San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-27
THE TIMES-PARNELL CASE.

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England, have been more conspicu
Gus than in this attempt to justify it
Infamous libel upon Mr.. Parnell anC
his followers, the chronicler of thu
period has failed to note the same
Deceived, and only too willing to b'
deceived in anything that would
bring discredit upon the Irish cause
the London Times has become the
tool of a characterless adventurer
whose bungling methods should have
been apparent to the most stupid sub.
writer OIL its staff. The entire case
which the Times has been so labor
iously working up against Mr.. Par
nell, and which it would seem it was
evdeavoring felOniously to force upon
the country, falls to the ground under
the collapse OF it's principal witness,
Pigott. Never was an important
witness so completely covered with
confusion, and the overwhelming
evidence of his perjury, as was Pigott
at the close of his last Friday eX-
animation. The English public, the
Tory public particularly, have so
long been accustomed to accept the
statements of the Times as they ac-
copied the statements of their bibles,
without question, that the mere
charge against Parnell by the
Times has been equivalent to a
conviction. Now, however, that the
scales have fallen from their eyes and
the vail has been torn from the face of
their idol revolution as we'll as
revelation has taken place. Fair
minded men will regret the blind
following of a journal which has
been so stupidity led, if it has been
led, into the trap, and they will wait
with some curiosity and interest the
farther course to be pursued by the
Times. That the Times has made
itself ridiculous and is now the laugh.
ing stock of all Europe anC America
goes for nothing. The assinine pos
sibilities of just such great lumber
ing concern as the Times are infinite
and to this dull stupidity is added
logged persistency which will not
be inclined to make the amende hon
Orable and confess judgment by ac-
knOwledging It's error. The conse-
quences of this trial are destined to be
very serious and far reaching. The
anti-Parnell feeling created and fOs-
tered and disseminated through the
circulation of the Times has been the
greatest barrier to the growth of Irish
influence and feeling in England.
Now that the Times has been proved
so utterly invaluable as a guide to
public opinion in matters pertaining
to the Irish leaders it can not main
tain its leadership as the head
of the Parnell opposition The
arrant falsehOOds, now proved to
be such, which it has published |
against Mr.. Parnell, and for the truth |
of which it has so solemnly vouched, |
will recoil uponit and it will be forced |
to prove the truth of its future utter
ances before they meet with blind &C
ceptance. The future of the Irish cause |
is largely involved in this trial. With |
the overwhelming influence of the |
Times out of the scale Irish home rule |
and Ireland's wrongs will meet a con-
sideratiOn hitherto impossible. This |
fact is well unders TODD by BalfOur and |
the tory leaders, and every effort will |
be made to render nugatory as far as
possible the startling developments |
brought out through the Times-Par-
nell investigation.
Mr.. Parnell has but one course open |
to push the Times investigation to |
the farthest possible limit The trial |
so far develops most damnable con-
spiracy, in some quarter, to destroy all |
feeling for Ireland and the irish lead |
ers by false statements and charges |
made through the news and editorial |
columns of the most wealthy and in
tluential journal in Great Britain. |
The unearthing of this conspiracy has
successfully begun. 1t has required |
time and great patience and much |
money to accomplish this. More |
money will be required to meet the |
issue and the friends of Mr.. Parnell |
everywhere, and particularly Irish
Americans, should interest them
selves IN seeing that the necessary |
funds are forthcoming. No subterfuge |
will be left untried to prevent full, |
complete and conclusive issue to this |
case. BalfOur, with the entire force of
the Salisbury tory government |
at his back, will endeavOr |
to so hamper Mr.. Parnell in the |
future conduct of his case as to !
prevent clean outcome. The Times !
has been most unfair, ungenerous and |
malevolert in its attempt to handicap