Recollections . lieutenants, rather than to his own, that hissuccess was due. The absurdity of this contention 266 WILLIAM OBRIEN chap, xi will be made abundantly evident in these the countrys throes came forth a staff ofastonishing brilliancy and variety of talent. Theyformed a wonderful bundle of rods, but Parnellwas not merely the thong that held them together,he was the keen blade of the axe that gave themhalf their force. If, when at last the bond fellasunder, it was found possible with infinite painsto reconstruct our Irish fasces from the samematerial, the success, such as it
Recollections . lieutenants, rather than to his own, that hissuccess was due. The absurdity of this contention 266 WILLIAM OBRIEN chap, xi will be made abundantly evident in these the countrys throes came forth a staff ofastonishing brilliancy and variety of talent. Theyformed a wonderful bundle of rods, but Parnellwas not merely the thong that held them together,he was the keen blade of the axe that gave themhalf their force. If, when at last the bond fellasunder, it was found possible with infinite painsto reconstruct our Irish fasces from the samematerial, the success, such as it was, was due toParnells unenvious gift of developing all the severalcapacities of his lieutenants and opening up to themfreely a road to the affections of their were Neys and Murats lighting up the battle-field with many a glittering charge, but, for the fivefirst years at all events, his was the eye thatmeasured the ground, and he was the Leader ofchilled steel that planned and won the CHAPTER XII THE ROCK OF CASHEL AND ITS ARCHBISHOP-KING 1880 The danger of Famine continued until the end ofJuly 1880, and was only warded off by the distribu-tion of more than ^500,000 worth of food (mostlyIndian meal) by the various Charitable terror of starvation, and the heartlessness withwhich the landlords strove by distraints for rent andevictions to appropriate to themselves the reliefintended by charitable subscribers for hungrywomen and children, caused the Land League agita-tion to overspread the country with the fiercenessof a forest fire. Parnells watchword at the West-port meeting, Keep a firm grip of your home-steads ! followed by his fresh watchword, Holdthe harvest! as soon as the meag-re harvest of thatautumn was gathered in, ran through the peoplesranks with the electric force of one of NapoleonsOrders of the Day to his armies. It is not generally remembered that the existenceof the Land League from its formation to its sup-pression cov
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