The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-10-03
MONUMENT
To PaFnelI To Be Unveiled
Tomorrow
Thousands Of Visitors Are
In Dublin

Dublin, Sept 30--Dublin expects her
popula-ion to be almost doubled to-
morrow, for tens of thousands of Visi-
tors from all over tine country will be
here to help the people of the Irish
capital to make the unveiling of the St.
Gaudens monument to Chas. Stewart
Parnel an event of national import
ance. One OF the greatest Nationalist
demonstrations held in this city in re-
cent years is promised. John Il. Red
mond, the intimate friend of Parnell
and his successor as the leader of the
Irish party in parliament, will be the
chief figure at the unveiling exercises
1t is expected that Mr.. Redmonds
Grafton will be one of the greatest tri-
butes yet paid to the memory of his
dead chief.
Special trains will bring delegations
of visitors from all over Ireland. Many
of the larger delegations will be head
ed by the mayors of their respective
cities. Avondale, the County Wicklow
town where Parnell first saw the light
of day, will send nearly its entire pop
ulation to the uneviing. The Irish or.
ganizations in America, whose gener-
Gus contributions aided Parnell in his
campaigns, nave arranged for special
] representation.
| The monument stands a. the end of
| O'Connell street, one of the principal
streets of Dublin and said to be the
widest thoroughfare in all Europe.
The site it close to Rutland Square
and near the historic Rotunda, which
was the scene of many great National
list ga herings in the last century
The memorial is the last work un-
dertaken by the American sculptor
Augustus st. Gaudens. 1t is a most
elaborate affair, consisting of bronze
statue of heroic size, set on a great
granite pedestal An obelisk rises
many feet in the rear OF it and the
statue depicts Parnel wearing light
overcoat carelessly thrown back from
his shoulders, while he is in an atti-
tude of addressing a crowd One hand
rests on table, on which is spread
out a copy of the Irish land act. His
ohter hand is upraised and his left foot
placed forward as if in the act OF Civ
ing great emphasis TO his remarks.
The inscription on the pedestal, an
extract from one OF Parnell's own
speeches, reads as follows: "To Char
les Stewart Parnell No man has a
right 10 fix boundary to the march
OF nation. No man has a right to
say to his country, Thus far thou
shalt go and no farther" We have
never attempted to fix a ne plus ultra
to the progress of heland's nation.
hood, and we never SHALL"
Charles Stewart Parnell, the man
whose memory is now to be honored
with n memorial in keeping with the
disting lished services which he rend
cred his country, ranks with Daniel
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and was even superior to O'Connel
as an organizer His influence in the
politics of his own country was sc
great that from the time he succeeded
to the leadership of the Home Rule
party in 1880, until November 1890
when he as deposed, he was virtually
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OF English politics.
In the spring of 1875 Parnell took
his first seat in paliament for Meath
having previously been defeated in
County Dublin. Less than two years
later he began his celebrated policy OF
obstruction. Isaac Butt, who was the
recognized Irish leader at that time
could not see the sense of opposins
measures in which the Irish were moi
directly concerned, but Parnel held
to this course and Butt was forced
from the leadership In 1873 Parnel
was the acknowledged leader of the
Irish party
bSNluoc VI lllt luliult VI lhS pOldlt
crop, 1879 was the worst year IRELAND
had known since 1SiS, and Parnell be
came the president of the Irish lant
league in 1879, with its famous watch
/, word Keep firm grip on Your home
steads."
The next year Gladstone succeeded
Beaconsiield as prime minister, anC
, Parnell and other Irishmen were i'm
prisonod under the coercion act IL
1SS1-S2 Parnell was able to force tn,
issue which resulted in an allianc,
with Gladstone
In 1887 appeared the articles in tn,
London Times, "Parnellsm an,
Crime" and a facsimile letter of Par