New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-16
~ TRREPRESSlBLE CONFLICT

Mr.. GladstOue's speech at GWldhall shows
that remedial legislation fer Ireland has been
deferred until n more convenient season.
Older is to be restored in every county; tic
leaders OF the Land League are TO be prosecuted
before Irish juncs. and if the ordinary pro-
cesSes of law prove TO be inadequate, recourse
will be had to coercion acts and to n suspension
of habcas corpus and III order that the Gov
eminent may be prepared for any emergency,
an early session of Pariamen will probably he
called. The Premier's declaration that the first
duty of the Government must be to preserve
order and to protect lo and property. commits
HIM to as firm and Vigorous policy as was pur-
sued in the year OF O'C0nnclls repeal, or not a
great while ago III OBricns Fcnian period. II
ought to be- easier to convict the Land Agitators
than it was TO make O'Conncll legally rcspon-
sibe for his speeches. for he was too wa y an
agitator to be entrappcd in his public addresses,
and Invariably took the prcciution to warn his
audiences against breaches Of The law and posi-
tive disloyalty. Mr. PANEL has been guilty Of
many indiscretions, while the harangucs Of his
humber associates have been violent and srdi-
tious. The state prosecutions are likely TO be
well grounded in evidence; and although the
symDaihies Of the iurcs will be enlisted AGAINST
the Government, it may not he impossible to
convict thc accused. IF tie resort to jury trials
he failure, The necessity for more stringent
measures will be apparent. The Lolcy OF CO.
cicion and force pIeclude- any serious attempt
to reform The evils of tie and system.
Or the other hand tire Irish leaders have
Interior purposes which they no longer seek
to conceal. M. PaneI has not only made an
omen bid toy armed resistance 10 England from
tie Amencan-lrish, uut has renewed the Old
time cry for National Parliament AID political
independence. Ia his recent speech at Linn
erick he cautioIel his c1untrymcn against
relying on the permanent independence OF any
Irish party sitting at stance from their con-
stituents ard attcmptil: To lcgIslaie FOR their
unhappy island. lie advocated a short sharp,
and decisive struggle for the r. tOrat'on OF
their Ic islatlve independence. If we fail,
SAID ne, Ct" by parliamentary action in Nestmln-
"ster in obtaining the restoration of our Irish
"Parlmment, then |, for one, will not consent
"to remain any indefinite lime in tie English
"FaIhament. ! should consider II my duty TO
@reurn 10 my contrymen to consult with them
"as to the action we OUGHT 70 take, and to de-
" cIle whether lt % iit lF'N VI III tih
fought any longer to continue parties o the
"sham Parliamentary action, so far as Ireland
"is concerned, which takes place in Wes,min-
"stcr."
This threat, TO say nothing OF am exclamation
from the crowd that greeted it," Hay the
rifles ready n-would seem to show that 1t IS an
irtcpressiblc conflict tAat has opened in Ireland
The Ministry may Oe Liberal or even bali
Radical. but il is s;il thoroughly English, and
il cannot be false to English traditions and
habits o. thought On the other hand the
IRISH prejudice against 20 legislative system
That may be enlightened bat is not National, in
the llish sense cannot b.. overcome. long
course of remedial legislation has not removed
dsallact On. An alien Church has been disc
tablished. land acts and education bills have
been PASSED, but Ireland imoocefisued and
ignorant. is stiIl dissatisfied The root OF The
evil lies deeper than the land system. L is the
fac, that ireland Is not administered by lnsh-
men through an Irish Parliamentary system.