Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-21
Mr.. ParneII's Policy.

Editor Morning Necs: 1t is pleasant
in these latter days to be criticised cour-,
teously by gentlemen of differing opIn-
ions, as you and your correspondent
Emerald" have done. But permit me,
in reply, to say that neither Of you have
touched upon the point of my article
the delusive language of Mr.. Parnell in
relation to our own country. Men who
aim to lead people know that words are
powers, and on occasions select them
with a view to create impressions
Had a common man written to the
Land League as Mr. Parnell
did, we might have put it down
as ''buncombe." But when DIR. Parnell
uses them as formally as he did, we are
warranted in attaching to them an i'm
portant significance, "that this country
was the point ddpput of his policy
which is an illusion. In speaking of Mr..
Parnell's course l went no farther than
is warrantable in fair discussion, and
neither slandered him or his ambition,
unless the comparison with y Connell be
a SANDER. Now here is a wide
difference, apparently, between Elmer
add and me. l cannot see in MIR. Par
nell's method any resemblance to O'Con-
nelPs beyond an agitation. l have kept
up pretty well with Mr.. Parnells course,
from Irish papers and the general sources
of current information, and | see it only
leading to one of those unfortunate ris-
ings that have brought blood and misery
to the people of Ireland. The military
and naval power of England are too
great for successful instruction in Ire
land; and, with the geographical posi-
ton and history of Ireland in mind. it
is as plain as the sun at MONDAY that
England must, for her own integrity,
hold on to Ireland so long as she has a
dollar or man to do it with. l am
aware that one of the clergy attends the
meetings of the Land Leagues, but what
can the clergy, or any one else do, when
the people become so excited as to take
the bits in their teeth and dash off on
their own account. What does history
teach on that head q? l took up
Froude, but found him so full
of prejudIces and misrepresenta-
tons that / put him down.
content with my previous historical
study of Ireland. The minds of men
are not ground to the same lens, hence
their views of men and things differ as
we three do. / see as an ardent Ameri-
can, Emerald" as a fervid Irishman,
our f0ci are not the same, and conse.
gently the pictures are different. / read
in O'Connelrs life one of the greatest
characters of the human race, and ad-
mire the far.reaching wisdom of his
policy, and | can see no parallelism be-
tween him and Mr.. Parnell. And,
think can venture to say, without fear
of being called a slanderer, that OCon-
nell would never have consorted with
the Communists of France.
The NEWS tells us to day Saturday..
that cit is reported that Mr.. Parnell has
told Victor Hugo that though insurrec-
ton would be justifable, the League
discouraged it. as the Irish are uRdrmed"
(ours the italics). and that "Mr William
Shaw, Home Rule member for Cork, has
issued a manifesto addressed to the
Catholic Bishop of Cloyne, in which he
reviews the course Of the Irish Parlia-
mentary party, and denOunces these achO
hint at physicaI force. only to abandon the
people achen the pinch comes" Gtalics ours).
This is pretty hard language But it
demonstrates that there are two ways
of thinking in iceland in regard to Mr..
Parnell's policy.
A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES