St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-03

nerve. Their legislators were gentry who
had all the money they wanted; all the
viands Of their day; all the wine and whisky
they could drink; nothing to do but attend
parliament In all degrees OF drunkenness;
and when adjournment was had, TO reel
away 70 reyels understandable and wake up
the next noon or afternoon under the table.
II their attendants had also become drunk;
or. ia the gaudy and rich apartments fur
nished out Of the labor Of the serfs. That
stock has died out in Ireland
".
But merry time they had Of it. When
there were only 5000 houses in Dublin
LOO Of them sold intoxicating drink. and
70 this number must be added the house Of
every man well enough of 10 have a buffet
OF his own. The chronicles OF the Eight
zenith century are full of such tales as that
told by Sir Jonah harrington about his
visit to the hunting lodge OF his brother.
1t was about 10 o'clock in the morning
The room was strewn with empty bottles,
some broken, some intersperSed with
glasses. plates. dishes. knives. spoons, etc.
al IN glorious confusion, Three or four OF
the Baechanalians lay fast asleep on chairs;
one or two Others on the floor, among whom
q piper lay on his back. apparently
dead, with a taoleclOth spread over
him and surrounded by four OF i've candles.
burnt 70 the sockets. his chanter and bags
were Laid scientifically across his body. His
mouth was quite open and his nose made
ample amends for the silence Of his drune
When the debris was cleared away
and replaced by an orderly breakfast table.
on trying to arouse two sleepers near the
wall. II was found that their hair had got
lmoedded IN fresh mortar. which had set
with the heat, and they could only be extri-
Gated BY cutting away with knives-a tedi-
Gus process-assisted by clipping with scis-
sors- such were the aristOcracy that ruled
Ireland for England. From among them
came the man who. when English gold was
bidding for Irish votes TO abolish the parlia-
inent which had emancipated itself from
their control, exclaimed boldly In the Irish
house Of commons: Thank God, have
a country to sell"
The classic period of the old parliament
tary life consisted of the years Immediately
preceding the recovery of legislative indie
pendence in lTs2 and the fifteen years fol-
lowing IL Then there were patriots, ora
tors. wits, and half the brillianey that has
been preserved In jest, repartee, bon mot
and retort Is gathered from the lips of those
who were conspicuous in those exciting and
inspiring days. Traitors were there as well
as patriots; trafhckers. Office and tuft hunt
erS, Commands, drunkards. charlatans and
frauds Of all sorts. But those We're also the
great days of intellect aud of pune patriot
ism, when the spirit of the Irish race was
rising above all paltriness and striving after
noble and practical ideal. The STYLE of
oratOry In the commons when GrattaH and
Flood Burke and Curran and so many
more were on the floor was highly theatrical
and passed away In half century, Shell
being the last exeinplar of ii. The gesticu-
latiOn swept the floor and described great
curves in the upper air; the body of the
speaker swayed from side to side and for
ward and backward; his vocalizatiOn swept
the gamut from profound bass to squeaking
falsetto; he was an actor rather than an ad-
yocate and his object was more to stir the
quick emotion or sway the monetary pas
sions, than to convince. The dictiOn of
Grattan is ford and overstrewn with clas-
steal illusions and painted flowers; and the
belief In his sincerity must have been invin-
chile, since it carried all before it in spite of
q style thick with the fragments of mixed
metaphors A fair specimen Of the inflated
fashion Of oratory that prevailed even up
to the downfall Of the parliament Is the per-
propose to abolish the Irish parliament
and send delegation TO Westminster. II
want not the assurance of divine inspiration
70 fOretell. for l am enabled by the visible
and unerring demonstration Of nature to as
sert that Ireland was destined to be free
and independent nation. Our patent to be
a state-not shire-comes direct from
heaven. The Almighty has. In majestic
characters. signed the great charter of our
independence. The great Creator of the
world has given our beloved country the
gigantic outlines of a kingdom. The God
OF nature never intended that Ireland
should be province, and by God she never
shallw When the exhausted orator fell
into his seat he was overwhelmed by "a
perfect hurricane of applause" And then
the majority voted against him. Q
vi.
The Parnellite period has brought for
ward a widely different class of leaders.
When they speak they geStieulaIe sparingly,
some OF them not at all. In the use of the
mechanics of the throat the most adrOit anC
expert among them seek TO maintain an
even and moderate tone, clear and far
carrying, OF good quality, rather than tC
amaze by Evolutionary antics. Their action
Is austere and forcible. Their material /:
facts, not classical gewgaws. Their method
is logic. not pOetical. They aim at convinc.
Ing. not at infiaming. Their followers are
not small number of college bred trifiers,
but great people. simple, self-controlling
half-wild with nearly realized hope, but
irm and reSOlute under the discipline
Of q national organization. The pur.
pose of their leaders is to hold
them sOlidly together in defiant In
action; not to whirl them into fatal spasm
of superb folly. The leaders themselves
are men of education, self-cOntrOl, having
the manners and habits of gentlemen.
They are either total abstainers from drink
or limit its use 10 the alf-pint of claret at
dinner. They have no equipages, no liver
led retainers. They are all capable of self
support. and. with few exceptions, have to
support themselves at the bar or with the
pen. or in the management of commercial
concerns. or at trades. The great orators.
chiefly Grattan. won back brief period of
national prosperity. when 100. 600 volun-
teers gave value to their fine periods. Their
gifts were nought against the tactics of a
Castlereagh and the gold Of Pitt. With
out arms. without the freedom of public
meeting. from within the walls of jails the
leaders of to-day. backed by the menace of
a race. morally organized throughout the
world. have ali but recovered the liberty of
their country.-ChicagO Herald.