New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-17
, IAN LEAGUE LAWLESSNESS'


'.".-,,,. powFR-sPEECHEs BY MR. GLAD
49, AN SIR WILLIAM HARCoURT-MR. PAR
ss,I. AFRAID TO STAND BY HIS coLoRs'
--,,r RrcrLAR CORRESPONDENT OF IHE rRIhthEl
ra,roS. MAY 3l.-Among the many quahueS
"a .ndear the Irish y ONE Rulers and Leaeueiso
-. English fellow subjects none goes further tn
:. =, ,aite urbanity OF speech and genera ie""e-
of Of character. Mr.. Egans letter aoo INC
n'a u are a good samp1e of the amenities which
F ,,;.b friends address 20 each other and the
4 % - IN Parliament last night brought II all our
SIS. - ,eljef. Mr. Egan is henoefortb famous
-. or. at any rate. a notorious one. Ills
urst long have been familiar TO Amer
q c ae ia the Treasurer OF the Land
-. the receiver of all those sums
80 honest ana ignorant 1rishmen IN America
- over here to be spent by men less ignoran' ana
s"' 80, than the donors. He calls Mr.. OCOnnor
~ ond Mr. McCoan "hlacklegsn AS their
consisted IN voting for the second reading of
r.nd hill the word blsckleg, apart from its
go does not seem apt. But the Parnellites
80. ostsn shown that they are not nice IN such
,,,rs II an Irish member presuines 10 diner from
- I.sguers In his political views 10 abuse Is too
Ito 10 be dung at HIM. hr. Eeans letter Is SIM
~ =. .t,empt 10 discipline certain Irish members
" p,.hament who decline to follow Mr.. ParnelFs
,'.isr.bip. You have read it. may presume.
sill
- of II in the House. Ii was given to the
80 a a League document. II addressed
.-..,x IN the League by one of the officers I
~ ,.,rue. was published by the League IN the
-. orvan and was not disavOwed by the
,~.n,rs who beard II read last night in Parliament
-, Mr. Mitchell Henry called attention 10 II as
s,..,b Of privilege II is with the full approval OF
n, psrpell that his empoye prOolaims that the mo
=, :. and desires of MT. OCOrnor Power and The
ryro,o=hne were corrupt-were " 10 help the pres
.s. oo.ardy. hv priest-hunting oucAshoi-
sistr,butlue Wing Government"
Ths xrtteu replies Of the accused. one is sorry TO
- xere m much the same style. Mr'
u,csan eres ont that # 1t were only fat
pgss,s letter be woaid treat IL WIN 'he
ss.,.unt by which cowardly and mendacious
,.,lsuoe is best answered. Mr. OConnor
p.rsr retorts that the real blaekleg is tie
-, Tho bolts with the stakes and the real coward
I. hs sho keeps cut OF the fight which he has him
.xf nroyoked and who. skuiking either in London
=, pans ,ues TO hide his own poltroOnery by I'M
,,yune the courage of others. And he concludes
Af,er u,uch patent foTbearance now tell my III,
.eianf hheller and his masked abettors. VINO ordered
~ mn hlrst,on at his frot hy illusions that 80 lar As
am concerned the rule OF arrogant d'etatlon mIst
sease I warn my countTymeB that they ailoW
themselves be eoaded into nnarmed hsuiieGllOh
6y de screaming of hired demagogues VINO nave
sir.a<v notorionsy shown the white feather.
sy i,i be abandoned aud betrayed in the hour of
biai These whte-hyered hli6usteTs OF NE tongue
WHO ike domestic hullies. bfOwOeat theH own
race have not spark al hghi IN theih'
n must be supposed that MIRO Connor Power knows
hsawu eountryInen. and what will s'nt them Ont
aide of Ireland (where the answers were pnbhshrdl
all these hard words would be thought quite uu-
worthy of Mr. OConnor Powers real abilities ana
character That he himself Is well awarr they are
not adapted to thus side of the lnsh channel MS
speech in the House last night sufficiently shows.
He spoke with temper dignity and sef-controi
with a perfect knowledge also Of the temper oil the
house he was addressing. He was eloquent. as he
often is He appealed to the House itself 10 say
vbsthe, he had ever gwen vote under the intu-
enee. as Mr. Egap alleged of selfish impure
motives and the House answered with cheers for
both sides The cheers heard again when he
denounced this sttack On himself as part Of the
system of terrorism the League had set up. and
which il was trylng TO extend to the House. Mr..
OXouI " Powers challenge to Mr.. Parnell on tins
mint was distinct but remained unanswered, as
d,j ano1her to which | will refer by and by.
ratb,rr said Mir Power. " from the speech of the
Honorable Member Tor The city of Cork that II is
Intended that the system Of terror shall be contin
ned toward gentlemen who dare differ from the de-
crers of the Irish National Land League. The word
Ia. gone round from persons high in authority IN
that 0IgAllLdtlOD tLdl tNSAs mar S"pI'if
Kny measure introduced by the Government
shall be denounced as place-hnnter'
A, to himself. continued Mr.. Power. he bad been
longer 3 member of that House than Mr. Parnell.
and speakins ID the presence Of Ministers of the
Crown and ex Ministers OF the Crown ne challenged
any member of the Assembly 20 assert that any
vote Of his had been gwen withheld from selfish
considerations. Cheers egaIn answered him, and
again o. be went on to say that the real place
hunters were to be found among the paid officers OF
The Lesc-le who were his aecusers. Mr.. Parnell was
90 indscreet as Ia call out ." Name" Il will give
him the name" answered Mr.. Power, and the
proaf": and he forthwith pulled out a telegram
fren one Mr.. T p QUINN secretary Of the Land
Lesgae. stating from tho Land League Offices in
Dablin. to this effect:
Mr. Monaghan a very prominent member of the
Land eague at Balhnrole, has teegraphed you re
Qnaztng influence an behalf 81 DAILY. Comply with
honsgbans request. by me reasked. and both shall
tsmenber and donbtlcss one day repay.
Add what Daily wanted and Quinn and Monaghan
wasted Tor him. WINS nothing less han the Crown
Prosecutorship OF MAYO. :" am not a little embar-
rssssd" concluded Nr. O'COnnor Power. at being
under the necessity of making such statement TO
The Houee snd OF defending my own political con-
duct Bat when not only the couftesles of party
warfare bat also the affections of political conrade
ship--aye and truth d.slf-have been sacrificed to
gratify an insane ambition. | huinbly think
that the hour has come for man who
tan neither be bribed nor terrified 10
record his protest in the light of
day. That is a manly speech. The allusion to Mr.
Psrnell's insane ambition for nobody doubted
who was meant-was heartily welcomed by the
Heuse which has 40 long suffered from it, and is so
little used TO seeing an Irish Home Ruler rebel
against THAI leaders despotiSm. Mr.. OConnor
Power, 1t is trua has many occasions proved his
independence aud gone bis own way. But he still
sifs among the Home Rule party. and that party
still a. party. owes allegiance 20 Mr.. Parnell Mr.