The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-12
NO HOPE FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
irish ENJOYS Declare That to Cling to
Parnen Means Defeat to the Cause.


NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE Irish ENJOYS now in
this city issued long manifesto tonight. They
say that When they reached this country six
weeks ago the Irish cause was marching to GER
tam Vlctory. 1t was conceded on both sides that
the general election must bring home rule ma
!ofity. The dissolution OF parliament could not
De deferred beyond two years, and probably
would take place within twelve months. All
necessary to secure a triumph was that the
delegates should raise the necessary funds to
preserve the cvicted tenants from destruction
ana Keep their organization uneTushcd, so as TO
Ioree the coercion government to face the gen
eral election in safe condition of abieet failure
winch the gallantry of the Irish tenantry has
kept 1t throughout five years incessant conflict
with coercion. In less than two weeks they had
secured nearly $780, 0Oo, and it was felt sufficient
sum would be subscribed TO put an end to the
last hope OF the coercionists.
Inc manifesto then refers to change in the
situdtioll, ana speaking or Parnell'S changes,
says.
Hints of treachery on the part of British
statesmen have not lost their power over the
people only too well accustomed to the tradition
OF BRUSH unfs1thfulness by their unhappy his
tory. 1t Is easy to understand the influence upon
our warm hearted colleagues and fellow coun-
tIymeh OF the appeals to feelings such as these
urged with all the authority in Par
neifs name, and with all the dexterity and
magnetic power OF which he is master. We
ourselves, though lar removed from the conflict,
nave nad 10 put our personal predictions to an
almost intolerable strain In endeayoring 10 sepa-
fa.e our attachment to an unrivaled Irish leader
trom our absolute and overwhelming conviction
lnat, 10 indulge our personal loyalty to him one
moment longer, would be to incur the certain
loss OF the general election, and make ourselves
responsible for the appalling legacy Of disap-
pointed hopes which the inevitable triumph Of
coercion at the polls would entail upon our un-
happy people"
terance OF their lives attests the sincerity of
tneir allegiance to Parnell, and the widest par
iisan cannot suspect them of a desire to over
throw his leadership without terrific cause ut a
moment when few months more of united
action would have brought us to victory and
when any prolonged period Of dissenson must
involve the certain loss of tremendous interests
staKed on the general election. The signers
seek TO impress upon their countrymen a
deep conviction that Parnelrs deplora-
bic imputations of mutiny ON the part of his
colleagues and treachery on the part of Glad
stone are absolutely baseless and unreal side
Issues raised to divert the judgment of impul-
.W neither 1t is possible to win the general cleo
ton under ParnelPs leadership, and If the loss
OF the general election is the certain and indis-
putabie price OF retaining him." Can Parnell
himself, or any rational human being, honestly
face the future and point to any ray of
definite hope TO sustain the unhappy people,
And this In the face of the triumphant Tory ma
lority ana helpless and divided Ireland, with
gladstone gone, his party estrangcd from the
Irish leader and the whole British people an
gered by the deplorable insults to their leaders,
and rendered suspicious by still more
deplorable hints of the insincerity of all our
professions OF friendship. Certainly, of a disas
trous general election, Parneu cannot dispute
the horrible consequences that must ensue in
ireland; he can only pretend to disguise them
by vague speeulations as to future parliamentary
strategy. Whenever the home rule bill comes to
be framed the Irish people are guaranteed as to
the satisfactory nature of its provisions by their
own quite resolute strength, and by every mo-
must determine Gladstone1to makethe crowning
achievement OF his life work Of complete and
final reconciliation between the two countries
Flnally, our cause once rescued from its present
deadly peril, our race may rest assured that
nothing will be left undone to heal whatever
wounds may have been inflicted in the heat
Parnell's genius and his work so that Ireland
may drop tear over the error of passionate
hour, and remember only the great lrishman
and born leader of men, who found the Irish
cause plunged in helplessEess and despair, and
whose arm has lifted that cause to pinnacle of
power and triumph
with the Irish people alone the determination
must rest, and disaster even greater than mis-
taken verdict would be a verdict not prornpt
and decisive on one side or the other Ii the
Irish people deliberately make up their minds to
sacrifice the general election, dismiss Gladstone
from public life, repel the British peop.e
from our side. face. another quarter
OF a century of parliamentary paralysis
and dreary attempts at insurrection. and to do
all this on question of punctilio to the terms
of retirement, the desirabiity OF which Parnell
half eonfesses. then we will bow to sentence
ceaseless anxiety and toll. If, ON the other hand
the overwhelming mass of thinking Irish
men throughout the world resolve that
they shall not be pushed over this abyss,
the present ordeal will have been the
means of giving aid to the home rule cause,
well saving the reputation of our old
leader from a fatal stain. The British people
will be finally and irrevocably won to the cause
of Irish freedom by the spectacle of how tcm-
perately, wisely and firmly the Irish people can
exercise the privilege of self-government, even
in circumstances of unparalleled national per-
plexity and anguish. All the watChful train of
coereionistS, who are now exhorting will sustain
a disappointment. Not merely Americans OF Irish
blood. but Americans of every origin and every
creed will joyfully celebrate the reunion Of the
Irish Nationalist forces by subscribing Whatever
funds may be necessary To keep the gallant men,
who were evieted in Irclands battle, from the
vengeance of landlords, syDdicates ana coercion
lists in safety and comfort until the general cleo
tiou sounds their deIiveTanec.
NEW YORK, Dec 1i.-O Brien and Gill sail for
Rotterdam saturday.