Telegram-herald., 1886-06-19
SALISBURY'S SIDE
He Addresses Five Thousand
People in Leeds
.GLAlSI0sE'S ASSERTIONS OfLuSIYE.
~hat is Coercion P-C Criminal La~ ia
Sense CoerciOn-"M Maucifn Op-
timIsm Which Passes tor
Statesmanship

LrEl-. Jane l,-Loii salisbury spoke
tonight % an enormous crowd, thousands
being unable % enter tie large hall which
vas packed o. suh5caLon by a. least 8 80
people While awaiting Lord Salisbury
arrival the crowd amused itself by SING
ing pathetic airs. ~ hen lie appeared
he Was greeted With deaiening cheers Lord
salisbury said the Tories had very Vigur
0us antagonist " h0 was sklliully defending
a shad0Wy and uusGostsnuaIed case. We
snoN ultle he SAID, with what antagOn-
ist We are ushtinsl olrOpponents appear
20 be equally embarrassed and reduced %
attacking our policy instead Of defending
their Own Their chief Wed
p0ns are fragrant Interpretations
Lord Salisbury desired 20 say Tor himself
rnat he always held a decided opinion that
an Irish legislature was impTacglcabie. Such
an establishment would Toe disastrous 10
England 10 was absolutely untrue that
the Conservative Cabinet had ever enter
tanned the idea of institutlng an irish legisla
ture. The statement that this government
had indicated such an opinion by any per
son. was devoid OF foundation. lCheers
He hoped that Mr. Parnell and MIR. Glad
stone would not IN the future trust gOssips
who mislead them He declared that his
Government was never any nearer 10 tay-
or,ng an Irish legislature than they are to-
day. Mr.. GladstOues declaration that the
question Is coercion or local self-goyern
ment is deusive. NOBODY proposed
20 govern Ireland by coercion. His
lordship argued AT length 10
what was coercion. Knmainham imprisOn-
ments were gi. antic political coercion. We
may say. said Lord Salisbury, that crimi-
pal law /. all coercion. II Mr. Gladstone Is
opposed 10 criminal law, We must presume
that he sympathizes with the criminals
against whom our efforts are being made.
Our coercion. which he denOunces, IS
directed against outrage. in Ireland.
We only desire that the aw be
sufficiently business like and ETH cacious
10 carry Out oar own behests. Coercion
means nothing else: aud d compare that
with the coercion Mr.. Gladstone exercised
az kilmaiuham Is a mere luggle upon
words" Lord Salisbury referred 10 the
division in sentiment in Ireland touching
home rule. \ quarter 10 third ot tue
the population absolutely opposed it. II
the point Is raised that the major
itv is 10 rule, why Is the
great majority of The Kingdom not
10 govern over the wishes Of the home rulers.
Don't be deceived by the word self
government which. IN Ireland, means be-
ing governed by somebody who detests you.
j EtAO MI ~ iaiA1aBilt lNctlC tADb ~
religious beeotry into this conflict.
am not prepared 70 treat
Irelands case as a matter of simple
religious bigOtry PrOtestants are likely 10
form more correct judgment of the destiny
in store for them If the Home Rule bill
passes than its advocates. are by mere un-
supported assumptions and the m8udlln
optimism which passes for craftsmanship
nowadays. They have. though | don't
defend what they have done, given us
foretaste of the inevitable results which are
anarchy and standing civil war hEngland
renOunces her duties and responsibilities
Separation is tie end which Mr.. Parnell
means 10 attain. WeshOuld remember that
Mr Parnell said i'm America that he would
not be satisfied until be had destroyed the
last link it has been proved that be
uttered the statement in Cincinnati
Separation means a country possibly hos
tile. which, IN foreign crisis, might join
the enemy, and would In any event be 2
constant additional burden 10 the tax
PAYERS of Great Britain aud a
menace 10 our western coast. have
been denounced by labor candidates as
the would be extermina-Or of millions Of
/ horny -hanaed toiiers from the mother
land confess surprise that my simple
suggestion that the State assist emigration
70 more prosperous regions has met WITH
such opposition. lt must De understood
| that / always mean willing emigrants.
| Local government and home rule have
nothing whatever with each other. | have
| always advocated a good system Of local
/ government for England. Scotland aud Ire
/ land the essence of which is that
| n shall be under the control OF
I the central Government, and shall
undertake the duies assigned 10 it.
II 80 members Of Parliament are at the
mercy of eighty-hve. disease Is eating into
/ your parliamentary system, which no adj
/ iustment of the Irish question can destroy.
Lord Salisbury desired % pay tribute 20
I the distinguished Liberals 10 whom this
question had proved superior 20 party ties -
/ Lord Harrington and Mr. Chamberlain.
l Cheers They have resisted temptation
and ri.ked much They have given Us an
augury-which I welcome as a happy one
/ of the fibre. robustness and honesty Of the
! English race Cheers They have mega
/ tived the pusilanimous doctrine that we
are bound % WELD 20 moral biackmailers.
! I ask Conservatives in this struggle 90 meet
l them in the spirit lon which they have acted,
and give them all the assl.tanCe their self
| sacrifice deserves Nothing which We
NAV DO now viii prejudice our
Interior decisions The one great Issue
( before rs n0w overshadovs an others We
nave II tltI.l mine n itftlt Etf- ftAF
/ that we have from our f0rCiatbers. and
/ which IS the glory of "a all Is 20 exist OF be
destroyed and if viii depend nn the self
( sacri6ce. self control and determination ~
I the two parties which are joined together in
I fhis noble strife whether we shall be able 70
+ hand down te Vosferity the splendid gift
which 40 have received from those who
+ have gone before ne" Prolonged cheers