Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-25

In the sane Communication wen;
the manifesto To-day there will net
Be an eye IN Ireland that has not seen
the last decree Of the League. To
those who watched the Eripwhich the
League had upon the sgrarisn pOpula-
ton for the last two ycsrs these two
words have a terrible significance. In
the opinion Of the closest observers il
the tenants throughout Ireland obey
the DEGREES, they Illustrate all the mil
itaIy and civil authority. 1t is beyond
doabt illegal, and not a member Of the
League with whom | have spoken but
expressed his expectation OF the i'm
mediate declaration Of the illeeality
of the League and the arrest Of its re-
maining members Mr.. Sullivan said
n me at the meeting on Tuesday
This is coming to close quarters. The
next card Is to be played By the gov
eminent, for the landlords now dror
out OF the conflict, the strike against
rents being really a challenge to Eng.
landitself and directed against her
authority, against the Union.n
The facts REGARDING the preparation
and issue Of the Land Leagues mo
rent manifesto are interesting. The
resolution declaring that ne rent
should be paid was decided on Friday
night at a private meeting Of the Ex-
ecutive. Messrs Dillon, 0'Kelly and
BiEgar voted against the step, but
were in the minority. Mr.. T. b. Sui
Ivan and others voted for It. The
manifesto was prepared on Saturday
aud smuggled into Kilmainham By a
clerk Of mr.. MoGough, a solicitor of
the League. A meeting Of the pris
Oners was held during recreation time
when Mr.. Parnell. Mr.. Brennan, Mr..
Sexton, Mr.. Kettle ard others carried
the manifesto. 1t was then signed by
the members, whose names were at
taehed and taken out under the noses
Of the authorities. Mr.. Davitt's
authority was obtained through a
priest or warden in Portland. The
government is so angry at the use
made Of the solicitors that it has
issued an order that both the
and solicitors Of the prisoners
only visit them in the
presence of a warden. Visits Of every
kind except those of physicians are
hidden for six days. Even Mr.. Par
nell's solicitor is refused admittauce.
DR.. Kenney has written to the gov
ernor Of the Jail that if be is subjected
to this indignity he will no longer at
tend the jail, while the prisoners re
solve not to allow the prison doctor to
attend them. The guards Of the pris.
% have been doubled. Mr.. Doris
has been taken to Dundalk Jail. the
authorities desiring that he should
lot be able to reveal the doings of the
outside to the prisoners. His
Irrest was the immediate result Of
signed the circular sent TO the
branches, instructing the
armers TO issue bogus mortgages and
1ills Of sale oftheir property and in.
,erests in their holding TO shopkeepers
md friends, in order to prevent the
andlords from seizing them for rent.
This reckless and outrageous step was
Immediately discovered By the Toyera-
nent, and, with the mo rent mani
este, hurried the declaration Of the
Of the League.
THE Crisis.
This is not armed rebellion. The
physical force party was never less
prepared for action, the British garri-
on never stronger. The force which
he government has to deal with is
mperceptible as animaeula, impalpa-
,le as air. The head is cut Of, but
he body continues TO wraerle.
hoped into small pieces, each part
would remain animate. That is. Par
ell and the leaders in iaiI. each
branch will be fighting for
tselt. Public meeting and public ut
erance being crushed secret meeting
secret u~tterance follow. If the
government puts down the land war
means must be used, the severity of
which Mr.. Gladstone never contem
The people arc beginning to
az that the time has come when
England cannot ignore the five mil
ions Of Irish IN America. however
much it may be her desire or Ameri-
s interest 10 disregard them. The
,ineWs OF war supplied thence are
doubtless the mainslay Of the move
nent, and the landlords organ con-
.esses to-day that the government
Jet stop. The events Of the
1asi week made the blood Of thousands
moderate Irish leap in their veins.
drags sympathy from eve many
who confess that Mr.. Parnell should
FEVER have been allowed to 20 as far as
le went. But in England there has
zone up from the Conservatives
md Liberals one great cry Of clamor-
ny approval. 1t is confidently pre-
by political observers that A re.
Of feeling will follow and Mr..
gladstone and the party he represents
Sill 90 down with the rise of sympatbv
'or the Irish prisoners"