Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-04
BLAINE'S BALLOT TRAP.
THE WHOLE WORLD ON TO HIS
LITTLR SCHEME.

Irish OvatiOns from Ofice-seekerS Not
Given Much Weight In EnglRnd and
Not Looked Upon Ss Correct Express
sion of American OplnlOn-Blatne
Makes an Explanation.
LONDON, June 3.-The Times, COM
menting on Blaine's Portland speech,
says Blaine may or may not catch the
Irish vote by performances such as that
OF Tuesdays speech, and so win the prize
which, fully as much on personal
as on political grounds, has been snatched
from him once and again, but we refuse
to believe that his ignorant and presump-
tuous rant represents the honest and In
dependent opinion and reflection OF
Americans. 1t is peculiarly absurd that
he should pose as an advocate of the plan
which he supposes, quite wrongly,
OF .course, would place Ireland
in the position of State of the American
Union. He has been conspicuous for the
same reasons which now make him q
llatterer 1of the Irish in a bloody-shirt
campaign against Southern State rights,
and If any Southern State should now Mt
tempt TO deprive the negroes OF suffrage
he would be the first TO favor a settlement
of the central government. His history Is
almost on par with his reasoning, which
deserves to be classed with sir William
Vernon Harcourps latest contribution,
whereOn MIR. Lecky has something to say.
WHAT LECKY's SAY WAS.
What Mr.. Lecky "has to say'' is con-
tanned in another column OF tue Times In
the form of letter. This is a criticism
of Sir Williams argument that the home
rule measure proposed toy Mr.. Gladstone
aimed at simply a revival OF Henry Grat-
tan's Irish Parliament. MIR. Lecky says
the argument is absurd. Grattan's
Parliament, Mr.. Lecky contends.
placed the government of ireland
in the hands OF Protestant gentry, who
were, he says, bound to the English con-
nectiOn by the closest ties OF interest and
sentiment. "Fhey were," adds Mr. Lecky,
'pre-eminently representatives OF prop
erty whose political power it has been
MIR. Gladstone's steady object to destroy.
The effect OF his scheme would be TO throw
the government OF Ireland into the hands
OF men hitherto the avOwed enemies of
both property and empire"
FEELING OF BORN AMERICANS.
The Times publishes letter from a
spOndent at ST. Louis who SAYS 1t is
a Islander upon the American people to
ready to back the Irish in home rule
tight with either their money or their in
fluence. The writer asserts "withOut fear
Of contradiction that there are not 5000
American born citizens OF the United
States who have ever contributed
cent to the home rule fund"
He adds: "No home rule sympa-
thy has been shown from our greatest
industrial classes, the farmers. When
h,an - ~ IN hn
Irish cause remember that they are either
office holders or Office seekers, with large
Irish constituencies TO please. The SEN
timent OF the purely Irish element in our
cities must not be mistaken for
the sentiment of the American people.
Nine-tenths Of the leaders in the recent
railroad strikes in this country we're Irish
A firm determination exists, II these labor
agitatiOns carried on by foreign born me n
continue, to form a party OF native born
Americans only, to see that none but ma
tives of this land obtain offices Of trust or
power"
BLAINE EXPLAINS.
AUGUSTA. ME-. June 2.-The Kennebec
Journal this morning publishes a letter
TO the editor from Mr.. Blaine DENYING
that in his recent speech at Portland he
had applied the words "impudent," Gin
sOlent" and "brutai" to Lord Salisbury.
Mr. Blaine writes: "In referring TO his
Lordship's declaration that the Irish
might remain as they are now
or emigrate' / said interrOgatively /:
Is not this an iIupudent prOpOsitiOni Is
it not insOlent in its termsY Does 1t in
deed stop short of being brutal in its
crueltvl IL is parliamentary TO say that
the statement is not true, but altogether
unparliamentary 10 say that its author is
guilty of falsehOod. The first describes a
thing; the second assails a person. My
Characterization was aimed at the propo-
sition, and not at Lord Salisbury per-
sonally."