, 1890-12-04
THEY LEAVE PARSELL.
The Delegates Now In America Gable
Manifesto to London

Manifesto to London.
CHICAGO. Dec. 1.-The views of the
Irish envoys, now in America, excepting
those Of Timothy Harrington, were
cabled to Justin Mccarthy, vice chair
man of the Irish parliamentary party,
last night. The delegates say in part
Our sense of the matchless genius of
Mr. Parnell, as aleader, of tho incom.
parable services he has rendered the
Irish cause; OF the courage, integrity
and splendid success with which he has
led our people for ten years, and the
personal respect and affection which
have for years bound us to him, have
made us suspend to the last possible
moment our judgment against his
further leadership. The obligation to
express that judgment is to all of us the
most painful duty OF our lives. No earthly
consideration could move us 10 our de-
termination. except the solemn convic.
ton that We are driven to choose be-
tween Parnell and the destruction of our
country's cause. Tho manifesto which
Parnell has just issued cuts us Oft from
the last hope to which we clung. Anx-
ious to avoid word which might en-
bitter this controversy. we shall not
dwell upon the cruel injustice with
which he treats the members ot the
party that followed him with loyalty.
and the effect is such as no leader ever
experienced before. His recollections
of their tealty to him in his hour of
trial might well have saved them from
the imputation that any of them could
have allowed their integrity to be sappcd
by liberal wire pullers.
"The method in which, ignoring the
origin of the present caamities, Mr..
Parnell cndeavored to fasten the re-
sponsibility for it upon Gladstone and
Morley, compels us to disassoCiate our
selves in the shortest manner from the
imputation which we believe reckless
and unjust, and we view with abhor-
renee tue attacks made on purnell by
public and private enemies under cover
of aid in the present difficulties. IL is
to this, addressed to u man of proud
and strong spirit, we may attribute
many of the terrible dangers with which
Ireland Is now threatened, and fear they
may do further mischief by diverting
the minds of many people from grave
national TO purely personal issues in
national resentment of an ungonerous
attack on great leader in the hour of
stress and disaster.
But while making every possible al.
lowance tor Parnells feelings, we con.
slider it unjust to the English people,
and lamenlable from the point of view
of internal good feeling to describe as
English wolves these who have not been
able to bring themselves to the same
view to which gratitude and necessity
for union impelled Parnells colleagues
and countrymen. The plea of Parnell
that Gladstonc's letter involves the
claim to dictate to the Irish party, and
thereby strike at the indedendencG of
that party rs strictly Irish national
body, is one calculated to inspire every
Irish nationalist with alarm, II that
plea were not an obvious fallacy. What
ever differences OF opinion may exist as
to the haste with which Gladstonc's
letter was made public, ii was
obviously not his hostility to home
rule, but an earnest desire TO
save 1t from disaster TINT prompted
Gladstone TO write his letters. We de-
plore that the difficulties of Glad stones
position were not frankly recognized by
Parnell and that, on the contrary,
friendly private communications, obvi-
ously made with the view of smoothing
the passage of the home rule bill, have
been made the basis of insinuatOns of
treachery to the Irish cause. BY his
conviction again and again expressed,
tn at home rule, to bo effective, must be
such a measure us will satisfy the Irish
people, Gladstone is bound to full and
ample measure of self government for
Ireland. To olior any other scheme
would be not only an action Of incredi-
bio baseness, but of incredible folly, and
we emphaticaliy separate ourselves from
any such charge against Gladstone"
Referring to Morley's suggestion that
some of the Irish party should cooper
ate in carrying out the Irish programme
on liberal lines, the manifesto says no
body who knows Morley's character will
doubt that the suggestion was made in
the honest belief that the LIBERAL minis
try would be helped in its difficult work
Of carrying through the details OF the
Irish home rule bill, by the operation of
the Irish colleagues, and II is not an in
siduous attack on the integrity and in
dependence of the Irish party. 1t con-
tinucs: "We have now to con nfront the
statement that Parnell's leadership u
opens nn impossible gulf between the
tatives of Ireland and the lib
g.a r.