The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-24
The IRISH QUESTION.
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy on the
Situation in Ireland.
NO SEPARATION is WANTED.
But Give Ireland Right to Manage
Her Own Affairs, as in Canada
and Australia.

publish an article by Mr.. Justin Nc
earthly, member of parliament. setting
forth. in an Ineligible form for
American readers, what Mr.. Parnell
and his conferees include in their de-
mand for Home Rule. the following
comprising the essential features of it,
He begins by saying that the National
lists do not demand a separation,
mere local boards; that very
many Irishmen would be glad for
separation, but they recognize that the
spirit of the age does not favor the
small independent States, but rather
therefore, the Question of separation
does not come into practical politics.
He then goes on to say: All Irish
men | know, certainly all respon-
sIble IrishTen, are well content
to see ireland part of Great Britain
provided she is a partner with England
on fair terms. If she is, they are will
ing that Ireland should be in partner
ship. but they are not willing that she
should be in subsection. WHAT they
lay to English statesmen is this:
" Give Ireland a right to manage
her own affairs within the line
of sea foam that washes her
shores; give her the right to do for her
self what every State in the American
Union has right to do for Itself. What
every one in the English colonies in
Canada and Australi.s can do; give US
this much, and we are willing to live In
friendly partnership with you. AS to
imperial affairs, we could easily ar
range that a compromise might be
found. My own, of satisfactory
systems. would be to have a
Home Rule parliament for England
another for Scotland, and if needs were,
another for Wales, as well as for Ire
land an imperial parliament in which
all should be represented for imperial
affairs, affairs of common interest.
This would be just such a system as
you Americans have, as Canada and
Australia have. But neither
England nor Scotland wants
a Home Rule Parliament for herself
just yet. | say just yet, because the
demand and necessity will come. Some
day. sooner or later. England and Scot
land will find that it is not possible to
get through local, parochial, national
and imperial business in one centralized
legislature, but just yet this is not fully
recognized, and therefore, there is a
certain difficulty about the establishing
of system which should give Ireland
and Ireland alone q domestic Parlia-
ment, and at the same allow to Ireland
full representation in the Imperial
Parliament The Englishmen say: It's
unreasonable that you should expect to
come over here and take part
in the government of our affairs,
while we are not to be allowed to have
any share in the management OF your
affairs. do not think there is much in
the objection, but the objection is made
and has to be taken into account
Therefore, l, at least, should be quite
willing to accept Parliament in Col
lege Green, Dublin, and to give up all
the right to 8 seat in the imperial Par
lament at Westminster. Some arrange
lands share in the common taxation
serious difficulty would arise about
that. Give US an Irish Parliament and
we will show that we are rea dy to meet
grounds of compromise, and ar
Engagements as to other matters
but it must be an Irish parliament, not
difference it may be asked. Even il
practice, the difference would be very
great. In principle, the difference is
the difference between what we want
and what we do not want. We want to
have the existence of the Irish nation
recognized. We want an Irish national
parliament, free to make what laws 1t
will for the internal administration Of
Ireland; we could not accept control OF
the Parliament at Westminster or OF
the sovereign, acting on English advice,
that would be to hand US over to the
control of the English majority again
but we should be quite willing to accept
the control of the sovereign acting or
the advice of her Irish ministers. Tit
same principle as that which prevails il
Canada and Australia. OF course, 1
would be merely a nominal control
| just as 1t is III Canada and Australia
and in England herself. The coRtro
of the Sovereign in those countrie!
never again can be anything but nomi
nal. The control of an English minis
try over the Irish domestic parlia-
ment would be very real and al
altogether intolerable control. Ire
land would be quite willing II
give any requisite guaranty BY
an article on the written constitution
or otherwise, for the protection OF tn
the minority in all their freedom Of con
science; in all their rights, of whateVe
kind, nothing could be less needed thai
such guaranty. Nothing is further iron
| the mind of Catholic Ireland than Y
do the slightest wrong to the Protest
ants of Ireland. With the single ex
ception of O'Connell, all crest Irisl
leaders we're Protestants, and some
O'Connell's supporters were the Pro
testants. See what list it is: Wolfe
Lorne, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Rober
Emmett, Smith 0'Brien, Thomas DAVIS
John Mitchell, Isaac Built, Charlie
Stewart Parnell = all Protestants
Among the new members selecte'
to serve Ireland's national caus
in the Imperial Parliament ar
several earnest Protestants who Toui'
be rather amused if they were aske'
whether they were not afraid OF bein
deprived of their freedom Of worship
an Irish Parliament were to be eStao
lished. What about that norther,
province we hear of as Protestant "
ster?" l ask my American readers