
" twelve. AS an instance of how this work
al | may tell you that the Municipal eih,
Il, troduced by MT. Bait, had to be brought
<. three nights in succession before 1T was Pa'
lie ed. Auu this one small measure ls, IN Ia
ls the only one the Home Rule party has G
from the English Parliament during over to
years of existence. Yet the English Parname
:; talks of our obstruction! But" here Ar. r
III nell signi dcantly SMILED, "you see Nemesis b
come. The rdle which had been 80 long us
H. with effect for the obstruction of Irish bu
Ie. ness, we have now employed with some st
re cess for the obstruction of English business
ise MORE OF 1T.
ne Correspondent! What will you do in cs
as Ias the halfpast twelve rule is not passed ne
al, Mr.. Parnell-Well we must adopt otl
Oh On means. 1 have no doubt We shall find so
bpo quite effective as those we have adop'
aG up to this.
ea 10 Correspondent-Do you anticipate 6