Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
THE IRISH ENJOYS.
Their Views on Mr.. Parnell's Mani
festo Cabled to LOndon-Mr. Nor.
ley Takes Exceptions to Some OF
MIR. Parnelps Statements.

Their Views on Mr.. ParnelI,s Mani.
festO Cabled to London-Mr. Nor
Icy Takes Exceptions to Some OF
MIR. Parnelps Statements.
CHICAGO, Nov. 30.-The views Of the en-
yoys in America, excepting Timothy Har-
rington, was cabled tonight to London.
The following is apart of the document
To Justin Mccarthy, n. p, vice-chairman
of the Irish parliamentary party:
Our sense of the matchless genius Of Mr. Par
nell as a leader of the imperishable services he
has rendered to the Irish cause, Of the courage,
integrity and splendid success with which he has
led our people for ten years and tho tie Of COM
radeship and personal respect and affection,
which for years bound us to him, have made us
suspend to the latest possible moment our judg-
ment against his further leadership. The obi
CATION to expresses that Judgment is to all of us
the most painful duty of our lives No earthly
consideration could have moved us to our de-
termination except the solemn conviction that
we are driven to choose between Mr.. Parnell and
the destruction Of our country's cause. So pain
in the loss Of such a leader that we eagerly CO.
operated with our colleagues in every effort to
festo which Mr. Parneli has just issued cuts us
off from the last hopes to which we chung. Anxi-
Gus to avoid q word that might embitter
on the cruel injustice ss''' with H. which he
treats the members Of the party that has follow.
ed saa him with Loyalty end affection such as no
of their fealty to him in many an hour Of trial
might well have saved them from imputation
their integrity to be. Slapped by liberal wire
pullers, nor would we do more than enter pro-
ciple in fouting by anticipation the decision Of
the elected representative of the people from
whose votes the chairman of the parliamentary
party receives his authority, and restoring to o
vague general appeal over their heads. Con
siderations like these we should readily have
waved in the interest Of national solidarity-but
the method in which ignoring the origin Of the
present calamitous situation Mr.. Parneil endeav-
ored to fasten the responsibility for it upon
associate ourselves in the strongest manner from
an imputation which we believe to be reckless
I We view with adherence the attacks thatlhave
been made on Mr.. Parnell by his public and pri-
yate enemies under cover OF his present Difficult
OF a proud and strong spirit we attribute many
OF the terrible dangers with which Ireland is
Of
people from grave national to purely personal
issues in the natural resentment of an ungener.
GUS attack on great leader in an hour Of stress
But, while making every possible allowance for
Mr.. Parnells feeling on this score we consider it
unjust to the English people and lamentable from
the point of view of International good feeling to
describe as English wolves bowling for his de-
struction those who have not been able to bring
themselves to the same view to which gratitude
and the necessity for union impelled Mr.Parnell's
own colleagues and countrymen; The plea OF
Mr. Parnell that Mr.. Gladstone's letter involves q
claim to dictate to the Irish party, and thereby
strike at the independence OF that party as a
strictly Irish national body, would be one calen
lated to inspire every Irish nationalist with
alarm were it not an obvious fallacy.
The Irish party was formed for the purpose OF
winning home rule for Ireland. To do it in the
interest of English parties would be an invasion
of the independence of the Irish party and would
we believe, be repealed by no more sternly thar
opposition to Mr.. Parnell. But the very basis Of
our Independent alliance with the liberal party Il
the adoption by them Of tho program for which
that it must be the first business Of liberal cab
met to realize that program.
Whatever differences of opinion may exist as t.
| the haste with which Mr.. Gfadstone's letter wa.
his hostility to home rule, but his earnest desirs
to save it from disaster that prompted Mr.. Glad
stone to write his letter. We deplore that diff
culties of Mr.: Gladstone's position are not frank
| ly recognized by Mr.. Parnell and that, on tn,
| contrary, friendly private communications-com
munication obviously made with view Q
| have been made the basis of insinuations o
treachery to the Irish cause. BY his convictions
again and again expressed, that home rule to b
the Irish pdople Mr. Gladstone is bound to
| full and ample measure Of self government t
| Ireland. To offer any other scheme would b
not only an act of incredible business, but of in
credible folly and We emphatically separat
| ourselves from any such charge against MI
Gladstone.
We lay those views respectfully before all on
/ earnest belief that decisive vote on their PAL
| will deliver Ireland from the fearful anxiet
! which now overhangs her people.
| [Signedl JOHN DILLON,
| WILLIAM o BRIEN,
| THOMAS P. O'CoNNoR,
| Il. d. SULLIVAN,