The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-05
PARNsLrs MANIFESTO.


To the Irish People: The integrity and
independence of a section of the Irish party
having been apparently Slapped and de-
stroyed by the wire pullers of the Liberal
party, 1t has become necessary for me. as
leader of the Irish party, to take counsel
with you, and, having given you the knowl-
edge which is In my possession, to ask your
Judgment upon a matter which now solely
deyolyes 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 leader and claiming for the Liberals
and their leaders the right of veto upon the
choice, Is the immediate cause Of this ad-
dress.
The threat In that letter, repeated so in
solently on many English platforms and in
numerous British newspapers, that unless
Ireland concede the right of veto to England
she will indefinitely postpone her chance of
obtaining home rule, compels me, while not
for moment admitting the slightest posi-
bility of such loss, to put before you In
formation which until now, so far 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 continues:
1need not say that the question, the vital
and important question of the retention of
the Irish members on one hand, and indef-
mite delay in granting full powers to an
Irish Legislature on the other, gave me
great concern. The absence of any pro-
vision for the settlement of the agrarian
questioned any policy on the part of the
\ ihar loo IaA arrft
apprehension. On the introduction of the
land purchase bill by the Government at
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 the Liberal leaders and party with
regard to the matter of the land bill i
strongly advised Mr.. Morley against any
direct challenge of the principle of State
aided land purchase, and finding that the
fears and alarm of the English taxpayers to
State aid by the hypothecation 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 intained and that we
should direct our sole efforts, on the second
reading of the bill, to the assertion of the
principle of local control. In this i am
bound to say Mr. Morley entirely agreed
with me, but he was at the same time much
position In that direction by the attitude of
the extreme section of his party led by Mr..
Labouchere, and in a subsequent inter-
view he impressed upon me the necessity
of meeting the second reading of the bill
with a direct negative and asked me to I'M
dertake the motion. / agreed 10 this, but
only on condition that 1 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 It was adopted
out of regard to English preiudices and rad
ical peculiarities
Just before the commencement Of this
session was again favored with another
interview with Mr. Morley. 1 impressed
upon him the policy of an obllque 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.
He agreed with me and offered to move on
the first reading of the bill an amendment
in favor of this local control advising that
IL this were rejected 1t might be left to the
radicals on the second reading to oppose
the principle of the measure This APP
peared to be g proper course and | left Mr.. |
Morley under the impression thst this |
would fall to my duty. But In addition
he made me a remarkable pr posal |
Referring to the probable approaching |
victory of the Liberal party at the polls he |
suggested some considerations as to the fu- |
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 the desirs bility of filling one of |
the offices of the Crown in ireland by legal |
member of my party 1 told him, amazed
as was at the proposal, that 1 could not
agree to forfeit in any way the indepen-
dence of the party or any OF its members;
Nt,aA h. I,a 10 HnI TOD
in this movement because they believed
that the declaration 1 had made to them
at Cork in 1880 was true one and repre-
scented my convictions. and that 1 would
on no account depart from it. considered
that after the declaration we had repeated
and made the proposal of Mr. Morley that
We wouli 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 IL would be i'm
possible for the Liberal party when it at
tanned power to do any thing for these evict-
ed tenants by direct action and that il would
also be Impossible for the Irish Parliament
under the powers conferred to do any thing
for them, and f1nging up his hands with
a gesture of despair, he exc aimed: Having
been in Tipperary, do not know what to
|
him this question was a limited one; that
did rot see that he need allow himself to
be hampered by its future consideration;
that finds would be available from America
and elsewhere for the support of those ten
ants as long as might be necessary; that OF
course understood that 1t was a d fficulty,
but that IL was q limited one and should not
be allowed to Interfere with the general in
terests of the country.
aliude to this matter only because with
N lp a ~ |
many minds for my expulsion has been |
that unless the Liberals come into power
at the next general election the plan of
campaign tenants will suffer. As i have |
shown the Liberals propose to do nothing
for the plan of campaign tenants by direct
action when thy come into power, but i
am entitled to ask that the existence of
these tenants, whom / have supported in
every way in the past and whom i snail con
tinue to support in the future. shall not
constitute a reason for my expulsion from
Irish politics. / have repeatedly pledged
myself to stand by these evicted tenants
end they shall not be allowed to suffer and
1 believe that the Irish people throughout
the world will support me in this pol cy.
i do not believe that any action of the
Irish people in supporting me will endangrr
the home rule cause or postpone the estab-
lishment of an Irish Parliament
But even IL the danger with which we are
threatened by the Liberal party of o-day
were to be realized believe that the Irish
people throughout the world would agree
with me that postponement would be prefer
able to a compromise of our SatiOnaI rights
by the acceptance of measures which would I
not realize the aspirations of our Ia E.
have the honor to remain your faithful
servant CHARLES STUART PARNELL.
LITERARY NOTES.