Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-04-16

In regard to the judges who have been
nal law in Ireland, Her Majesty, if she
saw cause by an order in coun-
Gil, might ante date the pensions
of those particular judges. In the
future Judges would be appointed
by the Irish government, be paid out OF Il
consolidated fund and be removable only
on the joint orders of the two orders. The
constabulary would remain under the
present terms of service, and under their
authority The charge for constabulary
was now 81 100000 per annum, and the
speaker felt confident the charge would
be reduced, but for the present he pro
posed to relieve the Irish legislative body
of all expenditure for the constabuary,
in excess of E1,00O,OO0 per annum.
With respect to civil service, the govern
ment did not think their case was the
same as that of the constabulary and the
transfer of civil service to the Legislative
body would effect great economy. He
therefore thought 1T would be wise to au-
thorize the servants now serving to claim
pensions that would be due to them upon
the abolition of their offices, provided they
served two years, in order to prevent in
convenience from the rapid transition of
service and at the close of that time both
parties should be free to negotiate afresh.
That was all Gladstone stated that he had
to say on the subject of the new Irish
constitution. The proportion of imperial
burdens which he had to propose that
Ireland should bear, was rs one to IA.
He thought the new Irish Parliament
ought to start with IA balance to its cred
it but the only fundit would have if left
alone, would be the solitary 100000 from
the Irish church fund. He knew no way
of providing the necessary money except
by carving it out of this years budget,
and he proposed that in the future Ire
land should pay one fifteenth toward the
imperial expenditures. speaking OF the
trade between Great Britain and Ireland,
he said the Irish receipts would gain
from Great Britain a sum that would
amount to no less than 81 10000 per an
mum on spirits alone. He then entered
into an elaborate calculation of the total
income and expenditure of Ireland, in
the course of which he stated that
the total charge TO Ireland be
put at CO, PAP, 600 per annum. He esti-
mated the total expenditure of Ireland, in
GLIDING the payment, asasinking fund for
the Irish portion of the national debt, at
81, 946, 900 per anuum. Against that there
to the government of 4404,0 900. at has
naturally been said in England and Scot
land" continued Gladstone, that for a
great many years past we have been
struggling to pass good laws for Ireland,
and that we have sacrificed our time, neg
-,
in the endeavOr to give Ireland good laws.
That is quite true with regard to the gen
eral course of the legislation since 1919
Many of those laws have been passed
under an influence which can hardly de
scribe other than as the influence of fear
He did not deny the
GOOD INTENTIONS OF PARLIAMENT
to pass good laws for Ireland but he
said, "in order to work out the purpose of
ha ig of mo "a
required than passing good laws [hear,
hear 1t is sometimes necessary, not only
that good laws should be passed,
but also they should be passed
by the proper persons, they, should
proceed from congenial and native
sources ; and that besides being good laws
they should be their own laws. Irish
cheers. At times | doubted whether
this necessity had been fully developed
and especially with respect to Ireland
The principle have laid down | am not
laying down for Ireland exceptionally.
When | held office at the colonial office so
years ago, the colonies were governed
from Downing street. The result was
that the home government was always in
conflict with those countries which had
legislative assemblies. We had continual
shocks with the colonies then. But all that
has been changed. The British Parliament
tried to pass good laws for the colonies,
your good laws: we want our own good
laws :" and Pariamenta at length admitted
the reasonableness of this principle. This
principle has now come home to us from
across the seas and the House has now to
consider whether it is applicable to the
case of Ireland. we stand face to face
with what is termed Irish nationality
venting itself in demand for general
self-government in Irish, not in imperial,
affairs"
In conclusion Gladstone said: | hold
there is such thing as local patriotism
which in itself is not bad, but good.
Cheers. The Welshman is full of local
patriotism. The ScOtchman is full of To-
cal patriotism, the Scotch ma
tionalty is strong as it ever was,
believe it would be as ready to assert it
self as it was in the days, of Bannock-
burn. Cheers. IF | read Irish history
Alright, misfortune and calamity have
welded her sons to their soil, with an
embrace yet closer than is known else
where, and the lrshman is still more pro
foundly Irish. But it does not follow that
because his local patriotism is strong he
should be incapable of imperial patriot
ism"
There are two modes of presenting the
subject which have argued one of them
! is to present what we now recommend as
good, and the other is to present 1t as the
| least among the varied evils witt
which we are confronted. Well
have argued the matter as if il
had been a choice of evils. | dc
not know whether it may appear too
bold, but in my own heart | cherish the
hope that this is not merely choice o
the lesser evil but that it may be prove,
to be ere long good i'll itself. There is,
| know, an answer to this. What is the
answer at is only foundin the view whicl
rests upon the basis of despair of absolute
condemnation of Ireland to Irishmen, a!
exceptions to those beneficial provision
which have made Europeans,.in general
knglishmen and Americans, in partcula
and capable of self government
That justice, common sense mod
GRAFTON natural prosperity have n,
meaning for the Irismen that all
that he can understand, that all tina
he can appreciate, is strife or perpetual
dissension is fallacious argument. say al
Irishman is as capable of loyalty as an
other man cheersl, but if his loyalty la
been checked why it is because the law
by which he is governed do not presen
themselves to him as they do to us i