The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-03-23

orators and statesmen. During the loyg
course of cruel wrongs that have been ,n-
hict"d upon her. her sons none failed 10
vindicate the rights of the mother from
the foul calumnies of her enemies; but never
FOR one instinct have the wrongs Of lrel. nd
dampcned the patriotism m fettered The
genius Of her sens, they have on the con
trary they have wreathed 1t with halo If
glory that shall last TO the end of time
The poetic fancy of Moore. the oratorcal
ability Of O'Connell. the phiospphic genius
OF Burk, the glowing patriotism of EN-
mdtt, the fiery eloquence Of Gratten, all
were fostered and malur-d amidst the
bitteresl opposition. II is these self same
wrongs, inflicted on unhappy Ireland that
has called into requisition the great abil.
tics of our present Irish leader, Chas. g.
Parnell. Like the Carihegian Hannibal of
old who, when but nine years of age was
led to the altar of his country and there
swore eternal anmity against the Roman
power. so the Irish Hannibal of today. in
the day of his youth and over the graves
OF his ancestors, swore eternal enmity to
the tyrannical power of England.
Chas. S. Psrnell. both the patriot and
statesman was born at Averdale, County
Maklone. Ireland. He is descended from
family that has long been associated with
the political life Of Ireland. descendant
of the poet, Parnell. and the two Parnells.
father and son, John and Henry, who stood
by Gratten to the last in his struggle against
the Union. and who had proved their
rights t. the proud post "HiberniOr Hiber
MUS ipsis." He entered the House of
Commons in 1876. member for Meath.
On entering Parliament he sat himself to
form party of freshmen who should be
absolutely independent of auy English
political party and whose whole object
and thought would be the welfare of Ire.
land. To form such party of men in his
own unhappy country was no small task
for he saw with the eye of statesman
free speech torn from his tongue and an
uplifted hand of tyrant ready to hurl the
thunderbolt of tyrannical law upon him
and his party for advocating the doctrine
that all men are born free. But sights of
this kind, so common to the Irish people,
did not daunt the Irish leader. He spoke,
but suffered. he resisted and the thun-
dcrbolt was hurled and he was
doomed to associate with criminals
But Irishmen encouraged by the undaunt.
ed valor of theiI leader rushed to his
standard and their unfurled to the word
the emblem that is to-day the beacon light
of all true Irishmen.
Such is the man in brief who to-day is
perhaps the most potent personality in all
the many nations and races of the earth.
The Car no doubt rules wider domains |
and more subjects, but has not his sway to |
be backed by thousands of armed men and |
he passes most of his time shivering be.
fore the prospects of a sudden and awful
death from the hands of his down-trodden
subjects. The German is no doubt more
race and may say almost as
widely scattered as the Irish, but is not
the Iron Chancellor guarded by million
Of well armed men, and the exiled German
regard with abhorance the political ideas
with which Bismarck is proGd to associate
his name.
Even the Grand Old Man, Mr.. Glad
'tone, who today rules by his power tie
minds and hearts and imaginatlng of half
he English people. But does not the
'ther half look upon him as the incorna-
ION of all evil. But how different is it
elbow countrymen with Chas. s. Parnell,
lot soldier at his command, the jails has
pened to receive him and not his tyranl.
al enemy. His name is held in veneration
ot by the Irish at home, but in our own
ountry, Canada, Cape Colony, and the
rimeval woods of Australia. How
lany times have the piimeval woods of
-merica echoed to the cheers of his name.
ut this is not all. A nation under his
uidance has shed many of its traditional
eakncsses from being impulsive it has
'own cool and calculating, from being o
sunited it has moulded itself into iron .
,nds of discipling. Under the leader. y
lip OF Parnell the barriers OF bigotry are d
owly breaking down. Sexton represents 81
e West Belfast district. Justin Nc
artby the far famed Maiden City of Lon :
,nderry, and worst still Mr.. O'Brien the
IN hearted. unconquerable VIM O'Brien
ice carried the South Tyrone constitu.
cy constituency that is fairly honey
med with orange lodges. Now / may
y they all bow in obedience to tie
tent name of Charles s. Parnell King. p
ms change their Kings-Republics their
esidents, Colonies their governors and
Inisters. In England to day it is Sails
Try, tomorrow 1t may be Gladstone.
1t Parnell remains immovable the apex
pyramid. apparently as resistless as
he, solid granite, durable as time.