St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-18
.PARNELL IN GREAT PERIL.
His and Ireland's Enemies Descend to
the Methods Of the Serpents.
SINEWS OF WAR SOLICITED.
President Fitzgerald, Of the National
Lsague, Appeals to the Generosity
of Irish-AmericanS.

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 1.-THE follow
ing circular has been addressed by
President Fitzgerald to the various
branches of the Irish National League:
To the Officers and Members of the Irish
National League of America: The foulest
conspiracy known to British history since the
days of Titus Oates has been entered into by
the present government OF England, under
cover of the London Times newspaper, for
the purpose of thwarting the efforts of Mr..
Parnell and his colleagues TO secure by con-
stitutional agitation the legislative rights of
the Irish people. Failing by every other de-
vice known to the tyrant and oppressor to re-
forliberty, already begin to breathe its atmos-
l Rnere its role cf sf the sger 0S1 Now
descends TO the Shiny methods of
have stopped to employ moral bravos,
forgers, perjurers and outcasts of society
to foreswear the characters of the Irish
leaders and thus drive them from public life.
hoping thereby to force the Irish people TO
adopt as their only alternative the policy of
violence and despair, policy which, III Ire
lands poverty and helplessness, could only
end in her destruction. Even in this last in
famous design, this most desplcable of all
British governments begins to fear the ex-
posure of its unexampled turpitude. The
royal commission created by the Tory
government and framed with view to ac
cord Mr.. Parnell and his friends only that
modicum of justice which even corruption
must pay to public decency, has proved
itself Incapable of descending 10
THE LEVEL OF TORY BAsENEss.
The opening statement of the attorney
general has faileu in its evil intent. Several
of the witnesses have under crosse xamina-
ton made admissions damaging to the
enemies of Mr.. Parnell rather than to him
self and his colleagues. The evidence the
Irish leaders are prepared to offer will prove
beyond a doubt the infamy of the govern
ment and its mask. The London Times is
attempting by means of forged letters to
destiog not only the representative OF the
Irish people but the venerable statesman who
as leader of the British Liberals has dared to
inauguratc policy of ju ,tice and concilia-
Ireland. Baffled at every point of its ig
10 lie and malicious course. the Salisbury
cabinet is now striving to keep back the
damaging evidence held by the Irish leaders
of the commission and consequently
the hope Of com telling Mr.. Par
nell to abandon the case for want of
funds to meet the heavy expenditures forced
upon him and his friends. Irishmen of
America, you have nobly supported and en-
couraged Mr.. Parnell in his contest with the
enemies of Ireland. He stands now before
the bar OF British public opinion to answer
the charges of villanous conspiracy with
viii you desert him now? Will you by
apathy and Indifference aid the foul con-
spiracy that seeks to morally assassinate the
foremost man of the Irish people. Concen-
trated in him to-day are the feelings and
aspirations of the worldwide Irish race. and
shall Charles Stewart Parnell become the vic
tim of the forger and the perjurer because he
has not the money that necessity will compel
him to expend to defeat the Vaccinations of
HIS AND IRELAND's ENEMIES?
To harbor such a thought would be an in
suit to every man of Irish blood. Come then
to the rescue of the man who stands as the
ideal representative of our race to-day. We
have fought our great constitutional battle in
America. The heat of the contest is over,
and now let Irishmen of every political shade
join in friendly grasp and pledge their aid tn
our BROTHERS beyond the seq. aaaa11eery branch
of the league lS most earnestly requested to
raise az o0iI1ee Parnell defense fund and re-
NIT the same as speedily as possible to Rev.
Charles O'Reilly, d. D., Detroit, Mich. The
urgency is very great. Ireland speaks by the
voice of Charles Stewart Parnell He asks
assistance more for the cause of the mother
land than for the cause of personal defense.
He asks your help in the name of the living
and by the memory of the dead. ! will an
swer for you-you never failed Ireland in the
past, and you will not fail her now. Yours,
respectfully, JOHN FIrzGERALp,
President Irish National League Of America.