New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-25

ing only as much legislative independence as Is
possessed by every State in the American
Union. Every State sends its representatives
TO Washington. The Irish party, we are gwen
TO understand. are willing to have the island
represented Mt Westminster as part ot the
immortal system. provided it can have III addl-
ton its own Legislature.
Having conceded the essential reasohape-
ness Of the ends of Irish agitation as defined by
Mr. Mccarthy, let us now pass to inc means
employed by Mr.. Parnell and Justlied ny HIS
accomplished associate. At the outset we a'c
confronted with an ugly fact FROM OeSlhnlns
TO end Mr. Mccarthy does not MAKE even ui0
most remote reference to the daslaTdiy aSS'SS.-
nations. the cowardly MURDERS the sys'eh"''C
campaign of intimidation, force, outraSe an"
lawlc.sness. which have brought rcpr0ach upon
the fair fame of Ireland. lie does not nc
pounce the hideous crimes winch nave pe'h
committed bv Irishmen on behalf OF the 'eil-
antry. He passes them over III silence anu
leaves us to infer either that the tenants hIH
their landlords from force OF habit as an CHI
nbatic means of suggesting a reduction Oh rent
or that murders and OutraSes have peeh
directly promoted by coercion, ana that the III
trjgucs of the Land League and the harahgueS
of violent Home Rulers have not educated 'Ie
Irish pcople in lawessness and crime. we no
not attempt to Justify force bills. we nave
frequently denounced them and nave never
REGARDED them with composure, even when
statesmen with efficient conscences, such as
Mr.. Gladstone and Mr.. Bright, have pro-
nounced them necessary. But 1t cannot De
denied that those statesmen began with policy
of concession; they allowed Il force bill to cX-
pire without being renewed, and Whch thcr
first COMPENSATION Act was thrown out by thc
Lords. they promised lar more thorough
measure Of reform and they dld not resort 10
coercion until there had been terrible increase
of acrarian crime. The outrages preceded
coercion. They were the natural outcome OF
irtempcrate speeches. Land League orearlza
tion. and popular excitement. The Irish leaders
cannot shirk their responsibility i'll this matter
They have resisted every effort to settle the
Land Question and to restore order They have
promoted and prolonged period Of passionate
resentment. They rae made law-breaIns
and dcht-repudiating patriotic duties. They
have been playing with the passions oil the
Irish population. They have been Indifferent
TO the blood, innocent or guilty, which has
been shed by marauders and assassins.
So when Mr.. Mccarthy, pleading the cause
of the Irish party, explains that Obsiruc-
ton is only way Of shouting loudly III order
to arouse sleeping public, that the Lana
League enforces the rough justice OF Guii-ths
valuations and proposes fair scheme OF state
purchase. and that Mr. Gladstone has been
srcnuously opposed because the Home Rulers,
while retaining a most thorough belief in him
and in certain Radicals have become conyi nced
that no Government can do much for Ireland,
We point TO the black record of assassination,
outragcs and systematic laW-breaklne. 1t IS the
prevalence of crime and the Indifference OF Irish
leaders to wanton outrages and cowdrdly
bl0odShcd that cstrange the sympathy OF the
world. Obstruction may have had IN lnvlgorat-
ing effect upon the Irish party, although alb
stractlv a. a matter of parliamentary tactics 1t
was disreputable. The Land League may have
been an ingenious way of organizing an agri-
cultural strike The prepondcratng inilu-
cnce of Wing and Tory landlords may have
chilled the expectation that Mr.. Gladstone
could do anything for Ireland and forced the
Home Rulers to break away from him and 10
do all that as in their power 10 render the
Land Act inoperativc These are assumptions
which eau bc called IN question. Let them all
pass. But the blood that has been shed by as
sassins-that cannot be passed over in silence!
Grant if you please, that tho ends which the
Irish people are striving to accomplish are as
reasonable as Mr. Mccarthy represents. They
are worth struggling for hand over hand, hut
in an honest way. Not behind hedges where
a landlord and his .litary escort are passing,
or where a party OF ladies arc driving home
from church Not in midnight sorties to the
houses Of rcnt-paying tenants. Not when there
is a town show in Dublin and a Cayendish
bears tidinc, of reconciliation and peace. And
! if Nh Mccarthy 1cjoins "Ihat Was not our
work; our hands were clean" we shall have
to add: The outrages were in the track OF the
social revolution Tor which Mr.. Parnell gave
| the signal--a revolution which might have been
brought to an end if he had accepted the Land
| Act and urged the tenants 10 abide by It, IN
stead of doing his utmost to break it down and
| forcing the Government to arrest him. If there
| had been a peace OF Kilmainh9m year ago,
with the Kilmlinham left out, the Land Act
! might have been supplemented by the Arrears
| Act and the Coercion Act have been suffered to
lapse. Peace might have been restored ID Ire
! land and the British Commons have been in a
! better temper to-day to discuss Home Rule.
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