Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17

Young Ireland TO be patriotic thing to be.
lieve in. That session, after the manner Of
most new Members, Mr. Parnelf was mute,
but he soon broke out.
- Fey men haze tbs. temeliiy to brave the
House of Commons. Ninety-nine members
out of hundred fin ling that they cannot get
a hearing, are content toaectptthe inevitable.
Not so Mr.. Parne.l. Under slim and
almost effeminate exterior he had an iron will.
He refused TO he put down. The more the
House would not listen the more he would
talk, even although he could not be heard
more than couple of benches off, and his
persistence gradually attracted the support Of
the sympathetic Bggar and one or two
kindred spirits in the same direction, who
looked upon him as an Irish martyr.
In February, 1877 he made his first appear
ance as a legislator, introducing the Irish
church act amendment bill, the object of
which was TO facilitate the purchase of their
holdings by the tenaury of the disestablisbed
Irish Church. The bill was thrown out by
$50 to 1I0 votes Mr.. Butt condemned the
policy of Mr.. Parnell both by letters and
speeches, but it soon became apparent that
the action of the younger man was more popu-
lar among the Irish people. In the beginning
of 1873 Mr. Parnell, instead of Mr.. Butt, was
elected president of the Irish organization in
England, known as the Home Rule Confedera-
ton, and from that time forward Mr.. Butt
practically ceased to be the leader of the Irish
party.
A meeting had been held in Midtown,
county Mayo, in April, 1879, but il was not
until June that Mr., Parnel formerly joined
the new land movement. 1t was on that occa-
sion that he uttered the keynote Of the coming
struggle, the words keep firm grip on your
homesteads. On October Dist following, the
Irish National Land League was founded, and
Mr. Parnell was elected the first president.
A TOUR IN AMERICA.
In December of the same year he sailed for
America in order to raise funds for the relief
of the distressed and for starting the new or
ganization. lie lectured in large number oil
towns, before several State Legislatures, aad
finally before the House of Representatives al
Washington. The honor of addressing the
House had previously been conferred upon
but three persons, Lafayette, Bishop England
and Kossuth
Meantime Parliament was dissolved. Mr..
Parnell hurried home. took an active part in
the election, was himself elected for three
constituencies, and Immediately after the
meeting of the new Parliament having been
elected leader of the Irish party, called for
the introduction of measure to deal with the
Irish land question.
In the opening of the session of 1881, the
government brought in coercion bill and to
that measure Mr.. Parnell and his colleagues
offered fierce and obstinate opposition, pro-
longed over seven weeks.
ARRESTED AND PUT IN JAIL
On October 18th he was arrested in Dublin
and conveyed to Kilmalnham jail The gov
eminent Immediately afterward proclaimed
the Land League to be an Illegal association,
and Mr.. Psrnell and his colleagues issued the
'No-rent" manifesto Mr.. Parnell remained
in Jail about six months.
The Land League was revived under the
name of the National League, and Mr.. Par
nell took his place as its head. lie inspired
all the policy of the Irish parliamentary party
during the sessions of 1884 and 'e5, and on the
dissolution, when the Irish people first ysted
on general household suffrage he nominated
every nationalist candidate and went down to
London with eighty Eve followers. 1t was TO
meet this new situation that Mr.. Gladstone
proposed home rule, in which, of course, he
was supported by Mr.. Parnell and the whole
strength of his party.
The Parnell commission was instituted to
inquire into certain allegations contained in
pamphlet published by the London Times
entitled "Parneilism and Crime" which
charged Mr.. Parnell and others with conspi-
racy TO separate ireland from England. Let
tiers in fac-simile purportingto have been writ
ten by Mr. farnell and p owing his completely
in crime were given in the pamphlet, and de.
nounced by Mr. Parnell as torgeries, and such
they proved to be. The comm ssion sat 12S
days and examined nearly so witnesses. II
was followed by an &c ion for libel brought By
Mr.. Parnell against the Times, and resulted
in its having TO pay &, 900 damages.
REvULsIoS or FEELING.
Mr.. Parnell was now at the height of his
popularity. He had reached the top of his
career. In July. 1889, he was presented with
the freedom of Edinburgh. In 1890 the case
of Captain 0'S.ea against his wife, in which
Mr. Parnell was named as correspondent 9
called ami Captain 0'Shea was granted a
divorce.
The effect was that his oId-time political
colleagues and the English liberals, led by
Gladstone turned from him.