Incidents of my life, professional, literary, social, with services in the cause of Ireland / by Thomas Addis Emmet.
- Thomas Addis Emmet
- Date:
- 1911
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Incidents of my life, professional, literary, social, with services in the cause of Ireland / by Thomas Addis Emmet. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![and have never been and never will be identified with the prosperity of the country at large. Throwing aside all sentiment, and simply looking to the best good of Ireland in her connection with circumstances existing to-day, and over which she is powerless to exert any control, I sincerely believe that her condition is best as a part of the British Empire; far preferable, indeed, to the accepting of her independence in her present state, even if it were freely tendered by England. Thos. Addis Emmet, M.D., President of the Irish National Federation of America. May 10, 1894. Note IV See page 2Q4 [A letter from Dr. Emmet to the leader of the National party in relation to the dissension continuing among Irish members of Parliament.] Hotel Metropole, London, Sept. 21, 1894. Dear Mr. McCarthy: In accordance with the suggestions made in your last letter to the officials of the Irish National Federation of America, we were making preparations with the branches of our organization for holding public meetings in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, and some of the southern cities, to raise subscriptions for the national cause, and we had reason to anticipate highly satisfactory results. When, however, the letter of Mr. Healy in reference to the subscriptions of Mr. Gladstone and Lord Tweedmouth was published the peril of the whole movement in America appeared to me so grave I felt it my duty to come to “this side” on twelve hours’ notice to lay certain information before you as leader of the National party, before your colleagues, and before the Irish people. I have no right or desire to dictate, or even suggest a policy to you and your colleagues, for we in America are always ready to accept without question the judgment of the party. But it is clearly my duty to bring to your notice the disastrous consequences to the movement in America from the constant recurrence of the scandal of public discussion of internal differences in the party. You know that this is not the first time I have been compelled to draw your attention to this fact. I informed you on two different occasions that all our efforts to obtain financial assistance for the cause were rendered futile by similar public discussions of your internal differences. We had hoped from some of your communications to us written the past twelve months, that these public scandals were at an end. You transmitted to us a resolution of your colleagues in the party, passed, as we learned, by unanimous vote, which we understood to mean that your colleagues pledged themselves not to rush into](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28034776_0574.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
