A Memorial Volume to Ireland's Incorruptible Son, Patriot and Statesman, Charles Stewart Parnell

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Excerpt from A Memorial Volume to Ireland's Incorruptible Son, Patriot and Statesman, Charles Stewart Parnell: His Brilliant Achievements, The Great Sacrifices and Heroic Deeds of a Life Which He Devoted to His CountryUpon the death of the late great leader, Charles Stewart Parnell, it occurred to the publishers of the present volume that the Irish people of America had never been presented with a faithful mirror re¿ecting the wonderful achievements of the two great leaders of the 19th century - o'connell and Parnell - and they considered it fitting to link together these two names as being dear to the hearts of the Irish people as are those of Washington and Lincoln in this Republic. Associated in this manner, this work will be read with double interest and better understood. Daniel o'connell secured Catholic Emancipation for the people of Ireland, but, in the words of that distinguished American, Chauncey M. Depew, The incorruptible Charles Stewart Parnell organized and led his countrymen to within sight of the promised land of self-government. However, this conception would not be com plete without an account of the early historical eventsmin the compilation of which the best authorities have been consulted and the most instructive incidents por trayed from the earliest times to the period of the Union, when o'connell appeared upon the scene. His life was compiled by Thomas Clarke Luby, a.r., t.c.d. As Mr. Luby occupied a conspicuous position in the literary field, and had the honor of being personally acquainted with o'connell, he needs no introduction here. How ever, the task of preparing the life and brilliant achievements of Charles Stewart Parnell and of the connecting historical sketch has fallen to the. Lot of Mr. Robert F. Walsh, late special American correspondent of the Dublin Freeman's Journal and author of several volumes upon the industrial interests of Ireland, which received favorable criticism from the pens of Mr. Gladstone and the late John Bright. The Royal Commission, appointed by the Imperial Parliament of 1884, to inquire into the industrial possibilities of Ireland, did him the honor of embodying in the bill presented by them copious extracts from his work on Irish Fisheries. Mr. Walsh is a graduate of the famous College of Saint Stanislaus, and afterward attended Saint Colman's College for the purpose of taking a higher course - where he was a pupil of Archbishop Croke and the Right Rev. William Fitzgerald. His intimate personal acquaintance with Mr. Parnell and the other leaders, and his' practical knowledge of Irish industrial affairs, eminently befit him to give a valuable portrayal of the life and achievements of Mr. Parnell and his contemporaries.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.