Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-12-27
FAITH IN PARNELL
Irish-Americans Participate in a
Demonstration in Chicago.
irishmen OF Chicago VIII Not Sur.
render n Single Principle They
Hoid or Have Held.


CHICAGO, Dec. 2O-Ono hundrd thou
sand circulars O n%yeninr n great demon.
s,ra,ior - patto,, on Mo,ao, nirh,
-. n- 80
y WIG pu'pose Vi ueei"EAhe i"''h III
iarheii' VIII De distributed 10 the
worshippers of every Catholic church in
the city and suburbs tomorrow. This
rovomnnt &c r,a,r Two orsricos 90
,hnao - N - 80
'"''o nN"u'eu pfohii"'ne ''Sh'An'e'i
can cltlzehs, the executive committee
including Senator Joseph i. Mahoney,
John +. Fincrty, Postmaster James A.
SEXTON and Francis n Eipsclla The
,aln,. 80. a.. H. 1.i.iaa. Ctt
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'aEo VIII hoV SURRENDER single primer
pie they hold or have held, and that
Parnel, must still stand at the head Of
the Irish movement in Great britain.
Irolo,5 Anori,o ,,l ,us,.oHo
~ '"''si"'> '"FHc'A III gfo"' 'ehstH'
ana says that IN an hour OF social
misfortune-a misfortune that had be-
ALLEN many great men before him, no
man could accuse him OF having be-
traycd his country in Thought. word or
deed. The address criticizcs Mr.. Glad
stone in a somewhat severe strain and
then goes on 10 saw: at is not our de-.
sire TO use unmitigatedly harsh lam
puagc TOYS ard tho Irish members who
deserted Mr.. Parnell. although we de-
More their want Of fairness and national
DIGNITY. II is not our uuruose. either.
to unmeasuredlv abuse MIR. Gladstone.
although we consider his course IA re-
| gard TO Mr.. parnell severe. uniust and
I u~nrenerous. We remember that Mr..
Gladstone is an Englishman. and that
Englislmen. however liberal and en-.
| lightencd. cannot be expected TO look at
the Irish question from a strictly Irish
~staudpoint. We do not forget that IL
| was MIR. parnnll who forced Mr.. Glad
! stone To become the English champion
of home rule for ireland. lie did
not force that condition bv heinz
this ally. but. rather. by being the
in~dependent opponento of Mr.. Gladstone
in the British house Of In
this latest phase of the great coptro-
vcrsev We cannot forget that il was Mr..
Gladstone who began the war on Mr..
parnpll We cannot forget that the
advisers of MIR. Gladstone are Lord
Spencer, Vernon IIarcourt and John
Morley. ali former oppres sors Of orr ma
live country. We cannot forget that
Mr.. Morley in a very ingenious manner
soupht 10 entrau Mr.. parnell into the
acceptance of Office for himself and
other members of his marty. This AZ.
,cptance would have been a base he
travail of ireland. Mr.. Parnell ~sternly
refused 10 entertain so dishonorable a
pronosition. and therefore the disan.
pointcd English wbirs call for his
destruction. We decline TO be parties
10 their mean revenge. Mr. Parneli's
refusal to he bribed en-
nobles him I'm oar estima.
ton. [Ie also refused TO accep,
from Mr.. Gladstone am emasculated
homo rule bin which would leave ire.
land as much at the mercy OF parnell
and the Anplo.Irish landlords as She is
today. While s~urrerdcrinr no uriuci-
pie OF our own. and while firmly belicy-
inr that Ireland. instructed BY the ey-
ample of the American colonies. the
Greeks. the Belrians and the Italians
, have a right to resort 10 force if She can
| etYoctually emnlov il to achieve II. and.
further. that she has a moral RIGHT Ia
seek for allies amono EnpIand's enc
mics tn effect that nurnosa- We also
recognize that in the controversy he
| tween Nessrs. Paruell and Gladstone
he fundamental princinie of Irish in.
d~enendence of Enrlish dictation is in.
| yoiyed. On that principle we stand
with parnell. We, therefore in The
name OF honor. gratitude. dignity and
self-reliance Join with the faithful con.