New-York tribune., 1886-01-01
MONEY FOR HOME RULE.
SrcGtsrIoN FROM AN ENGLIsHMAN.

,.,,, rop RIos MISCONCEPTIONS TO MINOR
TAL,ZE THEMSELVES.
are Edftor OF The Tribune.
c,p. Your London correspondent, Ill his
.n l,snltch Of sunday, quoted The S'ondafd as au-
.,v for tho statement that the Home Rule agitation
a. Ireland is maintained alone by Irish'Amercans' il
A., lie true now is the time for these transpl"nted
,ro,s TO make o supreme effort to accomplish 'helr
r~es The dream of free ireland never has seemed
likely TO be realized 1T present Mr. ParneI WIN
,rbty.slx followers in the House of Commons plcueeo
10 his b,ddng holding the balance OF power between
,no two parties, and supported by Mr. GLADSTONE
~ whom he has made. at least,
o.rial convert to his ideas. can command great
CONCESSIONS if not all that he wishes The British faf
lament however does not pay Its members anu most
of the Irish representatives are poor men, Here Is
,he diaieuIty Yet TO name 1t is to suggest
tbe remedy. Let the mpecunous Irish members nc
I'D a axed salary out of fund subscribed by the low
,no sors O: Erin who have become American citizens
The bleeding" OF ignorant, paid servant'ghis ana
nar,vorking day-laborers for this purpose
sbonld not be encouraged. Euoagh money is extracted
from those poor creatures to be spent in other way
FOR the GOOD Of the cause" To brutal. unmagnative
like the writer the nobility OF their sacrifice ony
,,,euses the cruelty Of those who insist upon their
making IT, No; this should the labor OF love OF the
IhAmericans who have grown rich on this side OF the
Atlantic and il can be done at very small sacrifice on
their part.
Most of the Irish members arc humble men, small
couutry tradesuen and the like whose wants are few
They can live in London aud pay their travelling ex
nenses to and fro, probably, for 42OO-say $1,000
vear Now the eighty six Natonalsts in Parliament
,t ia safe 10 say that six gentlemen having pr
yate means leaving only eighty TO be provided FOR
This can be done easily The Sun the other day spoke o.
fifty wealthy Irish American citizens OF Gotham who
were present at meeting called for the purpose OF rails.
ing funds 10 help Parne IL Is only for each one oil
those gentlemen to guarantee what. 10 thtn is the
fuaing SUN OF 1000 year for, say -FOUR years
and provision will he made for the maintenance
of fifty OF the needy members. Then as
there will be dlricuystn finding thirty other rlch
Irshmen in the big cities throughout the country VINO
will he eager each contribute similar trifilng sum,
tbe result will be accomplished. the victory won Tor
does not John Boyle OReily whom you quote to-day,
declare that the cursed union with England VIII ne re
n.ard in 1882 Then, the stay at-hone rlsh-
men must left take care Of themselves People VINO
boast that their ancestors civilized while yet the
sayagery may consent receive assistance from their
brethren exile, while still ground noWn unuer an op-
pressor heel but freed their proud spirits would
T1sr rebellion against such panperlsin ,.,- ,,
IL may asked what shall he The reward OF tnese rcn
for their generosity Can greater De uesrcu uah
the eyeI-ving and glorious consciousness Of having
freed nation! II so, then when tie untrsmneIeu
IRISH Parliament shall DC established in College Greer.
let there he written IN letters OF gold spread
upon big parchment the names OF the I'D
orators" whose fat purses alone shaH nave
an Irish republic Let this parchment be framed an 1
placed above the Speakers chair In the Parliament
House there TO hang until it decays for The odhcaton
OF generations ITsnnen yet unborn who shall rise
M and cali them blessed Surely this reward enough
for men who. living where the ut!laranisin OF the
nineteenth century has its heart yet are 50 thoroughly
imbucd With sentiment tnat they can anticipate ht uu-
ntalnable. ENGLIsHMAS.
NerYork, Dec. 80, 1885.