The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-18
Gladstone on Parnell

Gladstone received q great ovation At Leeds
on the 7th. Eighty-six addresses were pre-
sented to him. He replied briefly, acknowl-
sdging !the value Of party criticism. Refer
ing.to the unity Of the liberal party, he aid
he saw 20 sign Of any such divisions a. had
led to its defeat in 1874. Everywhere there
were signs of union, and he looked forward
with satisfaction. There was much to be
done, he said, in altering and modifying the
lana laws of England and Scotland, but the
circumstances in these parts are not those of
ireland. He argued that the depression in
trade proceeded from decreased purchasing
power. He calculated that between 1878 and
1880 the country had lost $4,000 900 on her
xport trade, and as much as 500 ,O0O, 200
FROM ba6 harvests. Referring to the fair trade
league, he said that some persons complained
about American tariffs. America sent to us
sent to America from $50, OOO, 900 to SAC, 0Oo,-
900 worth. Tie fair traders wanted Ameri-
ca to cease to be our customers to that
amount. Al ~unfairer league was never
known. Sir Stafford Northcots had other
speeches to make soon. He, perhaps. would
Say enphatically whether he favored protec-
ton and corn duty. He declared that he
himself would be no party to a retrograde
movement. Gladstone spoke for all hour and
forty minutes.
At a banquet given to Gladstone on the
same night there were l,4O0 persons present.
Gladstone said: 'Justice to Ireland is q sa-
cred duty, but it can never be performed
without equal justice to England and Scot.
land. The state of Ireland might net be a
party question but Ireland is in a crisis, and
upon he workings of the land act may de-
pend the greater issues with regard to her
prosperity. There are powerful agencies at
wsrk which will yet influence her fate IN
spite of he action Of certain persons. do
not believe there are any laborsrs in any
country that have made any more progress
than the Irish laborers." He warmly eulo-
gized Sir Charles Gavin Duffy for his pamph-
let advocating the grateful acceptance OF the
land act. Mr.. Gladstone claimed Dillon as
All opponent, but an opponent whom he was
gao 10 nOTOr. ne Shlu have u pa Iui
duty in dealing with a very different class of
opponents. A small body of men has arisen
who are not ashamed to preach to ireland the
doctrine of public plumber. The state of
things in Ireland is coming to a question of
law OIL the one hand, and lawlessness OF the
9th r." He favorably contrasted O'Connell's
fidelity with Parnell's hostility to everything
"O'Connell," he said, ION every
declared his respect for property,
Parnell now has need of the gospel of
to proclaim. lie sees now that where
as the rental of Ireland is seventeen millions,
the landlord is entitled to nothing but the
original valuation of the land, amounting to
three millions. O'Connell's respect for hu-
man life was consistent. Psrnell is very CO.
pious in his reference to America, but in all
these references he has never found lime to
utter a word Of disapproval about the assassi-
nation literature III that country, which 10
not American literature. Americans scorn,
spurn and loathe it. loud cheers Par
nell, during the last session of parliament,
made every effort to destroy the effect of the
land bill, but he did not dare to vote against
like = man. But when the life of the bill
at stake, Parnell and thirty Of his follow
srs withdrew from the House of Commons,
tried to destroy the work which the Gov.
had begun.