The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-29
: DISCONTENT IN IRELAND.

A REGENT number of one of the weekly comic
napers of London contained double-page car
toou. representing Mr.. Gladstone in the act of
rendering TO an Irish peasant girl sprig of
shamrock with four leaves. The following
stansa by Samuel Lover is quoted below
.T1l seek the fourleaved shamrock in all the fairy
dells $500
On will play play TIL enchanters part in casting bliss
And not a tear or aching heart shall in the Isle be
found"
The leaves of Mr.. Gladstone's magical sprig
contais the following Inscriptions "Disendow-
ment," "Disestablishment Religious Equa-
lty," and ''Grants to Asylums," the four great
features of the bill which he has introduced into
the House of Commons as the means of giving
content and prosperity to Ireland That this
bill will ultimately pass the House of Commons
by majority of one hundred is regarded as
certainty and when it comes before the Tory
House of Lords it is scarcely probable that 1t
will encounter any very formidable opposition
The whole English system is now in n transition
state, and even the strongly conserva-
tive clement in the upper house will
not venture to set its face against
the onward march of liberal ideas. Its
only chance of escaping ruin lies in pursuing
the directly opposite course. A determined OPP
position to the disestablishment of the Irish
Church on the part of the titled aristocracy of
England could result only in dealing 1t serious,
if not a fatal blow. Jealous of their privileges
and proud of their illustrious ancestry, the Eng
lish mobiles are necessarily almost unanimous, at
heart, in their opposition to every movement
which will tend to undermine their stability byde-
stroying any of the kindred monopolies of power.
But their leaders are not entirely destitute of
discretion, and can readily perceive that, if the
disestablishment scheme is defeated in the
House of Lords, the result will create popular
reaction against the aristocratical element which
will ultimately be productive of the most disas-
trous results.
The issue placed before the people of Great
Britain at the late Parliamentary elections was
one of general reform, but this scheme of dis
establishment was its leading feature. The result
of the elections was an overwhelming endorse
ment of the measure, and its friends were led to
hope that its triumphant success would tend in
a great degree to pacify the Irish people. The
dsestablishment of the Irish Church has been
advocated as measure of simple justice, and
the passage of the bill for effecting it may GER
tainly be regarded as pledge on the part OF
England to adopt even at this late day, a line
of policy towards Ireland in which justice
shall be the predominant feature. But
it would appear that the misrule
to which the island has so long been subjected
has given rise to so much discomfort that the
prospect of an entire change in the policy OF
England will not suffice to eradicate it, or even
to suppress its manifestations. The cable in
forms us that at the ovation rendered at Cork TO
Warren and Costello, the recently discharged
Fenians previous TO their departure for the
United States the enthusiasm was unbounded,
and even extended TO large and disorderly
crowd outside the building. lnfammatory
speeches were made by the Mayor of Cork and
others, Warren and Costello were highly eulo-
gized and altogether the affair showed that the
prospect of justice has not tended to
allay the discomfort which has taken
such firm hold upon the Irish
heart. While such manifestations will
serve as an argument for the immediate neces
sity of disestablishment, they will in turr
weaken the hands of its advocates by repellins
those who do not belong to the extreme radica
wing of the Liberal party, and by furnishing th'
conservatives with formidable argument in th'
shape of an assertion that nothing short OF ;
complete severance, of Ireland from England
will satisfy 5the agitators and leaders o
the former h,sa country. In this wa.
the PRIME ana "PNeriooisn VI 'n0 ''nSi'i
people viii be aroused, and the reaction ma.
possiblySaelay the adoption OF some measures o
relief witch are lively required, and whic
the LiberSi leaders may be quite willing TO urg
at once. In this view of tina case, the friends O
ireland made 4 sad mistake when they tendere
an ovation to, Warren and Costello. If they ha
suffered them 9tb depart ip peace and quiet, tn
best interests of their. country would have bee
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