Mr. Parnell, M.P., has as bad an opinion of the
Houle of Com- mons as the House of Commons has of Mr. Parnell. Like M. de Fourtou addressing the French Chamber, he says virtually, in a lecture on the House of Commons, which he delivered on Tuesday in Hatton Garden, You have no confidence in me, and I have no confidence in you.' Mr. Parnell accused the English con- stituencies of an " innate snobbery " which compelled the Mem- bers " to become snobs themselves." He thought the Irish Members ought to take example by Mr. Biggar, M.P. (who was in the chair) ;—and Mr. O'Connor Power, M.P. (who was present), held up both Mr. Parnell and Mr. Biggar to the admiration of the Irish, and spoke very depreciatingly of all other Irish Members. This is indeed a beautiful instance of what nay be called the triangle of political forces, three Irish Members assuring each other that all the rest of the House of Commons, both Irish and English, is out of joint, while they three are sustaining the poli- tical equilibrium and arresting the decay of the Constitution. Homoeopathy could hardly attempt a. more wonderful feat than to heal the woes of Ireland with three such globalecof political medicine as these. Clearly, however, it would be a.trua applica- tion of the principle of Skil:la sin/Zings euraatur.
Previous page
