The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-28
Mr.. GLADSTONE'S SPEECH
BEFORE THE GENERAL LIBERAL
MEETING AT LONDON.
The Only Concession That VIII BE
Made I'm the Home Rule Bill
The Governments Policy.

LONDON, May 27. - The general
L beral meeting held to-day was at
tended by $50 members of Parlia-
ment. Mr.. Gladstone was very vigor.
ous and animated in his address. He
said thst nobody W uld be committed
to the support Of the home rule bill
by listening, without protest or OBJ
lection TO Whist he had to say in favor
of the measure, because he desired
the fulle,t freedom to prevail in the
Liberal party in respect TO 1t. Lord
Saisbury's recent speech, in which he
said the business OF Eng and in Ire.
land was 10 govern, had decided the
OF the controversy, because
he was the official spokesman OF the
opposition. The Irish policy OF the
governments opponents being there
fore coercion, the Importance of
settling the Irish question now was
intensified. II had been proposed TO
settle the meter by the adoption of
an abstract resolution affirming
the principle OF home rule
for Ireland, but MIR Gladstone
thought the course pr posed by the
government wou d answer better. An
endeavor had been made to emascu-
late the principle of autonomy 1 r
Ireland and convert the bill into a
delusion and a sn re. Continuing,
the Premier aid the members who
voted for the home rule bill would by
doing so be in no way committed to
the support of the Irish land purchase
bill, the latter being matter which
would remain wbolly within the
power Of the Imperial Parliament,
even after the adoption of the home
rule bill. Let those who said the
concession OF home rule TO lrelend
would impair the imperial authority,
the fpeaker went on, remember that
the Imperial Parliament was impo-
tent and unable to dive itself of Its
power, which belonged to the nation.
MR.. GLADSTONE
warmly eulogized Lord Harrington,
who, he said, possessed integrity and
manliness. The Premier, however,
at no Period during his speech, made
any allusion to Mr.. Chamberlain.
Concerning the matter OF COT cessions,
Mr.. Gladstone said the government
was willing to sobmit to Parliament a
plan emitting Irish, presentatives
TO a vote in the Imperial Parliament
whenever proposals Of taxation infect
ing Ireland were up for consideration.
Moreover, if the Hou Q OF Commons
so wished, the government was ready
to undertake the responsibility OF en-
It'll ng the Irish to be heard in the
Impe ial rliament on imperial or
res orved quest ons ChanGes in the
home rule bill to accomplish these
results would, however, entail a re-
construction of the measure. The
government, therefore, thought that,
after the second reading of the bill,
it might be postpopqH until the au-
tumn session OF farliament, or the
gov, rnment might iesummon Parlia-
ment TO an early session in 1887 and
then again submit the bill with such
necessary amendmt nts ss during the
interval had been de med advisable
without prejudice to the principle OF
the bill. Mr.. Gladstone himself
thought the latter methnd the prefer
able one, as it would give longer time
for the consideration OF proposed
changes, and in the meantime the
cove, nment would keep the issue
fairly and clearly before the
PRoPLE OF THE THREE NATIONS,
whose desire it was, he hoped, to re-
main united for all substantial pur-
poses.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Gladstone's
address Mr.. Lewis Lewellyn Delwyn,
Liberal Member Of Parliament for the
wn Of Swansea, 70 e and declared
that he had been authorized to SPEAK
for the Welsh dissidents ,ppdvr GER
tain contingencies Hetn0wfelt justi'
fed in making decisfatlOn, and that
was that the concessiSns offered by
the Premier. " ere acceptable to the
Welsh dissiSieAtsand we're by hem ac'
cepted. sndfyf Mr.. Delwyn) now as.
surcd NJ Gladstone of the united
support of all the Welsh IN ;mbers
AmoHg the speakers who an
nounced heir approval OF VT Glad
stoAeis position were Mr. Joseph
I Arch the prot ge OF Mr.. Chamber
lair], Radical agricultural member
for Northwest Norfolk; Mr.. Alfred
7 Illingsworth, Liberal member foI
West Bradford John Brinton, Lib
eral member for Kiddermi ster; Jos
eph Rushton, Liberal member for
Lincoln City; VIM. Rathbo' e, Lib
eral member for the Arfoud Divis IN
of Carnarvonshires Charlie Bra Qaugh
Radical member for Northampton
borough, and a numbef of ot"ers.
Tee meeting adjourfied with three
cheers for Mr.. Gladstone. There was
a grear crowd assembled outside the
building The Premier's ADDRESS was
frequently greeted 10y his Aauditors
with bur Is of applause, VIII ch were
heard by the outside crowd and re-
ech ed by cheers Til evening gSpnle
of the Liberals who attended ths
meeting say that they 10 not believe
thst the concessions promi ed by Mr.
Glad-tone, although very great, will
secure Mr.. Chamberlain's support.
THE PAIL MALL GAZETTE
publishes an account OF II e meet ol
with the follow ng head lines: "The
Gileads at the Foreign 0fIice-Tht
Ephraimites Submit to New Shibbo
leth 80 The Irish Parliament Will Rend
the Liberal Party in Twain-Harting
TOMS Secession, and All That 1t Inn
plies, Will Cost the Liberals the Next
| Election-The Irish Vote Poor Com
pensation-The Libera's Must Eat
Grass in the Wilderness Before They
Reacouire the Position They Gained
in 1880, When Gladstone and Hart
ington Rode Tor the Last Time at tn,
Head OF United Wings, Radicals anc
Home Rulers
MIR. Chamberlain and his followers
will hold another meeting 10 morrow
to decide upon their attitude will
reference TO the proposed moditica
tious OF the home rule bill.
IN TIN HOUSE OF COMMONS
this evening Mr.. Norris, Conserva
tive, asked whether the government
still regarded the home rule and lrisl
land purchase bill as inseparably con
nected.
Mr.. Gladstone replied that he ha,
nothing TO add to the speech whici
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