Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-19
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE GRAND OLD MAN Opens The Campaign In
 Scotland. THE WHITE HOUSE PACKED. An Open Reception To The
 Public. THE CONDITION OF TRADE. Young ThOmpsOm Dies Of
 His Wound.
THE CONDITION OF TRADE.
Young Thompson Dies Of
 His Wound.


The Opening Speech of The Cam | paign-A Vigorous Plea For Home
 Rule For Ireland.
 LONDON, June 18.-Mr. Gladstone made
 the opening speech of his Midlothian cam
 paign at the Music Hall in Edinburgh to-
 night. The seating capacity of the hall is
 two thousand and it was literally packed. | John Cowen, chairman of the Gladstone
 election committee, presided. When MT.
 Gladstone appeared on the platform he was
 loudly cheered by his admirers. A number 1 of unionists, however, groaned their disap-
 proyal of his policy, but their voices were l quickly drowned. Lord Roseberry also l received with cheers. When MT. Gladstone l began to speak it was noticed that his voice
 was less powerful than formerly, many of ] those who listened to his speeches during the 1 first Scotch campaign remarking the change. | But as he proceeded his voice improved. l With few preliminaries MT. Gladstone l plunged into the subject and began by say
 ing that the battle of Inkermann was sol
 diers' battle, not won by the tactics and | ability of the generals, but by the value of
 the men. This was equally true of the dis 1 solution of parliament and the coming cleo tions. This was the peoples battle and he
 was convinced that the people had resolved
 to carry the day despite the deafection of l certain Liberal chiefs. ''The contest" said | Mir. Gladstone, lis being fought against us by officers of our own army. The | Conservatives are evidently content to leave the bulk of the work in the hands of the se-
 ceders who call themselves unionists
 and call us disintegrators. They wish ! 4o 1 We feel that the union should be speedily conserved in so far as it is valuable. We l seek union of heart and mind. This we | are struggling to restore. It is certainly de- ! sirable that this great controversy should be | speedily closed. Social order can never be | restored in Ireland unless the people speak
 plainly, manfully and decisively and &C., cording to the merits of the question. Loud cheers.) Let not the nation finch l from the difficulty. If the nations voics is given in the defense of our cause whe T the question is settled it will resemble those questions of religious disability, parliamen- | tary reform and free trade. The people will eventually wonder why such opposition has been raised to the claims of Ireland, which | were certainly defeated this time by the Irish agency, the Conservatives in the late elections having obtained forty seats through | the support given them by the Parnellites." MT. Gladstone proceeded to show what had been deducted from the ranks of the opponents of home rule in the recent divis- l ion and added to those of it's supporters. He said: ''The question which you are called upon to decide is proposition to establish a | legislative body in Ireland to manage exclu- sive1y Irish affairs. It is the principle you are called upon to vote, not the details or particulars of any bill. Referring to the defec ion of the Scotsman, newspaper, which he re. marked all deeply lamented. MT. Gladstone said 'The Scotchman now goes to the root of the | matter and puts the issue ill such a way that | it can be met. It puts the question fairly and squarely. It says:
 Any professsons by the miisterialists of de-
 one u ouesto1 will test the value and meaning of these professions. Let candidate be asked if he stones bill if it were reinforced with the altera tions explained from the foreign office If he will he is for disunion and ought to be rejected. No
 EioS Rag upon "0ro' Will Keep n'" out 0' 'n'S posi- Now mark the coming words:
 Safe selfg9yernmept for Ireland d., is one thing most undesirable.
 ''I now make the Scotsman and all agreeing | with the Scotsman a very handsome offer. | I am sure when they mention safe self gov | ernment they don't mean to emasculate the l substantive; they mean that with reasonable | precaution the Irish people ought to have | real and effective control of Irish affairs. | That's all we want. We will never ask Par | lament to tie itself to details. The case is
 this We to establish nsd before 1rsb us statu
 tory legislative body to manage | exclusively Irish affairs. We laid down | several conditions essential to the safe appi- cation of that principle. It must be compat- | ible with and conducive to the union of the empire, founded on political equality, em I 1,Ar of rio1 l burdens and offer q reasonable safeguard to I the minority to afford any rational prospect l of its acceptance a settlement of the ques-
 tion. It is now idle to say the
 country shall be asked to vote upon the details of the bill The bill is dead with Parliament, but the principle survives 1 (Cheers.) Critics, when they have raised l objections to our plan, have shown them | selves incompetent to suggest an improvement I (Cheers) Perhaps when they return to Par l liament, such of them as may get there 1 Qaughterl, they will produce more excellent bill to the winds the moment they
 have shown 6 better plan to give | effect to our principles. Ministerial
 cand. dates must not be tested by the bill we 1 introduced because it was the best could frame. The Scotsman says every ministeri dist must be considered as pledged to sup port the bill He can hardly be pledged to l support the bill as ministerialist when the ministry does not ask or expect it. We expect him to act in
 good faith, knowing the meaning of his words and not using them as | fents to escape. He shall in meaning words give Ireland real and effective control in local 1 affairs, If he is ready to do that he is a good ! ministerial candidate. What the nation has to decide is not cause or detail or the meth cd of the bill, but policy and principle l He who accepts these is our brother in arms ! TIa yI,o ShirkS them fi1tl- | tious means to falsify them is our adversary"
 Referring to the Carnarvon-Parnell incl l dent, MT. Gladstone blamed neither gentle
 man and here spoke Of the statements of both
 touching the interview in Dublin. q be- lieve." he said, "that both have spoken with
 perfect veracity concerning whatever point there may be in the dispute, but Lord Car
 narvon has told us what he did not say. Lord Caruarvon explained his views lord lieutenant Of lpeland and 8 cabinet thet he favored a plan to fully meet the
 wants of Ireland in respect of local govern
 ment and to some extent satisfy her national
 aspirations. Carnarvon may not like it, but
 in substance he is our man, not theirs. If
 he is ready to meet the wants f1 4f lralspd ! a disturbance was created in one DOT
 tion of the hall and there were
 loud cries of s'Turn them out," meaning
 the disturbers. Quiet was restored and MT. l Gladstone continuedl and also ln some degree
 satisfy the national aspirations of Ireland,
 there is no room for dispute between him | and us. Harrington and Chamberlain avoid | an expression of their readiness even in de-
 gree to satisfy the national aspirations of
 Ireland. This is the turning point and these
 are Lord Carnarvon's opinions and
 what he said, but I call his atten-
 ton and if necessary shall call it
 say to M Parnsll, and I sha1l believe until he contradicts it that he told MT. Parnell
 that he was in favor of satisfying Ireland's
 wants with regard to self -goyerpmqnl4s end that h., desired te satisfy her national aspira-
 tions. Why did not the cabinet expel this
 disunionists Was it sorry to lose him7 I , I what W transpired at his interview with MT.
 Parnell because he as a. minister was not entitled to make such l statements and withhold them from