The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-10

turn to Ireland and proposed the pla
of the land league. The result of tn
conference was compact that Davit
was to have control OF the organization
of the people. Parneli was to manag
the work IN parliament. Neither wa
to interfere with the other. Parnel
was to help Dayitr by speeches, BY
counsel, by assuming responsibility
Davltt was to help ParneLl to elect a.
members such men as he might choose
for his colleagues. Davitt chose Par
nell deliberately. He wanted gentle
man by birth and fortune; he must, sc
far as the sympathies OF his class went.
be allied to the landlords, and. above
all, be must be one who would rule
without permitting question Of his
authority.
LAND LEAGUE AND BOYCOTT.
The compact was Loyalty adhered to,
as might have been expected, for the
first few years the share taken by Dav-
lit was the more important. His was
the work of welding the Irish people
into one homogeneous mass, on which
the superstructure of the parliamentary
party could be reared. Public opinion
| was to be created which would give the
men in parliament the support OF a
nation. For it was nothing less that
DaYitt undertook. From the scattered,
depressed, dlsunited people of Ireland
he was to build up an Irish nation. The
scheme of the Land League took like
wild6re. This Is the most wonderful
when it is considered that at first there
was but the vaguest sort of plan of re-
form, so far as the land was concerned.
There were. 1t is true, CONGRATULATIONS
as to the reduction Of rents, but there
was no defined plan by which this was
to be brought about. The theory OF the
naturalization of the land, which Dav-
lit afterward worked out, was as little
known then as the no-rent manifesto.
Boycottlng was as much Of an accident
as was it's name. The league formed
itself along lines which were little
thought OF by the men who worked it
out within the gray walls Of Dartmoor
prison. But it served it's purpose.
There was about the very word land
that which caused the blood Of Irish
men to run faster, and around it gath
cred farmers and laborers and secret
society men, and men who dreamed Of
a free Ireland and men who, If they
dreamed at all, it was only Of some
shillings less year to pay. The ad-
vance men, the theorists, the successors
of Young Ireland accepted the Land
League with soms contempt. 1t was
nothing like what they Intended one
day 10 do, it would not free ireland. In
the meantime, however, 1t seemed to
hold but the hope of better days for the
people In practicable sort Of fashion
and they were willing to help it along.
The Irish III America delighted in it,
because it from the first promised to
look after and protect the evicted ten,
ants. The attitude of American Irish
men towards their fellow countrymen
at home has always been, not that OF
charity, but of brother]y protection.
PARNELL's LIEUTENANTs.
Long before the formation of the Ma
tlonal League MIR. Parnen had disc0v-
cred some of his most valuable men. OF
the whole Nationalist delegation in
parliament perhaps the O'Gorman
Malone was the only one not directly
or indirectly nominated by Parnell, for
the electors of Claire, in the old davs,
would return the man who was O'Con-
nell's second in a duel SO long as grass
grew or water ran. The others were
selected by Parnell himself, and To-
their election the whole power Of the
Land League was directed. Rare men
they were, too. Bigger, for example,
the man with one shoulder higher than
the other and a voice like a sharpened
saw. The Conservative squires feared
and detestsd BlggaEd. Sexton is one Of
the few great speakers ia the house
one Of the few orators who can fill all
the galleries. MCCARTHY. the. elder, has
written q history of bis own TIM, which
Will 90 down ii lltera tare Al delight.
for all VINO read. II the mil dsst-
rnannerell man TIN q dper 1lat1a his
enemy into q hasl, u iElh verbs aud then
buried the hasl,. Hon the idealist.
whoss cl,alafacter sttet.lntIs so high that.