Mr. Parnell, speaking in Dublin on Wednesday, congratu- lated Ireland
heartily on the passing of the Fisheries Act, the Labourers Act, and the Tramways Act, and he anticipated that before long a measure of local self-government for Ireland would be passed by Parliament, by which the Irish would obtain a very great instalment of what they need to train them in the forma- tion of national habits of thought and will. Xr. Parnell's tone was extremely moderate, and even the speakers who followed/Ain, Mr. Sexton, Mr. Devitt, and Mr. T. P. O'Connor, do not seem to have indulged in any of that wild vituperation for which
even the Freeman's Journal recently rebuked Mr. Healy. If violence were not considered necessary to stimulate American sympathy and Irish electoral enthusiasm, we might hope for the
prevalence of a rational spirit among the Irish party leaders. Unfortunately, it is the men who go farthest and scream the worst who best command American money and Irish votes.
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