Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-29
NO CHANGE POSSIBLE.
THE FREEMAE's JOURNAL TAKES A BOLD
STAND FOR PARNELL-
No One Has the Right, it Says, to Demand
His Retirement From the Leadership
An Appeal to Gladstone - The Country
Bound Up in ParneIl.

No One Has the Right, it Says, to Demand
His Retirement From the Leadership
An Appeal to Gladstone - The Country
Bound Up in ParneI.
:BY DUNLAP's CABLE COMPANY,
DUBLIN, November 2s.-In a special edi-
ton, the FTeemdn'S Journal saws:
The prudence of the decision, at Wednes-
days meeting of the Irish Parliamentary party,
to adjourn until Monday next. is self-evidenr
Besides the leisure it will afford to those at
home for calm consideration of the grav-
est question which has ever confronted the
Irish people, it will also allow time inadequate,
but better than no time at all to communicate
with some degree of amplitude the facts and
arguments in the case to the representatives of
Ireland in America, whose opinion will nat
urally have great weight in arriving at a party
and natlonal verdict in the Parnell matter
We would add that it may be deemed neces-
sary, in the new and critical nature of the step
to be taken, to postpone still further this vital
were, to develop itself and admit of the judg-
ment of Dillon, O'Brien. p. O'Connor and
others being conveyed by one of
themselves ms viva vqse @ to their colleagues
tion, that the main point for Ireland is
the preservation of the efficiency of her own
party. The Liberals and Radicals of England
will take care of themselves. Let us mind our
own business. Mr.. Labouchere who certainly
is not less concerned about Mr.. Gladstone than
We are, admits that the policy proposed by us
is the only national policy.
A Choice to be Made.
When it comes to a choice between an Irish
independent opposition party, captaiped by a
man who. however, he may have erred socially,
has never misled the Irish people, and a body
taking up its position at the tail of great En-
Clish party. even under the leadership
of chief of such prestige as
Mr.. Gladstone, we recommend emphati-
cally the retention of the formation which
enabled Mr.. Parnell and Ireland. through her
representatives, to propound terms instead of
being in the position of men accepting terms
and which leaves the friendly alliance ana CO.
operation without amalgamation and absolu-
ton.
But while we hold that Mr.. Gladstones let
ter, which we deeply regret was ill-advised-
one of those which it was better never to have
written-we also say it has been nunwarrantably
exaggerated for their own purpose both
by his opposition enemies and the SIN
cere friends of home rule, Mr.. Gladstone
never stated or conveyed that if Mr.. Parnell
did not retire, he himself would. What he evil
IDENTIFY meant was that the difficulties he had to
contend with from what we will call the Stead
section would be enormously increased.
correspondingly impeded. No man in his
senses would dream of sacrificing Mr.. Parnell
for an adjourned host OF Steads. Mr.. Glad
stone has made home rule his first plan IN the
cerity; We desire that the close of his glorious
life shall be crowned by the laurels of two
people, because they are honorably united
under a home rule system.
AnAppeal to Gladstone.
We besecch him TO ignore the rawlings of
canters, the hypocrisy of recalcitrants, who
| are nothing without him. That party, we hold,
! has no mandate from the country to retire
| its leader. Some may say that they elected
him therefore thev have the right to deDoSe
| him. We are not of that opinion. The
country is so bound up in Mr.. Parnell that no
| deposition can take place without the assent of
| the people. Mr.. Parnell is not only the leader
| of the Irish Parliamentary party, but he is the
| leader of the Irish people.
Abraham Lincoln, who was the second eman-
ciparor OF his great country, advised there
| should be no swapping of horses while crossing
| a stream. Those representatives who are nat
| urally anxious for the fate of the Ponsonby
| tenants, have much more cause to fear for them
| in the event of Parnelrs withdrawal. He is the
| one man OF whom the enemy Is afraid. No
| representative lrishuan has a mandate from
| his country to lift his voice against his leader
| COMPRISING Marlboroughs Salisburys. st. Leon
| ords and the rest of the soiled escutcheon, is
only a cause why the Irish people should gather
| closer around him.
The country has spoken in no uncertain dis
| united tone for his retention. II he, to-mor-
| row, offers himself to any constituency in Ire
LAND for election, what would be the fate OF
| any man rash enough to oppose hImf When
this nine dayswonder is over we shall all be as
tonished that the thought of retiring our great
| est political captain at the most critical hour