The Brookhaven leader., 1890-12-04
PARNELps MANIFESTO.
lhe Irish Leader Issues m Address-The
O'Shea Matter Ignored-Indcpendent OF
the Liberals.

the Liberals. /
LONDON, Nov. 29-Mr. Parnell issued
the following manifesto last night:
To the Irish People: The integrity and
independence OF q section OF the Irish party
having been apparently sapped and do.
stroyed by the wire pullers OF the Liberal
party. II has become necessary for me, as
leader of the Irish party, to take counsel
with you, and, having given you the knoWi-
edge which is in my possession, to ask your
judgment upon a matter which now soleiy
devoives upon you to decide
The letter from Mr.. Gladstone to Mr.. Nor
ley, written for the purpose of Influencing
the decision of the Irish party In the choice
OF their loader and claiming for the Liberals
and their leaders the right of veto upon the
choice, is the immediate cause OF TINS al
dress.
Tho threat In that letter, repeated SO In
solently on many English platforms and In
/ numerous British newspapers, that unless
Ireland concedo the right ofveto to England
she will indefinitely postpone her chance OF
obtaining homo rule, compels me, whiie not
for a moment admitting the slightest possi-
billty Of such 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:
lneed not say that the question, the vital
and important question of the retention OF
the Irish members on one hand, and inden-
mite delay in granting full powers to an
! Irish Legislature on the other, gave me
j great concern. The absence Of any pro-
! Iafn for ha att Of
question-of any policy on the part OF tho
Liberal leaders-filed me with concern and
! apprehension On the introduction of the
land purchase bill by the Government ut
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 tho Liberal leaders and party with
regard to the matter of the land BILL,
strongly advised Mr. Morley against any
direct challenge of the principle oil state
| aided land purchase, and finding that the
fears and alarm OF the English taxpayers to
State aid by the hypothecaton 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 tho Bill, to the assertion of the
| principle of local control. In this am
/ 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 ton in that direction by the attitude OF
the extreme section of his party led by Mr.
| Labouchere, and in a substq quent Inter.
view he impressed upon me the necessity
of meeting the second reading OF the bill
with a direct negative and asked me to un- :
dertake the motion. l rgreed TO this, but
only on condition that l was not to attack
the principle of the measure, but to confine
myself to criticism OF its details 1 think
| his was false strategy, that II was adopted
out of regard to English prejudices and rad.
| ical peculiarites.
just before the commencement Of this
session was again favored with another
interview with Mr.. Morley 1 impressed
upon him the policy of an oblique method
| 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.
Ho agreed with me and offered to move on
the first reading of the bill an amendment
In favor OF this local control, advising that
ifthis 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 improper course and left Mr..
Morley under the impression thst this
would fall to my duty. But in addition
he made me remarkable proposal
Referring to tho probable approaching
victory of the Liberal party at the polls he
suggested
ture of the Irish party and he asked me
whether would be willing to assume the
office of Chief Secretary for Ireland or
whether would allow another member of
my party to take the position. He so put
before me tho desirability of filling one of
the offices of the Crown in Ireland by a legal
member of my party. / told him. amazed
as l was at tho proposal, that l could not
agree to forfeit in any way the indepen-
dence OF the party or any OF its members
that the IRISH people had trusted me
! in this movement because they believed
that the declaration l had made to them
| at Cork in 1880 was true one and repre-
sented my convictions. and that l would
. on no account depart from It. considered
| that after the declaration we had repeated
and made the proposal of Mr. Morley that
we woul allow ourselves to be absorbed
into English politics was one based upon
an entire misconception of our position
with regard to our Irish constituents and OF
the pledges We had given. In conclusion
he directed my attention to the plan OF
campaign. He said that 1t would be i'm
possible for the L beral party when 1t at
tanned power to do any thing for these evct-
ed ten ants by direct action and that 1t would
also be Impossible for the Irish Parliament
un der the powers conferred to do any thing
for them. and fiinglpg up his hands with
a gesture of despair, he exc aimed: "Having
been in Tipperary, do not know what to
| him this question was q limited one; that
did OF see that he need allow himself to
be hampered by its future consideration
that nds would be available from America
and elso where for the support of those ten
ants as long as might be necessary; that of
course / understood that 1t was if1icuty,
but that 1t was a limited one and should not
be allowed to interfere With the general In
ter ests of the country. 80
/ alude TO tn is matter only because with
in tho lrst few days a strong argument in
that unless the Liberals come into power
at tho general election the plan OF
campaign tenants will suffer As have
, shown the Liberals propose to do nothing
for the plan OF campaign tenants oy direct
action when tn y come into power, but
these tenants. whom i have supported In
every way in the past and whom snail con.
| tinue to support in the future. shall not
con stiIute a reason for my expulsion from
Irish politics. / have repeatedly pledged
myself to stand by thess evlcted tenant 9
1 believe that the Irish people throughout
the world will support me In this pol cy.
do not believe that any action OF the
Irish people In supporting me Will endangeI
the home rule cause or postpone the estab-
lishment of an Irish Parliament
, threatened by tho Liberal party of to-day
were to be realized believe that the Irish
people throughout the world would agree
with me that postponem would De prefer
able to a compromise OF our National rights
by the acceptance of measures which would
, not realize the aspirations OF our ,.s, "a e
servant, CHARLES STUART PARNELL.
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