Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-11-29
.PARNELL s APPEAL
lie Does Not Refer to His
Present Difficulties.
Ev1creD TENANTS HIS ISSUE.
he Discovers a Liberal Scheme to Drive
Him from Political Power.

He Conceived the Idea of an Irish Par
liamentary Party Sixteen Years Ago
He is Confident of Obtaining Home
Rule-NOt Favorable to ANY Comprom-
Use Obtained Through the Liberals.
To THE IRISH PEOPLE:
The integrity and independence of a
section of the Irish Parliamentary party
having apparently been sapped and de-
stroyed by the wire pullers of the Liberal
party, it has become necessary for me- as
leader of the Irish party, to take counsel
with you; and having given you the
knowledge which is in my possession, to
ask your judgment upon matter which
1t now devolves solely upon you to decide.
The letter of MIR. Gladstone to Mr. Nor
ley, written for the purpose of influence
ing the decision of the Irish party in the
choice of their leader, and claiming for
the Liberals and their leaders the right
of veto upon that choice, is the imme-
date cause of that address; to remind
you and your Parliamentary representa-
tives that Ireland considers the independ-
ence of her party as her only safeguard
within the constitution, and above and
beyond all other considerations what
ever, the threat in that letter, repeated
so insolently on many English platforms
and in numerous British newspapers
that unless Ireland comedies this right of
veto to England she will indefinitely
postpone her chance of obtaining Home
Rule, compels me, while not for a mo-
ment admitting the slightest probability
of such loss, to put before you informa-
ton which until now, so far as my col
leagues are concerned, has been solely in
my possession, and which will enable
you to understand the measure of the
loss with which you are threatened unless
n fn ha
wolves now bowling for my destruction.
Mr.. Parnell dwells at length upon the
Liberal Home Rule scheme and Mr.. Glad
stones views gathered at two-hours' con-
versation at Hawarden. He makes a
a1ticular point of the question of
evicted tenants and concludes his mani
festo as follows;
81 have repeatedly pledged myself to
stand by these evicted tenants and that
they shall not be allowed to suffer, and 1
believe that the Irish people throughout
the world will support me in this policy.
Sixteen years ago l conceived the idea of
an Irish parliamentary party independ-
ent of all English parties@ Ten years
ago l was elected leader of the independ-
Irish parliamentary party. During these
ten years this party has remained indie
pendendents, and because of it's indie
pendence it has forced upon the English
people the necessity of granting home
rule to Ireland
L believe that the party will obtain
home rule-only provided that it remains
independent of any English party. 1 do
not believe that any action of the Irish
people in supporting me will endanger
the home rule cause or postpone the es-
Enlistment of an Irish Parliament. But
even if the danger with which we are
threatened by the liberal party of to-day
I holia hot III
Irish people throughout the world would
agree with me that the postponement
would he preferable to a compromise of
our national rights by the acceptance of
measure which would not realize the
aspirations of our race