The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-30
TENDENCY OF EVENTS,

IT ia hecoming more evident day by
day that events iii ireland are tending
| to a crisis Of some kind that Will call ou6
the ready ingenuity and all the power
OF self-restraint, fidelity and endurance
OF the Irish people to avert conflict III
| their honorable endeavors TO secure that
prize that now seems almost within
| their grasp. There can be no question
| hut what we are in a time of doubt and
| fear; doubt as to what the Inevitable
result may be; fear as to what sball
follow in the event OF an unjust and
unsatisfactory settlement Of Irish diff
| dculties under English lnisrule. 0min-
| Gus rrlmors are abroad and they all
have q tendency towards tragic events.
The changes that have lately taken
place in many Of the official positions ID
/ ireland bode no good for that unhappy
country. Lord Carnarvon s retirement
| from Dublin is matter Of no uncom-
mon note. and it is due to the fact that
/ he is unable, physically or morally, to
| face the eventful period which ss now
casting it's shadow before it if Home
kuie is not shortly granted TO the peo--
pie of Ireland. There is still another
dreaded element Of danger for the con-
tinuance Of peaceful methods within
| her boundaries. Not long since a Lon
don dispatch to the daily press said that
! y,,, - I<,., yyrwiftu1 "a he
| London Times that pending the discus
| sion of politics by Parliament q famine
| is approaching in Ireland, and with 1t
| viii come acts of lawlessness and vio-
| ience, and chat the Irish are deter
| mined not To starye and will seize the
| necessaries OF life even at the risk OF
| doing bodily harm TO others" We are
| all fully aware Of the condition OF the
/, people along the west coast OF Ireland
at the present tune dreadful distress
actually prevails and many are now
nearly starving. Knowing this we
| must naturally believe that the evil
| forebodings Of the Irish sheriff herein
| quoted are far from groundless. Self
preservation is the first law Of nature,
and the Irish people will not be slow III
| following itsdietates. Never again will
/ they allow themselves to staCve III the
midst OF plenty. That was the sad ex-
| perience of I847, when more food was
exported from Ireland to England that
/ year TO pay the landlords rents than
! would have caused the thousands who
starved TO death, il their numbers had
been q thousand, nay & millionfoid
greater. Calmly looking along the line,
the appearance is nota bright oiae--auei
yet not altogether without hope. Ii is
possible, not probable. that the Tory
element viii make any endeayor to re-
store to Ireland the rights and privileges
! Of Parliament and for q Parliament
/ established within her own pale. There
| is something athwart to bitterness Ii
the word Tory. The history OF ths
Tory party is q bloten and a shame II
English annals, so far as it relates te
j the government OF Ireland Corruption
I deceit and faIsehood have marked 1t;
i past, In that direction, and we believe
now, with all its pretentions for tbs
/ good and welfare of the Irish people
i that it viii turn its back upon then
when help and suceor is most needed
!. Toryism is the same everywhere al
ages and wherever found. 1t does not
nor does it desire to knew, any othe
, mode OF governing and continuing II
power hut By means Of force and fraud
81 Ii viii prove q blessing to Ireland AM
), 10 her people If Salisbury and the en-
= tire Tory Government shall soon ne ae
] throned. Artfal cunning and heaTsles
, sreachery is daspised In man and tn
same applies to party. And 20 Tn
Tory party it will apply with incon