The Irish standard., 1892-03-26
manife ion Of good faith. England is
afraid to fight and will not be ooaxed
s'PARNELL's GRAVE. !,

ton of Ladies' Committee for the care
OF Mr.. Parnell's grave, which holds regu-
lar meetings at 43 Upper OConnell
street, IN Dublin. This grave has great
attractions for tourists and Irishmen at
home who do not deem it necessary to
defend his error, but cannot close their
eyes to his magnificent work without
skipping pages covering the most impor-
tant period in the history Of Ireland.
Nelson's monument within q stones
throw OF the Liffey is not to perpetuate
his wrong doing but his bravery in naval
warfare. His mistake was far greater
than Parnell's, resulting in the hanging
to the vessels yardarm of u husband, an
act believed by many to be little short of
murder.
The grave of Parnell leaves evidences
of tho kindly feeling of visitors. The grass
around it for radius of a hundred yards
is trodden down. The hillock in, the
center is fenced in by stakes and ropes
within which is the grave. All around are
wreaths and crosses, most Of them Of
fresh and bright flowers, and foliage,S and
some artificial floral designs. =. Within
the ropes the ground is sodded and one
day there were deposited therein seventy.
eight mementoes all neatly arranged, the
artificial flowers being placed under glass.
On the same day large heart was placed
at the foot of the grave eighteen inches
by two feet, which was composed entirely
of growing shsmrocks. Upon this lay a
green silk badge with harp embroidered
thereon in gold and the letters &c. s. r."
Across and under the heart was 18th
century rapier, evidently an old heir
loom, and about and around we're sashes
intertwined between two boughs of laurel
forming the mantling, as it is called in
heraIdry. Names, notices and poetic
lines are attached. It is not part OF
true patriotism to forget the good that
men have done for their country although
society demands regard for it's laws, and
these social laws are enforced as rigidly
as political principles, and society's life
and good necessitate this. The differ
ence in Irish tactics known as Parnell-
ism and McCarthyism is not serious or
irreconcila BILE. One seeks to preserve an
independent Irish party ready to act
with either of the English parties that
will give to Ireland the greatest measure
of relief. The other favors permanent
coalition with Gladstone and his party.
It is not many years ago when there
were physical force advocates and those
VINO believed only in peaceable agitation
and parliamentary work under England's
nnwritten constitution. For a time
these different plans had vehement and
aggressive advocates, yet in short
while all were blended into harmonious
and powerful Irish body backed by the
Land League that penetrated Englaud's
body polite and demanded and received
adequate consideration from England
and the world. The men who favor diff
ferent methods now aim at the same re-
suit, and as they draw nearer to it they
must gravitate together and act as a
unit for that success which seems Ger
tain and which can only be thus OBJ
tanned. The vigorous advo ,acy of the
different plans, though characteristic, is
not necessary, as bitter or strong Ian
guage is rarely convincing when ad-
dressed to men who are honest, fair
minded and earnest.