Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-14
lRELAND'S CHAMPION.
MR.. GLADSTONE SPEAKS AGAIN FOR
HOME RULE.
Some New Effort at irish Government
Needed Reference to canada - Re
gard for American Opinion-Ob-
jections to the Bill Noted.

gard for American Opinion--Ob-
jeclions to the Bill Noted.
LONDON May 10.--ln the House of Com
mons to-day Gladstone moved Il second
reading of his home rule bill. His voice
ut the outset of his speech was indistnct,
hoarse and feeble, but it cleared as he
proceeded. He said he desired at The open
ing to make a statement of his personal
position. He had never at any period de-
ibed home rule in Ireland as imcom
'e with imperial unity. LCries of oh,
-. That was exactly so. ICheers.
W. lestions always presented them
+, to his mind regarding home rule
it must be desired by
'reat mass of the Irish.
"-ynditon had never been ALSO
ely and unequivocally present, until the
passage of the representation of the peo-
pie act. [Cheers. Secondly, was home
rule compatible with unity of empire !?
That question has been answ red by Par
nell who has declared that what he
sought under the name of home rule was
simply the autono my of Ireland. TIE
speaker has been char ged with expert
menting in politics, without grave
cause. Here they had the gravest of
causes, for they were dealing with Il peo
pied, Il country whose radical sympathies
were against law especially criminal
law, which had never obtained the obed
fence of the irish people. Alternative
cOercive and reform measures had been
tried. They had equally failed to con
ciliate. The medicine of coercion especial
ly had been the medicine continually ap-
nlipn iurraus1utr 1n.as Il
inishiug results parnellite cheers
AS regards the autonomy of Ireland he
ing menace to unity of empire, that same
argument was employed against Canadian
Independence, when 1t was determined to
concede home rule to Canada. She was
in the precise temper attributed to Ire
land today. Canada did not get home
rule because she was loyal ana friendly
She was now loyal and frieudly
because she got home rule. Irish
cheers The case Of Canaia was
not parallel to the case of Ireland tOp-
position cheers. Not i'm every particular.
So the bill offered to Ireland differs from
the acts relating to Canada. In his upiu-
ion of the relations of Canada and Eng
land, there was very great danger to unity
of empire, but il WAS remedy for the
mischief In this respect The cases of Ire
land aud Canada are precisely parallel.
There is danger to unity of empire in our
present relations with Ireland. but the
danger to the remedy instead of to the eX-
listing mischief cheers. In those days
the people of Canada We're habitually de
nounced In this House as rebels.
The Canadian rebels We're suppressed.
If we were the military victors the Cana
dians were victorious in the field of rea-
SON Here Gladstone referred to the sig
nilicant expression Of opinion from across
the Atlantic approving he vital principles
Of the bill lCheeIs and dcrislVe cries
He - i.tt1D "a Inn, d
think these manifestations of the opinion
of America were worthless if they would
have considered them worthless il the
manifestation had condemned the bill.
He noticed that the first objectiun was
to the exclusion ot IRISH members from
the imperial Parliament, as Il -breacn
of the carnival principle that there ought
not to be taxation without representation.
The ulpDreuts of the bill said that Eng
land could never enforce taxation in
Ireland, without representation and that
nothing but the consent OF Ireland would
induce item to contemplate such action.
Many members were not even satisfied
with the consent Of Ireland. Now his
tory has shown Us that in foreign affairs
the Irish people do not stand in the same
relation as the people of England and
Scotland. Is it Il wonder that in a count
ny with woes so great and whose hopes
have 50 often been doomed to dlsappunt-
meut, that the mind of the people should
be confined TO The position of their own
country? still the Till provides that ireland
shall not be excluded from imperial affairs.
No great question such rs the succession
to the crown ought to fall under the dis
cuSsiOu Of this second authority, but many
questions such as treaties of commerce,
might require direct communication be
tween both Darllaments. He explained
that the government remained undecided
as to the conditions under which Irish
members should appear in the imperial
Ina
necessary to devise a new system Of cleo
ton. He would certainly have no jealousy
of the Irish members. He would rather
have them amply than scantily and jea!-
Ously treated.
In conclusion he declared the main OBJ
ject of the bill was to abolish the discon-
tent prevailing in Ireland and TO restore
social order by the removal of the causes
of that discomfort. If Lord Harrington
had a plan let him declare it. He appeal
ed to Lord Harrington to state his sOlu-
ton of the Irish problem. They had
reached crisis in the history of the nation.
The fate of Ireland could not be cast into
the lottery of politics. He had been told
he was steering Ireland to certain rum.
Let the opponents show a way to escape.
Let Lord Harrington in moving the re-
lection of the bill trace a visible or pelp-
able road through the darkness. lCheers
Gladstone was followed by Harrington,
who, on rising, was greeted with cheers.
He asked if Parnell had ever stopped
short of asking for the complete
independence and restoration of Ireland
TO her place among the nations of the
world. With reference TO submitting an
alternative measure he failed to remem-
Der single instance in which Gladstnne
had taken the course he now asked the
dissentientes to take, who were unpre-
pared to suggest in what direction the
measure before the House could be imme-
diately revised. He believed that the con
cession made to night would not meet the
demands of Chamberlain. In conclusion
he moved that the bill be read six months
hence. The debate was adjourned iii
Thursdas.
The Effort Inferior to the First, and Slight
y Unsatisfactory.