New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-23
Mr.. PARNELL.
PERSONAL MORALS AS A FACTOR IN ANGLO
IRISH POLITICS.

Z SITUATION FULL oS GRAvEsT PERPLExITY
AND PERIL FOR THE HOME RULE CAUSE
ENGLISH SENTIMENT UNMIsTAK-
ADLY AGAINST Mr.. PARNELLs
CONTINUED LEADERSHIP
fpY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.J
cs,vrisAt: 1890 by The Tribune As'e'd''o"
London. Nov. 22..-" The crisis" says MI D"',,"
siuto which Mr. Parnell has precpna'eu v"e
Home Rule movement is the gravest wnl', -, n"S
confronted 1t for the past ten years ouou - I
opinion of an Irishman whose deVouoh W w
cause and whose sincerity and aoilitieS al. w
question He advises Mr.. Parneii 70 re'''e '.
porariy from public life. he Is no' 'uppo
10 be a close personal friend OF M "r". m'',
hut the situation is one in which no no"'e Nulo,
can afford to let his Judgment depeno on pe.S:~
feelings whether his feelings oe io' u
AR Parnell. No more can any umohis'' VI eve"
.-,a. r,o has 10 express an opinion on
,be events of this week. His stanchest opponent
nav orieve To see a statesman oil snch grea'
orsl;t;as fall an low Nor can TIE n'omentary
,s.y.s which must turn on decisions to be taKen
Aurno the next few days be determined oy
either the feelings or opinions OF any lndi'louai
not cyem of Mr. Gladstone; not even Of Mr rarheh
him.elf The Judgment of the country, OF the
whole country, must prevail.
tn. ouestion to be answered is perfectly
.r,r,. one and is this Ought MIR. Parneil, De-
cause he has been adjudged to have conn"iV'eu
adultery during long course OF years anu i"
c,c,,msances here deemed peculiarly discreditaoie
70 him TO resign the leadership of the Irish Home
RuIe Marty and withdraw, at least temporarily
from the public gaze? II is known 'hat MI
Parnell himself would say no to that quesuoh
Il is known that his party, or the grea' oouS
OF his party would say no. Ana sihce ~ 10
primarily an Irish question. there Is OF was
large number of English Radicals VINO wouiu oh
that ground also have said no. bat tneic I'M
been since Monday some very remafkaoio man
festations of English public opinion, SO reai
rs TO raise another question, not less Ni''i wa"
the first. This other question Is "ne'n'' o.r
posing Mr. Parnell continues U @au 'ne iii'
Home Rule party, the alliance oet"een '''"' a"n
The English Home Rule party Will SURVIVE ~
now seen that the answer To the his' q"'0No.
must depend on the answer to the secohu
for, should that alliance 50 10 pieces i''"' -
would 60 to pieces with 1t.
The elements of tine problem are rev All" P'aiil
a.. nresent Mr. Gladstone ard Mr.. Parneii are
nv ,.odors of a united English aud Irish party
Gan they continue such? The Gladstonian wing
h., If his battalions is made up of Wesleyahs
pr.sbv,erians. Baptists and a great heterogeneous
comnanv of minor dissenting sects. Their stTeha'h
1i.x in tho socaled Provinces and in SCOTLAND anu
waIes They are almost to a man, furi'aiiS
They look with adherence upon every KIM Vi
social vice. and especially that particular VIZ
Of which Mr. Parnell has been found guilty iheS
nut morals before politics, and obedience 10 'hc
Dccalo0ue before expediency. They have spoken
out The secular and religious press uhe pon.
ical and spiritual guides, are nearly All On W..
--xae side. Here and sIneTS hxs ~pern A'S~
vo;ee Of uncertain sound. but there Is a mass OF
evidence all tending to show that the immense n"'
;ori,v of this great body of the faithful are re-
solved 70 cut loose from Mr. Parnell. They Will
have no part nor lot, political or other, with an
ndulterer. They have made up their minds that
,here shall be no further cooperation betweeh
them and any party Of which Mrs OSheas para-
insar is the chief.
What Mr. Gladstonesthinks on the main ques-
tiou. and whether, if he could decide for himself,
he would rub on with Mr. Parncll, Is mat'el VI
conjecture But Mr.. Gladstone knows wei thaV
he cannot break with the majority OF MS ioilo"-
ers He split his party in two four years ahe
half ago for Home Rule. 1t Will not sUaho Dens
split again. His commanding influence ed 'he"'
into Mr. Parnclrs camp, but even he cannot con
duct them along fire-escape into Mrs " Oone"
bedroom in search of their former ally. IL come'
IN this therefore so far as one can Judge to-day,
that II Mr. Parnell remains at the head OF inc
Irish party the AnglO-Irish coalition is at an emu
MANY things beside the mere decree against
Mr. Parnel for adultery with Mrs. OShca nave
contributed TO the public condemnation which mas
overtaken him. The facts which came out Drought
ridicule. as we'll as indignation. upon him. Eng
lshmen felt that great political leader ike MI
Parnell. perhaps the greatest OF this geherat'oh'
ought to have kept himself clear from cntahgie
ments. lie owed himself to his cause be sacri-
feed both himself and his cause to his mistress
and that mistress the wife of his friend and polit-
cal comrade. They cannot stand seeing man
in his position skulking about from one house to
another under half dozen aliases, climbing down
q yva,er.niDe conspiring with servants, and prac-
,.inc all kinds of mean deceptions upon husband.
his whole life one long subterfuge and continuing
s.ri.s Of miserable intrigues and tricks. That Is
what they resent, all but the more stralt-laced.
rs much as the fornication and adultery. were is
not for these wretched and hate1ui incidents.
Mr. Parnells position with reference to the Eng
Iisb public would be far less desperate These
have hardened the heart of the man OF the world
against him, and society-not that Mr.. farheh
res for that-outlaws him not less relentlessly
than the sectarians and moraists. Men of honor
such is the code of the world-might condone
adultery But what of his sworn denial OF the
charge followed by confession for his silence is OF
course, confession, and his refusal to appear In
court conclusive Of his guilt What Of his prl-
vete assurances Of innocence to his own colleagues
But for these things his marriage by-and-by with
Mrs O'Shea might rehabilitate him. They both
mean marriage 1t would be enough II Mrs
O'Shea meant it, as she surely does, for MI
Parnell is wholly under this womans influence ana
has been for years. At the end of six months De-
fore which the decree dissolving the existing
marriage cannot by law he made absolute, Mrs.
UShea will become Mrs Parnel
There is still another question, of which httie
has yet been heard. The Court gave the CUSTODY.
az the rule is, Of the younger children 10 Tue