Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-11
GLADSTONE ON THE PROSPECT.

have intimated that while the Government
is determined to rectify whatever palpa.
BILE wrongs may be demonstrated in the
Irish land system, it must as preliminary
restore order and law to that country. In
doing this, Mr.. Gladstone asserted, it
would employ whatever measures might
be deemed necessary for the enforcement of
law and the restoration of order. He said /:
"The obligation is incumbent upon us to
protect every citizen in the enjoyment of
life and property, and it may be that un-
"der certain circumstances we may be
Compelled to ask for certain increase
'' of power We will never anticipate such a
contingency, yet if it arrives we will not
"shrink from the obligations devolving upon
"us." Thismay be construed as an indication
that Gladstone fully realizes the gravity OF
the Irish situation, and that he has no in
tention of encouraging revolutionary
movements by policy of passivity liable
to be mistaken for timidity. 1t has been
evident for some time that the leaders OF
the Irish agitation are impelling their fol-
lowers, whether Intentionally or otherwise,
| towards a collision with the Government.
| AS a matter of course such elimination
| to the land movement would result in It's
forcible suppression, and would entail ruin
and disaster upon those who have engi-
neered it.. 1t often happens in such cases
that the leaders find themselves unable to
control the masses, and that the arguments
which were intended only to stimulate
them to legitimate political action are in
terpreted as justification for lawless
and therefore fatal proceedings. Mr..
Gladstone's Government has undertaken
the experiment of dealing with Parnell and
his colleagues by prosecutions. 1t remains
to be seen whether this policy will succeed.
There are presidents for it, undoubtedly,
the O'Connen and Smith o Brien agitations
having been practically checked and
brought to confusion by similar agencies.
It's, however, absolutely necessary that in
such cases the Government should possess
evidence sufficient for conviction, for it is
obvious that failure to convict would
only fan the flames. The relations between
the Irish agitators and the Government are
at present peculiar. Ireland might be sup
posed to have had more to hope from Mr..
| Gladstone than from any other Premier,
and in fact the radicalism of his Irish re.
form policy has frequently brought him
into conflict with his own political friends.
But while he stands ready to do all that
can be done towards rectifying the rational
demands of the Irish people, their leaders
appear to be determined that he shall not
have the opportunity to attempt any re-
medal legislation. Nothing can be clearer
than the impossibility of wrestling reform
from England by menace and turbulence.
So long as the law is defied every thing
must be postponed toits enforcement. This
is the situation which is being forced upon
the Government, and if the outcome is ad-
verse to the aspirations of the Parnellites,
they will have only themselves to blame.
Mr.. Gladstone touches gingerly on the
| Afghanistan question, all he can say about
it being that it has been found possible to
withdraw 80, 600 troops from the country,
and that some portion of it has become
restored to a more hopeful condition. u
| Of the condition of India, he appears to
have said little or nothing, beyond the
admission that the Government has not yet
been able to accomplish all it wishes.
The termination of the Zulu warts offset by
the beginning of another with the Basutos,
of the end of which the Premier does not
hold out any immediate prospect. The
South African question, hike all which con-
Germ distant and little understood regions,
has been much confused by ignorant crit.
lcism, and up to the present time it is very
difficult to ascertain whether the Beers OF
the natives, or the English Commissioners,
are mainly responsible for the complications
which have arisen. The broad view of the
question seems to be that the Beers insisted
on provoking hostility with the natives,
and refused either to defend their territory
intelligently or to let England defend it.
As an exposed and weak frontier was a
menace to the English colonies, something
had to be done, and the real question
is whether this something was done
wisely or the reverse. As regards the
Eastern Question Mr.. Gladstone had nc
satisfactory news to announce. He de-
MED enmity to Turkey, declared his belief
in the wisdom of the Treaty of Berlin, and
said that the Government would maintain
that treaty. He admitted that "no pro.
"gress had yet been made on the great
"question as to European concert" En-.
gland could not undertake to carry into eff.
feet the Berlin Treaty single handed, but
she was doing her best to establish unity
Of action among the Powers, and he had
just received dispatch from the Sultan
promising satisfactory intelligence from
Dulcigno. All this is very vague, and not
at all reassuring, but it is evidently the
best the situation presents. The Govern
ment is surrounded by troubles any one Of
which might well overtax the resources OF
an ordinary cabinet, and it must be con-
fessed that neither the home nor the for.
eign policy of the Liberal Ministers has
thus far appeared particularly judicious or
inspired. OF course allowance should be
made for the extraordinary complications
they are called upon to meet, but parties
| do not make such allowances, as a rule,
! and therefore administrations must bear
the burden of full responsibility, whether
it be justly theirs or not.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
Filed November 10th
J. NJ Upham to Ellen L. Pratt-october 81, 1880
| for $500; l2 46loo acres Of land BY Emmaton
| r1.I..--- t-t,... f,;,.,.. 800