St. Paul daily globe., 1891-01-10
PARNELL'S SISTER.
A Remarkable Letter From Re-
markabIe Woman.

DUBLIN, JAM 9.-The Freeman's journal
to-day published a letter written by Miss
Anna Parnell. sister of Charles Stewart Par.
nell, and classes Miss Anna Parnell as being
1.-THE most remarkable woman of her time, y
saying that she 'maintained the struggle
against coercion in 1881 and 1882 after the
land league had been suppressed ana the
leaders imprisoned In this letter Miss Anna
Parnell says that she has no opinion as TO
which side is right and suggests that
IF the Home Rule association Is revived
OF a national, independent basis. it would
protect and prevent the interests OF the coun-
try from suffering through the conhlct
When the Home Rule league was merged
into the National league the former had
shown that Ireland did not accept and never
meant to accept English rule, which facts
were upheld until they became lndlsputabie
realities in policies. After which the Home
Rule leaguers' work ended as the National
league and the Parliamentary party, as long
as they were trustworthy were bound to 90
everything possible to procure the trl-
umph of the principle whose theoretic
recognition was already obtained. All is
changed now; a lively civil war is raging,
with the home rule question i'll the center,
while the National league and the parlia-
mentary party keep untrustworthy Watch
upon its most vital interests. The latter
pqrty whether right or wrong. cannot be
trusted as a safeguard in difficulty. The ex-
DldLldLlOuS Iucy give lOT IuclI COuouOb oOuho
serious note of danger and warning for the
people. Some say pathetically they did not
know what they were doing-raising the
hope that they will take nurses along with
them hereafter when they go out Others
say they were were misled sled by IT, personal Sasa
been too loyal to the people. But II they DID
not know what they were doing on one oc-
casion they will not know any better another
time. Tender sentiment for Mr.. Gladstone
moi in
guile them. The plea of excess OF virtue Is
most alarming, because the Irish members
have SO manv virtues which have proved
stumbling blocks to their possessors, and led
them into the present quandary. III tney dld
not know what Mr. Parnell (whose political
career has been under their observatory
would do, how can they know what to do
or what Mr.. Gladstone, old and crafty. is
going to do? They propagate the doc
trines that their policy is reliable !;
that radical hatred is extinct between Eng
land and Ireland, except the remnant cher
ished by some Irishmen. They claim that
the English Liberals are Influenced by so
lofty q regard for religion and morality that
if the Irish disregard it they would lose the
good will of the liberals and incur their con-
Tempt. They do not tell us why Mr.. Glad
stone is judged only by the last six years OF
his life and not by the preceding seventy
five, nor why nothing he did while backed
up by British majority can count; Dut
only his actions after his loss OF power.
What is there to hinder Mr.. Gladstone and
the Liberals from repeating. after the next
election, what they did after 1880? They do
not tell us why the Conservatives may not
give us home rule. English parties change
like Irish parties but not so fast. Ireland
has broken the worlds record in this respect.
They do not explain, if radical hatred is ex-
tinct why the brutal bloody Balfour is; why
the British party, whether Liberal or Con-
servative. always receives mandate to per
secute Ireland nor why, when the Liberals
are out of office, they are the only body en-
titled to respect the British race"