Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-12
ANOTHER MANIFESTO.
The DiIlon-O' Brien Party at New
York Review the Situation.
The Changes That Have Taken Place
Since Their Arrival Six Weeks Ago,
and the Causes Therefor.

! Irish parliamentarians tonight:
When we reached this country, six
weeks ago, the Irish cause was marching
| to certain victory after FIVE years con-
| tinuous and bitter struggle. The coercion
| govern ment was baflled ut every point
by a series of staggering blows at
election in everv'uuarter of Great Brit
ain. 1t was confessed on both sides that
the general election must bring home
rule q majority. Parueli, in his mani
festo, discussed no other danger
except the danger OF Glad
stones majority at the general
election being too large. The
dissolution OF parliament could
not be deferred beyond two years. 1t
would almost certainly take place before
twelve months. All that was necessary
to secure the triumph for which our peo-
pie had waited SO long and made
such incalculable sacrifice was
that we should raise necessary funds to
preserve the evicted tenants from de-
structiou and keep their organization
unbro6en so as TO force the coercion
government to face the general election
fessed failure in which eallsntry of the
Irish tenantry had kept it throughout
the five years of incessant conflict with
coercion. An evicted tenants fund that
would bridge over the trouble was
ALL THAT WAS DEMANDED.
The Irish race III America was en-
Enthusiastically supplying it. In less than
two weeks nearly 500, GOO were sub
scrbed III response to our appeals. 1t
was certain that q sufficient sum would
DO subscribed TO put an end
10 the last hope of the coerclonists
and enable the Irish people TO await
the general election with uubroken
ranks aud confident hearts. What is it
that has dazed the hopes of six weeks
ago? That is the question the world
asks every Irishman to answer calmly
to his conscience in this solemn
hour. What has occurred in
the interval to make every
Irish heart trembIe with forboing
now at the prospect OF the general cleo
ton which six weeks ago then longed
for, the assured hour of victory.
Paruell asks rs TO believe that the
change is due to the treachery of Glad
stone and corruption of the IRISH party,
10 whose fidelity he at their last banquet
III MS HOuOT lew mouths ago attributed
the success OF his life, and who stuck
to his leadership to the last minute or
last hour when it was possible to retain
him without
BOOMING THE IRISH CAUSE
to certain rum. Let every thinking man
ask himself whether one of these is the
true explanation of the situation.
Is II credible that the Haawarden con-
VersntiOn of fwalva r1nuths 900 tn tina
possible details of the future home rule
bill were the real moving causes why
Parnell strives TO incite the Irish people
to deadly hostility TO the only party
from which even Parnell himself can
pretend TO expect any home rule
bill q! all. 1t is certain he
has all of sudden lost
the confidence and fidelity OF the Irish
party, against whom he now actually
makes the subject of reproach that their
proofs of personal devotion and graft
tude in his hour of trial encouraged him
to refuse 10 retire from the leadership.
We ourselves. even though far re-
moved from the scene of the conflict,
nave TO put our personal predictions to
an almost impossible strain in endeavor-
ing 10 separate our attachment to the
unrivalled leader from our absolute and
overwhelming conviction that to indulge !
OUR PERSONAL LOYALTY
to him one moment longer would be to /
incur certain loss of the general election |
and make ourselves responsible for the |
appalling legacy of disappointed hopes !
which the inevitable triumph of coercion |
at the pools would entail upon our I'M |
happy people. We may, therefore, |
perhaps clnIm, even amidst the free |
passion Of the hour, patient har-
mony from our countrymen while
we attempt to do the only |
thing that is left IN our power |
to aid them in this decision-namely, to
impress upon them our deep con-
imputatious of mutiny on the part
on the part of Gladstone are alb
solutely baseless and unreal side
issues, reused for the purpose of divert
ing the judgment of imputative IrishmeI
from the real issues, which every man
of IRISH blood will have the duty of pro-
nouncing upon within the next few
weeks,
UNDER SOLEMN OBLIGATIONS,
in his conscience and to his country.
That issue is whether il is humanity pos-
sibie to win the general election under
Parneil's leadership, and if the loss OF
the genera! election is the certain and
indisputable price OF retaining him.
Can Parnell himself, or any rational
human being, honestly face tho future
and point TO any ray OF definite hope
10 sustain our unhappy people, and
this in the face OF triumph and Tory
majority, and u helpless and divided
Ireland, until Mr.. Gladstone and his
party irrevocably estranged from the
Irish leader, aud the whole British peo-
pie angered by deplorable insults to
heir leaders, and rendered sus-
Dcious of still more deplorable hints
" the insincerity of all our
profession Of friendship and forgiveness,
he certainty of disastrous general cleo
ion. Parnell is too clear-sighted q
statesman to dispute the consequences
hat must eusue in ireland. He can
'nly pretend to disguise by vague specu-
Dtions as to future
PARLIAMENTARY STRATEGY
which looses sight of the fec. that in
rigues of English party politicians in the
house of commons are now replaced BY
he vote of the British Democracy, who
we're seizing the full truth of the Irish |
question, whose hearts and intellects |