New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-19
vF. plsX, LIS 4uLrIr'N EASE.

~ H.. Il
Mr.. Parucil has returned to Westminster
after dccl riny The rowing commission men
thc Land Lrlgue oil icd h IN. In HIS mani
frstc % the lii>h people he assures tbrm 'hH'
h. VIII ~emain at tie post of duty ana W"rhN
them that the SiiGhtcSi ilmcmnG on their part
will aIienate the synpa!hlcs OF The American
ppoi lc. He suggests the expectancy OF an
eff Give flank movement III "apIralng I"
- the great misses Of England and Scotland
"rgoinst the tcriitprai IN and shopocrhcy VIII"
"dCui ate P.Iliulcnt,' bnt expresses inc
conviction tn I the battle must bc iou-ht On
the old grnu.d Peasants must refuse 10 pa!
minus, rrn,s AND % occupy the Jams oil
oyicicd tenants, aui open oiG ,nlza'ion must
be accom- panied by passive resistance. c"Ie ihiIY
when the Cnrrc,on acts are cni'rrl.
If We can read between the lines ot MI. Par
nclis address The real purposes OF the leaders,
there will bc mastcrIy inactivity in ireland,
,ullrn attempts 10 renew The Obstruction td'-
ties in the Commons. persistent agit 'Iion III
tLc lis. cen res OF TDpulatOn III EnglaHH'
and rytlaNagant promises Ui aggressive an
and material support from America. Whether
thc base O operations bc ENGLAND or Ireland.
whether fine LAST hitch bc Westminster or Dub
liz. the base OF supplies Is the United StLtcs.
At first saht, this base would seem to he "A
very cN .ctive )nc. The work of OrgallzlIio
hrs zone on so rapidly during tue past year
! that there are now between l,JoO aud 1000
| branches with u nominal membership Of
| 100000. A National Convention has been
| held, me of the most popular lrlshmrn
! in New ENGLAND has been elected president.
AMI a &C .tra council has been organize Mr.,
| Collins boz Sis that the membership will he
doubled within twO months, ami there seems
TO be no lack Of enthusiasm ir the League
| meetings. At the same time there aTr indICa-
| lions of inherent weakness. Certain evil ten
dcnc,ss which have eventually brought every
! Irish mo-, mcnt Ill this country into dlsrcpute
are apparent
| For one thing, there ia n revival Of accuSa-
tons and indccnclcs resp cling " skin misning
| fundsn IL il charged in some quarters that
accounts are withheld. and that subscriptions
are passing into IRE spOnslble hands. There
| seem TO be rival trrdsurcrs, one of whom was
named by the Buffalo Convention, while the
other Is recognized by the central organization
in Dublin. The Tablet, one of the more sober
minded journals that are advocating the Irish
cause, blurCs out the truth when it reminds it's
the Fcnianlsm of Il later day went
on satisfactorily enough until the money began
to accumulate. and sounds a warning that
blighting scan lals are not to he renewed, and
hat the masses who are subscribing literally
for the emancipation Of the island must have
confidence in the financial management of tile
| organization. At the same time it protests
against " the bOmbastic vapOrings and lies
that made Fenianism cOntemptiblc." 1t has
been watching the proceedings OF the League
meetings and has been shocked by the
"appcals for funds to purchase dynam tie to
"blow up Gladstone, or to buy q rope for the
Queen 10 hang herself" and by frrnAed
harnngues in which the Irishmen of America
deliver their country from bondage. This is
the bomb istic patriotism that leads blatant
hemagOgue to offer his services as m
organizer abroad, with reasonable
allowance for wOrhinG expenses, and
which can never tolerate auditing
of accounts 20 long 40 tbore IS
prospect of further sklrmisiing.' 1t was ran
OF tbis sort that made Fenianisrl contempt
IDLE in the United States, while it dcludct
r,yolutionis.s in Ireland with expectation
that were never realized.
The material support which Mr.. Parnell ant
his associates will derive from the United
States will depend upon the efficiency of th'
I branches. OF the League as collecting agencies