New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-24
last OF THE PARNELL COMMISSION.


Civ Henry James has stopped talking and the
Parnel Commission has adjourned DIR Henry
must have thought it important to do greaU
deal of talking, or he would not have labored
with such excessive industry, but there are lew
neople on the face of the earth who know or
care what he has been saying. This implies no
,oeocfon on Sir Henry's speech making abil-
itios which arc considerable. but the subject
uDon which they have been lavlshed 50 freely
has ceased to be interesting or OF much concern
70 husv people. The closing scene was, indeed
r.tbcr brilliant and attracted some notable
rersons TO witness it, but only because 1t was
the closing scene. The intelligent ana 1air
minded portion Of humanity had all II wanteu
Of the PANEL Commission when the disgrace
ful and shocking discovery was made that Inc
Times, had been seeking TO ruin the reputation
and destroy the influence OF the lllSh eauer
upon the strength of spurious letters when II
had no earthly reason to believe genuine, but
every reason to doubt, and which 1t never even
nretended TO investigate. In disclosing that
fact the Commission did justice, truth and honor
= great service. and enabled the high and uld-
mate court of public opinion to render its YER
leader and his party are adjudged to be patriots
engaged through worthy methods IN establish
ing a righteous cause If the verdict Of the
Commission is in harmony with this, so much
the better II not, the difference will never be
felt BY Mr.. parnell nor by Ireland
It is idle to speculate on the probable
contents of the Commissions report. The pro-
eeedings before it have developed as a clear
fact absolutely nothing that was not already
known before it began to meet except the TACT
of "The TimeS'sn stupendouS folly and dis
honest recklesSneSs They showed that there
had been much disorder in Ireland up to the
time when Mr. Gladstone espoused It's cause
that officers, landlords and agents had been
murdered, that n wronged people had taken
many wrong methods of avenging themselves
and that others who had refrained from en-
ploying such methods had been unable never
theless to repreSs feeling Of sympathy for
those who had. They showed, too, that foul
crimes had been committed which no wrongs
could excuse, and that some men who had had
vague connections with those crimes had also
had vague connections with the Irish leaders.
But this is all that was brought out, and the
public knowledge Of it was as old as the events
it related to. Upon that public knowledge men
had already ranged themselves with or against
Ireland, and there is not the slightest reason to
suppose that its leteling before the Commission
had any influence upon public sentiment The
only thing that did affect public sentiment was
the abominable PigOtt business. That, reduced
to record resulted in the tardy and partial do
ing of Justice 10 Mr.. PANEL. 1t fastened the
day of freedom in Ireland, and of peace between
Ireland and Great Britain.
The coming of this day may be FASTENED IT'LL
more by the report Of the Commission, but it
cannot be hindered or delayed. 1t will have
to come for the simple reason that among people
constituted as are those of England and Scot
land. Justice is bound to win and liberty to be
respected 1t will come in spite of great lords
and selfish commoners, and for England, at
least, the sooner the better.