This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...that Mr. Parnell, be his intentions good or bad, is not the real master of the situation. His masters are the Irish in America, and what they want, what they will not cease to demand, is--the expulsion of England from Ireland. We may disbelieve this, if we choose, but it will not alter the fact. The Fenian manifesto of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...that Mr. Parnell, be his intentions good or bad, is not the real master of the situation. His masters are the Irish in America, and what they want, what they will not cease to demand, is--the expulsion of England from Ireland. We may disbelieve this, if we choose, but it will not alter the fact. The Fenian manifesto of June, 1886, already quoted in the course of this article, tells the plain truth on the subject. It speaks of the 'determination to conquer for our motherland its fullest freedom, which is the sacred heritage bequeathed to us by our illustrious and patriotic progenitors. Yes, brothers, it is matter of most heartfelt satisfaction to us that the Will-of-the-wisp of Parliamentarianism has not caused you to deviate by a hair's breadth from the path you have chosen as the only one that leads direct to the portals of emancipation and liberty, and that your resolve never to give up the struggle upon which you have embarked until the sacred soil of Ireland shall be liberated for evermore from the degrading profanation of foreign occupation is, if possible, more intense and unconquerable than ever.' 'You do not require to be told, ' the manifesto adds, that Mr. Parnell' has no authority to accept an Irish Parliament ' as a full discharge of your claim.' Mr. Gladstone's measure is to be accepted ' only for what it is--an instalment, and a small and grudging one, of the full measure of our country's rights.' These are the people that Mr. Parnell, as well as Mr. Gladstone, has to reckon with. They and their allies are powerful in the United States, and they will grow more powerful every day as the Presidential election approaches. Already one candidate has appeared in the field with Irish independence as the sole 'plank' in his 'platform.' There are troubl..
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