The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-17
SALT LAKE DAILY HERALD THURSDAY MORNING H.

than by its enforcement, since. from
the nature of the case, it can only
be applied to very limited number
of persons out of the vast mass it is
intended to terroriZe. Government
viii rely very much upon the in
timidati0n produced by the first
arrests, but if the gaps are at
once filed up and the ranks
closed, in all probability no second
attempt will be made to break them.
[ have noticed that a proposition
has been made to supply the place
of the present open organization by
secret committees. l could not APP
prove such Il course, and for many
reasons; nor do ! think it would
have the slightest chance of sue
cess. The Land League is not
engaged in an illegal enterprise, and
it is a matter of notoriety that the
special jury of the City of Dublin,
alter careful investigation extend
ing over many days, by a majority
of ten to two, declared the organiZa-
ton perfectly legal and cOnstItu-
tional. 1 do not believe the arrests
will be numerous, although probably
a widespread system of terrorism,
by means of warnings conveyed to
individuals through the police, will
be adopted. Disregard these threats;
let no man leave his post. Continue
your organization just as before,
and have others ready to take the
place of those who may be arrested.
BY this policy of passive endurance
the Irish people will command the
respect of the world and will prove
themselves worthy of freedom. To
the tenant farmers | would say,
theirs is now a position of great re-
Sponsibility. Upon their actions
during the next few months, proba-
bly, depends the future of Ireland.
For a generation great eXertions
have been made for them. The SYM
pathies of America have been en-
listed and practical help is coming
in from that country. Michael
Davitt has manfully returned to
face the horrors of penal servitude,
and many others, in the very heart
of Ireland, are willing to face i'm
prisonment for their sake. The ten
ant farmers are not called upon to
make great sacrifice or run much
risk themselves. They are asked
simply to refuse to pay unjust rents
and refuse to take farms from which
others have been evicted for such
refusal. If they collapse and start
back at the first pressure,
they will show themselves I'M
worthy all that has been done for
them during the past eighteen
months. They will prove to the
world that they were fit only for the
lot of slavery which has been theirs,
and that oppression and tyranny
should be their normal condition.
If, on the other hand, they remem-
Der our precepts and bear them
selves as men, willing to suffer a
little for the good of all, they will
make for themselves a name in Irish
history, and their children may
speak proudly of them rs the pre-
cursors of Irish liberty. l have
every confidence that they will
be staunch, and that the spirit
which has been created here
will survive every persecution
and outlive temporary coercion.
The honor of Ireland is in the
keeping off her 100000 tenant
farmers, and ask them to preserve
the union organizations which
have already gained such great
results. If they do this. and
presist in their refusal to pay unjust
rents and take farms from which
others have been forced unjustly,
4 brilliant victory and the peace
and prosperity of our country will
be their near and certain victory.
l am, gentlemen, yours faithfully,
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL.