New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-01

his conviction, again and again expressed, That
Home Rule to he effective must he such measure
as viii satisfy the Irish people, Mr.. Gladstone Is
bound 10 full and ample measure OF self-goVerh-
mcnt 10 Ireland TO offer any other scheme
would he not only an act Of incredible baSeneSS,
but OF incredible folly. and We cmphatlcally
separate ourselves from any such charge against
Mr. Gladstone. We think il deplorablc that Mr..
M0rley's suggest ion that some OF ihe
Irish party should cooperate IN carrying
out the Irish programme of the Liberal
Home Rule party should be so strangely inter-
preted by Mr. Parncll Every member of the
Irish party will Of course. agree with MI Iarhcl'
that the acceptance by any Nationalist member
Of Office from an English Ministry would I've a
breach Of the elementary principles upon which
our party is founded But nobody who KNOWS
MIR Morlev's character will doubt that the suS-
geston was made In the honest belief that LAD
cral Ministry would he helped in the difficult work
Of carrying through the details OF an IRISH Home
Rule bill by the cooperation Of Irish colleagues,
ard il was not an inslduous attempt on the IN
tegrty and independence of the Irish party.
We have now TO confront the statement that
Mr.. Parnelrs leadership opens an impossible gulf
between the representatives Of Ireland and the
Liberal party. who have faithfully observed their
national claims of Ireland, and the situation is
aggravated by deporablc expressions of ili-wlll
toward the British people, who have again and
again within the last five years manifested their
determination to do Justice TO Ireland, and have
by their votes paralyzed the arm OF coercion In
deliberately bringing things to this position, Mr.
Parncll has entered upon rash and fatal path.
upon which every consideration of Ircand's safety
,-all os Of ,e, SOuNl honor fOrbidS absolutely
TO follow him.
In the future Of a party thus isolated and dis
credited we canuot imagine how any Irish
man can see anything bnt destruction of The hopes
of self-governnent. happiness and peace which
but few weeks ago were the point of being
realized for our people. tried by many years
OF sacrifice and suffering What Mr.. Parncll
asks us 10 do stripped of oil sdc-iNsues, iS 10
sacrifice all hopes Of early settlement OF the
Irish struggle 70 his resolve TO maintain
his personal position. We are driven t. choose
between our leader and our cause In that sal
choice we cannot hesitate.
We lay those views respectfully before al
our colleagues Of the Irish Parliamentary party
in the earnest belief that a decisive vote on their
part will deliver Ireland from the fearful anxiety
which now OyerhangS her people. We are con
WINGED that 4 calm Dut resOlntc course OF action
part in this cruel emergency VIII irHouhd I"
the advantage of cause by furnishing conclusive
testimony Of the capacity Of our party and OF
our people for sclfgovernlnent. We cannot
relinqush the hope that in face OF such decisive
action by the elected representatives. of the lnsh
people Mr. Parncll's of patriotism will with
hOlG him from plunQing Ireland into those horrors
of disscnSion which have often already in her
tragic and unhappt history robbed her of liberty
AZ the monen, il was within her grasp, and will
save him from undoins in ore passionate hour
the results Of all his Incompatible services 10 his
country.
JOHN DILLON.
WILLIAM OBRIFN.
THOMAS p O'CO$NOR,
r D. SULLIVAN.
THOMAS J. GILL.