Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-19
GLADSTONE.
The Grand Old Man Opens Another
Or eat Campalgn--BattIiug for
Home Rule and Liberty.
He Expresses a Desire for the People
TO Close the Pending Controversy
IN. as Speedily as Possible.
fAS True Issue One OF Principle RatheI
thaR OF Detail--A DIGESTION Purely
Of Justice or Injustice,
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THE OLD MAN xyoQrENT
EDNeURGR, June ls.--tiladstome spoke
IN Music hall tonight. Tickets OF adj
mission had been Issued, and the hall,
which Is capable Of holding 200O persons,
was tliled TO It's utmost capacity. The
audience cheered for Gladstone and
Lord Salisbury, and groaned for
Chamberlain, Harrington and the other
Unionists. When he began his speech
voice seemed less powerful
than formerly. He said that this was a
soldiers battle. II was not won by gem
eral tactics or ability, but by soldiers
valor. Equally were the present dissola-
ton of parliament and the general cleo
tons the peoples battle. Refer
ring to the seeding Liberals, Gladstone
said the question was, whether
the country would resolve with strong
sense and sympathy with Ireland to com
pensate for these objections. am
strongly convinced, said he, that the peo-
pie have resolved 10 carry the day net
withstandIng the detection Of prominent
leaders Of the Liberal party. The con-
test is fought against us by
OFFICERS IN OUR OWN ARMY.
The Conservatives were content to
leave the work IN the seceders' hands
They call themselves Unionists and Dis
integrators. They wish TO preserve this
paper Union unaltered. We feel that It
should be specially conserved. SO far as
1t is valuable we seek a union Of heart
and mind, which we are struggling to re-
store. We desire to speedily close this
great controversy for every interest IN this
fnp fha nj al
parties. Public business will be inter
rupted and public confidence shaken, aud
social order IN Ireland will not be re-
stored unless the people speak clearly
and decisively, as the question merits
LCheers DO not let it be said that the
nation Is
UNEQUAL TO THE TASK
OF dealing with the question. Some
finch from the difficulty, some turn their
backs on your trouble, but not the
nation; il win not do likewise. Rest as
sured that If the nations voice
be given in defense OF our cause, when
the contest 10 settled and the excitement
passed, 1t will resemble old questions of
religious disability, parliamentary re-
torn and tree trade. The people Will
wonder why the opposition raised the
Irish claim when defeated by an Irish
agency, the Conservatives having obtained
forty seats through the support OF Par
nell. do not blame or praise Parnell
Tor his action. Suppose forty bad been
deducted from our opponents in home
rule, sir. 1t should have made their
number 30l instead Of 8il. Suppose
forty should have been added to our 81,
it would have made us 35l instead Of 81.
II is important that the electors should
realize the true isRue which Is much dis
puted. IL Is @ choice between opposite
policies regarding ireland, and between
opposite principles OF action, or cnoice
upon details of a large complicated bill.
Important journals urge you not to
consider the policy TO be pursued, but TO
entangle yourselves in the details OF this
or that particular method Of establishing
that policy. The question you are asked
to decide is proposition TO establish u
Legislative body In Ireland TO manage
exclusively Irish affairs.
1T Is THE PRINCIPLE
upon which you are called TO vote, and
not the particulars or even bill. Wepro-
pose to reduce the issue TO point where
from there can be no escape. Amongst
the great and painful defections from
honesty and honor whereof we are con-
WINGED and which we deeply lamented,
is that of our former powerful ally, the
Scotsman newspaper Kisses and groans
which has rendered great and valued
services 10 the Liberal policy. The
Scotsman now goes to the root OF the
matter, puts the issue In q way Ia which
Il can be met more meritoriou5ly,
lust as our opponents in our parliamen
nut an issue In the way at one time
iavoripg home rule and the principle OF
bill, and yet voted against 1t because
they objected 10 the details OF The
measure. The Scotsman puts the question
fairly and clearly. 1t says, any general
professions by the ministers OF desire
for self-goyernment in ireland VIII be
Loaf as TO the value or meaning OIL
these professions Let each candidate be
asked IL he would In the new parliament
SUPPORT Gladstone's bill II reintroduced,
with the alternative explained at the
foreign office meeting. II he Is Tor dis
union, he ought TO be rejected. No play
upon words will help him out
of this position. Now mark the
coming words: nSafe self government
for Ireland is the one thing most
desirable in Gladstone's bill, but there Il
another most undesirable feature"
now make the Scotsman and al
agreeing with the Scotsman a very manu-.
some offer. / am sure that when ihe5
mention safe self-government they don
mean by cafe
TO IMMACULATE THEM.
Substantially they mean that with reason
able precaution the Irish ought 70 have
real effective central government Of lrlsL
AFFAIRS. That Is all we want [cheersl, oil
we ask Of you. We never asked parlia'
ment 70 lie itself 70 the details OF the
bill. The case is this All we had oeior'
MS was the principle TO establish ON lrisi
statutory body or parliament 70 manage
exclusively Irish affairs We LAID nomI
several conditions essential to the sale ap
nlIcatIon Of that principle. II mus
be compatible with and conducive 70 in'
union Of the empire, must be founded
upon political equality, embrace equlta
/ ne distribution OF imperial burdens ans
fford A reasonable safeguard TO the mlnori
/ Nv M afford any rational prospect Of Deini