Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-29
uiadstono at liverpool

LIVERPOOL, June 2s.--Gladstone this
morning addressed the electors Of Liver.
pool. He was received with boundless
enthusiasm, Hundreds OF people unable
to gain admittance crowded
around outside. Gladstone said the
enthusiasm In favor of home rule
surpassed anything he had Witnessed dur
ing his life. Despite the long purses Of
his opponents he looked forward to the
result of the elections with confidence. II
was true he denounced the Nationalist
IN 1881, but IL was because he
thought they were in the wrong,
He supported them now because he
thought they were now In the right He
now proposed TO give statutory parlla-
ment TO Ireland to deal exclusively with
| Irish affairs His opponents pretended
that such grant would be breaking
down OF Irish allegiance TO the imperial
parliament, but, said the premier, their
allegiance had been given grudgingly
and intellectually heretofore, and some.
times II had not been given at all.
The Liberals wished to destroy
that sort Of allegiance, and make Irish
men serve the imperial parliament, like
Scotchmen ANA Engllshmen, from the
heart and mind. lie stoutly denied that
they were refusing Ulster privileges
which they were giving elsewhere. On the
contrary they were willing TO listen TO
any suggestion In behalf Of Ulster. They
were willing to make exceptional pro-
posals II they were likely to be adopted
Again they were told that the land-pur-
chase project meant taking the British
tax. payers money. IL meant moth
ing OF the kind. 1t was one
thing to spend their money
and another thing to invest II. II he
thought that the land purchase meant
more than investment he w0nld be no
party 10 the scheme. He denied, how
ever, that The home-rule bill and
the land-purchase bill were inseparable.
He reminded his auditors that home rule
was q question CT classes against the
masses The Liberal party, he said,
was as rule, not supported by
dukes, squires, clergymen OF the
established church, officers OF the army,
and so forth. Whenever there was q
highly privileged, publIc-lndorsed profess
Rional, most every member OF that protes.
sion was an anti Liberal, butfrom the legal
and medical professions when were now
open the Liberals received a fair share OF
support. 1t had always been shown
that wherever truth, justice and hui
manity were concerned the masses were
In the right and the classes IN
the wrong, lie would show this
by reference TO Lord Randolph Churchill,
whose name he had not mentioned before
during the canvass, and which he did NOT
suppose he would have occasion To men.
tion again. IIo had been
told that Lord Randolph Churchill
had had good deal 10 saw
about him, but he {Gladstonel
had not taken the trouble to inquire. Ii
was Very difficult to describe churchill
but II he could cut out one-hali
OF his quality he might make
with the other half valuable
and distinguished public servant
Churchill, however, admitted that the
glasses might so wrong, that the Pan
Mall clubs might go wrong, but that the
people never erred. Gladstone
hoped they would not err
on this occasion. Parliament,
he said, had been paralyzed because OF
the Irish question and 1t would remain
paralyzed unless some measure OF
/ Justice were passed. Ireland had
struggled to bring her case
70 the front aud had succeeded.
she was now backed, not only by her
own members, but by number OF En-.
gllsh people. lie believed the measures
proposed would tend TO promote the
growth OF prosperity 10 Ireland.
The Liberals were told that the
result would be EnglanAi would
Rave TO hold Ireland by force, bnt this She