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The Life of Charles Steward Parnell The Life of Charles Steward Parnell 1846 - 1891 by Richard Barry O‘Brien, 1847-1918 of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at –Law Published: 1898 Harper & Brothers, New York J J J J J I I I I I Table of Contents ▓ Volume I ... Chapter I ... Parnell‘s Ancestors. Thomas Parnell. Swift and Parnell. Sir John Parnell. The Union. Sir Henry Parnell. Coercion. Death of Sir H. Parnell. William Parnell. Thomas Moore. Commodore Stewart. England and America. Naval Battle. Peace with England. Parnell’s Mother. Chapter II ... Birth and Early Days. Avondale. Avoca. At School. Chipping Norton. At Cambridge. Town and Gown. Fenianism. Mrs. Parnell and the Fenians. The Manchester Men. „No Murder.“ Ninety-Eight. In America. Thinking of Politics. Chapter III ... The Home Rule Movement. Mr. Gladstone and Fenianism. Isaac Butt. Amnesty. A Fenian Centre. Home Rule League. The General Election, ’74. Chapter IV ... Public Life. Wicklow Election. Dublin Election. An Unpromising Candidate. Meath Election. Chapter V ... In Parliament. Joseph Biggar. Biggar’s Speech. An Apt Pupil. The Times on Ireland. Chapter VI ... Gathering Clouds. The Session of 1876. Joseph Ronayne. First Notable Utterance. A Fenian Opinion. Address to President Grant. Speech in Liverpool. „No Quarrels.“ „The Uncrowned King.“ Chapter VII ... War. Obstruction. In Revolt. „A Scene.“ Butt and Parnell. Controversy with Butt. Irish in England. Salford Election. Parnell and X. Speech at Manchester. Thwarting the Government. New Rules. South African Bill. Caution and Reverse. „At Play.“ The Parliamentary Recess. The Old Policy vs. The New. A Crisis. A Significant Incindent. Recess Speeches. Michael Davitt. Chapter VIII ... The New Departure. Report on Obstruction. Charles Kickham. The Clan-na-Gael. The Parliamentary Machine. An Ex-Fenian’s View. Devoy and Davitt. Devoy’s Policy. Devoy and Parnell. Business-like Qualities. „Justifiable Rebellion.“ Chapter IX ... The Land League. Devoy and Kickham. Illness of Butt. Death of Butt. The Westport Meeting. English Indifference. The „Cat“. Mr. Chamberlain. The Ennis Election. Rousing the Country. The Land League. Departure for America. Chapter X ... The Glan-na-Gael The General Election. A Policy of Union. Speeches in America. „The last Link“. In Canada. Distress in Ireland. Dissolution of Parliament. Mr. Gladstone and Home Rule. Enniscorthy. Cork City Election. Election of Leader. An „Iron Will“. Chapter XI ... Leader. The Land Question. Independent Opposition. Compensation for Disturbance Bill. A „Fenian Raid“. „War to the Knife“. Boycotting. Galway Speech. A Provisional Irish Government. A Secret Conclave. The „Irish World“. Evictions and Outrages. Dublin Castle and Parnell. Lord Cowper. Prosecution for Conspiracy. The Policy of the Castle. „The Dominion of the League“. Mr. Gladstone on the Situation. A Non-Political Function. „Best Man“. Chapter XII ... Coercion and Redress. The Queen’s Speech. „I am very ignorant.“ „Whipping“ the Irish Members. „Inexorable.“ An illegible Extract. The Speaker’s Coup. Conflict with the Speaker. Mr. A. M. Sullivan. An Irish Victory. Suspension of Irish Members. An „Illegal Association“. Troops and Police. The Land Bill. Parnell’s Policy. „A High-Handed Act.“ Suspension of Parnell. „United Ireland.“ Mr. Gladstone on the Outlook. Land League Convention. „The Resources of Civilisation.“ Defiance of the Government. Ready for the Worst. Arrest of Parnell. In Prison. Mr. Gladstone at the Guildhall. Chapter XIII ... Kilmainham. A Convert. Prison Life. Breakdown of Coercion. Mr. Bright on the Coercion Act. The Tories and Coercion. An Impossible Situation. A Way out. Negotiations. The Arrears Question. Mr. Forster and Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Gladstone and Lord Cowper. The Kilmainham Treaty. Chapter XIV ... The New Régime. The Phoenix Park Murders. Lord Spencer. Parnell and the Murders. The Crimes Bill. The Arreas Bill. Slowing down the Agitation. A new Organisation. The National League. „Fight and Stick Together.“ A Dark Period. Views of English Statesmen. Parnell and Davitt. ▓ Volume II ... Chapter XV ... The Crimes Act. Arrest of Phoenix Park Murderers. Mr. Forster’s Indictments. Reply to Mr. Forster. Lord Spencer on Outrages. Explosives Bill. Philadelphia Convention. Monaghan Election. Ulster Oratory. Parnell Tribute. Mr. Errington’s Mission. Dynamite Plots. Self-Reliance. Chapter XVI ... Wooing Parnell. Speech at Drogheda. Tipperary Election. „March of a Nation.“ Visit of the Prince of Wales. The Campaign of 1885. The English Leaders. Fall of the Gladstone Ministry. The Tory Position. Lord Carnavon. Treating with the Tories. Interview with Lord Carnavon. Sir Gavan Duffy. Chapter XVII ... The Carnavon Controversy. Chapter XVIII ... The General Election of 1885. The Irish Platform. Lord Hartington. Mr. Gladstone. Lord Salisbury and Home Rule. Mr. Gladstone at Edinburgh. Attack on the Liberals. Chapter XIX ... Home Rule Bill of 1886. After the Election. Conversion of Mr. Gladstone. Inspired Paragraphs. Fall of the Salisbury Ministry. Galway Election. Resignation of Mr. Chamberlain. Interview with Mr. Chamberlain. The Home Rule Bill. Interview with Mr. Bright. Parnell’s Speech on Home Rule Bill. Rejection of Home Rule Bill. General Election of 1886. A Candid Statement. Chapter XX ... The New Parliament. Illness. An Unfortunate Attachment. Parnell’s Inactivity. Plan of Campaign. English Opinion of Parnell. In Society. A Ramble in The Strand. Vigilant. Drilling a Member. Mr. Cecil Rhodes. At the Eighty Club. „Remember Mitchelstown!“ Mr. Gladstone at Birmingham. Chapter XXI ... The Forged Letter. Parnell and the Times . Special Commission. Richard Pigott. Pigott and Mr. Forster. „Loyal and Patriotic Union.“ The Manager of the Times . Mr. Labouchere and Pigott. Pigott in the Witness-Box. Flight of Pigott. Suicide of Pigott. Extracts from a Diary. The Times and Sheridan. Parnell in the Witness-Box. The „Historic Handshake“. Report of Special Commission. Chapter XXII ... A New Trouble. O’Shea v. Parnell. The Irish Members. The American Delegates. The Leinster Hall Meeting. English Liberals. Intervention of Mr. Gladstone. First Meeting of Irish Members. Publication of Mr. Gladstone’s Letter. Panic. Second Meeting of Irish Members. Chapter XXIII ... At Bay. Parnell’s Manifesto. State of Parties. The Liberals. The Anti-Panellites. The Parnellites. Committee Room 15. Mr. Clancy’s Motion. Mr. Gladstone and the Irish Members. Parnell’s Speech. Mr. Campbell’s Statement. A Scene. Chapter XXIV ... Kilkenny. At The Rotunda. Seizure of United Ireland . Starting for Cork. Mr. Vincent Scully. „First Battle of the Campaign“. „I have come to Fight“. An „Unchanging Irishman“. Counting the Votes. A Defeat. Chapter XXV ... The Boulogne Negotiations. Mr. William O’Brien. Parnell’s Proposals. A Counter-Proposal. Difficulties. A Diplomatic Masterpiece. The Liberal Leaders. Parnell’s Strategy. Continuance of War. Chapter XXVI ... Nearing the End. A Rallying Square. „Not Dictator Enough“. Land and Nationality. Mr. Gladstone’s Successors. Sad and Gloomy. At the Theatre. English Hedges. At Euston. Creggs. Death. Chapter XXVII ... An Appreciation. Appendix ... Report of Special Commission. Index Illustration: Charles Steward Parnell _________________________________ VOLUME I Chapter I Parnell’s Ancestors. The founder of the Parnell family was Thomas Parnell „mercer or draper,“ who became Mayor of Congleton, Cheshire, in the reign of James I. He had four sons—William, Thomas, Richard, and Tobias. Of William and Thomas little is known, but Richard seems to have been the most remarkable of the brothers. He was a staunch Cromwellian, the friend of Bradshaw, and thrice mayor of the town. Tobias was a gilder and decorative painter, and also stood high in the esteem of his fellow-citizens. He passed away with the Commonwealth. At the Restoration, his son Thomas, quitting the old home, purchased an estate in Ireland, and took up his abode there. This Thomas Parnell—the first of the Irish Parnells—was the ancestor of an illustrious off- spring. Dying probably in 1685, he left two sons—Thomas, the poet, the friend of Swift, Pope, Gay Bolingbroke, and other famous wits; and John, who died one of the judges of the Irish Court of King‘s Bench. (1-1) Thomas, the poet, was born in Dublin in 1679. A bright lad with a remarkable memory, he attracted the special attention of Dr. Jones, to whose school he was first sent, and afterwards sustained his early reputation by a distinguished career at college. Matriculating at Dublin University in 1693, he took his degree in 1697. Then, entering the Church, he was ordained Deacon in 1700, and Priest in 1703. In 1704 he became Minor Canon of St. Patrick‘s, and in 1706 Archdeacon of Clogher. Soon afterwards he married Miss Anne Minchin, of Tipperary—a beautiful girl, to whom he was passionately attached. His life was soon divided between literary pursuits and Church affairs. In 1709 Convocation appointed a committee to consider the best means for converting the Irish Catholics, and Parnell was made its chairman. But his heart was in literature. He now paid frequent visits to London, and mingled in the society of the wits of the day. He was very popular, prized for his conversational gifts and scholarly attainments. With Pope he was a special favourite, while Swift held him in high esteem. The former was always impatient of his absence in Ireland, and would often write to urge his return to his English friends. „Dear sir,“ says Pope in one of these letters, „not only as you are a friend, and a good natured man, but as you are a Christian and a divine, come back speedily and prevent the increase of my sins; for at the rate I have began to rave, I shall not only damn all the poets and commentators who have gone before me, but be damned myself by all who come after me. To be serious, you have not only left me to the last degree impatient for your return, who at all times should have been so (though never so much as since I knew you in best health here), but you have wrought several miracles upon our family. You have made old people fond of a young and gay person, and inveterate papists of a clergyman of the Church of England.
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