Desperate Expedients. Inauguration of OUTRAGES and MURDERS. Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P., says, that in 1879 Mr Parnell became convinced “that mild methods were no longer in place, and that, if Ireland were to be saved, resort must be had to desperate expedients.”—The Parnell Movement, p. 297. [Result.—Outrages in Ireland increased from 974, in first quarter of 1880, to 2360, in first quarter of 1882.]

“THE LIBERATOR.” “THE UNCROWNED KING.” “No political Reform is worth the shedding of one drop of blood.”—DANIKL O'CONNELL. “We are obliged to make the situation a very hot one indeed. It is impossible that the great cause can be won without shedding a drop of blood.”—C. S. PARNELL, Brooklyn, 15th Jan. 1880.

Tim M. Healy, M.P. Says the Grand Old Parnellite—“Mr Healy, in the most emphatic manner, and with evident reference to the declaration of O'Connell, told the House of Commons, and repeated it twice over, ‘I am not one of your single-drop-of-blood men.’”—W. E. G., 27th Oct. 1881.

Bread v. Lead. Mr Parnell tells a story: “I will tell you an incident that happened in America. A gentleman came to the platform and handed me 25 dollars, saying, ‘Here are 5 dollars for bread, and 20 dollars for lead.’”— C. S. PARNELL, 20th April 1880. [Mr M. Boyton, the organiser of the Land League, subsequently explained (30th May 1880) that these 20 dollars were quite safe, and that he would refuse to say what they were going to do with them.]

Public Plunder. “For nearly the first time in the history of Christendom a body—a small body of men has arisen, who are not ashamed to preach in Ireland the doctrine of public plunder.”—W. E. G., 7th Oct. 1881. [8th April 1886. For absolutely the first time in the history of Christendom, a Prime Minister of England has arisen, who is not ashamed to homologate those doctrines.]

“The Cause of Legality.” “I think those people murdered yesterday will help us forward now.”—C.S. PARNELL, Newark, New Jersey, 6th Jan. 1880. [“Every man who is guilty of the slightest breach of the law, is an enemy of Ireland.”—DANIEL O'CONNELL.]

W. E. GLADSTONE, 28th Jan. 1881. W. E. GLADSTONE, 4th October 1886. “With fatal and painful precision, the steps of crime dogged the steps of the Land League.” “I rejoice gentlemen, to think that the cause in which you are embarked, is the cause of order, the cause of peace, the cause of legality, the cause of faith.”—Speech to Irish Deputations.

Irish Moderation. “Unquestionably the moderation of Ireland has relieved us of many difficulties.”—G. O. HOME RULER, 4th October 1886. [“The outcome of the Irish Agitation was murder.”—W. E. FORSTER, 22nd Feb. 1883.] [“We have had to deal with crime undiscovered, secret conspiracy, and threads which must be unravelled to their fountain-head.”—LORD SPENCER, 18th June 1884.]

The Fenians and the Parnellites. “It cannot be denied that between Mr Parnell and the leaders of the Irish and the leaders of the Fenian organisations of America and Ireland, there exists means of communication which practically unite the whole movement into one body.”—LORD HARTINGTON, 12th July 1886.

The Practical Joke. “You may have heard of an explosion of dynamite at Salford. There was the death of one person, and the death of another was expected, and Mr Parnell said that that occurrence appeared to him to bear the character of a practical joke.”—W. E. G., 7th Oct. 1881. [“All sorts of theories are afloat concerning that explosion, but the truly loyal one is that Fenianism did it.”—THOMAS BRENNAN (Mr Parnell's secretary), 29th Jan. 1881.]

Mr Parnell's Lieutenants. “A crowded meeting of the Dynamitards was held last night. Among the notables present were P. J. SHERIDAN, late special envoy of Mr Parnell; WALSH, Land League organiser; FRANK BRYNE Secretary of the English Branch of the League; T HOMAS B RENNAN, Chief Secretary of the League; and PATRICK EGAN, its Treasurer—all ‘wanted’ for their alleged complicity in the Phœnix Park murders.”—New York Daily News, 3rd Feb. 1884.

Patrick J. Sheridan. Mr Sheridan was a member of the Executive Council of the Land League of which Mr Parnell and Mr Sexton were also members), and was the medium offered by Mr Parnell to Mr Forster, under the Kilmainham Treaty, to put down outrages in Ireland. [He is now in America, a true bill for wilful murder having been found against him.]

“The Joe Brady Club,” 23rd March 1884. “Frank Bryne, late Secretary to the Land League, took the chair at the Joe Brady Club, and strongly advocated the use of dynamite, the Torch, and the dagger.”—New York Herald, 24th March 1884. [Mr Bryne's wife is the “brave little woman” who provided the weapons for the murders in the Phœnix Park.]

“The Irish World.” Mr Parnell telegraphs:—“Thanks to the Irish World and its readers for their constant co-operation and substantial support in our great cause.”—Telegram to Irish World, 26th Jan. 1881. [During two years up to Nov. 1882, the Land League received £51,660 from the Irish World.]

Parnell's Proclamation. 3rd Nov. 1885. A month before the G. O. M.'s conversion to Home Rule, the Uncrowned King declared—“We will never accept anything but the full and complete right to arrange our own affairs, and make our land a nation; to secure for her, free from outside control, the right to direct her own courses among the peoples of the world” [with 86 Patriots (salaried) at the helm.]

W. E. GLADSTONE. W. E. GLADSTONE. When Irish votes were unnecessary. When Irish votes were necessary. “I will consent to give to Ireland, no principle, nothing that is not to be upon equal terms offered to Scotland, and to the different portions of the United Kingdom.”—26th November 1879. “Now (!) I deny the justice of the principle that self-Government in Ireland is necessary limited by the wishes of England and Scotland for themselves.” 14th April 1886.

“Oh! that mine enemy would make a speech,”—W. E. G., 1st Dec. 1879.

The End in View. 7th Oct. 1883. Mr Arthur O'Connor, M.P., says—“Our end is the re-establishment of the people of Ireland as an INDEPENDENT NATION.” [And the establishment of ourselves as a paid Executive.]

Britain v. Ireland. 8th Sept. 1885. Mr J. E. Redmond, M.P., says—“Perish the Empire and live IRELAND.” [And the brothers Redmond.]

National Independence. 21st Jan. 1883. Mr W. H. K. Redmond, M.P., says:—“We look upon no concession as adequate until we have reached the goal of NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE.” [With right to divide the spoil.]

The Green Flag. 22nd Feb. 1883. Mr J. J. Clancy, M.P., said that—“Until the IRISH NATIONAL flag floated over a free Parliament on College Green, there would be no peace or contentment in Ireland.” [Or permanent places for Parnellite Patriots.]

No More Queens. At an Irish banquet on 17th March 1886, over which Mr E. Dwyer Gray, M.P., presided, and at which Lord Ashburnham was present, the Queen's health was omitted, and the Fenian toast, “IRELAND—A nation,” took its place. [“They (the Irish) did not desire to have anything more to do with Kings and Queens, for the only style of government to which Irishmen could look for freedom and prosperity was one which would be democratic and REPUBLICAN,”—W. H. K. RRDMOND, M.P., 24th Aug. 1885.]

The Complete Programme. “When the complete programme of the League is accomplished, the soil of Ireland will be free, its people owning no master but the Almighty [and Parnell & Co.], and owning no flag but the green flag of an independent nation.” —W. O'BRIEN, M.P., 23rd August 1881.

Gladstone v. Harcourt.

W. E. GLADSTONE says:—“When we know in substance that which is demanded by Ireland, through her constitutionally chosen representatives, we cannot hasten too soon to meet it.”—13th April 1886. Sir W. V. HARCOURT says:—“If we are to govern Ireland according to Irish ideas, I fear we shall find ourselves reduced to the consequences of not governing Ireland at all.”—Hansard, vol. 214, p. 1618.

[“I know that some people are very impatient to references to the past, but you will generally find that these are the people whose past will not bear very much examination.”—Sir W. V. H., 17th Sept. 1885.]

The Bag and Baggage Policy. Mr John Morley (before the Parnellite Alliance) expresses his fears of the Irish patriots, and asks: “Are you prepared to see the landlords sent flying for their lives, with bag and baggage?”— JOHN MORLEY, Nineteenth Century, Nov. 1882. [Mr W. O'Brien, M.P., prophesies: “There will be no healthy life in Ireland until the origin of the pestilence (the landlords) are driven, bag and baggage, out of the land.”—17th Feb. 1883.]

Then. Now. W. E. GLADSTONE, Prime Minister, says: “Are you prepared to denude the Irish Landlords of their interest in the land, and, what is more, are you prepared to absolve them from their duties with regard to the land? I, for one, confess that I am not.”—15th Feb. 1870. W. E. GLADSTONE, Prime Minister, introduces his Land Purchase Bill, by which Irish Landlords are to be denuded of their interest in the land, and their duties with regard to it, at a cost to the British Tax-payer of Fifty Millions—or more.—16th April 1886.

Gladstone v. Dillon. The G. O. Ostrich gushes over the “moderation” of the Parnellites, and says: “As they now command an overwhelming majority, so all ground of suspicion of a desire to destroy the landed property of Ireland has disappeared.”—20th Oct. 1887. [Ten days afterwards, Mr John Dillon advocates the abolition of landlords, and declares that, “with the disappearance of the landlords, the power of the foreign Government would disappear also, and their old nation and race would become free and independent again.”—At LIMERICK, 1st Nov. 1887.

The Real Aim. Sir W. V. Harcourt (before salvation) says:—“Mr Parnell admits now that what he wants is not fair rent; he wants no rent at all.”—Sir W. V. H., 25th October 1881. [Mr T. P. O'Connor describes Sir William's manner as being “something like a servant girl that mistakes sulks for dignity.”—Gladstone's House of Commons, p. 257.]

[Mr Tim Healy, M.P., says:—“The people of this country never will be satisfied so long as a single penny of rent is paid for a sod of land in the whole of Ireland.”—10th Nov. 1883.]

“Down with Land Agents.” The G. O. M. accuses Colonel Dopping of trying, with an unloaded rifle, to shoot a boy, and rejoices (amid cries of “shame”) that a policeman “prevented him from fulfilling his purpose.”— 18th Oct. 1887. [20th Nov. 1887. The G. O. M. apologises.]

Rack-Renting. The G. O. M. denies that rack-renting exists in Ireland now, and says:—“By means of the Irish Land Act, I feel confident that almost every case of over-renting in Ireland has been touched.”—W. E. G., 1st Sept. 1881. [Mr John Dillon boasts:—“I will show the agent men who can pay (rent) and won't pay, because I tell them not to pay,”—At Glenbeigh, 24th Jan. 1887.]

Fiction. The Grand Old Moonlighter says: “Be it known to you, that there is less crime in Ireland per million of population than there is in England or Scotland.”—W. E. GLADSTONE, Hawarden, 31st May 1887.

Fact. [From the Judicial Statistics, 1886, pages 16 and 17.]

Total Crimes during 1885. Estimated Population. Crimes per Million of Population. IRELAND, 231,313 4,924,342 46,900 ENGLAND, 698,143 25,974,439 26,800 SCOTLAND, 125,124 3,735,573 33,400

English Convictions. “In England, if the Irish were as orderly as the rest of the population, there would be 3500 prisoners sent to the gaols, instead of 22,000.”—SIR LYON PLAYFAIR, M.P., 7th March 1885. [The Irish female furnishes no less than one-fifth of the entire prison population of England and Wales.]

Then. Now. The Grand Old Coercionist, anxious to blacken his Parnellite opponents, says: “What is boycotting? It is combined intimidation made use of for the purpose of destroying the private liberties of choice by fear of ruin and starvation.”—HOUSE OF COMMONS, 24th May 1882. On the same date the G. O. M. refuted himself in advance by saying: “EXCLUSIVE DEALING is a totally different thing.” The Grand Old Parliamentary Hand, anxious to whitewash his Parnellite allies, describes boycotting (4th July 1887) as “EXCLUSIVE DEALING,” and subsequently as “natural,” “lawful,” and “necessary combinations,” and further, as “the only instrument by which, in their unfortunate circumstances, they (the Nationalists) could defend their rights.”—At DERBY, 20th Oct. 1887.

Boycotting and Murder. “That which stands in the rear of boycotting, and by which alone boycotting can be made thoroughly effective, is the murder which is not to be denounced.”—W. E. G., 24th May 1882. [During August 1887 over 5000 persons were undergoing boycotting in Ireland.]

Before the Price had been paid. After the Price had been paid. “No misrepresentation is too low or too mean for him (Mr Gladstone) to stoop to, and it is a good sign that this masquerading knight-errant, this pretended champion of the liberties of every nation, except the Irish nation, is obliged to throw off the mask.”—C. S. PARNELL, 9th Oct. 1881. Mr Gladstone — the illustrious Englishman who towers head and shoulders above all other living men — for whose equal as a statesman and a philanthropist, we have to search the pages of history in vain.”—C. S. PARNELL, 26th June 1886.

Home Rule in 1880.W. E. G., in a majority, and independent of Irish support, says—“It was intended to insinuate that Liberals were disposed to break down the authority of Parliament by fostering the Home Rule movement. There was not a shadow of evidence to be produced in support of the charge.”— 22nd March 1880.

Irish Grievances. The Grand Old Home Ruler says, at Aberdeen:—“Why is Parliament to be broken up! Has Ireland any great grievances? What is it that Ireland has demanded from the Imperial Parliament, and that the Imperial Parliament has refused?”—W. E. G., Aberdeen, 26th Sept. 1871.

Surrender! “We have a Prime Minister, in the very height of his popularity, turning round upon himself, upon all that he said—or was understood to say—and making AN ABJECT SURRENDER to the vile conspiracy which has endeavoured to shake the constancy of English statesmen by threats of outrage and assassination.”—J. CHAMBERLAIN, M.P., 2nd July 1886.

[“A separate Parliament, in which men like Sheridan [see ‘THE DYNAMITARDS,’ page 12] and Egan are pretty sure to be prominent members.”—Sir GEORGE O. TREVELYAN, 8th April 1886.]

Mad Legislation. “Our great Premier, in the difficulties of his position, must really, on this matter, almost has, LOST HIS HEAD.”—JOHN BRIGHT, 1st July 1886. “The whole scheme is as full of dangers and absurdities as if it came from a MADMAN.”—C. H. SPURGEON, 27th May 1886. “It takes one's breath away to find an English statesman prepounding it. Was there ever such MADNESS heard of?”—MATTHEW ARNOLD, Nineteenth Century, May 1886.

Buying English Patriots. “The Union was passed by buying Irish patriots: it was only necessary that English patriots should be bought to abrogate it.”—H. LABOUCHERE, in Truth, 13th Feb. 1886.

Sir W. V. Harcourt. “Not being a HOME RULER, I have never adopted the idea of governing Ireland according to Irish ideas.”—Sir W. V. H., Hansard, vol. 214, p. 1618. [“All men have their price.”—Walpole.]

Lord Rosebery. “There is only ONE POLICY to be pursued towards Ireland, and it is this—to treat Ireland exactly, so far as may be, as you would treat any other part of the United Kingdom.”—15th October 1885. [The price of this Patriot was the Foreign Secretaryship—and £5000 per annum.]

Lord Spencer. “The statesmen of this nation will not give up one point or one idea which they consider necessary to maintain the UNITED Parliament of England.”—LORD SPENCER, 18th June 1884. [“Earl Spencer is a fourth-rate Englishman, a dullard in Parliament, a sour failure in society.”—United Ireland, 20th Sept. 1884.]

Mr Campbell-Bannerman. “When we come to the question of giving them a separate Parliament and a separate Government, then, I confess, I see great difficulty. It would not be consistent with the INTEGRITY of the EMPIRE and the DUTY of the CROWN.”—Election Address, Nov. 1885. [This Patriot, according to Mr Mundella, “found salvation,” after finding office under the G. O. M., with £5000 per annum.]

Mr H. C. E. Childers. “There cannot be two Parliaments in this country.”— 6th Jan. 1886. [This Patriot also “found salvation”—and £5000 per annum.]

“Sir George Otto” and Mr Trevelyan. “If I had supported that scheme (Home Rule Bill) after what I said to you in November last, I never should have ventured to look you in the face again.”—G. O. T., 2nd July 1886. [August 1887. This G. O. Turncoat does not venture to look his old constituents in the face, but crawls down to a seat in Glasgow, masquerading as a Gladstonian Home Ruler.]

The Loyal Minority. “Sir George Otto” says: “I absolutely refuse to allow every poor doctor and lawyer and clergyman, every sheriff's officer and bailiff and process-server, and the witnesses in every recent trial, to be ABANDONED TO THEIR FATE.”— G. O. T., 8th April 1886.

Abandoned to their Fate. Mr John Dillon throws off the mask, and threatens: “Every man who stands aside is a dastard and a coward, and he and his children WILL BE REMEMBERED in the days that are near, when Ireland is a free Nation.”—LIMERICK, 20th Sept. 1887. [“As they (the Parnellites) have obtained greater power, their moderation has become conspicuous.”—W. E. GLADSTONE, 20th Oct. 1887.]

Conspicuous Moderation. Mr Michael Davitt, with “conspicuous moderation,” announces: “Men like myself have been preaching to the people, ‘Do not commit any outrage, do not be guilty of any violence, do not break the law!' Well, I am heartily ashamed of ever having given such advice to the Irish people.”—3rd June 1887.

The Unchangeable Passion. Says Mr T. Sexton, M. P.—“The one unchangeable passion between Ireland and England is the passion of HATE.”—14th October 1881. [To be changed to LOVE, according to W. E. G., by the payment, from Ireland to England, of £3,243,000 annual tribute.]

J. J. Clancy, M.P. “I hate the British Rule, and I HATE the British Parliament.”—18th Oct. 1885.

Michael Davitt. “He hoped every young man there would have registered a vow to bear towards England and English Government in Ireland, all the concentrated HATE of his Irish nature.”—3rd June 1887.

W. H. K. Redmond, M.P. “We are all united in our HATRED of England.”—19th Jan. 1885.

Joseph G. Biggar, M.P. “I think Ireland may be able to produce another Hartmann, and probably with better results.”—J. G. B., 21st March 1880. [“I think that a man should be a gentleman first and a patriot afterwards.”— The late G. BRYAN, M.P. (Home Ruler), 27th April 1875.]

J. O'Kelly, M.P. “Should a war break out between England and any foreign Power, within three months every man in Ireland capable of holding a gun would be found fighting for the enemy against Great Britain.”—21st Sept. 1885.

The “United Irishman” and England. “We have repeatedly stated our unalterable conviction that the English are a nation of scoundrels—the most unprincipled, dishonest, and rapacious of the human race. Their lower classes are BRUTES; their middle classes are SWINDLERS; their aristocracy are foul, loathsome, and DEGRADED BLACKGUARDS.”

[“More moderate men (than the Nationalists), when not under the influence of excitement, I never came across.” —HENEY LABOUCHERE, M.P., 4th Jan. 1886.]

Sir George O. Trevelyan, M.P. “I could quote, by the hundred, passages of extraordinary violence and impropriety which were spoken by leading members of the Land League during the recent troubles, passages which would prove, as I think, that they are UNFIT now to be entrusted with law and order.”—2nd July 1886.

The Real England. “The real England is asleep; she will awake before long, and will then know what to do.”— J. A. FROUDE, 15th March 1886.

The Civilised World. The G. O. Mobsman asserts that “the whole civilised world is with me” (10th July 1886), and on a previous occasion that “the civilised world cries with one voice that Ireland is our Poland.” [“Sir George Otto” (as a Unionist) retorts: “Well, gentlemen, IF the civilised world does say that, the civilised world known very little about the matter.”—G. O. T., 30th June 1886.]