New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-11
MR.. PARNELL.
Ills MiNIFESrO-IIIS CHARACTER-HlS REAL
GREATNESS MINUS THE MORALITlES
III

VIII ne the interval before lcltef ny posi- can
see the light there are always certain things which
can be better or more properly said in that way
than by cable An estimate of a character so abb
solutcy unique the Irish leaders is one OF
them. Yet it seems too soon even for that.
Such n performance as his manifesto throws q
fierce li.lt on the solitary figure at Elthan,-well,
no, pot quite solitary. 1t Eliminates many other
things but nothing to-day is So interesting as Mr..
Parnell himself PERHAPS never has so much OF
him been visible before lie has done what few
men have ever done lie has proved all at once
the truth of almost everything that has been said
AGAINST him, and of amost everything that has
been said for him.
Where is one now TO 90 for parallel to MI
Parnel? TO Machiayelli's Prince? To NH
,ou? There is nearer one which, perhaps Ne
c;slsc it is nearer, strikes one as containing some
YER, ant rescmblances. " Tame has just pub
liShei n fifth volume OF Les Origlnes de 70
Franc, Contemporaries, entitled lie Regime
Modcrnc" Ii is in fact a study OF Napoleon, ana
what u shady. Never has the scientific me'nod
in modern history or biography been applied more
vigorously or more pitilcssly YET wheh you nave
mastered il all. gone through the long catalogue
Of vices and mcanncsses and moral defects which
make up 80 large part of the great mans char-
acter. he seems almost greater than ever.
IDENTITY in presence Of the great body of hostile
o,ipion abour him which at this moment fOod'
,moric, as if foods England. But there Is tho
man There arc the facts Both of them are in
tcrcsting enough and important enough to mako
il worth while to put prejudice and passion aslde,-
,cs and moraltics aside too when they interfere
with the accurate perception of qualities. "hat
l,s the anatoUli,t with his scalpel in hand 10 DO
with ,poralities? II is his business to get at the
sccre,s which the dead body before nm nldes.
Nr p,rreU is very far from being deah pody,
,u,ncrouS as are the old friends who Tor some
DAYS past have been busy digging MS grave anu
,nrvir,s hidcous epitaphs on premature 'omo-
stones. Still. it may be possible to take seem
fife view of him, or of 80 much OF MN as we Tan
get AT. n. :, ,o,-
And tho reason for putting morals ASIDE III con-
sidcrinr Mr. ParneH is that he hlnseIl I'D" n""e.
We do not apply moral standards 10 the cohu"'
of a tioor in the Jungle. We admit 'hat he "o''
after hi, kind We expect from sood Tiger oe.-
,,ip Qualities such as courage, lh'ehIgehoe' '"'0
no., CUNNING. resource. and readiness !" "7n'
cr j. own lite ~ well as take lIlat Vi o"'i'
v,n,lcon always insisted that he was noo W We
Indeed 49, other men are Judged'-undC IN "
man opart and that the weights anu
',l Con co,,mon humanity were in his ease
,trol,r n
,,, limo AGAINST this claim, or part oil the No''u
did Tie protest did not avail AZ ru Inio ;doa
',.,r ,,.oiIcd in France where the Napoleo"i' '''
a., mos, notcnt one for three-qnarVels Vi
century and more; and where 'dP''IY 49,.
" lir,,cd * no other man ever mas oe'i'
e., !. tb,,r one single thing To oe '''oA
-, Ur Parneli which cannot v" ~"
- and truly alleged. against Napo'e'"'
,tcre one at the charges ds"'''
t..h LOADER winch la, not been prov" "P
.ro hut against the great Frenchnah' nH
,,,,.r;os hi, tteacheres to his irlehd> anu an
his ut,cr sclrshnc~S, his OSCILLATIONS :.
Cor cycrv law OF morals which st"od III INV "aS
-. .,.,,,,., nr would lave thwarted MS aih'i''n'
' .,,,r. ot history II were easy "eIe "
ma, ,oo long. TO md IN u. 1aines pages anu ~
I.rrra,- and even in Theirs himself uhsoi
,.,,..rist of Napoleon as he was, doz'h iiis'a"'
=, each oAc ot the offences now "ouSn' UNIV
49, p,,rou And the TWO men perhaps re-
.,,,blcl each other ~ nothing more Closely ,"'"
, tho composure with when ih"S pun 'Aei
-. o., ...,.,I, AVID scheme of power on a fouhua-
49,, -, ,cr,,r of crime of oppression No o'hei
| 800 ,, b,.., more completely tNnlCGa'e1 nN
49,. ,.. ...,rs m. 70 absolutely Identical, ana mofo
| ,.,.,L -, t,r General sense and conscience OIL
,,,,l.ipd Vet. ask again. If France not fne'''y
| ,., ,o,.J bat cdnonilcd Napoleon, what reason -
t, =, s,rn,>e that Ireland Will REJECT the Iea'sl'
! ,lip of Mr. Parncll? A.,
To those of us who have never 'uo"a"V '''.
| rho salvation OF ireland was Ia be souSh' III """'
D.. called lomc Lule Mr.. ParncH has seemed lio"'
, ,,,,,,..r Zee, cniet II Il conspiracy, ana loI d"
| i,. time the chief of criminal conspiracy i"'
,,..,,t,urnt of MIR. Forster against LIN leln"'"''
| unanswered: no attempt, even, WAS mace 10 Oh
! .,,,r II Nr. Gldd,toncs more cautious cn"'7''
.las F-faf p.
,c-,. ~ cf,c.. equally desiructlNc' des'Iucu''
| | tran, ia, mint of view which the political
>..r'. I'M America has taken up ana WHICH ~
,.I,.i.,o.e and the Gladstonlan, afterward them
/ .,i,e, took up They stand before the "oIl' ~
,h. ,,.>, singular position. They condoned wheh
..t'',.,,,on he.,rc convenient. what they NOT
l.,. before r,.aricd H. Mr. Parnelts eomphc"y
-. .rn,. They coudoncd methods Of p"h'ioa'
.,,,, IN INLAND of which England had not S'el
,hc IL, since ire Wars of tie Roses lh'\ con-
mod ,ou,plracy: terror; outrage; systematic
| i,. .rnry coudoucd all that was proved
-, ,,,s o,t a littlr-bciorc the Parnc Commission
/ rl.y ,,ulou,d tie boaSttul confession ol "en
b,r, th,t hc mad deliberately deceived the lio"Se
81 Commons, rhc breach of every commandment
but the seventh was to them pardonap' ",'
,.,.,...,.rti, Hai the breach OF the seventh
r,s,! are Emit, Of forgiveness; not because IL "N'
breach pui hccaUtr In, breach al 1t came "
the knowledge OF ;hc pnhlic.
Th. parallel may he applied not less closely " y
lin, manifesto ami 10 tle horror when at'','''
n, dis lo>utcs ard It's pcriidlcN. Mt iHri"" .''
| BETRAYED the confidence oi Mr.. "ladSlo'"' ~
/ doubt hc has. ond hc betrayed the confluence "
ard C,.rafyou h,.orc hm m circumstances hardy
los, fragrant. lic displays shameless 'oh''"r''
SAY norrot-,iruc> GladS- onlans, Tor the d'c'n'e
of public lie and at private Intercourse ."
dosb, hr does: bat Wien an he ever display any
inue else, or on what occasion dId he "h''""'e
hi. adhesion to an English code ol either poii''c'
or private ncaayior' i!c is an irlShnl'n' a'S"''
able. ii at all. 10 his Irish lelIow-co"A''N"'"
Iil, conception q, the value "i 'er"ci'F j 'H'''
The En-l,h. al a given moment, may turn "''
r,nd hlm lor it, hut he Is neither more nor "''
..n,l,,. ,l.n hc MAS when powerful minority oil
tine rncilsh.-the whole Giads'onIoA wing oil INC
Liberal pt.tN. with MIR. Gladstone al The hra" ~
it.-udor,ca LIN "a, an ally and proclaimed hl'1