Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-13
POLICY OF THE UNI0NISTS
HARRINGTON PLEDGES HIM
SELF TO SALLSBURY.

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j LONDON, June l2.-The Times Gays
that the British elections amount to a
mandate from the people to the Conserva-
tives and Unionsts to form strong and
| durable coalition government. patriot
ism demands" the Times says, ga Hart
! lngton-Salisbury administration, assur-
ing the nations future"
The Duke of Argyll publishes in to-
days Times a letter concerning the
United States and Ireland. He says that
despite national sympathies there is pro
found ignorance in England aud in the
United States respecting each others con-
stitutipn. lie admits his own ignorance
at the beginning Of the American civil
war in sympRthizing with the South. He
says the sympathy OF the Americans for
| the Irish in their present strug-
! gle arises from the error of think
! ing of Ireland as an American State
and that the English are Withholding
from Ireland rights similar TO those pos
| sessed by the different States of the
American Union. Nothing" says the
! Duke, "c0uld be more erroneous than
this idea" Referring to the right OF each
( of the United States to a due share OF the
general powers Of Congress and to checks
in its powers Of eEgovernment,
which each State allows, he says
Mr.. Gladstone's proposal violates both
these grand principles, for "the
corrupt and immoral bargain ban
ishes Ireland from the imperial councils
and surrenders the minority enurely into
the hands of the local ma ajorty." 'Ameri-
| cans,' he adds, "wOuld perhaps hardly
believe this but, it is strictly true. The
! pretended limitations and restraints
against local tyranny are quite illusory."
! The Duke then appeals to Americans TO
clearly understand the Unonist cOnten-
! ton, namely, that it has been for lreland's
sake solely that the UnlOnists have given
opposition to Mr.. GladstOne's Irish
! scheme.
UNIONIsT CLAIMS.
The letter concludes as follows: at Is
| the UniOnists and not the
members of the government who are
! lighting for the liberties OF the Irish peO-
| pie. Even il Mr.. Parnell were immortal,
! or il his party represented far larger
| numerical majority of the Irish people
than it really does, neither he nor they
would have the right to dispose Of the
constitutional rights OF Ireland.
! We do not desire to see Ireland reduced
| to the condiuOn of being but a tributary
! province and banished from the imperial
councils. Neither can we see her en-
J dowed with powers over her own people
which no civilized government ought TO
have or ask. We desire to see her con
unue sharing In the deliberations which
the elOquence of her sons has 50 often
! adorned"
The Tories now have elected 29l candi-
! dates. the Unionists &C, the Liberals l54,
and the Parnellites IA.
UNIONIsT NEGOTIATIONS.
Negotiations between Lord Harrington
and Lord Salisbury are in progress. 1t is
reported that Lord Ii darlington has pledged
himself TO support Lord Salsbury's local
government bill, and to reject all ap-
proaches of Mr.. Gladstone. If Mr.. Glad
stone remains in office, the first move Of
! the Unionists will be a vote Of want OF
confidence.
In a speech to-day foreshadowing the
Conservative policy, Sir Michael Hicks
| Beach said that the first measure would
be to suppress the Irish National League,
exercise clOture and suspend Irish OBJ
structionlsts.
NO GAINS.
Neither party has made any gains in the
Parliamentary elections to-day, Hon. X.
! L. ONeIll, Conservative, was reelected
for Middle Antrim by vote OF 4GGl,
against 933 for hir. McKelvy, his Parnel-
ite opponent. In the last election
the district was given uncontesled
to Mr.. O'Neill. Lord Ernest Ham
iltOn, Conservative, was reelected
for North Tyrone, over j. G. Wylie, Lib
eral, by 3,2l9 to 2,S77. In the last election
JOAN Dillon unsuccessfully contested
this district against Lord Hamilton. The
vote then stood 3,3i5 to 1892. III more
than now. j. +. ODoherty, Parnellite,
has been reelected for North Donegal
over Col. II. II. A. Stewart by vote Of
l. 263 to 9l4. The same candidates con-
tested the district at the last election,
when they obtained respectively 4,j91 and
| 9j2 votes.
MIR. Gladstone has written letter to Il.
! w. Foster, in which he says be cOssIders
| the Duke of Westminster's opposition 10
| DR.. Fosters candidacy for Parliament in
! Chester tresh blow struck at the aristoc-
racy.
HARRINGTON SPEAKS AT DERBY.
LONDON, July 13, 3 A. M.-LOrd Hart
| ington made speech last night at a
mass meeting at Derby. He said the re-
suits or the elections abundantly justified
the action of himself and his fellow
Uni0nists. An IRISH parliament he de-
clared would destroy the integrity Of the
great empire. Irishmen had been taught
10 look upon separation as the only con-
dton OF future prosperity. They had
been taught 10 disregard the
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freedom. The Parnelltes had never
attempted TO formulate scheme Of home
rule, Mr.. Parnell had worked by parlia-
mentary methods, but the speaker doubted
/ ifthey were constitutional ones. Cheers
! Besides adopting a course Of obstruction
! Mr.. Parnell had accepted an alliance
with Fenian organizations in America
! and Ireland.
THE TERMS UNKNOWN.
Lord Harrington said he did not know
the term Of that alliance or the exact re-
lations Of Mr.. Parnell with the Fenian
/ leaders, but il was undeniable that there
existed through the Land League means
of communicative uniting the
whole movement into one body cheers
the well known objects OF which were
nothing short Of complete Independence
and separation and the establishment OF
an independent Irish republic. 1t
was notorious that majority
of the leaders OF the move |
ment openly declared that all means,
including violence, bloOdshed and de-
struction OF property, were jusufable and |
admissible to obtain their ends. There
fore no English political party could |
creditably adopt or identify itself with
such proposals. Lord Harrington up |
braided the members OF the government, !
who, he said, while serving the Queen had |
termed an alliance with the mem
hars of the Parliamentary party /