Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-08
EFFECT OF PARNELL's DEATH.

The death of Charles Stewart Parnen
comes with stunning suddenness upon
the public, for it was altogether ignorant
of the fact that he had been seriously
i'll. With all his great strength of will
and tenacity ofpurpose, Mr.. Parnell' 8 life
was pulled out. when his time came,
with the ease that a breath of wind
blows out lighted candle. We may see
in the contrast of his terrible energy as
a leader to the last, and the frail tenure
he held upon life, that Parnell inherited
an iron purpose and logged nature
which nothing but death itself could
overcome. In this respect he was no
degenerate scion of his grandfather.
Commodore Stewart, of the sold Iron
sides" seventy-four.
We do not intend to moralize on re-
| cent events when we say that it would
have been better for Parnell's fame, and
1 greatly to the advantage of the cause of
Ireland If he had died two years ago.
1 Up to the time of his battle against fate
and the sense of decency of the Irish
people, Parnell doomed up as the great
est leader that the Irish cause had ever
had. He was greater than DAME
7 O'Connell, because he sought through
constitutional channels the end
that could only have been achieved
BIZ ''the great liberator's' method
f BY force Of arms. O'Connell's repeal"
OF the union could never have been
achieved without successful revolution.
Parnell's method, on the other hand, was
10 Use the very medicines of the consti-
tutlon SIS the daily bread in sustentation
Of the fight OF the Home Rulers. Par
hamentsry obstruction, persistent oppo-
slfion, and untiring presentation of the
grievances OF ireland were the instru-
ments used by Parnell with such con-
summate skill as to have united the
Irish people in giving hearty approval to
his methods and in creating a great and
powerful English sentiment in favor of
conceding home rule to Ireland. Never
before was Ireland so near achieving
success rs she was under the leadership
of Parnell. 1t makes one grieve to think
IIldl ali ILLS ludSAluCCub WIN hAu
achievement should have been imper-
illed by the acts of the very man who
had built up the grand and noble fabric (;
and it seemed at one time as if the spirit
of discord, long so fatal to ireland, hav-
ing been, like the evil spirit in the east
ern fable, bottled and sealed by the
great leader, was about again to be let
loose to resume its grim and malevolent
mission to the ruin of the cause he had
brought so near to success.
While we should be sorry for the pre-
mature death ofanv man, and especially
of one who had filed so large space in
the worlds eye, yet we must say that,
under the circumstances, the elimina-
ton of Mr.. Parnell from the Irish prob
lem is one OF the most fortunate events
that could occur for its early and sue
cessful solution. With Parnell gone
there is no one in his faction upon whose
shoulder his mantle can fall. Without
his great,will-power, resourceful tatics
and energetic leadership to hold
it togaether, it is but a question
OF time when the whole of the
Parnellite faction will fall back into
the body of the Irish party, which will
once more present united and formid-
able front in and out of parliament.