The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19
DILLON'S STATEMENT.
Concerning Recent Events in IreIand-Says
Parnell is not Fit to be Leader.
HE DEFENDS GLADSTONE.

NEW DIRK, Dec. li.-JOhn DlllOn ia
not been inactive since his two colleague
sailed last Saturday morning. He ha
been in constant communication with hi
friends in Ireland, and has watched tn;
movements of Parncll with interest. II,
has prepared and given to the press ;
statement as to the more recent events il
ireland. in which he says:
I'm the miserable quarrel now going OF
in Ireland my main object has been from
the outset to induce both sides to abstain
from all bitterness of language which
might render it difficult for US to fight
together in the future us comrades, as W,
have done for the past ten years. Anc
with this view used any influence ! pos
scssed to prevent the war being carried
| into Ireland until all possible means oil
bringing about II compromise had been
abandoned The Kilkenny election had
been prcciptatcd, and am strongly OPP
posed to any personally offensive attacks
on Mr. Parnell, although it must be adj
mittcd that the cruelty unjust charges
he has lcyelled against members of his
party. and the extraordinary violence of
the methods by which he has sought to
suppress all expression of opinion hostile
to himself, makes it difficult for his oppo-
nents to maintain an attitude of modera-
ton.
Now. that Mr. Parncll has insisted on
challenging public opinion in Ireland, |
trust the Irish people will let their opin-
ions he known in no uncertain fashion.
If they declare for Parnell's leader
ship they must do so on the plat
form that of his manifesto and his
speeches at Dublin and Cork, and that
would mean definite end for all time to
all hope of winning home rule through
the good will Of the English people. And
there is only one other way Of winning
that is, by fighting for it.
I'm other words, Mr.. Parncll invites
the people to abandon the policy by which
he has led them for the past ten years aud
adopt policy which must end in iRsur-
rection, if it ends in anything. believe
that this new policy means the destruction
of all the work of the last ten years.
"Somc of the language used in Ireland
on both sides, disgusting and humliating
to every true friend of Ireland, is only
calculated TO divert the minds of the
people from the true issue before them.
That issue is not personal one, but is
IL question of public policy and is exceed
ngly simple Whether, if Mr.. Parncll
persists in refusing to retire from the
leadership, the Tory party will win at the
general election by such majority as
will condemn Ireland to another seven
years of coercion and destroy all hopes of
gaining home rule by parliamentary action
in our time. This, and this alone, is the
question which the Irish people have to
consider.
Mr.. Parncll complains of Mr.. Gladstone 5
attempt to dictate to the Irish party, yet
in 1889, :rftcffthr assassination fhT'nIX
Park, Mr. Parnell, without consulting
any of his colleagues, went to Mr. Glad
stone and offered to give up the leader
ship, resign his seat for Cork and retii j..
from public life. And that ut u time
when Mr.. Gladstone was not a home ruler
and was not an ally of ours. And il was
only at Mr.. Gadstone's personal request
that Mr.. Parnel retained his position.
"What has Mr.. Gladstone done in the
present cause? For nine days after the
verdict in the divorce suit he waited in
silence expecting Mr.. Parnel to do as he
had done in 1852 Then when he was con-
WINGED, from all the information ut his
command, that the general election was
hopclessly lost, if Mr.. Parnell retained
the chair of the Irish party. Mr.. Glad
stone took steps to inform Mr.. Parnell
privately of this fact.
"Wth this Information in his posses
sion Mr. Parnell accepted his reelection
and it was only then that Mr.. Gladstone
published his letter for the information
of the Irish party and the Irish people
leaving to them the full liberty and re-
sponsiblity Of acting under all circum-
stances as they Thought best for the in
terest of their country. The cry OF dicta-
ton is an idle and absurd cry.
Mr.. Parncll reproachcd his colleague:
for re-electing him if they did not meal
to stand by him through all eventualities
We re-elccted him because We were CRATE
full to him for all he had done for Ireland
because we trusted in his; Honor and in hi
patriotsm; because we never for ont
moment supposed that he would allow hi
personal feelings to prevail with hin
when the safety of the country was Il
stake, or that he would appeal to us a
he has done to stand by his leadership
even though it should involve the ruin o
the cause.
Mr.. Parncl's revelation of privat
conversations with Mr.GladstOnc and Nj
Morley is subject painfully humiliatin:
TO every Irish Nationalist. No one believe
for moment that the revelations woul
have been made were it not for Mr.. Par
nclls private difficulties, and to me
seems horrible that two English states
men, who, during the last five years, hav
TO my own knowledge consistently an
steadfastly fought to secure full an
genuine measure of home rule for Ireland
should now be singled out for gross an
monstrous insult, and that charges Q
treachery. attempts to corrupt the Iris
party, etc, should believed against then
Charges for which | am convinced in NJ
soul there is not shadow of foundation
Charges would have never been imagined
much less uttered, but for the O'She
divorce case and Mr.. GladstOne's letter.
GAS last resort Mr.. Parnell propose
that definite knowledge on certain point
should be asked from Mr.. Gladstone an
Mr.. Morley and so far forgot himself
to address to the colleagues who had fol
lowed him, with fidelity unparallele
in history, the monstrous insult 'yo
wished to sell me? Sell me. ] want yo
TO get price. This policy of demandin
from Mr. Gladstone before the electIo
definitely pledges on the details of hon'
rule bill has been all along the policy
Lord Harrington and Mr.. Chamberlain
I have heard it denounced by Mr.. Parne
and the leaders of the party. If M
Gladstone and Mr.. Merely are treacheror
md dishonorable men, as Mr Parne