The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-23 00:00:00

,StourbribQe Obseriter

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23rd, 13C,.

THE IRISH IMBROGLIO.

Tills -week all eyes have been turned on I
Ireland, and the attitude of. Parliament with '
regard thereto has formed the subject of
much anxiety. It is long since the Queen's
Speech was waited for with such anticipa
tion, for the whole kingdom thoroughly re-
cognise the painful gravity of the situation.
Happily the great bulk of -popular opinion
is inclined to the only safe solution of -"the
manifold difficulties of the Irish business,
that is, the dealing out of even-handed
justice, And it became known, before Her
Majesty's Message to her lieges was delivered
at Sr. Stephens'. that Ministers had read
aright the spirt of the peeple, whether they
were in accord with the strict letter, so to
speak, of public feeling or not. The decision
was received with
,general gratification,
for the Irish imbroglio has assumed such
dimensions now as to have entirely out-
grown the limit of a party question. Indeed
of such national importance are the issues
involved that in any action with regard
thereto we do not doubt that Parliament
will move solidly in the wisest way against
the opponents of fairness and right. With
the malcontents—of whom it may be fit-
tingly said "they know what they ask"—
will move a few extremists on either side of
the House, but they will be in a hopeless
minority when Parliament seriously speaks
its mind. By all means give Ireland a Local
Government Act, drawn as broadly as is
wise ; but so long as the terrorism exerted
by secret societies exists so tangibly you
cannot do without a Crimes Act. The re-
suscitation of repressive legislation is as
thoroughly distasteful to Englishman,
Welshman, and Scot as it is to the sons of
the Emerald Isle ; but while "Captain Moon-
light" roarne at liberty, night after night
accomplishing "deeds -without a name,"
those he would so foully assail must be pro-
tected. We would fain believe that the
Loyalists of Ulster overstated their case in
, the interview they had with the Premier on
' Tuesday, when the assertion was made that
the larger part of Ireland was practically in
rebellion against the law. That there is
much lawlessness and disaffection and much
disregard of the rights of others in Ireland
we must sorrowfully admit; but we refuse
to accept the allegation that in the larger
part of Ireland the law is powerless. The.
actual state of things is so bad, that some-
thing must be done and done speedily. If
Ireland will, all that is necessary may be ac-
complished without resort to any such ex-
treme as dragooning the country. But if
rebellion should, regardless of consequences,
boldly lift its devastating hand, force mnst
be used against it in the interests of order.
We must meet the matter in a national,
patriotic spirit, forgetting party divergen-
ces in the determination to see right re-
spected, the fundamental conditions of pub-
lic security regarded. There are those with
ccasiderable following of the thougtless
and dishonest-minded n Ireland who are
demanding all sorts of legislative extrava-
gances. Having openly declared that they
would without compunction steal the land
from its owners without even a show of
making compensation, and force their own
opinions down the throats of the unwilling
at the point of the pike, they are clamenr-
ing for a separate Parliament. In such an
assembly the enactments would scarcely be
likely to conduce to the well-being of the
Irish people even were Ella -whole conntvy
accord with the main points of the platform
of their so-called leaders. Anarchy would
assuredly ere long range rampant under
an unprincipled regime; and we should soon
have a bitter cry of the Irish oppressed,
seeking relief from the motherland they had
left, even if worse consequences did not
ensue. There is a large people in Ireland
though who are altogether at variance with
the idea of repealing the Union ; and how
would they fare if the separatists obtained
their aims P There would be war of race
and religion. Such possibilities as that must
, be averted, and the end may be reached by
firmness in Parliament. There are eight.) -
six declared Separatists in the House. The
House is quite as anxious to secure Ireland's
.welfare as they are, and does not coincide
with the modest opinion of the Parnellites
that they, the Nationalist band, are better
able to administer Irish affairs than is Im-
perial Parliament. Let the House, then,
with unswerving integrity, continue its en-
deavours, refusing altogether to heed the ill-
advised clamour of the followers of Mr.
Parnell. No uncertain sound must go forth;
it must be the unmistakeable sense of the
House that asserts that the United Kingdom
will have none of the Nationalist dictation.
At the same time there need not be any
manifestation of harshness or vindictiveness:
for we would have the Irish people recog-
nise that the Parliament in which flip-
have fair representation is ever anxious to
exercise a beneficient rule over them, and to
hear their every plaint of sympathy. Mr
Parnell and his band of disintegrators must
be resisted, and not to use the words of Pox,
be "suffered to carry their points by timidity
and acquisance." There is a danger that
this may be allowed to come to pass, if eithr
Liberal or Conservatives are found
bidding
for the Irish vote for their party purposes,
though, we trust the principle at stake, in.
e. -
volvin the Empire's fate, will be regarded
as sufficiently momentous to render such
immorality impossible. There is a genuine
British ring about the Premier's assurance
that Ministers will not be untrue to the re-
sponsibilities which lie upon the head, at
such a moment as this, of the Government
of the United Kingdom. Should Lord '
Salisbury's acts illustrate and fulfil his utter-
ance, he will, we trust, have Parliament
bodily with him in the endeavour to end the
Irish imbroglio. And if the work of loading
in the struggle be destined to pass to other
hands, still we would hope that the Ile! tonal
astion will be built on the firm foundation ,
of rig St.

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when ho entered. He was prouou..ced incurable.
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He did so Wonderful as it may anpear, a single appli-
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1 GENTS WANTED to posh first—clasi.
.I,lw:binary 01la. Liberal Commission.—
zkutal, Poet Vitioe, LiyerpoQl.