THE REIGN OF TERROR IN IRELAND.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue XV, 19 November 1880, Page 4

THE REIGN OF TERROR IN IRELAND.

A Dublin correspondent of the New Yoik Herald writes :—" The Irish land PgUation has broken out again, as lhad been promised by its leaders, as soon as Parliament should release them from the campaign of the House. Mr Parnell appeared yesterday at a Urge land meeting at Ennie, County Clare. Next Sunday he will be at Cork, and every Sunday duripg the summer and winter will probably find him at one or another of the hundreds of meetings planned. Ab a year has passed since • the Irish agitation began, and it is now entering upon a new and important phase in its progress, it is appropriate to review briefly the changes that have t >ken place, snd to understand perfectly the exact conditions upon which the second campaign begins. In the first place, there oan be "no gainsaying Mr Psrnell'a success. To be sure he has obtained no effectual measure in Parliament for the benefit of hia countrymen, but whenever he rises to speuk in the House of Commons, there is almost as much eogernesa to bear - him as though he were a Beaconsfield or » Gladstone, and the newspapers report hia speeches fully, which is another mark of his growing importance.. The greatest achievement of all, however, ie the dainty and respectful manntr in which he. has been treated by the Go-, vernment. There has been an evident desire (o conciliate the agitator, and no effect bes been spared by Mr Forater to get the Cabinet into his good graces. From the Government organ, the" Daily News, Mr Parnell- has received the same kid-glove treatment, and doubtless many have judged, from his grave and dignified demeanour, during thesession, that he wbb conciliated,, and that he would- becorao a nice, quiet, mediocre Mp- But alas ! they knew not the man. Firm, unbending, unscrupulous,, and violent as ever, he laid crown the same old programme at Eonis yes terday, and for my part I have no doubt he will coniinue T to; by it down to the end. With these accessories Mr Parnell is assisted greatly in creat ing throughout the island, a genuine reign of terror. Said he to .; a He raid correspondent laßt January t^' 1 . A true revolutionary movement should,- .in! my opinion, pactake of both ; ! a 'constitutional and \ on illegal character* . Ii should be an open and a secret >( organieation. 1 ' These ; are important;.; words; and they indicate Mr PdrbeUVattitudt towards ; those iwbp :break the. law by outrage, and even murder ; and it is wasting words for the English PreEß to expostulate with him for not dis-couraging-acts of violence- and revolutionary utterances. Those .utterances and acts- are lhe : most important adjuncts to the policy now being carried out, and seditious words are' n'ow'be'inp spoken .everywhere , ip -' Ireland,' which under any other Government for th(past fifty .year b w.ovid have been followed by instant arrest, andlawlesenese which would have put the country under martial law. It remaina to be seen whether '- such tolerance is the better policy. Certainly the--Govern-ment gets no credit lor it. The egita.. tors bavo cried, for a whole year to have

the constabulary removed from thei meetings, A new and friendly Libora Government courteously withdrew the police, and Mr Pornell boasted of it at the Ennis meoticg, calling it, "a rccogtion by the Governoieut of England of their ability to maintain order nnd govern themselves,"' and he begged them not to get drunk, and cause the ; interference -of the police— a very:pru- : dent caution oertainly.: