The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-23
Thomas Oanty, Esq, and p ]. Mahar's
Answers to Tribune Home
Rule.
Words That panetrate Facts Of History
Brought Plainly Before the
Light


that the term implies, while he is, as
we believe this stack to be, an edito
rial hireling of the Tribune. Herewith
we produce the letters Of the gentlen-
men mentioned.
MI. Ganty says: Some one calling
himself Edward j. Stack furnished an
article to Thursdays Tribune on home
rule for Ireland.
I will not answer his assertions that
the Irish people have 8 yearning Tor
everything English; that they are
ashamed of their own language; that
they have become English themselves;
the blind followers and adorers OF
everything English. Every one knows
that such assertions are absurd and
ridiculous, except to a few such men as
Stack He asks, why does ireland want
home rule. Why does Dakota want
nome rule? Why does Minnesota have
| home rule? Is she willing to give up
her statehood and be governed like the
! District Of Columbia? He says the
| Irish parliament would pass such bad
I things as protection laws. Well, viii
not discuss the question Of protection
or. free trade; it is big question. and
ADLER men have discussed it, but suffice
ii to say that Canada and Australia
| have both passed protection laws against
mother England; every other country
| in Europe ana America have also passed
such laws against her, and they have
got at least a few as great statesmen as
MIR. Stack He says that the Irish par
| lament would rob the landlords Of
their land. Well, the editor OF the
Fall Mall Gazette would not then hn0
so much Righteousness and debauchery
| in the city Of London. But no one be-
iieYes that this parliament would do
any more than reduce rents to such a
rate that the landlords would be willing
! to sell to their tenants at such a price
that the tenants could earn enough il
an ordinary life time TO pay for the
| land he tills.
He says Australia and Canada are
getting tired of their severance from
! the British empire, and ask for repre-
sentation in the British parliament IN
| der complete federation of England
and her colonies. There are a few men
in Canada and australia as exceedingly
English as he is, but only a few. | was
at Winnipeg for q few days about two
wears ago, when one Canon. 93hera
gave a lecture on this same subject, OF
such a federation with such q parlia-
nent: This Canon O'Mera was the
head Of the University at Winnipeg,
and seemed to be an Irishrnan who had
sucked so long at the breast Of the
| British lioness that, like Mr.. Stack, he
! had really thought he was one of her
own whelps. He drew glowing pic
/ lures, indeed, Of the great empire on
| which the sun never sets, with her
representative wisdom gathered at
| Westminster from all quarters of the
earth. The Winnipeg papers published
his speech the next morning, and then
handled it without gloves. They said:
Y es, we will be equal partners with
Great Britain in all her glory-in the
glory OF keeping up her standing army
and costly navy, in the glory of paying
her natioal debt, and supporting her
royal family, and her expensive and ar
istocratic army Of oficeholders. We
think the thread that binds Us to Eng
land will continue to grow weaker un-
til it fades entirely away. We may not
like the Yankee well enough to unite
with him, but we will never be any
more TO Great Britain than we are.
/ Every one knows that this is the gen
eral sentiment of the Canadians. He
SAYS that an Irish parliament would
/ deprive 1900 policemen of their po-
sitions. What does ireland want Is, COO
policemen for9 The Homerulers rule
ireland now with almost absolute sway
without any policemen at all, and in
spite of 1900 policemen. He says
that the American government pre-
served her union with blood, and that
the British ought to and will do like
nent was preserving her
union with blood the copperhead said:
I"W hat viii you do when you conquer
the South? VIII she not rebel again.
/ Win you not have to keep standing
army like England does IL Ireland?n
But we keep no standing army in the
! South AMI $1,000 policemen. Why2
| Because we did not condscate their
/ lands, deprive them of their civil
rights, and drive them to Connaught or
/ hell. as the English did the Irish when
/ they conquered Ireland. No, we gave
| the South home rule and every right
NE possessed ourselves. We crushed
the South with cannon, but we con-
auered it with kindness aud magnanin1-
/ ity--sa lesson in craftsmanship that
/ England has never learned. Size has
crushed Ireland and kept her crushed
tor roc years, but she has never con-
| uuered her yet He represents the
/ Irish going to Australia with their
pockets full of letters of introduction
from English and Irish noblemen, ETC..
/ and BY their indomitabie place-nunting
proelivities, obtaining ali the offices.
| Well, this may be true of few men
such as Stack. But the greater major
| ity of the Irishmen who went TO Aus
ITALIA and America. went taeTe with
broad shoulders and strong hearts. With
the pick and shoFel on their shoulder
/ and their sleeves rolled I'D. They are