The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-09

i are played out. Even in England,
with all the vast social, clerical and
noneyed interests behind them, they
are timid ineffective body. In Ireland
a similar little body of men, absolutely
without popular support or respect,
t would be worse than useless in ieglsla-
ton
The veto which the thirty odd mil
lions.must have on the five, could be
J vested in the viceroy3 or prlyy council,
or in the address BY both houses Of ths
Parliament at Westminster. There are
five reasons why the last named is the
i best. First, it is contrary to The genius
4 of English constitutions that final
Il power should rest in other hands than
those of the ministers and Parliament
4 which disposes of the viceroy. Sec
ond, the priyy council would mean.
/ practically the existing English minis
try but without ministerial responsible
4 tyto Parhamen which is inadmissible.
Third. an address by Parliament would
! preserve in form and fact allie the
supremacy Of that body over Ireland
| Fourth, it would secure the Irish
against ullcousidered and harassing
negatives on trivial Or unsubstantial
grounds. Fifth, it would be q l1tiliza
ton Of machinery now III use III the
lease Of a judge, who holds Office
quamdiu Sc bene gesserit, and it is only
removed by the address of both houses
against him. The exercise Of this veto
| would be limited, of course, by the act
OF settlement within certain defined
| boundaries. There would be no dispo-
sition to In any way aoriage religious
| liberty. and no disinclination to give
all reasonable guarantees on this point
The presence of Protestant MI. Parnell
at the head of the movement, and Of
FIVE Professionals among his new parlia-
mentary followers, ought III itself to
great deal Of inGolerane in Ireland, but
has the Orangeman any title TO COM
plain of superior bigotryin the Cattle
lic2 Could not Archbishop Walsh tell
q story about Protestant persecution,
which, via the heeE-marks of Sir q gorge
Errington, would reach into Downing
street itself? Fortunately Monsigiior
Walsh is a broad-minded, generous. toll
Grant statesman, Win no idea of..repay
ing in kind his own grievances. There
will be some friction until the minority
learns that the Old days, when it had a
big brother to back it in throwing
bricks at the majority have passed away.
Then there will be peace. Here is the
rub. Ireland wants the loan Of enough
money to buy the landlords out. Grant
fay Stissg eyy5rsfnirlg "a Iss, sFs
valuation, But the HFisisfl ttafiay5 q 5s
whose money il -@soIog advanced on tue
security Of tie land, viii have as keen
an interest in seeing that his security
is solid az the Irish tenant purchaser
will in keeping prices down The COM
mon concern in justice GU 5hJ TO De safe e
ground upon which TO hulld q settle
men6 It ought TO secure a valuation OF
the land on strictly commercial lines
the absence of which in the past has
been an unspeakable curse to ireland.
1t is no secret surely that tens Of thou
sands Of Irish tenants 5hink themselves
fortunate il they can get a bare living
out of their holdings, and do not dream
of paying the rent from the proceeds as
we'll That must come from harvest
ing in England or from relatives in
America. The new valuation must
include both living and rent OF It's
equivalent in instalfmenUs and interest
on tie loan Ehe fact bllat any other
system Was gainous aud criminal has
not nattered much In the past, because
only the irish suffered by it. But When
the British taxpayer f1nds his ZIG
loaned on the security ri land which
cannot decentty feed It's occupiers, let
alone yield 10 shillIngs for interest and
a noiety Of the debt, ii viii n1atber
great deal. The only danger lies La a
false valuation through fayoritIsm.
The only guard lies in making England
and Scotland responsible IN pocket for
such result. This subject suggests 80
much that there must be no attempt
whatever at discussion here. else your
pages would be sWaInped. One thing
shonld be said. 4 perfectly
fair valuation based upon The produc-
tive worth OF Che land, would force the
usurperg who have been Dleeding Ire
land worse than Egypt was ever bed,
to terms of composition, Perhaps tasse
could be arranged ~ private treaty, 30
that the landlords whem the money
lenders hold in their taioas might ss-
cape utter ruin Perhaps the AMOUNT
owed is too great--for this accurssd
System permeates all Irish finance,
from the London oaHk which i0aas the
cabinet minister money 81 ~ per cent
to build lis ea5tie down u the gem
been man WHO loans TO ttis tenant at Fl
go per cent. for the purchase Of seed.
If the case il too bad foT ordinary
remedies, then no ideasabout the rights
Of property ought 80 stand III the way
of q heroic and extraordinary remedy
any more than they availed to prevent
our freeing the slaves twenty three
years ago. All this uaag BIO the first
practical step toward 4 federation Of
the British Empire. Ireland, gorn, eg-
fIausGed, sick at heart oyer her own
Oscillation. has now no external anlbi-
s t~sss 4.