Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-28
THE IRISH QUESTION:
DIarus.ea by areland'a
Great Champisn.


p1l4t on tAe krisA Question waa pub
lil1ed Today. Il oontaina ffsy-thro.
PAGES and Il similar II The exnnl1enee y
~ a1yie 10 Gladstonais pamphiet On %,
balanFiAn atfosigiea- At the oufssf
6iA4al11a eompara8 Is with &he apelany
be wrote On his change a. attitude fs.
RaFdinW tie Irish ehnrah. = Baf. = hs
eonglndag, Ia The praaeat cess havs
no saah change 60 in1ieate, bnt hava
o1ly % point aat the mode Il walsh ms
language and e0ndnct Wsre governed
by uniformity of pxincipls. I have
Simply followed the gaFi0us stages b
which The great QnesfioR Of autonomy
for Ireland has been bronahf 60 ths
STAGE of ripenesa f0E UFastieal lsalala-
The pamphlst i under tuo hsadu.
First b 3 hi1ieEy Of the idea, IN whiah
Mr.. GIads1one summzKizsa the follow.
inR conditions under which alone d
81 visw Il uoaId bseoms possible:
hrst. The abandonment of TIE hops
thas a psriiament eould serve as 3 COS
si5le legislative insfrumest for ireland.
a8conds the unaquiVooai and eonsaitu-
tienal demand 81 the Irish msmbsFs;
third, the possibility Of dealing witn
Scotland IL . similar way In airoam-
stances of equal and equally ofeaF de-
airo. 9lads10ne then passes 10 defend
hiUself from The sharae Of having
apFuna she home rule mea ufe upon his
frlenda ReplyinR 20 the charges Of
Harrington aud Chamberlain that be
had ounoeiVed she idea pRecipi-
lately. and 20 their charge of hay-
ing conesaled Il unduly, be denies thaf
tt Is ths duty % the Minister 10 make
known, even 60 his eolieaenea, every
idea forming ID bis mind, whiah wouId
tend 20 confuse and TBtard instead of
aid hasiHeaa. He continues: @What /
true 10 thai had not publiely ana ia
prineiple condemned ik. and also thns
had mentally considered it, bat had
neither adopted or rejected it, for ths
very simple reason that Il was not pro-
posed for adoption o. Fei setion-" Glad
stone then goes on 10 p0lns out that dur,
ing ell TIE many years Of his public
life the alternatives we're repaAi, on the
ons hand, and On the other, the relief
Of Ireland from her grievances.
Lt vas not possible, be says, at that
time 20 pr0gnostioate how In . short
time Parliament woald stumble and
almost writhe under many accommodating
burdens OF 10 pFsnonnce that Il would
eventually prove ineapahls Of meeting
the wants Of Ireland. Evidently there
was q period when Igish patriotism as
represented By OOonnell, locked favor.
ably upon this alternative policy ard
had no hxed conclusion as % the abs0-
lute nsoessity for q home RoVarnment,
and seemed 10 sllow thai measnfes
founded il justice 70 Ireland might
poasihly safiae 70 meet the necessity OF
the case.
Il vas a. sasIy as 1871, Mr.. Gladstone
says, thai be took the frst step towards
placing the controversy on its true basis.
He opposed Sir. Bult's Bohems, because
the alternative described IN the last
paragraph had not been exhausted. bat
sven as that time he did net close the
door against the recognition OF the
question 10 . different stats Of things.
Instead Of den0uncing the idea ef home
rule as one IN It's essence destruotive OF
he unity Of she Empire, ID the fellow
Ing words be accepted tbs assurances
ziven 10 she contrary: Let me do tie
promoters Of this movement the fullest
Justice. always speaking under the con.
Ficsien, aa they most emptaticAlly de-.
slafa and as / fully believe, that the
anion of the kinQdoms under Her Ma
esty Ia 10 BE- maintained bat that Par
lament is 10 be broken up.n Similarly,
d 1874, Mr.. Gladstone accepted With
ut qualification the principle that hore
iula had no necessary c0nnectlon With
SEPARATION.
When Mr.. shaw suossoded 10 the
Home RuIe leadership in 1880, Mr..
~. a~a.... A.ffoI A. a,-....a - ak..ws..r.
N evidens disposition % respect the
Of she Hoase Of Olmmons
,nd the spirit Of sue constitution. IA
88l, a the GuiidhAll be announced
hat be woald hail with satisfaction aud
lslieht any measure Of local govern
nenl for Ireland.
Coming to The electoral campaign OF
8a6, Mr.. GlAdaione says that his great
sbieot waa 70 DO nothing % hinder the
,Fo aacufion Of she question By the To
hes, bat 70 use HE bost Efforts 70 i'm
press The public with the importanoe
md urgency Of the question. IL was In
his spirit that his Midlothian address
vas written. The Irish question vas
severed from the general subject Of local
and it vas pointed oas that
/ wonid probably throw 10 the shade
"a the other important measures
Ehich we're rips. Once ripa. the
.ime for action had come - Just
s f Il had been q eoFn6eid.
lna must not Wait until it vas over
.ipa. The healing of the sores Weuld
,nlF become more diinoalt, the growth /
Z Budding hopes more liable % be
lheeked and paralS Mad By she froata Of
,oiifioa, for EaQlAnd, in her soft arm
hair. an security. wag satisfied With
naction and comfortable, but Tor Ire
ana Ia her leaky eabin, it was Of con
lequancs 70 stop cot the weatheE.
In ne second portion og the paDphlet,
TIE Lessons of the Eleetiona." Glad
lione begins By drawing certain lessons
lroTn the elsetions e thsy afeot ths
IahaPal party. In the coarse Of aome
M calculations Be estimates the los .
he Liberal party from the unionist
lahis1n at two ssgenths Of TIE whole;
as thia fraction h distributed, be
POINTS onf. very unequAlly amona the
Ilassea. Il eOnmandsd dvesixths,
= naVa of the Liberal peers, bas not 1
nore fhan one-tWentieth 0f the Liberai
ITen shs Tories have failed % secure an
IU9o4ul4 MS lAE4NNt AA4 NaANa - A4aA
Ianoinnion fhak Af The nEss mo1ent
Ihat Libsralism b agsin united, it mast
lQain bsoone predominant IN Pafiia-
nena Gladstone sees further ground
'or hoe In the ahAtenen that has
llready taken place n the ToFy oppo-
Iftlnn. ~Wa hear 10 more poe-salia1'
aneuaae.n he nAya. ~And 20 more cf the |
Iamous tgsnay years daFing Whieh Par
iament vas % Sc granted apeuial pow-
~ TO seenre . hFn goFefnnaent n ire
and, and mt The end of which time Ia a
srzeF 81 lees degree the epereion laws
nfQhf Be Fspeslsd and measures - io14i
nj RoRarnmeat entertained
Glaasto1s thsB Ros on % poant oul
.hat the Uniouisfs are Already pledEe4
10 immediaae aud large ooDoezslonss
aany of them en- saeh scale that thsy
rise 20 tha i idsa ths nama % haDe
rnla. dseiarinQ thGm1elgoa faRor4cis %
Iss pFinoipla and aaly opRossd - ne
sWkuard and peEVeEas maan6r - uh1ca
4 va hnndled by tie iats oo9egnm at.
: Isook q tAs qasastua," Mr. 8laas1ens
.ansfnaaa, ~ghich way We VII. Ne tasa
IN hardly faiI % faeatsa nea hfs from
- hands - those VITO have been 111
saaoNsafal aDpunen1a"
NJ. GlaAEs1na 1han looks a4 the else
lisn fFunn q nsugFaphisni psinl cf tssw.
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