The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-19
SALISBURY At LEEDS.
THE CONSERVATIVE LEADER
SOUNDS The KEY NOTE
or His Campaign, and Attempts to
Answer Mr.. GladstOne's
Arguments.

- . N--NN's
LEEDS, June 1S.-Enormous crowds
awaited the arrival OF Lord Salisbury
and cheered him loudly. The hall
was packed, there being 5000 PERSONS
present. Fully double that number
of tickets bad Deen applied for The
audience passed away the tine by
singing the national anthem, "Auld
Lang Syne," and various patriotic
songs until Lord Salisbury appeared.
Upon his arrival there was sn out
burst of vigo Gus cheering, &c d the
crowd sang "He's jelly Good Eel
low
LORD SALISBURY
began his address by stating that in
tmos cases oil an appeal TO the tribunal
of the people there was a cause, with
an antagonist to defend it, but now,
said the speaker, we have a very liv-
ing and vigorous antagonist defending
shadowy, immsterial, unsubstsntial
cause. There wss bill, but it is dead
and has been abandoned by its own
parents laughter, aud nothing hiss
been proposed to replace it We know
little what an antagon'sm we are
fighting, and our opponents are
equally embarrassed ms cad Of
defending their proposal, they are
reduced TO attacking us by means
of fragrant mis- representations.
Kisses, One Of these atements
Parnelite Kisses, supported by Earl
Spencer and Mr.. Gladstone [hissesl, is
that we chanpioned the home rule
bill until it was 10 longer expedient.
For myself, desire 10 say that was
always decidedly Of the opinion that an
IIish Legs ature was lmpracticable,
and that an attempt to es aolish one
would be
DISASTROUS TO ENGLAND.
l never varied that opinion for a nom.
ment, nor ever said anything publicly
or privately 10 justify them in think
ing that l had, and l may say the
same for the rest Of my colleagues.
The statement that the Cabinet had
ever entertained proposal to institute
an Irish legislature is absolutely with
out any f-upd alton. The statement
that we had indicated such an
opinion to any perion whatever,
whether Irish landowner or otherW Use,
is equally devoid CT foundation.
[Cheers.] l speak OF what l know as
a t CT not oulv known to myself, but
to fourteen other pers ms. Mr.. Par
nell, Mr.. Gladstone and Lord Spencer,
in supporting the statement, were
speaking on foundation OF mere Cos
sip fer which they could have no au-
thentic proof whatever. | do not
know who the g)ssiper was that mis-
led NJ. PARCEL aud Mr. Gladstone, but
eDtrest them not 10 trust that gen.
tlemsn for The future. Laugh err. l
assure them that we were never near
er the doctrine of an Irish Legislature
than We are to-day. Mr.. Gladstnne's
manifesto says that the question is
simply, twill You govern Ireland by
COERCION, or will you allow her to
manage her own sfiaiIs?" 1t would
require great ingenuity to pa,ka more
delusive statement into fewer words.
Nobody has proposed to
GOVERN IRELAND NJ COERCION"
Here the speaker entered iaCo an ar
gumeut SIS to what constitutes cosr.
cion. He referred to the Kilmainham
Imprisonment as gigantic political
coercion to an extent never before
ventured and to which he hoped an
English minister would never again
go. He would not say that it WAS not
justified, because he did not know
upon what secret Information Mr.. Glad.
stone had acted. eve may say that
criminal law is all coercion. II Mr..
Gladstone is opposed 10 it we must
presume that ne sympathises with
criminals against whom efforts are
being made. [Cheers Our coerc on,
which he denounces, WAS directed
againtt robbery, murder, mutilstion,
terrorism and a system of organized
intimidation which made life bitter to
thousands of i1nocent persons.
wonder if he ever thought for a mo.
met what fol owing our Cabinet
by an anti.coeicion Cabinet meant.
All that we desire is that the law be
sufficiently busine's.like ard eff.
cacious to carry out its own behests.
Coercion means nothing else in our
mouthe, and to compare that with Co.
e, cion that Mr.. Ola istone exercised at
Kilmainham is mere iuegle upon
words
WHO is THIS IRELAND
and Whist are her own affairs? tits Ire
land that speaks with two voices, di-
vided into Two parts, r, sou ely, per-
manently, OF at Last invelerately and
bitterly, opposed to each other. To
personify such an Ireland as she, is an
attemtt to mislead the country. Eng
land sy mpstnized deeply aud rightly
with the efforts of Greece and Italy
to obtain indeps ndence, but
they vera large bodies of men
syeaking with a single voice. But
in Ireland you have from a quarter 10
third of the whole population abso
lutely opposed TO the residue upon
this identical question. Their de.
mands are supposed to be decisive,
| rCheers. You may say the
n aiority should have its way
but let us apply that doctrine
fairly. Ireland sends eighteen
members 20 Parliament opposed
TO eightv.fve in favor OF home rule
You will find that eighteen bears 8
larger proportion to 108, the total mum
Der of members that Ire and returns
than eighty-fve to $40, the total
number Of members Of the House o!
| Commons.
IF TIE MAJORITY Is TO RULE
why is the great majority Of the king
dom not to govern over the wishes Of
tie people? If the majority il
not to rule why should moi
the minority in Ireland bg
protected Just es mu h as the majority
in Ireland against the regulation o.
Great Britain. Cheers. The de
msnd of one Mr.. Gladstone calls &
nation struggling for right, the othel
he speaks Of as an ipnobe few. VIVA
Justice is there in that? You mus
not be deceived by the worh
"self government" which, in Ire
lsud, means being governed b!
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