Show I 1 strong LONDON oct 12 mr parcells Tar Par nells parliamentary colleagues have issued the following manifesto ireland baa has lost her leader bat but her cause remains the duty to the living and the dead to maintain erect and unsullied the flag of national inde independence pen dence you people of ireland gave into the banda hands of parnell and bis his colleagues charge of our political interests and th tho 0 honor and safety of a national cause yon you asked us by constitutional means to restore prosperity peace and freedom to our country conn bryd and animated I 1 by bis his spirit guided gul de by bis his clear intelligence and firmness of I 1 soul we carried the cause to the point at which the tower of victo victory ry could be seen by all men but in an unfortunate hour the majority of the irish representatives representatives abandoned the flag 0 of f independent opposition and fiffe ranged d themselves as followers and satellites of british statesmen we refused to become parties to the treason relying upon the national conviction and maintained intact our allegiance to the I 1 independent dependent n national notional party in the conviction that the people would justify and support ua us the great leader is dead bat the cause caisse lives on relying on your devotion to the irish nationality tiona lity we propose to carry on the struggle until the principles for which w be he lived and died triumph and national unity is restored the parliamentary I 1 lia la party arl ty is pledged to work f for or ireland Irelan dunder ue ider the flag of independent P opposition absolutely free f from born the control of any foreign power or party this Thial Is sour our resolution its realization depends upon you it involves sacrifices and struggles and we C call ala u upon pon you to make thorn them true to th the 0 p principle r that we are the instruments odthe people we have resolved to call calla a convention of representative irishmen to discuss in the name of the nation the means whereby to carry out the policy and gramme pro barrt he bequeathed in dying to the ranks we welcome all honest men who believe b the political affairs of ireland should be controlled and directed by the representatives of the irish people alone but with the men who are immediately responsible for the of the public life we must fight on still fellow follow countrymen let it be the glory of our race at home and abroad to act up to the spirit of this message god save ireland |