Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-10-15

LONDON, Oct. 12.-Mr. Parnell's par
liamentary colleagues have issued the
following manifesto:
"Ireland has lost her leader, bnt her
cause remains-the duty to IT, wing
and dead to maintain, erect ant nsul-
lied, the flag of national indepen fence. /
You, the people of Ireland, gave into
the hands of Mr.. Parnell and his par
liamentary colleagues the charge of your
political interests and the honor and
safety of the national cause; you asked
us by constitutional means to restore
prosperity, peace. and # m to our
country, and animated his spirit,
guided by his clear intelligence and
firmness of soul, we carried the cause to
q point at which the tower of victory
could be seen by all men.
"But in an unfortunate hour a ma
iority of the Irish representatives, at
the bidding of an English statesman,
broke our ranks, abandoned the flag of
independent opposition and ranged
themselves as followers and satellites of
the British statesman. We refused to
become parties to the treason, relying
upon the national conviction, and main
tanned intact the allegiance to the inde-
that the people would justify and sup
port us.
"The great leader is dead, but the
cause lives on. Relying on your devo- |,
ton to Irish nationality, we propose to
carry on the struggle until the princi-
Piles for which he lived and died triumph
and the national unity is restored. The
parliamentary party is pledged to work
3 tb. do x.fr It'd
pendent opposition, absolutely free from
the control of any foreign power or
party. This is our resolution. Its
realization depends upon you. 1t in
wolves sacrifices and struggles and We
call upon you to make them.
"True to the principle that we are the
instrument of the people we have re-
solved to call convention of representa-
tive Irishmen to discuss in the name of
the nation the means whereby to carry
out the policy and programme he be-
queathed in dying. To our ranks we
lieve that the political affairs of Ireland
should be controlled and directed by
the representatives of the Irish people
alone; but with men who are imme-
diately responsible for the disruption of
foreign dictation bounded TO death the
foremost man of our race, we can have
no fellowship. In their guidance of
them and the men who stood true to the
cause of national independence, Ireland
must choose.
son the threshold of the tomb the
leader we mourn defined our duty in
these imperishable words:
"'If ! am dead and gone tomorrow
the men fighting against English intlu-
ence in Irish public life must fight on
still They will still be independent
Nationalist. They can still believe in
the future of Ireland as q nation, and
still protest that it was not by taking
the orders of an English minister thai
Ireland's future could be saved, pro.
tected and secured
"Fellow countrymen, let it be the
glory of our race at home and abroad td
act up to the spirit. of this message,
God save Ireland -
At the meeting which adopted the
manifesto, Mr.. John Redmond seconded
a motion made by Mr.. Kenny that a
message of coincidence be sent to the
widow and other relatives of Mr.. Par
nell in regard to the overwhelming loss
which they and he,Irish race had sus-
tanned in the. death of their beloved
leader.
The Parnellite leaders are taking the
advice of French lawyers in relation to
the Paris funds. They understand that,
as the money was lodged on the joint
call Of Messrs. Parnell and Mccarthy
without the mention of trust, ParnelPs
wife and his eldest brother succeed to
his rights. If the reading of the law is
correct, Parnell's wife obtains control Of
100000, which she will hand over to the
Parnell leaders.
1t is rumored tonight that Pierce
Mahony, the member of parliament for
North Meath, will be selected as the
leader of the Parnellites in the house Of
commons.