St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-17
PARNELL's ACHIEVEMENT.
Home Rule TO Come in 1ss9--The
Man Who Made John Bull listen.


Writing in the North American Review
concerning the movement for the liberation
of Ireland. John Boyle O'Reilly SAYS:
While the Fenians lay in prison-frOm 1866
to 1S74-and the babeas corpus act was
suspended, and the stipendiaTy magistrates
had the power of Persian satraps. Ireland
lay still and gnawed her heart in the wait
ing. Feeble voices OF timid home rulers
were raised in Westminster, and Wing
landlords patronized Ireland with a mock
patriotism. Then the moral pressure of the
world. and especially of America, COM
PEELED England to open the prison doors for
the political cOnvicts. and there came out
TO the world some scores of men whose pat
riotism had been condensed and crystaliZed
into terrible purpose; and many of them had
become powerful leaders by refee-
ton and self-mastership. Michael Dav-
ltt John OLeary, John De-
vOy, O'DOnovan Rosa, Charles Kick
ham, Thomas Clarke Luby, and a host
of Others were sown like seed among the
fertile Irish and Irish-American millions;
and their impressive story and uncompro-
missing principles took root and fiOurshed
in new crop of Irish unrest. The ten
dency was toward another attempt at vio-
lent revolution, but England, though
an appeal to arms by the disorganized,
scattered, diSarmed Irish could be crushed
as ali similar attempts had been crushed.
Then, fresh from Oxford. with his cold
English training. his Yankee blood and Irish
patriotic Evolutionary feeling, came Panell,
with new message and a new method.
No need to follow his steps. From the
moment that he first laid his hand on the
Irish keyboard the race listened TO him. He
has done what 0'Connell failed to do, en-
listed all creeds and classes
landlords, professional men, trades
men, peasants. He has made
the larger Ireland in exile one body with
the i've millions at home. The Radicals
have joined his forces, believing in the man.
The bishops and priests are his warmest
supporters. A Protestant a landlord, an
aristOcrat and Home Ruler, he has the sup
port and friendship of Archbishops Walsh
and Croke, Michael Davitt the Fenians, the
farmers. the laborers, the mechanics.
He has drawn together the 40, coo, 600 of
people who respond TO the Irish barometer
in ali lands, and made them into one mar
velons, moral. organized nationality, sup
porting Ireland with public opinion, agita-
ton and money. The 5000. 600 of
Englishmen are confronted with this extra
potential force, and as yet they do not know
quite what it means.
The late elections have opened the eyes
Of the world to the fact that Ireland is over
whelmingly National" Eighty-six out of
103 Irish members stand behind Mr.. Par
nell in parliament, pledged to vote as he
leads, utterly irrespective OF British inter
eSts or desires. Liberal and Tory in Eng
land may join to defeat the Irish strength;
but it will be only for year or two. 1t is
clear now that another Cromwell must
sweep Ireland with ire and sword. or that
England must grant her constitutional de-
mand for home government. The abom-
Unable selfshneSs which would destroy Ire
land for England's sake. if now allowed to
operate in another conquest and diSfran-
ehisement, would assuredly destroy Eng
land-and England is learning the great
lesson. Ireland is saved by the
twenty million IrIsh-blOOded Americans;
by the 5000, 900 Irish and their descendants
in England. Scotland and Wales; by the
vast numbers of Irish sympathizers in Aus
tralia. New Zealand. Canada and other
countries. 1t would be highly dangerous 10
slaughter the kindred of such people.
1t Is not likely that Ireland will gain
much from the coming parliament. The