New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-03
CONGRESS- AND IRELAND.
n,,py n rEELINC IN ENGLAND.

MIR EFFECT ON BRITISH SENTIMENT.
80, rUs REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNEl
IoxnoS. Dec 21.-Mr. Kings resolution propos-
80 10 administer lecture on Irish affairs to her
urtannic Majesty's Government" is mentioned
-. ,opch miIdness by the papers which notice it
81 all. Most of them pass it by without notice.
q. Standard calls it mpertinent which is accurate
At less forcible than might have been expected.
g AZ ;reenwood's evening paper, which might con-
enently be renamed the Anti-GladstOne. turns the
cidut TO account in the usual way, remarkinG that
Government so much in the habit of admonlshlng
o,her Governments can hardly object to being ad-
q non,shed ITSELF 1t adds that Mr. Gladstone may
,rs ne expected to submit to whatever is asked OF
him nv a Power to which he has already conceded
!, mucl-or words to that effect. / am quoting
from memory and at distance from yesterdays
newspapers. The Daily Ne,cs, belie'e 1T is. which
= pemarks that Mr. Evarts may be trusted to pigeon
hale the resolution should it ever be passed on by
coorress and thu state ID partment. IL private l
hear much the same thing said. aud the same CONT
depce expressed in Mr. Eyarts's diplomatic discretion
and GOOD sense and good manners. Mr.. King may per-
hans congratulate himself on his deficiency III these
anaites. don't know whether ne values a sudden
notoriety abroad which this deficiency has enabled
him to obtain. He may be only sentimental per-
sDn to whose sympathies q want of knowledge yves
free play.
confess have heard nothing said by English
men and have seen nothing in English papers lm-
plying a high degree of resentment at Mr.
Kings proceedings If it be Mir. Kings am-
btion to become object OF general exc
Grafton in England, he has scarcely succeeded.
He has not yet got much beyond iDdih'rence ana
contempt. The references to him are few and briet
and no sustained conversation With Mr. King and
bis Irish resolution fer a topic seems possible.
have been asked once or twice who Mr.. King was
but curiosity about him seemed languid, ana no
keen disappointment was expressed when owned
my inability to supply any information Whatever
respecting this newly-kindled hreorand. Inc
special dispatch which acquainted a startled
community with his proposal to instruct
Mr. Gladstone in his duty TO Ireland
brought to me, as to all the English friends have
since met, our first news of Mr.. Kings existence.
The dispatch itself planned that he was member
of the Committee on Foreign Relations, and that 1t
was supposed he expressed their sentiments. 1t Is
chartably presumed that this is an error. In Europe
il is usual to appoint committees with some refer
snce to their of the subject matter they
have to deal with committee OF the House OF
Commons on Ireland would not be composed OF men
who were wholly ignorant of Ireland An English
Committee of Foreign Affairs. If such a committee
there were would surely contain some men acquainted
with the rddiments or diplomatic intercourse
and not ignorant Of the usages and decences of in
transitional relations nor disposed to violate them
Relieving the same thing to be true in Washington,
those who know America best are least disposed 10
credit the statement that Mr. King really speaks for
the committee of which he appears to be a member
think it mark of frendliness to the United States
that Engishinen in general are so ready to consider
Mr. King an exceptional person and to take Tor
granted that bis whimsical notions OF the prOprety
Of foreign intervention in the domestic othcult'es
of Great Britain are peculiar to him.
This readiness is the more friendly because
Englishmen have not yet had time to forget that
the House of Representatives has actually passed
one resoluti on the Irish business, and passed IL
unanimously. Mr.. Calklns, we were told, was the
author of that resolution. but Mr.. Cakinss indl-
yidualty was even less distinct than Mr.. Kings.
His identity as the proposer was lost In the univer
salty of the approval which greeted him. Mr..
: King is more figure, because for day or two at
least be stands alone Is alone responsible for the
proposed offence to good taste and good feel
ing. The resolution which the House adopted
last week was certainly less offensive In terms than
Mr. Kings People were disposed to look at 1t as
declaration OF sensibility to the suerings Of the
Irish teuantry. They had heard before now OF that
kind of oratory, here thought to be indigenous to
America to which a certain county in North Caro-
lima is deemed to have given both local habltatlon
and name but of which it pretends to no monop-
oly They set down MIR. Calkins's resolution as bun
combe Nothing is more common than TO
hear Englishmen make allowances for
certain unpleasant incidents in American
politics When they mention Tammany, and
the Tweed Ring refer to the bellicOse ebulhtiOns
of irresponsible takers against England, they say
"Oh yes. we know how large the Irish element is
with you" They have never commented harshly
on the distressing political exgencies which have
led this party or that to bid fol the sbAmercan
vote. Such exigencies are not unknown here. and
IN alliance between MIR. Parnell and Lord Beacons-
field has been more than once discussed as coming
within the sphere OF immediate political pOssl-
biitiss. Bnt I none the less think Americans
eught to reflect whether there may not be
limit TO this eonsderateuess. 1t 10 not every Eng
Ishman who il disposed to base his conclusions upon
philosophical views of distant necessities. OF who is
much "a aware of the existence of any necessities
or supposed necessities such might palliate the
otherwise objectionable acts Of Mr. King aud Mr.
Calkins and of the representatives who voted with
Mr.. Calklns ard expected to follow the lead OF
Mr.. King Moro than once have heard it asked
Suppose the House of Commons. early in 1851,
and. Just before the war began, had
passed resolution OF sympathy with the
boutherners suffering under the oppression Of the
North: what would have been SAID OF 1t In
America r.
Let me add this: That if Mr. King has anything
10 wow exceet catching Irish vOtes if he is really
spxious that reforms should be effected in Ireland
be 10 not promoting but opposing those reforms;
not making them easier or more probable but max
ing IL far more dlficult for Government whose
rood will to ireland nobody doubts to give effect to
is good will by measures of legislation. The
violence, outrage terror and sediton prevailing In
lrelsnd are 30 many formidable OBJ
ssacles to remedial efforts. They have reused
asprit in England which at this moment 10 a stern