St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-09
AN APPEAL TO IRISHMEh.
JOHN REDMOND SEEKS TO AROUSE
HIS PEOPLE.
a GRAVE CRISIS Is AT HAND.

In Lord Rosebery and the Pres
ent Cabinet = lrishmen Must
Organize Their Forces and In
sist on Recognition.
LONDON, Ma rch S.-The Associated
Press agent in this city has received
from John Redmond, NJ. p. for the
city OF Waterford, the following address
20 the Irish people, which will be pubs
lished in Dublin tomorrow morning:
Fellow countrymen: A crisis has arisen
in the fortunes of our couDtry, which
makes it imperative upon the men who
struggled three years ago to retain Mr..
ParnelFs leadership in Ireland, and 10
preserve unbroken that magnificent
organization and brotherhood which he
established among our race, to address
you in advice and warning. 1t is un-
necessary 10 recall the circumstances
under which an extraordinary demand
was made upon the Irish party
to abandon and overthrow their leader.
MIR. Gladstone had declared that the re-
tentiou of Mr.. Parnell would reduce his
own leadership of the Liberal party al
most to nullity, but his letter con-
tanned no threat of 4 resignation of his
position and no hint or suggestion that
he or the Liberal party would change
their attitude on the question OF home
rule. There is no man now who has
not seen that one weeks firmness on
the palt of the Irish representatives,
one weeks devotion to the greatest man
of their race, would have snoothed the
difficulty that had arisen, set
ENGLISH CLAMoG
at rest and asafeguarded the national
honor of Ireland. But in moment of
extreme weakness and panic MIR. Pal-
neil was abandoned by a majority OF his
colleagues, and abandoned avowedly 10
maintain Mr.. Gladstone's leadership
and preserve the alliance with the Lib
erals. Many evil eonseq uences that We
predicted have already come 10 pass. 1
Dissension and disorganization at
home, apathy and Indifference among
the race abroad, have replaced one Of
the grandest aud best-disciplined politi-s
cal combinations the world ever saw
aud the honorable alliance made
with an English party when il
was in opposition and thirstIB-
to attain Office, upon pro-
mise of full justice to Ireland has de-
generated. SO far as the betrayers of Mr..
Parnell are concerned, into a confeC- +
eracy with the government of the Gay -
policy of jury packing, eviction, house
burning in Ireland, refusal of amnesty
TO political prisoners, delay or denial of
justice 10 eyicted tenants, and the pros
ecution of the popular leaders who
espouse their cause.
To such -Subserviency and weakness
the final test Is now TO be applied by.
the Liberal cabinet in England.
Apart from the question OF their own
sincerity in the Irish cause and desire
TO be identified with the final solution
of the difficulty between the two couu-
tries.
MR.. GLADSToNE's POSITION
at the head of the Liberal party, because
OF the frequency of his pledges. has
made it impossible that they could
! openly abandon home rule. 1t was 10
retain his services that Mr.. Parnell was
overtlIrown. His promise was the bond
that has been offered OH every political
platform in Ireland during the past
three years whenever there was a cues
ton OF doubt raised respecting the sin
cerity of the Liberals. We warn orr
fellow countrymen that his retirement
now from the leadership of the party
can have origin only in a |
scheme to defeat the hopes of
the Irish people by the abandonment
of home rule. or by such CON-
promise as can only be regarded by Ire
land as an insult and a nockery. The
free hand given by subservient Irish
representatives TO the Liberals iu re-
Suming the programme of domestic re-
firm Mr. fNlaIctnD,
quently referred TO as interrupted by |
the urgency OF the Irish question. ami |
the concessions made in almost vital /
principles of the home rule bill itself. /
have encouraged the half-hearted home
rulers i'll the cabinet to believe that |
they may safely again disappoint the
hopes of Ireland. The complaceney |
with which the Liberal leaders re- |
celved the rejection of the home rule |
bill by the house of lords was
explained in speeches that promised! !
an agitation against the very existence
OF the house of lords itself when it eS-
tended its obstruction 10 English meas
ures. That vain boast ended In a mis- |
erable compromise
WITH THE LORDS
upon English measures, and, as ii in |
very mockery of the hopes which have !
excited Ireland, the premier, whose |
OiuCC was tllc Dl6QyR OF !
home rule, is cast aside and member |
of the house of lords appointed in his !
stead. In Lord RoSebery and the pres |
ent cabinet we can have no confidence. |
and we warn our fellow countrvmeu To |
have noEe. They will concede justas |
much as Ireland extorts by the organ |
iZatiou OF her people and absolute and |
unfettered independence of English |
parties.
IN her representatives it is your duty !
to create and foster these national |
safeguards. The time has arrived, not |
only for plain speaking, but prompt |
action. and we call upon you TO no |
longer tolerate policy of national sub |
serviency 10 English party interests.
Organize the forces Of our race in |
support of the struggle for national |
government. Insist that the cause |
of Ireland be kept boldly 10 the |
front by those who speak In
your behalf. and show the Irish repre- |
Sentatives that you will tolerate |
no miserable compromise in your |
country's rights for the convenience of |
either English party that you regard il |
nobler ID your race and more betting |
the dignity and honor of Ireland to con- |
tinue, If necessary, a bitter struggle
with both than 10 continue to bethe I
scorn Of one and the deluded dupes of /
the other. 1
The address is signed by John Red
mond, Timothy Harrington and Joseph |
Edward Kenny.