Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-01
THE VIEWS OF THE IRISH
In America on the Parnell Bu-iness-De-
clare Against the Leader.

CHICAGO. Ills, November 30.-The
views of the Irish in America, excepting
Timothy Harrington, was cabed to-
night to London. Following is the
document in part:
To Justin McCm'thU VI. F., Fiec-Chdir-
Of The irish Parliamentary Party:
Our sense of the matchless genius OF
Mr.. Parnell, as leader of the imper-
iShable services ne has rendered TO the
Irish cause, has made us suspend to the
latest possible moment our judgment
against his further leadership. The
obligation TO express that judgment is
to all of us the most painful duty of
our lives. No earthly consideration
could have moved us TO our determina
tion except the solemn conviction
that we are driven to choose be-
tween Mr. Parncll and the destruction
Of our cOuntry'S cause. The manifesto
which Mr.. Parnell has Just issued cuts
Us off from the last hopes to which we
chung. We shall not dwell upon the
cruel injustice with which he treats the
members OF the party who have followed
him with a loyalty and affection such
as no leader ever experienced before:
but the method. i'm which ignoring the
origin Of the present calamituous situa-
ton Mr.. Parnell cndeavOred to iaSten
the responsibility for it upon Messrs.
Gladstone and Morley, compelS
US to diSaSSociate ourselves in
the strongest manner from i'm
putation which we believe to be
reckless and unjust. We view with alb
horence the attacks that they have
made on Mr.. Parnell by his public and
private enemies under cover Of his pres
ent difficulties. But while making every
possible allowance for Mr.. Parnclls
feeling on this score we consider IL un-
Just to the English people and lament
able from the point of view of Inter
national good feeling to describe as
English wolves, bowling for his deStruc-
tion, those who have not been able TO
bring themselves to the same view TO
which gratitude and the necessity for
union impelled Mr.. Pamell'S own col
leagues and countrymen.
The plea of Mr.. Parnell that Mr..
GladStoneS letter involves a claim to
dictate to the Irish party is one calcu-
lated to inspire every Irish Nationalist
with alarm, If that plea were not an
obvious fallacy. That the Irish party
was formed for the purpose of winning
home rule for Ireland in the interest of
English parties would, we believe. be
repealed by no one more sternly than by
our colleagues and ourselves, who are
now in opposition to Mr.. Parnell. But
the very basis of our Independent alli-
ancc with the Liberal party is the
adoption of the programme for which
the Irish party was formed and the
recognition that it must be the first
attack of Liberal Cabinet to
realize that programme. We deplore
that the difficulties OF Mr.. GladStone's
position were not frankly recognized by
Mr.. Parncll. Mr. Gladstone Is bound to
a full and ample measure OF sell gov
ernment to ireland. and we emphatic
ally separate ourselves from any charge
of traitorism against Mr.. Gladstone. 1t
is dcplorable that Mr.. MOrley'S suggeS-
tion would so strangely be interpreted
by Mr.. Parnell.
In deliberately bringing things to
their present position, Mr.. Parnell has
entered upon rash and fatal path,
upon which every consideration Ire
lands safety, as well as of personal
honor forbid us absolutely to follow
him.
In the future of aparty thus isolated
and deserted, we cannot imagine how
any Irishman can see anything but OBJ
struction by doing what Mr.. Parnell
asks us to do; to sacrifice all the hopes |
of an early settlement of the Irish |
struggle TO his resolve TO maintain his !
position, We are driven to
choose between our leader and /
our cause. In that sacred choice |
we cannot relinquish Mr. Parnell's |
sense of patriotism, but will withhold |
him from plunging Ireland into those
horrors of dissension which have robbed |
her of liberty at the moment it was with !
in her grasp, and will save him from un-
doing in one passionate hour the result |
of ali his incompatible services to his
(Signed)
JONI DILLON.
WM. O'BRIEN.
TuoS. =. O'CoNNoR.
T. ID. SULLIVAN.