Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-09
THE NEW YORK HERALD AND MR.
PARNELL.


A remarkable controversy is going
on between the New York Herald and
Mr.. Parnell. This wakes warmer and
warmer from day to day. Here are
specimens of the style INDUCED in
from both sides:
HERALD EDITORIAL, MARCH 5Tu.
We hope nobody will charge that
the Herald arranged Mr.. Parnoll's
trip to America as a great advertising
dodge. People make such spiteful
charges in regard to advertising lodges
nowadays that this thought is certain
ly within the limits Of their witty
malice; and we must admit that the
way in which Mr.. Parnell's laudation
Of the Herald shines through the thin
guise of pretended abuse may possibly
/ confuse his hearers on this point. For
our part we are convinced that his
attention is thoroughly hostile in
1spirit that he does not know that he
, is praising US when he accuses us of
opposing his plans. He has snever recov-
cred from theastonishmentwith which
he learned when he landed here that
an American newspaper had the
audacity to say that a political agita-
ton over starving people was inde-
cent and inhumane. 1t is because we
gave him that shock that he wants to
suppress US. But many men have
tried already to suppress the Herald,
and some of them men with rather
more brains than Mr.. Parnell seems
to possess, and he may not be more
successful than they were. Fortus
nately our early criticism of Mr.. Par
nell's mission succeeded in hammer
ing one good idea into him. He came
here only to raise money for politi-
cal agitation in Ireland; to divert
to that purpose funds that would
otherwise be given to feed the
people; to snatch from the hand that
proffered money the coin meant for
charity and use it in the propagation
of demagoguery. We hammered into
him SOM faint conception Of the
baseness Of such a course and com
PEELED him to add a charity fund to
his programme, and he has raised a
handsome sum to be dispensed in
charity; and the people Of Ireland
will owe the assistance they will get
from that sum entirely to our efforts
and it is, in fact, a great achievement
in its way to have been able to force
even poor Parnell to be Of some real
service to his hungry countrymen.
PARNELL AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
II have been subjected, continued
Mr.. Parnell, since have been in the
country to misrepresentation of a
very extraordinary character on the
gpart Of section of the New York
ipress. In fact--(a voice, The New
ANerk Herald. Another voice,
Groans for IT'D In facc, if the state
Dments and reports and rumors that
have been set aAoat regarding me
were one-tenth Of them true, should
be the greatest liar unhung. / some
times wonder how the people in this
country tolerate me at all, | have got
such terrible bad character since |
came to America. (Applause.) | find
from the papers just received from
Ireland and England that while on
the one hand there is a regular
manufacture of lies over in Eng
land duly cablcd to America in order
To destroy NV character here, SO on
the other hand there is a regular man
nfacture of the same. description going
on in this country, duly cabled to Ire.
land, in order to destroy my character
there. daughter J
NOT AFRAID OF HIS CHARACTER.
"Now | am not in the least afraid
of having my character destroyed,
either in ireland or America. Zap.
plause.) ! know the people of Ireland
will wait until | get back there, in
order that l may explain anything
which may possibly appear dubious. |
have been accustomed during my
public life to very disagreeahle work
"a great deal of work which |
think no one else would have
undertaken, simply on account
of its disagreeable character. | think
one of the greatest curses Of Ireland
has been the unwillingness Of Irish.
politicians to undertake disagreeable
work, and until our members of par
lament are willing to do rough work,
are willing to take a back seat until
circumstances force them to the front,
.Gnd willing to allow other people to
Obtain the credit Of what they have
HAone, you won't have political purity
In Ireland.
DETERMINED TO FIGHT IT OUT.
"AlthOxgh,I may be misrepresented,
and although this misrepresentation
may continue, we are determined to
stick to the principles that We have
enumerated from the very commence
ment in this country. (Great ap-
pIause) We think that all this mis-
representation is very good sign, for
,.he hound won't howl unless the fog
0in = he is getting hurts him. (Laugh-
ter AID applause.l The screams Of
the lano lord and British government
nress boh in England, Ireland and
America. are \ bout the best signs OF
the success Of thC mission which we
have undertaken here (Applause')
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THE ANCIENT ORsES.
The supreme lodge of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen @eets
in Boston on Tuesday, the 18th inst