Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-06-24
THE PREMIER'S APPEAL.
Gladstone Issues a Manifesto
to the Electors of England
and Scotland.
The Issue Plainly Stated, Which
Must Be Met in a Manly
Way.
MIR. Gladstone has issued the following
manifesto to the electors of Midlothian.

MIR. Gladstone has issued the following
manifesto to the electors Of Midlothian:
GENTLEMEN-In consequence OF the defiant of
ktne Dill Tor the better government of Ireland the
Ministry advised, and her Majesty was pleased
Seeisi csipn, the dissolution of Parliament for
oeclsion by the nation Of the gravest and like
WISE the simplest issue that has been submittod
20 20 u ior half century. It is only a sense of
period OF life when Nature cries aIoud for re-
pose. TO seek, after sitting in thirteen Parlia-
view to solicit for t tbe st and nd Nth this
| your confidence. "
AT the last election I endeavored in NV adj
dresses and speeches to impress upon you the
fact that great crisis had arrived In the affairs
| OF ireland. Weak as the late Government was
t tor ORDINARY purposes, 1t had great advantages
Ior dealing with that crisis A comprehensive
measure proceeding from that Government
would have received warm and extensive sup
Port irom within the Liberal party, and would
PROBABLY have closed the Irish controversy
wltnin the present session and have left the
Pariament OF 1886 free to prosecute the now
stagnant work Of ordinary legislation. with the
muItitude OF questions ii includes. NY earnest
nope was to support the late Cabinet in such
courbe OF policy. On the 26th OF last January
tn tne opp opposite policy OF coercion was declared
tne Earl OF Carnarvon alone refusing to
share, share In Il The Irish question was thus
placed in the foreground, to the exclusion OF
every other. The hour, as ali felt was come
Inc only point remaining to determine was the
manner In which IL was to be dealt with.
IN my Judgment the proposal of coercion was
not justified by the facts and was doomed to
certain and disgraceful failure. Some method
OF governing Ireland other than coercion ought
as thought, TO be sought for and to be found.
therefore viewed without regret the fall of
the late Cabinet, and when summoned by her
Majesty TO form new one, undertook it on the
OASIS OF an anti-coercon policy, with the fullest
explanation to those whose aid sought as coll
leagues when proposed to examine whether It
might not be possible TO grant Ireland a domes-
maintain a md
solidate the unity Of the empire. govern
ment was formed, and the work was at once put
You will not, gentlemen. fail to understand
now and why 1t is that the affairs OF Ireland and
not for the first time, have thrust aside every
otner subject, and adjourned our hopes Of use
ful and progressive legislation. AS a question
OF the hrst necessities Of social order II forces
r1 liSeH IL into the van. The late Cabinet though
rlght IN giving IL that place, were as we thought
wrong I'm their manner Of treating IL It was
our absolute duty on taking the Government, IL
other. Thus. gentlemen it is that this great
and simple issue has come upon you and de-
mands your decision. Will you govern Ireland
her own affairs? To debate in this address
this and that detail Of the lately defeated bill
would only be to disguise this issue, and |
would De as futile as to discuss the hating
stumbling ever-shifting, and ever-advancing
projects OF an intermediate class which have
proceeded from the seeding Liberals. There |
are two clear, positive, and Ineligible plans |
Government and There is the plan of Lord Sails |
bury. Our plan is that Ireland should, under |
weli-considered conditions, transact her own |
affairs His plan is to ask Parliament to renew |
repressive laws and enforce them resolutely for |
twenty years. by the end of which time he ns- /
repeal OF the coercion laws, you may wish to /
give her
Prue union Is to be tested by the sentiments Of |
the human beings united. Tried by this critic
rion we have loss union between Great Britain /
and Ireland now than we had under the settle /
mont Of 1852. Enfranchised Ireland, gentlemen,
asks through her lawful representatives for the /
revival OF her domestic legislature-not, |
a restorative proposal. She urges with |
truth that the Capitalization Of parliaments has
been the division Of the peoples, but she recog- |
nized the fact that the union, lawlessly It was
obtained, cannot and ought not to be repealed. |
She is content to receive her Legislature in /
impaired her imperial interests and better
adapted than the settlement of 1852 to secure to /
her regular control of her own affairs. She has /
not repelled but has welcomed the stipulations /
for the protection of the minority. To such pro-
visions we have given and shall give careful /
heed but trust Scotland will condemn the |
attempts 80 singularly made to import into the |
controversy a venomous element of religious |
bieotry. Let her take warning by the deplor-
able riots in Belfast and other places in the
north.
Among the benefits, gentlemen, anticipate
from your acceptance OF our policy are these
The consolidation OF the united empire and
heavy, constant and demoralizing waste Of the |
public treasure the abatement and gradual ex- /
development of her resources which experience |
shows to be n natural consequence Of free and |
orderly government; the redemption of the |
honor of Great Britain from the stigma fastened |
upon her almost from time immemorial in re-
spect to Ireland by the judgment of the whole
civilized world and, lastly, the restoration of
Parliament to its dignity and efficiency and the
regular progress Of the business OF the country. |
Well, gentlemen, the first question now put
TO you is, How shall Ireland be governed |
There is another question behind it and involved /
in it. How are England and Scotland to be |
governed2 You know how, for the last six years
especially, the affairs Of England and Scotland |
have been impeded and your imperial Parlia-
ment discredited and disabled. All this hap
pened while the Nationalists were but a small |
minority of the Irish members without sup
port from 30 much as n handful Of members
not Irish. Now they approach ninety, and
entitled to say I'VE are speaking the views |
OF the Irish nation" It is impossible to deal /
with this subject by half measures. They are
strong in their numbers, strong in British sup
port, which brought 31S members to vote for |
their country; strongest Of all In the sense of
being right But, gentlemen, we have done our
part the rest remains for you Electors OF the
country, may you be enabled to see through /
and cast away all delusions refuse evil and |
choose good. have the honor to be, gentle
men. your faithful and grateful seryant, ~
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