Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-12

/ toned To the tradition of Brifish faithlessnees
by our unhappy history. Il Is only too easy 10
| understand the influence upon our var,n-
! hearted colleagues and fellow countrvmen NJ
appeals to feelings such "a these. urned with ali
| the authority of Mr. Parnelrs name. and WITH
all the dexterity and magnetic power of which
| he is a master.
| I'VE ourselves even thouRh far removed
/ from the scene of conflict. have had 70 mt onr
personal predictions to an almost intolerable
| strain in endeavoring to separate our attach
ment to an unrivaled Irish leader from our
absolute and overwhelming conviction that to
| indulge our personal LOYALTY to him one mo-
ment longer would be to incur the certain loss
Of the general election and make ourselves re-
sponsible for the appalling legacy of disap-
pointed hopes, which the inevitable triumph Of
| coercion at the polls would entail upon our
people. Our position in this matter Is spe-
cially cruel one. We have had to endure the
| asS usn Vi seens AL me Irult" OF weary years
snS ss,anv ;,n,sr;,ad 4, tt aea h s"u ~ III;
tory by a crisis for which we are not in the
smallest degree responsible, and which our alb
eence from Ireland renders US perfectly power
less 70 eohtroi.
NO PERSONAL FEELING AGAINST PARNKLL.
Gwen IL every public and privnte uttcrance
OF our political lives had not attested the ain.
! c.-;,r ~ ,ur .r.o;,n.o % W. p.-nou H..
o, "
whaest Parus,n VIII scareeiy suspect us OF
oesiie 70 osef.nrow MS leadership wlshout some
crrinc cause AZ momeht Wheh lew mohths
more oI uhite1 acuon "ouid nave pfought us
:. =! 'lec anu wnen any PIoioISeu Periou OF
iiscusni III Ireanu must inSoiVe the cerLaln
,uss VI .h tmo a' tn.ereSW we nase siaAeo
upon VIZ eeheia: eiec,iohs. we may, .nere-
Iore' peInaPs. Chilli even "miu ine nerce pas
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' NV wnsn VIC a''enP. " uo .ne oiiy
.. uias .na. - iel. III OUT power 10 aiu mem In
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~ ny .oieo,1 inipuoaio,is Vi ituuns OK .ne
S pSlS oi ists oo.e'sueS anu uiaonly on 1lr;
mas , iS pals are aosoiusey oase.ess aila
sne .h ISSUES rsee up lor ,ne Pqrppse OF
So, ,hro IL 'L;I 80 .r ~
tJ Ioi', G M IN iesLe WHICH eseIy n,an vi irisn
;.T; WI, NV VIC u"'y VI prohoois Gpoll
Nnih Wy leH' rev weehs uiioer the most
soiemn ophSa0oiis 70 DIS conscience ana 70 ms
'ouh'f!'
oNirIo IRELAND NECESSITY.
ina, issue Is whe'hef IL IS hamahiy possible
70 WIN une generai eiec'ion under Mr.. farnen
ieadersnip' ana the loss OF the general cleo
'ioh 's the certain ana ind,sputaole price OF
t ioI'inlhg MN can Mr.: farpeii or any rational
Iiunan peLis honesu! race .he Inture ana
p ,.'',n W an! IA. " een's n"pc 10 s9S'Aih our
.ni"pPs pe9P'e AZ ta.o VI tl.ulipniiht Tory
ni.t{o,V anu neiPiess ana oi.lued Ireiaha'
"l.n .ar. Thustohe gone, ms party 1rrevocaDiy
ir1ii .nc lrisn ie'uer anu tle whoe
.ielr i 9, ana renuefea suspicious oy SUI,
MOI nuts vi tle ihsihCerlty Oh al
,c P'oiesHiois vi lriel'usnip anu forgiveness
Ne Ne ps ro'i's vi uis's.rous GENERAL eieelion
M. ARMED u 100 ciear sigm'ea q s'atesmah ZOE
moment 20 dispute. Inc hoTrlDie conse-
quences that must ensne In ireland he can only
gretchu 20 uisguise oy vague sPecuntiohs AZ 10
iutuTe hrhaihehtarv strategy.
All sueh specuEi'lois lose si8nt OF the ract
IN that ln1rigues OF Engish party pohucians In
by the supreme vote OF the British democracy,
VINO were SEEING the full truth OF the Irish
quesuon, whose hearts and mteilects were be-
yond aii doubt won to the principle OF Irish
natonai seH-governmcnt. ana whom persis,
tencc IN MT. rarneiis present methods would
drive out suilen dlstrust OF the uses to which
We would put national self.government and a
rooted ocilef that the Irish people were In
capable OF exercising II.
CONFRONTED BY GREAT ISSUE.
I'm comparison with the n wful issue the free-
dow, or .ho ,n;..r.h,. .,h;.o.;o,, 80 J,a,,,a -
I'm y, y, 'No "''e,"o'. ""ujeouoh Vi A'eiaha iof
TIC present generation. there IL no advantage
in discussing now the possible blunder and mis-
understandings on both sides NAV have helped
to bring us to this calamitous pass We are not
inclined to dwell upon Mr. parnelrs regret
able assaults upon the honor of colleaeues Who
were proud to bear the taunt Of servility for
their unswcrving fidelity to his leadership: still
less need We insist upon the gross and almost
to suppress the solemn voice Of the Irish party
and to defy the will of the majority Of the
party In violation OF the fundamental pledge of
ane parry nnity ana OF every principle OF
noie hesore The area, ;,s,. wh;ch 80 s
the Irish race is now summoned TO determine
under the most sacred accountability to his
own conscience and to our ancient cause. With
the Irish people alone the determination must
rest, and disaster even greater than
I ntSfn knv, tnrnI1 Ian
dict which would not be prompt and de-
now discharged to the best of our power the
unenviabic duty of placing the tissue before our
countrymen in its simplicity and i'll all its mag
nitude if the Irish people deliberately make up
their minds to sacrifice the general election,
dismiss Mr.. Gladstone from public life. rcpel
the British people from our side and face
another quarter Of century of parliamentary
paralysis and dreary attempts at instruction.
and to do all this on question Of punctiliO as
to the terms of retirement. the desirability
which Mr.. Parnell himself half confesses. then
we will bow to y sentence which will release us
from political lives Of ceassless anxieties and
tolls. II, the other hand, AZ we earnestly
pray for the sake Of our lOng-suffering people,
the overwhelming mass of thinking Irishmen
throughout the world resolve that they shall
not be pushed over the brink Of the abyss.
which is so fearfully close to them. the present
ordeal. horrible though it it, will have been the
means of giving incalculable aid TO the home
rule cause, as well as of saving tho reputation
OF our old leader from O fatal stain.
THE IRISH .nr.y ro GOVERN rHrnsy,vrs
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