The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-06-26
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Nat11eahilm Electors.
GRSrLRnEN; In Consequence of the defeat Of
The hill for the bstte government Of Ireland,
,ba Ministry sd,issi, aud her Majesty was
pleased to sanction. adissolutIon of Parliament
ar the decision by he milton Of the gravcst
and likewise the simplest issue that has been
submitted tslt Cor half century. Il is only a
sense OF the gravity5i this isse which induces
ne. at a period of life when nature cries aloud
for repo.e, TO seek, after sitting In thirteen.
Prlia ,nts. a sea. In the fourteenth, and
with this vlsw TO solicit for he nth time the
honor Of your cena isncs. At the last election
l endeavored, In my addresses aud s2e chez
10 impress upon you the fact that.
oEEAT cHIsIs
Had arrived Iu the afairs of Ireland. Weak
A. the late Government was foi ordinary pur'
poses, It had great advantages for dealing with
that crisis A comprehensive measure pro-
eeedlng from that Government would have rc.
eeivrd q warm aud extensive support from
within the Liberal pariy, aud would probably
have closed the Iilsh controversy within the
present session, aud have lett the Parliament
Of 1885 free to prosecute the now siagGant
work Of ordinary legislation. With the mHiti-
tnde OF qarstions IL includes. my earnest hope
WAS TO support the late Cabinet IN such a
course of policy. On the 25th Of last January
an opposite policy Of coercion was declared To
have been the choice OF the Government. the
Earl Of Canarvon alone refusing 10 share IN
II. Toe Irish question was tEus placed IN the
foreground, to the exclusion Of every other
The hour. a. all felt, was come. The only
point remaining 10 determine was the manner
in which IL was to be dealt with In my
opinion ths proposal of coercion was not ju'-
tihed by the facts and vas doomed to certain
and disxraeefui failure. Some method Of
governing Ireland other than coercion ensht.
a. thousht, TO be souqht for aud fon.d.
Therefore. viewed wllhont regret the fall Of
the late Cabinet. and when summoned by her
Majesty TO form . new one. undertook IL on
the basis Of an
ASrI-ooERoIoN POLICY.
With the fnll.st explanation 10 those whose
aid sought a. colleagues. When proposed
TO examine whether II mi ght not be possible
TO grant Ireland a domestic legislature and
mainiain the honor and consolidate the unity
Of the empire, government was formed and
the work was ut once put In hand Yon will
How. gentlemen. understand huw and why Il
IL that the affairs oi Ireland, aud not for the
nrst time, have thrust aside every other sub
ject. and adjourned our hopes OF useful and
progressive legislation. As a question of the
nrsi necessities Of social oFdr 1t forces itself
into the van. The fate Cabinet, though right
In giving 1t that place. as we thought was
wrong In the manner Of treating H. II was our
absolute duty, ON taking the Isoyernment. II
Ne not adopt their method, TO propose an
another Thus. gentlemen. il Is that
THIS GREAT AND SIMPLE fssuE.
Has come upon you and demands your decIs-
Ion. viii you govern Ireland by coercion. or
win you let Ireland manage her o@n affairs
To debate 10 this address this and that detail
sfthe lately defeated hill would only be to
disguise lhisissue, and would be as frItie AZ
'odiscuss the halting, stumbling. ever-shiftlng.
and ever-advancing projects OF an inter Mediate
class, which Proceeded from the seeding
Liberals. There are two clear, positive and
lntelligt6le plans before the world There IA
the plan Of the Government. aud there Is the
plan ofLofd Salisbury, Our plan Il that Ire.
Iand should, under weIl-conslderod conditions,
transact her own affairs. His plan is 10 ask
Parliament to renew tho represslve laws. aud
enforce them resolutely for twenty years. bv
'he end OF which time, he assurcs us, Ireland
VIII DC at 10 accept any government An the
pay OF local government on the repeal Of tho
coercion laws, you may wish to give her. 1
ieave this Tory project 70 speak for itself In
l's adorned sinpIicity, and turn to the pro-
posed policy Of the Government. Our oppo-
nsn's' gentlemen. whether Tories or seceders.
pave assumed the name of Urionists. / deny
'hem the TUE to 1t. In intentiou, indeed. we
are all unionls's alike; but the anton thev
'e'dse TO modify IN itr prcAent shape, is
PAPKR uNioS,
obtained byfUrce apd freud, and never sane