St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-24
IRELAND,S NEEDS.
The Subject InteiIigenIIy Discussed
hyJUSTIn Mccarthy.

hyJUSTIn Mccarthy.
NEW YORK. Feb. 23.-The Independent
Of the oath inst. will publish an article from
Justin Mccarthy, member of parliament,
setting forth intelligibly FOR American
readers what Mr.. Parnell and his confreres
include in their demand for home rule. The
following comprises the essential features of
it. lie begins by saying that the National
lists do not demand separation, but would
not be s3tiiied with a mere local board; that
very many lrishmen would be glad of separ-
alton. but they recognize that the spirit of
the age does not favor small. independent
state, but rather an agglomeratiOn Of
states. and that, therefore, 1.-THE question of
separation does not come into practical
politics now" He then goes Oh TO say:
All tine freshmen that L know, certainly all
the responsible Irishmen, are content TO see
ireland part OF Great Britain. provided
she Is partner with England on fair terms
N She is, they are willing that ireland
should be in partnership, but they are not
willing that sine should be in subiection.
What they say 10 English statesmen is ths
''Give ireland the right to manage her own
affairs within the line of the sea foam that
washes her shores. Give her the right 20
do for herself what every state in the
American Union has n right to do for itself
what every one of the English colonies in
much and we are willing 10 live i'm friendly
partnership with you" AS 10 imperial
affairs, we could easily arrange. A compro-
mise might be found. My own idea of a
satisfactory system would be to have n home
rule parliament for England and another for
Scotland. and yet another for Wales. as well as
for ireland, and an imperial parliament in
which all should be represented for imperial
affairs, affairs OF common interest. This
would be just such q system as you Ameri-
10 nd ara-s 1e..
But neither England nor Scotland wants a
home rule parliament for herself Just yet /
say '.just yet" because the
DEMAND AND THE NECESSITY
will come some day. Sooner or later England
and Scotland win find that il is not possible to
get through local, parOchial, national and i'm
perial business i'm one centralized legislature.
But Just yet this is not fully recognized, and,
therefore. there is certain difficulty about
establishing n system which should give Ire
land, and Ireland alone domestic parlia-
ment and at the same time allow
To ireland full representation in the i'm
perial parliament. Euglishmen say: at is
unreasonable that you should expect to come
over here and take part in the government Of
our affairs, while we are not TO be allowed 10
have any share in the management of your
affairs" l do not think there is much in the
objection, but the objection is made and has
to be taken into account. Therefore, at
least should be quite willing to accept a par
Lament in College Green. Dublin, and to give
M all right 10 a seat in the imperial parlia-
ment at Westminster. Some arrangement
could easily be made as TO Ireland's
share in the common taxation and her
voice in imperial affairs. No serious
difficulty would arise about that Give
us al Irish parliament and we will show
that we are ready TO meet England on fair
and reasonable grounds OF compromise and
arrangement rs 10 other matters. but il must
be an Irish parliament, not a system of local
boards. What is the difference il may be askedY
Even in practice the difference would be very
great. In the principle the difference is the
difference between what we want and what
we do not WANT. We want TO have the exist
ence of the Irish nation recognized. We want
an Irish national parliament, free TO make
what laws it viii for the internal administra-
tion of ireland. We could not accept the
control OF the parliament at Westminster or
| of the sovereign acting on the advice of
HER BRITISH MINISTERS.
That would be to hand us over TO the con-
troll of the English majority again, but we
| should be quite willing TO accept the control
OF the sovereign acting on the advice of her
! Irish ministers, the same principle as that
which prevails in Canada and Australia. OF
course il would be a merely nominal control,
just as il IS in Canada and Australia and in
] England herself. The control of the sover-
/ egn in these countries never again can be
/ anything but nominal. The control of an
/ English ministry over Ireland's domestic par
lament would he very real and an alto
/ gether intoierable control. ireland would be
quite willing TO give any requisite guarantee
of any article in written constitution or
\ otherwise, for the protection of the
minority in all their freedom OF conscience.
| In all their rights, of whatsoever kind, nothing
1 could be less needed than such guarantee
Nothing is farther from the mind and the
I heart OF Catholic Ireland than 20 do the
] slightest wrong TO the Protestants OF ireland.
! With the single exception of O'Connell all the
! Irish leaders have been ProtestantS. ana some
! OF O'Connelfs most powerful supporters are
| PrOtestantS. See what list il is: Wolfe,
Tone, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Robert EN-
met, Smith 0'Brien, Thomas Davis, John
Mitchell, Isaac Butler, Charles Stewart Par
nell.
ALL PRoTESTANTS.
Among the new members elected 10 serve
! Ireland's national cause in the imperial par
! lament are several earnest Protestants. who
would be rather amused if they were asked
whether they We're not afraid of being de-
prived of their freedom of worship If an Irish
/ parliament were TO be established. What
! about that northern province of ireland
| which we hear of as Protestant, Ulster?
asked my American readers TO get well into
/ their minds the fact that the majority of
| members returned to parliament from the
| province OF Ulster are Nationalists and
! devoted followers OF Mr.. Parnell.
! Healey, Mr.. Biggar. William O'Brien.
Mr.. william Redmond, Mr.. Arthur
O'Connor. Every American has heard of
these names and known that they are the
names of men absolutely devoted 10 the Irish
| cause. These men and many others like them
are now the chosen Representatives OF Ulster
! constituencies. Mr.. Sexton went very near