The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1879-01-05

session than this Afghan business. What is
the condition of Ireland at this momentI In
commercial and indust rial point OF vie her
condition is eminently worthy the attention OF
Her Nsjosty's Government; yet it is at this
moment. when trade is depressed and hnhOces
para!y sed, that they come forward aCd preVeH'
tho revival of public confidence by creut'pg
gloomy apprehe usions of further financial bdc
dsns and additional wars (cheers) We must
lay II the doora of Her Mnjesty's Government
the guilt and blame of whatever financial DIS
aster may OccuT in ireland from thSt h:uksn
confidence which cen ooly be restorad hy y
policy of peace. We hsd fOudiy hoped tIat
after the Berlin Treaty there would be an end
to the torture and sospeuse 20 which ~e hAHe
been accustomed for the past two years, bat
we have been mistRken. Every interest IN the
country ia groaaiug under toe preseut cordi-
ton of affairs, for we cannot tell from da7 to
day what policy will bs brought forth By iis
Ministry of surprises (hear, hear). l should
have thonght there wooid have been eomc re-
ference in the Qaeens speech to the di.tress
from which the people are at present. suffering,
Grave evils are at the doors of ouE mannjas-
tursrs, and this is the mo,rent selected by the
Government for a military promenade VITA .
mission that will not, perhaps. be- chSracter-
lied trnly in our day, but which twenty years
hence Eogland will blush to 6me (hear, hear)
1t is an unjust and aggressive war. No great
er crime could bs charged to a public Miojssry
than that of making war on on unolVihz sd
community with unjust oeusa No nation
should draw the sword lightly. What ARE the
grounds for this warf The Prime Minister
said that we wanted a scientific frontier, and.
although that has not been avoVed by Minis
tors tonight, I would rather bslieve Lord
Beaconfield's statement at the Guidhall th an
some Of the reasoRs which have been advanced
in this HOUSE,. Mr.. Sullivan went on to ridi.
cule the euphemistic ex pressions in the Q aeeu
speech and elsewhere in defence of the war,
| and said that on the same pretence on which
we had gone to Afgheuistan we might go to
the North Pole (hear. hear aud laughter). Az
for the dispatch which had been issued by
Lord Cean brook to booas the people, it was q
party document, manifesting much more apxi-
ETY. to show that the Liberal party were wrong
than that the Ameer deserved punishment
(cheers). It was of q piece with the fslae tele'
grams sent from Simla with the taoit con nj
vance of the Government officials, to arouse
! the war feeling in this country (cheers). II
any caIss-of war had been made out it was
| msnts, rather than against the Aueer
Bot we preferred to attack him beoaus
he wGs weak and on The same principle
the Government would mako the Indisu people
who had no one to represent them in Parlia
ment, pay for the war, instead of the people OF
England, who were represented ct Westnl a.
| ster (cheers). We were plugging India into
bankruptcy (hear, hear). The honorable mem
Der in conclusion said For q country which
has felt the march of Great Britain's wonder.
ful civilization my voice at leAet shall be
raised and my vote given to whoever in this
House makes a struggle against this upj as
war and against the i'm position of additions
taxation on people who are not represented
and believe may say that the voice and vote
and the best will OF Ireland will be given with
the protest against public wrong, aud to de
fsnd those who could not speak for them
selves