The Globe-republican., 1890-12-03
PARNELu'S MANIFESTO.


the Liberals.
LONDON, Nov. 29-Mr. Parnell issued
the following manifesto last night:
To the Irish People: The integrity and
independence of a section OF the Irish party
having been apparently Slapped and de-
stroyed by the wire pullers of the Liberal
party. 1t has become necessary for me. as
leader of the Irish party. to take counsel
with you, and, having given you the knowl.
edge which is in my possession. to ask your
judgment upon a matter which now solely
devoives upon you to decide.
The letter from Mr. Gladstone to Mr.. Nor
ley, written for the purpose OF influencing
the decisio ON Of the Irish party In the choice
OF their leader and ella inning for the Liberals
and their leaders the right Of veto upon the
choice, 10 the immediate cause of this ad-
dress.
The threat in that letter. repeated so in
solent!y on many English platforms and In
numerous British newspapers, that unless
Ireland concede the right of veto to England
she will indefinitely postpone her chance of
obtaining home rule, compels me. while not
for q moment admitting the slightest posi-
bility OF such n loss, to put before you in
formation which until now. SO far as my
colleagues are concerned, has been solely in
my possession. and which will enable you
to understand the measure OF loss with
which you are threatened unless you con.
sent to throw me to the English wolves now
bowling for my destruction.
Mr.. Parnell gives an account Of his
meeting with Gladstone year ago and
the propositions then discussed as TO the
government of Ireland, and con tinues:
need not say that the question. the vital
and important question of the retention of
the Irish members on ore hand. and indef-
mite delay in granting full powers to
n nfh
great concern. The absence OF any pro
vision for the settlement OF the agrarian
questioned any policy the part OF the
Liberal leaders-filled me with concern and
apprehension On the Introduction of the
land purchase bill by the Government at
the commencement of the last session Mr..
Morley communicated with me as TO the
course to be adopted. Having regard to
the avowed absence of any policy on the
part OF the Liberal leaders and party with
regard to the matter of the land bill. I
strongly iscd Mr. Morley against any
direct challenge of the principle OF State
aided land purchase. and finding that the
fears and alarm of the English taxpayers to
State aid by the hypotEecation OF grants for
local purposes in Ireland as a counter guar
antee had been assuaged, that the hopeless
struggle against the principle of the meas
ure should not be maintained and that we
should direct our sole efforts, on the second
reading Of the bill, to the assert ion of tho
principle OF local control. In this I rim
bound to say Mr.. Morley entirely agreed
with me, but he Was at the same time much
hampered and expressed his sense of his
pos tiOn in that direction by the attitude o;
the extreme section of his party led by MI.
Labouchere, and in subsequent inter
view he impressed upon me che necessity
of meeting the second reading OF the bill
with n direct negative and asked me tn an
dertake the motion l agreed TO this. but
only on condition that l was not To attack
the principle of the easure, but to confine
myself to criticism of its details l think
his was false strategy, that it vas adopted
out of regard to English preiucices and rad
ical peculiartieS
Just before the commencement OF this
session l was again favored with another
interview with Mr. Morley l impressed
upon him the policy of ohliQue met bod
of procedure with reference to land pur-
chase and the necessity and importance of
providing for the question of local control
and of limitation in the application Of funds.
He agreed with me and offered to move on
the first reading of the bill amendment
in favor of this local control, adv lsing that
il this were rejected it might be left to the
radicals on the second reading to oppose
the principle of the MEASURE This ap-
peared to be d proper course and left Mr..
Morley under the impression thst this
would fall to my duty. But in addition
he made me remarkable pr poSal
Referring to the probable approaching
victory of the Liberal party at the polls he
suggested some conside ratons as to the fu-
ture of the Irish party and he asked me
whether would be willing to assume the
office of Chief Secretary for Ireland
whether would allow another member of
my party to take the position. He PIT
before me the desira bility of filling one of
the offices of the Crown in lrelandb by legal
thor .of my RI I toll i'm yad
as was at the proposal, that l could not
agree to forfeit in any way the indepen
dence ofthe party or any of its members;
that the lrisu people had trusted me
in this movement because they believed
that the declaration 1 had made to them
at Cork in 1Ss0 was true one and repre-
scented my convictions. and that ] would
on no account depart from it nsidered
that after the declaration We had repeated
and made the proposal Of Mr.. Morley that
We woull allow ourselves to be absorbed
:nto English politics was one based upon
entire misconception of our position
with reg ard to our Irish constituents and of
the pledges we had gwen. In conclusion
he directed my attention to the plan of
campaign. He said that it would be i'm
possible for the L lberal party when it at
tanned power to do any thing for these evict-
ed tenants by direct action and that it would
also be Impossible for the Irish Parliament
under the powers conferred to do any thing
for them. and flinging up his hands with
gesture of despair, ne exc aimed: Having
been in Tipperazy, do not know what TO
propose in regard TO the matter" i told
him this question was limited one; that
did not see that he need allow himself to
be hampered by its future consideration:
that (, nds wouli be available from America
and elsew here for the support of those ten
ants as long might be necessary: that of
course understood that it was q iii Guilty,
but that it was limited one and should Eot
be allowed to interfere with the general in
terests of the country.
l aliude to tn IS matter only because with
in the list few days strong arg rment9n
many minds for my expulsion has been
that unless the Liberals come into power
at the next general election the plan of
campaign tenants will suffer As I have
shown the Liberals propose to DO nothing
for the plan OF campaign tenants by direct
action when tn y come into power, but !
entitled to ask that the existence of
these tenants, whom i have supported in
every way in the past and whom snail con-
tinue 20 support in the future. shall not
constitute a reason for my eXpul sion from
Irish politics Z have repeatedly pledged
myself to stand by these evicted tenants
and they shall aot be allowed to suffer and
] believe that the Irish people throughout
tire world will support me in this pol cy.
l do not believe that any action of the
Irish people in Supporting me will endarG-r
the home rule cause POSTPONE the estab-