Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-10-12
TAE LEAauEls MANIFESTO.

farnellites Say They Did Not Fight for
Man bus for q Principle.
LONDON, Oct. i2.--rhe National league Ia
Great Britain has issued the following
manifesto:
Some months ago the members Of this exeeu
tive body were appointed BY Charles Stewart
farnen g advance the cause OF Irish independ.
Ill., ~, "a 1reat Britain Fighting under great
uiincuitiesl we held our ground and rallied
every lrishmnn who remained true to the prin.
/ ciple Tor which our leader lived aud died-tha
i principle Of an Independent Irish party and an
/ independent Irish parliament Ireland has re-
ceiVea blow BY the death OF Mr., Parnen from
which IL cannot recover for a generation
Whom Daniel O'Connel died ali was chaos A
parliamentary party sprung up. but failure and
l disgrace marked its course Nothing wns done
FOR ireland and the name Of an Irish member "a
parliament became byword. Fenianism arose
ana Az was changed Irish affairs absorbed
me attention Of parliament. while Irishmon
died for Ireland on the scaifold or perisbed M
prison or exile Something was then done
Inc English state church in ireland dlsap-
peared and the hist step was tRkon IN the tardy
course OF legislation for the protection Of the
Irish tenant. The power Of Fenianisiu was for
the moment broken, but not until il had re.
vived the spirit Of Irish nationality
Parliamentary agitation followed the mo-
m9ntniy subsistence Of the Feninn movement
and once nose failure marked is course
Aheh ChAfl03 stewart Farncll came. and all
was changed Rallying the force Of Irish ma
honality and everywhere combining revolu
uonary action with constitutional agitation he
hxed the attention Of tho civilized world upon
the wrongs and miseries Of Ireland English
parties and English leaders hewlsd before him.
The Tories We'd with tho Liberals TO gain his
support. Firm and inexorablo, commanding
followers whom he found rabble aud Of whom |
he made an army ro dictated his terms 70 the |
English prime minister and the minister grant. |
ID them In ten years he did more for Ireland |
than had been done In generations Measure /
after measure, bearing his mark, took its place |
on the statute books, and his work was crown /
cd when the psine minister Of England brought /
into parliament bill 70 establish an Irish par 4
lament.
He is gone. Ireland mourns over his grave
today. What Is the duty Of those he left be 4
hindi What is the duty Of the men who FOL.
lowed him 70 the last in his struggle for Irish
freedomY
II has been said that we fought for a man.
not for principle. II Is not true We fought
for the principle which the man embodied. The
man himself was indeed, a principlo-the prin.
eiple Of self reliance and independence which |
nothing could sap. To that principle we are
stanch. II Is now necessary for the merpbers
q this organization 70 elect new president
and new executive committee, and we invite
The branches Of the National league in Great
Britain 70 take immediate steps to this end
We urge our fellow cOuntrymen not to despair
i victory seems distant. We ask them to take
~ their motto the last words addressed by Mr.
Parnell 70 the executive committee; Hold on
ight onrn