, 1880-01-26
IRISH POLITICIANS.

year, at moderate expense.
IRISH POLITICIANS.
A View Of pnrncli and the irish
Members or Parliament by mn Irish
Tory.
I.oNpos, inn. G.-To the Editor o} the Nt,c York
Nation: You hnve Mr. Parne!t nmong you, and
It wlllbc natural 10 judge tho Irish purity In tho
House OF Commons, Of which ho Is the leader, by
his tanguaKc, mnnnor, md appearance This
will 10 nRt,rnl but It will bo Il source Of rnss-
take. Mr.. rar,cll leads tho Irish party because
ho In I'll alnOat every respect ntIko the rink md
flo Of It, Though Ir,sh by some generations Of
descent and by the mInglng, through, ha mother,
of ofAmorfcar- Irish hood with the origtnnl c,,srent,
his family traces its bcxnnlug 10 tho ittlo town
Of Couplcton, In Cheshire, WHENCE his ktnsmnn,
better known III WhIg administrations ns Slr
IIenry Tnrncll, to0k tho ttl0 by which he waa
elevated TO tho pecragc. Mr.. rarncll is csscn-
ttnliy IN English gentleman In ireland, and,
what Is moro to tho purpose he Is essentially M
English gentleman In tho House Of Commons,
understanding tho forms Of aocfcty, and speak
ing with the acccnt OF liclgrnyin Educated nj
Cambridge, his associations have hcen tnrgcly
English. To those qualities, and tho fact that hc
Ia Protestant country gentleman, quito as
mitch ns 10 his devotion to lrtsh questions and
parliamentary business, or rnthur parlumont-
nry obstruction, ho owes tho leadership Of tho
party.
have spoken Of Mr.. parncll us tho ieadcr,
though That post noInlnally belongs 10 Mr. SHAW,
a wealthy Irish merchRnt and Mcthoitst, OF con-
sidGrble saRacty and faculty for Dualnesa. Mr..
Shaw's relation to Mr.. rarncll IL TINT Of Lord
Huntington to Mr.. Gladstone. Sir, pat7lcll WIS
tho renl leader oven while Mr, nutt inlso by tho
wny, II rrOtcstnnt) lived, his relations with wl,0,n
werc sort Of parody on those which n genera.
ton ago sslbsIstctl botwcerl Smith 0'1 1]rten ard
O'COnnell Nr. butt WIS sort Of feeble shadow
Of O'Connoll. Tho resemblance would hnvo
bcon closer IT hs had hasl o Councils genius and
orntoricnl power, md II O'Conncll Ind had Mr..
Butts Amabe vices. Both had n considerable
fneulty OF humor; both wcro consutnmatn tue
ticlans, nliko In tho TIonse OF Commons Md tho
courts OF law; both had tho highest positions on
tho judicial bench within their reach II they hnd
pursued thoir career at tho bnr. OConuoll gnvo
itp bly, profession for tho work of agitation. Mr.
HUT took to tho business Of ngftAtlon when his
profession g.lvc up h,n Tho Pleasures of tho
ctfesSus sS psd ID " t0 Mr ,S W.
BILLS, but hs occupied himself more frequently lii
drAwing bills Of nnothersort, for which he found
feetly clean nnd i,nnsrfoetly sol,cr, With }lce
and nands hntf-washed. Alld suit Of thrcA1.
% bare Dlauk, Mnhr!!*hstl ~ sayq by tho friction of
choly spectacle In tho lobby ot the linuso or
Commons. Whi'O ho wus practically I'M exile In
astiy on % baek % Sciicaes, liz sW % lin I'll ji.nors Su
eunnE attorneys uud Solicitors General for Ire
land. nnd bis i;iferinrs Irish Chlcf-Jns.icos md
sullcs, ono Of which brought hin, To tho front M
lender Of The Irish tenant. right aKitation, nnd
got nYnin int1 II sort Of prnot!ce III ireland,
thauEh no one could tel whether ho would not
IL HtFJ1lH v{tFJlEylH rNlly mil tNFnfU
HOUSE of cohiens bo acquired iiSrins i''q
III thsoush BIZ 's seod hor as OF s esseEy
~ = sl,cakcr, though he was seldom cl',-
ssn %ma threnK the fss,nt whish
Of respect for parliamentary fnrtns, hu Exercised
upon tho more ardent and 'ltiscrup,tlo.is spirits
at aa h5x a ws ht h. h. s I'll, sFy Fyay 'si,t tss s
Smith 9!ssen. M Tbs Earal!Si ls MT likely 70 20
tton with tho Atrictcst reKnl tn thtse parllanien
tAry 1ortns which ptx,r Smith O'l3rcn dcilcd, and
~ psctlcss Obstruction With Wth y ser.ipnlous ~ ~.
coal-hotc the cnbbagn-RirtltH'. tho convict prIs-
on, and tho penni scltle.nct,t. which wcru stages
n. sMitl! VIlrien,s e.rcer, will DO carefully
Tho ica1otshIp u ,ho irlsh party In the House
Of Conlnn1a i,as certainly ga!ncI II, !iur1tl re-
clover, broken-.lGwn. c.rd-playing, whisky
.FInkng & &:,ebt-!l'o,i.rrins, @ @Grs''lior,osaai|g
rtsss ., "" r'a 'Su s,r - oms u: w- ~
aMa.inh}c H. rnpmrii' ThS fnrIn.r wMs n kn6,,
.s aau p's' ~ I;,o ao ~, w. t Vnt Nv
~ i,'s.t ,.h y ns ,a ,ouz a ,h, eru .n,,,u.t ~
Of nss. ns An,I W'i' nae II oks ;" all Mys sT"rlius
snsnt % Il iho iio.,se % II Conni"na liz % stsius t. @
tGess ,Suss is GoiInt sloItkS studied every ien
tsesscsWth n f Viz viuw ets 10 ,ostil. % opertln Mr
iSt iotstans i ~ Srsn.osa s % tors ~ c%st
@ sS nsy w. s" ft"n w.1,, Mnso !" ~ I r est vhe
,hn mn a1n ase ~ II ntwvnx ~ rs"a a,n, Wf s
!s!'e w nS 1,wsT s,sas III, 9,HsaNG' WI u mno
aM nt pesg' Tr'u a'!s III. n ~ y y !en1y .il"y, MI,
MMntnnr. NJ ~ ir'th vEs.Iagnte, y N dla!neut 70
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u seasce lsinx m My ~ ano ~ Mosn ,sIs1 or
commons. ~ my ~ VIII H.. ct!e1Vnhen Y, NJ WIN
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