Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-09

, problen therefore before Parliament at tn
: present time is to reconcile imperial unit.
4 with the diversity Of legislatiVes.
He believed that the Government hat
found the solu'ion of this problem in tn
establishment of Parliament at Dnoiir
3 for the conduct of business, both Legislative
e and administrative. Loud cheers bV th'
u Parnelites.
= "Ths political equslity of the three coun
5 tries" said Mr.. Gladstone, must be recog
D nized. Therefore there must be an tquit
: able distribution of the imperial tunds
: The peculiar circumstances existing IL
3 Ireland also make it necessary to estaohsn
! safeguards for the minority in that coun-
try. The Government viii be Obliged to
consider the class connected with the LAND
and the relations which they will sustain
with the Protestant minority. AS Ireland
: is to have a domestic legislature It viii
therefore be impracticsbl for irish repre-.
sentatiyes to come here. The intention OF
the Government bill" Mr.. Gladstone said,
'tis that the
1 PARLIAMENT AT DUBLIN
shall be dual body It to be composed
of two parties each of which shall have the
power to veto the acts of the other. Ihe
frst order will include l03 members. The
second order 206. 1Wenty-eigbt OF the
present Irish Peers will continue TO ant in
the House of Lords and they will be
granted the option to have life seats in the
| first Irish order. The office of Viceroy OF
Ireland will not be discontinued The
bill intends that the Viceroy shall remain
and that the office shall hereafter Be
non.political; that is the Incumbent
of the Office will not be expected
to retire with the downfall of tie Bi,ish
ministry.
"The bill empowers the Queen to dee-
gale to the Yiceroy such of her preroga-
tives as she may choose The Irish con-
stsbularY will remain under the same
authority as at present The bill provides
that tie Parliament SHALL have no author
ity to establish or endov any particular
religious sect. 1t will be empowered, how.
ever to deal with laws stfectiDg trade and
navigation, weights and measures and the
postal administration. 1t will have notl.
ing to do with coinSge. The bill will pre-
serve the
FISCAL UNITY OF The EMPIRE.
But the entire proceeds arising from Gus
tons and excise duties in Ireland will be
held for the benefit Of that country. These
funds are to be used for the discharge Of
Irish obligations. Any balance which
may remain after this is to remain in the
Irish eSchsGper. The provisions Of the
bill vest in the Irish legislature the gen.
eral power OF imposing taxes. 1t is pro |
pcsed that the maximum duration OF the
Irish Parliament shall be FIVE years 1t
shCll have no power to interfere with the
prerogatives Of the Grown, such as the
army, the navy, or other armed forces. 1t
shall have nothing to do with foreign or
colonial officers.
The principle I have laid down / am
not laying down for Ireland exceptionally. /
1t is the very principle upon which within
my recollection to the immense advantage |
OF the country Parliament has not only
altered hut reyolutionized our method OF
government. When ! held Office at the
Colonial Office 50 years ago the Colonies |
were governed from Downing street.
THE RESULT
was thet the home Government was always
in conflict vita tLoge countries which had
legislative assemblies. We had continual
shocks with the colonies then. All that
has been changed, the British Parliament |
tried to pass good laws for the colonies,
but tie colonies said I'VE don't want your
good laws; We want SqE Own good laws,
and Parliament Of length edpltted the
reasonsbleness Of this principle. This
principle has now come home to US from
across the seas, and the House has now to
consider whether it is applicable to the
cage OF Ireland.
\
I'VE nov stand lace to isOs with
what il termed Irish nationality venting !
itself in dsnand for general govern
ment in Irish not in imperial affairs.
In conclusion Mr.. Gladstone said: 81
bold that there is such thing as local pa |
trio,ism which ia not bad but good
(Cneers The Welshmsn is full OF local
patriotism. The Scotchman is full oflocal
patriotism. No. Sco.sG nStiorsGty is as
strong as II ever vas, sud it the iced were |
to srise | believe II would be az ready to
ssssrt it as it was in the days OF Bannoek
burn. (Cheers)
If read
IRISH HISTORY
arieht. misforture and calamity have we'd
dcd her sons to ker soil with an embrace,
set c'osec than is known elsewhere, and
the Irishmen ia still more profoundly Irish,
but it does not follow that, because bis
local patriotism is strong he Ghould be In
capable Of an imperial patriotism.
There ara two modes OF presenting the
subject have srgued. One Of them IS to
present what we now recommend ss good,
and the osher is TO present it q, cho oe
of evils, aud as the least among
varied evils with which as
possibilities We are confronted. / have
argued the matter as ifit had been choice
of evils. / haze recognized as facts and
as entitled to attention issloGses SGich |
myself do not share or feel. 1 have argued
it on that ground as the only ground on
which il can be recommended not only to
q mixed auditory but to the public mind
of the country that cannot give minute n
yc.tigstion to sll portions Of this coRph-
Gated question. I do not know whether
il NAV appear too bold, but in
nv own heart cherish the hope that this
is not LAerely 8 choice of the lesser evil,
but that it may be psoSea 70 be ere long a
GOOD in itself. Loud cheers fhsrs IL,
| I know, an auSwer to this, and what is the
, answer The answer is only found in the
view which rests upon basis Of despair OF
absolute condemnation Of Ireland and
Irishmen as exceptions to thoss benaGcial
proyisions which have made In general
Earoposps, particularly Englishmsn and
! .~ericsns, ssPsple of self govern
men, that a6 triGhGsn Is
Iusus natural, that justice, soaGon
sense, moderation and natural prosperity
haze no meaning for him, that ell that he
can understand, and all that he can apPre-