The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-09-21


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homes 81 a successful rising against the
mower of England. there were few who
yeiuicerl more At the nrospect than Dr.
tl,rcke Ryt he was fort1natelv saved
from any act of participation In the reyO-
1nficnarv movement. He became q lead
ing member of the party OF organized OBJ
position. "a party which in some sense
: b - .t Ia
Irish parliamentary party which we have
today. That party limited its program
to the nthree F's"-fair rent. free sale
and fixity of tenure. When Sir Charles
sGavan Duffy left Ireland in 1856, 1T seem
ed to DR.. Croke that the last hope Of OBJ
tanning anything for the Irish people had
been dashed to the earth He washed
his hands of politics and stood aloof, do
ing his ecclesiastical work.. caring not
how the factions might brawl, and dis
daining to waste any strength Of. body or
of mind upon work which seemed to him
to be as useless as the ploughing of the
sands OF the seashore. This mood Of
apathetic Indifference not unmixed with
a certain scornful laughter at the vanity
OF human expectations, and the faulty
Of the Irish Nationalist aspirations, did
not last long after his return from the
Antipodes.
- The failure of the crops in 1879, and
the prospect of privation, not to say star
walton, which this brought upon the Irish
peasant, thrilled as q trumphet call to
the manhood OF Ireland. AT first Arch
bishop, Croke, who for twenty~three years
had preserved an attitude OF indifference
to the struggles Of Irish parties; found
himself strongly attracted to movement
soI, 7, ~ ffeHr1v
Of the right of the Irish people to the
Irish land. Michael Davitt first raised the
fiery cross and traversed the country
from END to end, preaching the doctrines
on which the Land League was founded
Nothing could have appealed more fore
IDLY to the sympathtes of Archbishop !
Croke. The Land for the People was a
wetchword which reused his enthusiasm
while the spectacle of the people, rising In
their thousands from Donegal to- the Cove |
of Cork to assert their right to the land
could not fail to have his enthusiastic
support MIR. Parnell was some time be-
fore he followed where Michael tDavitt |
had led. At last the evidence was too |
strong to be resisted that the Irish people |
had at last reused themselves from the |
lethargy into which they had fallen since !
1S4S, and then Mr. Parnell made his |
plunge. Mr.. Parnell was Protestant-a
cool, somewhat cynical, iron-handed man:
but he understood Ireland, and had the
Initiative OF genius The moment, there
fore, that ne decided TO throw n ms 1ot
with the Land Leaguers ne hurried over |
to Fhurlas and 5implored the Arcnpisnop /
to join the cause. But DR.. Croke was
loath to resume the position Whlcn ne naa
abandoned long before ana hung Dack TOT
a time. The more he nesltated, the more
vehement Mr.. Parnell pleaded Tor ms. sup
port, until at last Charles stuart Parneii'
the cool. unimpassioneu protestant iano-
lord, actually flung himself upon ms
knees before the Archbishop OF Casnei,
and inplored him to give his countenance
to the cause of the Land League. II Is
going to be big thing, ne added, AND
I must have the clergy In 1t. It was
great scene which, Thuries Palace Wit
messed that day and one which perhaps
an Irish Nationalist painter VIII cem-
one day. Mr.. Parnell. a poll
tician and leader of the Irish race, fall
ing. Protestant though he was, at the feet
Of the Archbishop Of Cashel, would make
i very effective subject for fresco on the
walls of the Parliament House on College
Green in which the first Home Rule, Par
lament assembled The moment Dr..
Croke decided to support the Land
league he flung himself heart and soul
into the agitation. s.
r,,r,ro- Tho naxt +wo mr. three. wears he
- a.a ~ thn roost consniclo,,s. If not