The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-06

siorls to the House the Tune will Ger
tainly have come when the government
which appears to be somewhat LII the
frame Of mind Of q. countryman OF
mine, who, IN fanciful ecdote, is
said to have declared he was Blue
moulded for want Of d batting will
have no longer to wait for the salutary
chastiseneqt it desires. Ii is for the
Irish members to consider and decide
whether and when they shall proceed
in the House by division on the address
or by bill or by motion or by some
measure which, though less direct, may
happen to be mere effective. 1t is
plain to us that the paragraph in the
speech is not intended SO much as a
declaration OF opinion or for the instruc-
ton of the House, or guidance of the
country, as for the purpose Of coaxing
either the right honorable member for
Midlothian and the Irish members into
the presentation of an amend
ment. But The honorable mem
Der for Cork (Parnelll is rath
er Zoo old a parliamentary bird
to be caught by the familiar method,
and, moreover, ,chan had been spread in
an exceedingly artiess manner. Does
the Government expect the Nationalist
representatives will propose an amend
ment on the subject of eoercion2 Why
should they2 When coercion is pro-
ceeded with they will not be left under
any mistake as to the determination of
the Irish members TO oppose it to the
utmost in their power by every means
at present known to parliamentary US
age may enable them to ascertain. |
pity the government more than blame
them. / believe they had good inten-
tions last week, but that these disap-
peared under the pressure Of circum-
stances. Within their ranks is q poi
sonous element in the shape of eighteen
Irish Tories and nine more returned by
English constituencies. Everybody
knows Ireland requires some remedial
but if the government to-
morrow proposed remedy for an
Irish grievance it would fall through
the desertion and opposition of these
twenty-seyen Irish Tories. The Ma
tionalist party are not called upon at
this stage to define the demands of the
Irish people. 1t is for them to state
grievances, and for the government,
with all it's resources of craftsmanship
and knowledge of administration, to
find remedy 1t is false and delusive
to say that the integrity Of the empire
or the supremacy OF the imperial Parlia-
ment, is called into question by the de-
mands of the Irish people. The SUI
premacy of the crown has never been
called into question and tie supremacy
of this Parliament -. Il, no srs,a- (.
anty The danger to the integrity Of
the British empire, SO far as Ireland is
concerned, lies in the perseverance in
the futile and antagonistic policy of
keeping at their door a discontinued
people and convulsed society, and
their permanent safety lies in courage
ously and frankly attacking the ques-
tion once and for all, and in giving a
safe and rational measure of freedom
to the Irish, people Mr.. Sexton
spoke for an hour in the most impas-
sionate style and in perfect manner.
Many said it was his greatest oratori-
cal effort. AS he sat down the House
was filed with Parnellite cheers. Dur
ing that portion Of his speech in which
turning face to face to Mir. Gladstone,
he said that he understood that the
right honorable member for Midlothian
was in favor of granting Ireland her
own Parliament provided the integrity
OF the empire and the rights Of the mi
nority were guaranteed, tremendous
cheering rose from the Irish benches
when Mr.. Gladstone, in full view of the
House nodded his head three times in
affirmation. EVERYBODY knew when Sex
ton sat down that SaIisbnry's fate was
sealed. Irrepressible Tim Healy, the
member for South Derry. scored q pal
pable hit ON Mr.. Stanley Leighton, the
Tory member, who led off the Irish
question III the debate on the Queens
speech, by asking the Irish secretary
whether it was true that a boycotted lady
IN Ireland was held down by>a neighbor
while a dog gnawed her legs, and
whether any person had been arrested
for the outrage--an incident narrated
by the deputatiDn of Orangernen 20
Lord Salisbury Sir William Hart
Dyke, the Irish secretary, was not pre-
pared TO give any answer. The honor
able member said he would repeat his
question on Monday, Whereupon Dir.
{. NJ Healy, who was elected to sit
from South Derry, rose, and with comic
gravity worthy CT Charles Mathews,
said: Mr Speaker. / shall on that
day ask the home secretary whether
his attention has been called to the case
Of an English Lady who tied her child
to chair before the fire and slowly
roasted it to death Secretary Smith
escorted By two detectives, arrived in
Dublin last Sunday. His stay is apt
to be very brief one, however
Taking Pity on the Boarders.
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