The Parnellite leaders appear to be seriously alarmed by the
extension of boycotting, which might, under certain circum- stances, lead to the suppression of the National League. They, therefore, urge moderation ; but as we noticed last week, the people are too delighted with their new power. Alderman Smith, of Waterford, for example, is a draper, and though a member of the League, sold goods to a boycotted person. The local League threatened him with expulsion, and Mr. Harrington wrote a really strong letter to save him, the first we have seen which had a ring of true anger in it against the persecutors. The Leaguers, however, only accused the Parnellite Member of wishing "to sit on them," uproariously confirmed the expulsion, and refused the poor Alderman a hearing. A revolt against the Parnellites in the interest of more extreme leaders would be a strange sight ; but it happened in France when the Mountain guillotined the Gironde, and would happen in Ireland but for Mr. Parnell's accidental ascendancy. We wonder, if Ireland obtained a Parlia- ment, how many Parnellites would be alive in two years ! Just as many as possessed military commissions.
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