. The uncrowned king : the life and public services of Hon. Charles Stewart Parnell ; comprising a graphic story of his ancestry; also family reminiscences, related by his aged mother, Delia Tudor Stewart Parnell ... ; also, a bilgraphical sketch of his great co-laborer, Rt. Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . OConnell, in1843, was so thoroughly sick and tired of vain ap-peals to the English Legislature that he resolvedto start once again a demand for a native IrishLegislature. He opened the agitation by a de-bate in the Dublin Corporation, and Butt, who wasa member of that body, though he was but
. The uncrowned king : the life and public services of Hon. Charles Stewart Parnell ; comprising a graphic story of his ancestry; also family reminiscences, related by his aged mother, Delia Tudor Stewart Parnell ... ; also, a bilgraphical sketch of his great co-laborer, Rt. Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . OConnell, in1843, was so thoroughly sick and tired of vain ap-peals to the English Legislature that he resolvedto start once again a demand for a native IrishLegislature. He opened the agitation by a de-bate in the Dublin Corporation, and Butt, who wasa member of that body, though he was but man, was chosen by the Conservatives tooppose OConnell, and delivered a speech soeffective that OConnell himself complimented hisyouthful opponent, and foretold the advent of atime when Butt himself would be among the ad-vocates instead of the opponents of an Irish Leg-islature. It was not till a quarter of a centuryafterward that this prophecy was realized. Butt,immediately after the Fenian trials, began anagitation for amnesty, and in this way graduallywent forward to a primary place in the confidenceand in the affections of his countrymen. Therewere still some people who believed in the powerand the willingness of the English Parliament toredress all the wrongs of Ireland, and there was.
Size: 1795px × 1392px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookiduncrownedkinglif00mcwa
