The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-24
They Want an Equal Share in the Business Of
Government, on the Basis of the Privil-
eges Of the American States.
What Is Said Of Mr.. Churchill's Belfast
Speech by Parnell and Sexton.
British Chambers of Commerce Ask that Sill
yer Be Restored-Prince Napoleon Causes
Sensation in Paris-Cable Notes.
PARNELL's DEMANDS.

PARNELL'S DEMANDS.
Clear Explanation of What the Irish Lead
Mean by Home Rule.
New YORK, Feb. 90 The Independent OF the
the 25th inst, will publish article by Mr. Justin
Mccarthy, member Of Parliament, setting forth
in intelliRible form for American readers what
Mr.. Parnell and his confreres include in their
demand for home rule. The following comprises
the essential features Of it:
He begins by saying that the Nationalists do
not demand separation, but would not be salts
fed with mere local boards; that very many
Irishmen would be glad Of separation. but they
recognize that the spirit of the age does not IA
vor small independent States, but rather an ag-
glomeration of States, and that, therefore, ''the
question of separation does not come into prac-
tical politics now" He then goes on to say:
''All the Irishmen know, certainly all the re-
sponsible lrishmen. are well content to see Ire
land part OF Great Britain, provided she is a
partner with England on our terms. If she is,
they are willing that Ireland should be in part
nership; but they are not willing that she should
be in subjection What they say to English
statesmen is this Give Ireland the right to
manage her own affairs within the line Of the
sea foam that washes her shores; give her the
right to do for herself what every State in
the American Union has right to do for
ITSELF what every one Of the English colonies
in Canada and Australia can do; give US this
much, and we are willing to live in friendly
partnership with you. As to imperial affairs, a
compromise might be found. NV own idea of
satisfactory system would be to have Home
rule Parliament for Ireland. another for Scot
land. and. if needs were. yet another for Wales,
as well as for Ireland, and an imperial Parlia
ment. in which all should be represented for i'm
perial affairs-affairs Of common interest. This
would be just such system as you Americans
have, as Canada and Australia have. But neither
England nor Scotland wants Home-rule Par
lament for herself just yet. say just yet. be-
cause the demand and the necessity will come
some day Sooner or later, England
and Scotland will find that it is
not possible to- get thorough 10.
cal parochial national and imperial
business in one centralized legislature. But just
yet this is not fully recognized, and, therefore,
there is a certain difficulty about establishing
system which should give Ireland, and Ireland
alone, domestic Parliament, and at the same
time allow to Ireland a full representation in the
imperial Parliament. Englishmen say, 1t is
unreasonable that you should expect to come
over here and take part il the government of our
affairs, while we are not to be allowed to have
any share in the management of your affairs
do not think there is much in the objection. but
the objection is made, and has to be taken into
account; therefore I, at least, should be quite
willing to accept a Parliament in College Green,
Dublin. and to give up all right to a seat in the
Imperial Parliament at Westminster. Some ar
raneement could easily be made as to Ireland's
share of the common taxation Give us an Irish
Parliament, and we will show that we are ready
to meet England on fair and reasonable grounds
of compromise and arrangement as to other
matters. but it must be an Irish Parliament, not
a system of local boards What is the difference,
it may be asked2 Even in practice the difference
would be great The difference in principle
would be the difference between what we want
and what we do not want. We want an Irish
Parliament We could not accept the control of
the Parliament at Westminster, of the sovereign
acting on the advice of her English ministers.
That would be to hand US over to the control of
the English majority again, but we should be
quite willing to accept the control Of the sover-
eign acting on the advice of her Irish Ministers,
the same principle as that which prevails in Can
merely nominal control, just as it is in Canada
and Australia and in England itself. The con-
troll of the sovereign in those countries never
again can be anything but nominal The con-
troll of an English Ministry over Ireand's do
mestic Parliament would be a very real
and an altogether intolerable control. Ire
land would be quite willing to give any requi-
site guaranty, by an article in written
constitution or otherwise, for the protection Of
the minority in all their freedom of conscience;
in all their rights OF whatever kind. Nothing
could be less needed than such guaranty; moth
ing is farther from the mind and the heart of
Catholic Ireland than to do the slightest wrong to
the Protestants of Ireland. With the single
exception of O'Connell. the great Irish leaders
have been Protestants, and some of OConnels
most hearty supporters were Protestants. Among
the new members elected to serve Irelands ma
tional cause in the Imperial Parliament are sew
eral earnest Protestants. who would be rather
amused if they were asked whether they were
not afraid Of being deprived Of their freedom of
worship if an Irish Parliament were to he estab-
lished.
What about that northern province of Ire
land which is called Protestant Ulsterl
II ask my American readers to get well into
their minds the fact that the majority of mem
bers returned to Parliament from the province
OF Ulster are Natonalists, and devoted followers
of Mr.. Parnell. Let me name some Of them:
Mr. Healy, Mr.. Biggar, Mr.. William O'Brien
Mr.. William Redmond Mr.. Arthur
OConnor. Every American has heard of these
names, and knows that they are the names Of
men absolutely devoted to the Irish National
cause These men, and many others like them
are now the chosen representatives of the Ulster
constituencies. Mr.. Sexton went very near to
carrying division of Belfast. I was only twen-
ty- nine votes behind my Orange competitor for
the representation of the Orange city Of Derby
If it is thought desirable or necessary, let the
guaranty be given in form that National man
can devise. We shall make no trouble about
that"
CHURCHILL'S SPEECH.