New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-25
MR.. PARNELL.
THE MONEY TRIBUTE TO HIM AND The
DUBLIN BANQUET.

nv or extOrted from, INC STARVING P'"'
Ireland.n and from other sources better aoie'
whether more willing or not, to pay what was ue-
manded of them. 1t Ia a very considerable sum,
and Il has not been got together without prolonged
e,ertlon nor without some use of the machinery OF
terror which the Land League long since ORGANIZED
for different purposes 1t has taken this impulsive
and enthusiastic people nearly year TO make up
lis mind to provide the money for Mr.. Parneis tes-
tinonial. The proposal was first proposed iaS'
February. At the end of a month the subscriptions
reached the figure of $500. When IL became
clear that the spontaneous plan would never
mcceed. a committee was formed with the LORD
Navor of Dublin at its head. The drum was beaten
and the hat went round. The clergy preached 1or
II. The Pope denounced them and forthwith Roman
Catholic Ireland affirmed its ecclesiastical loyalty
nv rebelling against the authority OF the head OF
the Church. Contributions came in from America
and from Australia. Ultimately the total OF .zo,-
800 I3s. was scraped together in Ireland. There
are GOO 600 tenant farmers In Ireland. IL each
one of them had given a shilling to the Parneu
fund Il would have reached from that source alone
gao. 900. The tenant farmers are the class LOT
whose benefit Mr. Parnel has labored. 1t Is they
who profit by what has been plundered from the
landlord. But their gratitude does not attain 10
the average of quarter of q dollar apiece.
What say about the machinery Of terror having
been used to squeeze money for Mr. Parnell out OF
reluctant donors, say on the authority Oh man
who knows. OF course I am not going to name MN.
To name him might be to make him target for
Parnellite rifle from behind q hedge. Nor shall 1
describe him In o way TO mark his identity. bue L
may say that he is an Irishman who knows ire
land as well as 1t can be known aman of very wide
experience and with special means of knowledge;
fsir-minded; trusted by both sides, so far rs any
man oan be said to be trusted among a people
whose strong point certainly is not veracty and In
whom want Of truthfulness naturally begets sus-
picion. He says that throughout Ireland the screw
was put on for the Parnen Fund. In the districts
where the Land League still has power man VINO
refused to subscribe was a marked man. Puoh
can or shopkeeper had to choose between threats OF
bovcottina and a donation. And so it was that no
small part of this fund was raised. The word COM
monty used TO describe operations OF this sort Is
blackmail. - >, I'LL Az.
Round Room of the Rotunda. 1t was at first pro-
pose TO exclude all representatives of the press save
and exoept those devoted to what IS denominated
the national cause But this ordinance of heroic self
denial was not persisted in. Irish people WERE
bclieye shut out unless of the Parnelite faction,
but the base. brutal, and bloody Saxon was ad-
mitted For this once the Irishman desired that
his speech should be heard in England, the public
opinion of which he. commonly de-
spises, or says he despises, from the
bottom of his soul. All the London papers,
accordingly have reports of the banquet and OF
Mr.. Parnelps speech. Do not think, however thaI
the brief notes send you of this patriotic Irish
gathering are cleaned from any such corrupt and
corruuting source have gone TO the fountain
head. TO The Freeman's Journal, where have read
with attention a narrative which fills fourteen long
and broad columns. hope nobody In America
doubts that Mr.. Gray's paper is sutholent author
ity on such an occasion If there be soeptic he
shall be put to silence by the declaration OF this
same journal that the demonstration In favor OF MI
Parne IL the deliberate act Of great, an ancient
and a united nation. As Mr.. ParnePs iieutenants
have lately been booted out Of the most populous
most intelligent and most prosperous province OF
Ireland this remark about united nation ought 10
be proof enough that the authors fidelity to Mr.
Parnen is paramount in his mind to every other OBJ
LEGATION, including that of speaking the truth.
| For any adequate account of the decorations OF
| the dinner considered in its material and CASTRO
nomlcal character am afraid have no room nor II
nan capabe of following the flights of descriptive
rhetoric which alone seem TO satisfy the Irish taste
Besides my Irish oracle declares that TO appreciate
the embellishments Of this festival properly they
| should be seem have no doubt he is right. But
think it well TO repeat his explicit assertion that
the general effect good from an artistic point oil
view because the colors had been selected and APP
piled with an eye to harmony. That is where they
| differed from the oratory. The decorations
| included evergreens. ferns chrysanthemums, harps
minus their crowns), green flags, American flags,
! and ladies' The tasteful toilets OF the ladies ana
their great natural charms formed am pleased to
hear. an indispensable framework.of beauty. The
ladies had the privilege of looking on while the
male champions of the distressed tenant consumed
turtle and turbot turkey and pheasant and grouse,
iced pudding and pineapplesj with Johannlsberg
Heidsieck's Dry Monopole, and Chateau Lahtte
| Vintage not specifed) for the thirsty.
| That the usual toast TO tho Queen should be
omitted on such an occasion is no matter Tor sur
prise This was gathering OF men who mean TO
break up the Empire over which the Queen rulos.
They excluded from their elaborate scheme of orna-
mentation every sigu and symbol OF loyalty the
British flag included. 1t was replaced, l have
somewhere read, by the Stars and Stripes. AS IL
suits the purpose of Irish rebels TO drag the Amer-
can flag pretty frequently through an Irish gutter
suppose Americans have nothing to do but sub
nit. we may, however from time TO time protest
Hail Columbia played to the tune of Erin O-Bragh
il not after all, an AmericaHsar. The guests mum
bered FIVE hundred. With the exception o
.be Lord Mayor of London, who presided, tn
| me mbers of The Parnelhte party in Parliament
MAYORS from various parts Of Ireland number no
given), and a few priests, the five hundred wer
five hundred nobodes The Ireland which has
place in literature, in art in industry, In society
In commerce, in wealth, in the Church, in educa
ton, was conspicuous by its absence l know Nj
Parnel says he can do without all these. he has
majority, and he does not care of what 1t is com
nosed. His idea of democracy is democracy o
dregs. 80
q" Ireland Nation" was the first toast ana th'
first speaker to respond to 1t was the convict th
socialist. the advocate Of land-robbery, Mchae
Dayitt. who rose to speak from the side of Mr
Justn Mccarthy, one Of the Underwriters OF
The Doily Ner., which passes for being the organ
| r..linh L ihnrnlis1n Nj DaYitt nrOmptlY tOnche