The lion is not lying down with the lamb yet
in Ireland. Immediately after the funeral, the supporters of Mr. Parnell held a meeting, and adopted an address to the Irish people, which was signed by thirty-two Members of Parliament. In this document they announce their intention, though deserted by the majority of Irish representatives, who have become " satellites of a British statesman," to carry on the work entrusted to Mr. Parnell. " The great leader is dead, but the cause lives on," and the cause is to work for Ireland " absolutely free from the control of any foreign party." " We can have no fellowship with the men who, in obedience to foreign dictation, have loaded with calumny and hounded to death the foremost man of our race,"—an artistic blander in ethnology. " In their guidance Ireland can have no safety," and between them and the followers of the great leader Ireland must decide. Words have in Irish mouths so little connection with thoughts, that some of this indignation may be simulated ; but all the evidence points to great bitterness of feeling and to continued strife between the Jacobin and Clerical parties in Ireland. The organ of the latter, the Freeman's Journal—once Mr. Parnell's paper—now says openly that, reluctant as it may be, it is obligatory to advise that all who continue in the minority should be driven from public life. We do not exult, for we prefer worthy foes, even for England ; but it is necessary to record that for the present the Irish Home-rulers are still in fierce dissension.
