The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-27

HIS LIBERALISM' C0NslD RED,
Not q Drop Of Liberal Blood y az Mr
Gladstone's BODY W endall Phil
lips Opinion.

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| FELLow CrrIzESs ~ We all remem.
ber that twenty years ago, under thu
roof, the men who could not be an.
swered, we're mobbed. So ia Eng.
land to-day, the men who cannot be an
swered are put in jail Applause. i
Gladstone could have answered Mr..
Parnen, he would have appealed to ar
gument, civilization, and intellect he
felt himself weak in argument and ap-
pealed to force.
+ In that great struggle when freedom
hung in the critical balance IN these
thirty eight American States the voice
that came from the great leader Of the
Liberal party Gladstone was an Amen
to Jefferson Davis, who tried to turn
this free Republic into a slave-holding
despotism (Applause.) What wonder
that the same man to-day should do his
utmost to perpetuate slavery among the
people Of Ireland?
II don't believe thare is q drop Of ib-
eral blood ii Mr.. Gladstone's body
a(Applause.) In his youth he was 4 firm
and nnyielding Tory; and the Jews have
q proverb, Don't trust q convert even to
the third generation He thinks he Is
going to subdne Ireland. Well, men
the latchetof whose shoes he is unwor-
thy to unloose has tried that job 700
years aud failed (Applause.) Cicero
said to . Roman bully, 4 have laughed
at Cataline's sword; what do / care for
yours? So Ireland may say to Glad
stone, Cromwell could not conquer me,
nor William III, and I forced Yelling
ton for the third time in his life to SUR
render. What care 4 for this windy
Tory 10 ! Whig-skin?' Applause
..Mr. Gladstone sees daily 8, 600, 900
mon and women, heart broken and poy- y-
erty-stricken, on the soil Of Ireland He
may cover it with troops from Belfast
to Cork, and from Dublin to Connaught
but he hasn't reached Ireland as she
stands in these patriotic breasts, he has
not reached the 20, OOO, COO burning
hearts who have never forgotten their
motherland. Besides, the civilization
Of the age is fighting for Ireland. The
fiery Cross Of Land Reform is lighting
the hilltops Of Scotland; the waters are
flooding the world What is one man.,
What is one Administration against the
spirit Of the age2 Why, serene and
beautiful spirit laughs At race Of 4
great name when it sets itself ii oppo-.
sition to the great movement Of civili-
zation. Do you remember, in that old
legend Of Northern mythology, where .
giant undertakes to drink up what seem
8 tiny streamp But as he proceeds in
his task he finds the stream connects
with the great ocean, and he i trying
the vain task of drinking up the ocean.
Now Nj. Gladstone sees only S, 600,
900 or 6, COO, 600 Lishmen; he doesen't
80 the great spirit of humanity, the
civilization 81 the age behind her, and
he might - we'll Try 70 drink the oceanI
q 70 attempt to conquer the living
spirit which for 100 ysars has asserted
itself. (Applause) he i engaged in
: task which = impossible For TOO
years, depopnlAted, starved, trodden
under foot, Ireland with the GROSS Of
her fait.1 IN ose hand and the emblem'
Of her nationally ii the other, has defied
the most obstinats, the most tyrsnnical,
and the most triumphant kingdom On.
the face 81 the earth- rplause and
she stands today The pivot Of British
politics, On which turn and ~ which
are judged the great civil questions Of
the English raoe. Ard - this boastsr
undertakes to do what for 100 years
Englishmen have tried todo and failedlE
.lApplause.l Oh, mol Oh. no! Mr. Glad
stonel You may thrust starving
women and dying nnen ont q their
homes; you mAy stamp out every thing
that i happy s. ireland; -, perhaps
for 5 monnent y0u my sta1np out even
every thing that = HI = I1slani -
perhaps 81 : naonnsni - naay stamp
out evsn rs but lilt known
nothing but iStoE plade. J.
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