The Irish standard., 1886-08-21

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enthusiasts would desire to pursue, said:
Ardent, minds, inspired by lofty
ideas of liberty, which they have the
privilege of enjoying in the concrete
here in America, are pardonably prone
to think us too timid and too concilia-
tory in our methods of working out the
destiny Of Ireland It is only fair, how
ever, that they should look at our diff
culties, as we'll as our opportunities,
while remembering how vastly different
it is between winning liberty against all
these overwhelming odds and saying
how such liberty ought to be won.
The situation Ireland at the present
moment is such as may draw largely
upon this patience and forbearance
which / ask from my countrymen in
America. Mr.. Gladstone's defeat has
handed the government Of Ireland into
the hands of it's landlord garrison. To
iopu}sive and unrehecting minds this
might seem like the complete defeat of
our policy and overthrow Of our move
ment. Impatient enthusiasts may be
induced to affirm that sterner means are
now required, when pacific ones have
apparently failed, and that Ell England
which has rejected moderate measure
of Home Rule will never consent to re-
consider her verdict unless induced to
do so by other than constitutional meth
DDS. This, emphatically, is not the be-
lief Of the leaders at home. They are
neither disheartened OF dismayed at the
reverse recently sustained, nor do they
believe the methods employed in this
constitutional fight to be either bluntea
or impaired, while resolute hands and
cool heads are still at the front, deter
mined to face again an enemy intoxi!-
Gated with temporary success. What
the Tories will try to carry out while in
power can be easily inferred from the
tactics by which they have obtained
power. They will continue to play upon
the political fea,s and religious preju-
dices Of the English people. Just as
Churchill melted the Orangen1en Of Bel
fast to riot and bloodshed in order to
convince England how hopeless it would
be to attempt to preserve law and order
under Home Rule, SO will the govern
ment ofwhich heis the practical leader en-
courage the Irish landlords to eyict and
harrass the tenant class Of the country, in
the hope Of driving the people into such
state of disorder and violence as will
enable Lord Salisbury 10 introduce a
coercion bill for the suppression of the
Irish National League. It is by a policy
as infamous as this-by means SO de-
testable~-that. the present landlord
rulers of the British empire believe
they can strange the cause Of Irish ma
tiona}ity. But tkey Gre destined to fail
even more signally than Fosters meth
DDS of buckshot and wholesale imprison-
ments failed i've years ago. The APP
peal which was addressed to the fanati-
cisna of the Orangemen. Of Belfast by
Churchill has had an unexpected anti
climax, The "toyalty" which hiss
manifested itself in the murder of Cath
olics, policemen and English soldiers
has mortified most Englishmen, who
were told how peaceable and law-abid-
ing class that was which was opposed
to Home Rule. The civilized world has
also passed it's verdict upon the ruffian
isln which has reduced prosperous
Irish city to the. state Of terror and dis
order in which it ia now. I am conf
dent that the kindred policy now about
to be initiated by eyictlons and landlord
terrorism will have q similar result, and
that the cause of Ireland will emerge
from this coming ordeal with brighter
hopes and more universal sympathy
than it has yet possessed. You have
generally held up your hands in the
fercest struggle which has won for your
birth]and the sympathy Of the world in
it's fight for freedom, and you are repaid
in the consciousness that without your
aid our SUCCESS would not have been 30
signal"