St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-14
VIC TIM OF INJUSTICE.
Parnell Congratulated Upon Hi
ParSopaI Vipdic,tioD

Parnell Congratulated Upon His
Personal Vindication.
LONDON, Feb. 13.-The Morning Post,
in its article on the Parnell commission
report, says: We sincerely congratu-
late Mr.. Parnell, who has unmistaka-
bly,, so far as his personal character is
concerned, been the victim Of gross In
justice, and whose separation from
those odious imputations will do much
to neutraIiZe the shock given to public
confidence by the long unanswered
repetition of such charges. But
apart from the charges against
the leaders, there still remains
a reSiduum of charges too
serious to leave any dispasslonate mind
unaffected. 1t remains for the British
electorate to estimate alike the acquittal
Davitt, though the honor is due to
Davitt that he was the chief denunciator
OF crimes and outrage.
The News says: 1.-The report amounts
to practical acquittal. The commits
SionerS have indicated at once the
character of the Irish leaders and
the integrity of the English
bench. Thus the basis ''ParnelI-
sin and crime" with the hideous super
structure raised upon 1t disappears
from view. Nobody will think the
worse of Davitt, Dillon or O'Brien for
having taken part in a revolutionary
struggle. This is not moral offenSe.
| The vile calumny that their movement
was based upon assassination is eX-
| plOded, and recoilS with terrible force
| upon those who uttered it. Three up
right judges, whose prejudiceS, if they
had any, were ali against home rule,
have cleared public life from dark and
ugly cloud.
The Times leaves it to the public to
| judge whether the report does not con-
firm, though in colOrless, guarded judi
ciai language, the main part Of the
statements in our articles on ''ParneIl-
ism and Crime" 1t is but right TO OBJ
| miSSionerS in their judicial capacity de-
clare not proven. remain, nevertheless,
legitimate matter for inference. The
judges acted upon strict interpreta-
ton of the law of evidence. The most
notorious facts are not accepted, the
most obvious assumptions were not en-
tertained unless established by direct
conclusive testimony. We are
not finding fault with this,
Which was necessary result
| of the form the judges held it their duty
w sifO W tllt AllCl
ting the charges proved and those not
proved, the Times asserts that it never
| accused the Parnell men of personal
participation in crime, and concludes:
IF on certain points we are held not
to have established our statements, the
general effect of what we said remains
| unshaken,"
the Telegraph says; I'VE cannot say
that the protracted and costly investi-
cation has borne very valuable fruit.
Upon all the serious charges the
verdict is not guilty or not
| proven. The issues upon which the
verdict is against the respondents are
those as to which the majority of the
English public has already pronounced
| its own Informal verdict of guilty"
The Chronicle says: The report con-
firms the impression made upon calm
| observers by the violent and noisy
'Parneliism and Crime" articles when
they first appeared-that what was new
| in them was not true, and what was
true was not new. The report will be
satisfactory to the English people,
for as the leaders of both great
| parties in the state Intrigued with Par
| nell and tried TO buy his support, it
would have been painful to discover