New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-02
HOME RULE ASSAlLED.
,ouN FRIGHT AT BIRMINGHAM.
~, cLApsToNE's BILLS cRIrICIsED-DEs' kooi'o''
or THE KINGDOM THREATENED BY THEM

YoxDoS July i. John brght ano'os'o" '"'s
.na;enee at Birmingham onight. Upon rsns '"
.,s.k be was cheered for SEVERAL minutes.
ne said he had believed that his time was coming 10
.tir. For twenty nine years be had served brin"s
b.r Bnt in the face Of question OF the gre"'e7'
,oagn,ude he considered it his duty TO remain al ,ne
from, During bis life in Parliament he had ac'cu
.,o,cs;de of the still eminent leader OF the Liberals
fCheers He had not been follower. l'noI
The Liberal leaders had generally followed 'ne cou's'
adopted by Mr. Glst stone in preference 10 ioiio",H
their own convictions. Some intimate irl'nuS ., MS
had no notion of anything but following wnero ''"u
atone led. They reminded him OF COOKS TOURISTS
Who enioyed great security because they "''o '0-
souaIly conducted" fLauehterl.
He claimed that he more than any other man hao "n-
,ored sncoessiye Governments to deal with Ireland
Who had 40 long aud rertinacously shown England
,,s sorss e6 Jrelaudl Ii was because his sympathy
ANA un,iminished-pay. more powerful than ever
that he was unable to accept the proposals OF inc oo'
ernment Could anybody suppose that ne woud nave
estranged himself from long political and personal
friendship with Mr. Gladstone II he could have seen
any way TO support the bills
In the great speeches Of the Premier and others they
had introduced great deal OF ancient history ana
many old stories about Ireland but the history OF
nearly every country dismal story. The oid
story of Ireland had nothing to do with the question
lCheers1 IL was unbe coming in the Premier to make
long speech telling what had happened in Ireland
sScentrry ago. Cheers Going back would show the
normous progress Of Ireland during the past hI'y,
and even twenty years The whole tone OF rarla-
pent toward Ireland had altered. The Church had
becn dsetablished The land laws had been reformed,
the arrears act hal been passed. and other legislation
had been enacted. ending last year with tue widest
household suffrage. Could any Government IN the
same length OF time have done more for any people
AHo, .luoi ia IN that the Irish malady
is not po;itical but altogether economic Mr. Bright
proceeded He said he was entirely against anything
IN any 81 ape called Parliament at Dublin lCheers
He was also opposed TO the monstrous Proposition 10
purchase estates. But for the bill to revolutionlz
Ireland, nobody would dreamed OF SO extraN a.
CANT proposal In regard to the land the po'iticai
scheme made the economic scheme necessary Whhe
the economic proposals condemned the poiitica
bills proposed would create government in Ireland
which would be untrustworthy as regards the hrst
dties of government, namely, the preservation OF
rronerty and the security of public order The egs-
laon Mr. Gladstone proposed only step fol ward
IN the march through rapine to the breakup OF tne
Kingdom Cheersl, and the astounding proposal was
that this conspiracy ba digniied by the name, form
and power of parliament. They were told that the
Land bill Was dead. The country had right to COM
plain Of the singular want Of frankness on the part oil
the Pr, mier lie was eoncealng from the public that
(Prolonged cheers Probably IN the Premier's view,
70 or env adhere to the Land bill might lose the etc
ton wiiie to abandon it light shake the allegiance OF
soms of mis- colleagues. Cheers Therefore there
was variation in language and terms that was unoe-
coming 20 a Minister speaking to great nation Oh so
alarming project. The constituencies night be GER
tain that if they gave thc Premier majority large
enough to enable him TO go on with the Government
Li was MI Gadstone's intention also to thrust the
Land Purchase bill through Parliament. Cheers.
The absuroi,ies of that Land Purchase scheme mad
be,,, amply exposed lie reminded his auditors that
among the complaints made by Ireland as one con-
ceruiug the great evil OF absemeelsm. Ibis
Land bill would make the English Treasury
a univ yersa absentee landlord over all tie
Rand IN Ireland, ana an apseh'ee oec, ICbeers
~ bQut he when The landlords We gone that
Sils Tni,lspS ksI Ieen driven out aud that r-h
naliOa left to It's growing caanities wonm h0t tnlnh
siaoc crols aud hisSesl during the l'rt seven wears
was against paying rents Could it he SUPPOSED mat ihe
uui. anedi Mould that general demoralzauon whicn
had ocred Gye eG Pa yon oi reaa ra Heasv es
,ae lens Of the local proprieors OF the SOIL VIII Yon
ydr % a so fcresH H sar6i efies Of Heart Hearl
oring the Government "l Mr. iirl lSh Sai ina, u.
eoncuIed With Mr. Gladstone that it the bill passed 1t
would he absolutely npo-stle for the Pareles TO re-
mai. at Weninster Ihe Propo.a .' SO 500 .aa,. nsl1"eIs
mOnsroas Uidor this arrangement what wouId
happel They knew Mat about hall of the irlsh mem
bcs III Parliament had tueir expenses psinJy pau
across The Atlantic (hsses with donations py a'owod
but with 500 sitting in Dublin and 100 more at West
nnstrr II wond nocessar7 that tbs charitable dona-
ton OF AM rca become perpr' ua llaughter. Mr. Glad
s.ons had as an alternative tue occasional
Ieseace OF Irish mein9ers-a sort 9' interim L,'sa
and ndicrlus that he thought that the great Premier
aii 1e iiicutes Of his position, really have lost
Iis head checrsl. They heard much Eabout this new
Dublin pA,liameLt compared with Gr"ttans which
tenrrs. But Grattais Parliament reer than the
one Ir. Gad-tone proposed, wnic examined carefur
beatns against the sars The AMI striving 10 be-
.ooe r4amsnf ~ whosa summons nas, n'n Ipe ooo ot
lac ris peoI against them shodd they consent
@; tn. n,palstion OF the United Kingdom. submitting
33oooojO people 70 the resst' aaod of m sres
lCheers.l 1t was a great mistake TO SUPPOSE
mat people q; Ireland were alone IN crested ENG
by al The Jaws of honor aud political Jnsce !" Pro.ect
Tney Herc asked 10 thrust the shelter justice
o. the united Parliament 100000 people VINO passion
pyoi,c.ion Of the Parliament of cneer
lie hoped thi, stupcndous Injustice aud punder woud
fs. lie Would never consent TO surrender those Two
millions OF people TO the ,ish M sns,r
subscribed BIZ enemies OF England In the Uncd states
tive 10 the Govornmenrs proposals that permanent
committee OF IRISH members oe formed ana that irsh
Tie committee shall have special place OF meeting az
10 rca appSst S is l
i,.n or scotch member shall be appointed
on tie committee The House shall only
nass rspor, Of the committee Gs sG%t-d that the plan
was simple and depended upon the honest WORKING OF
the Irish party IN combination III the House
of Commons. Assuming that there was
a moderate Loyal spirit In the Irish party.
tie plan would succeed. but II lrishmen
were nnloyai neither this nor the Government plan
would succeed HIS gestion might be called one OF
the unexbaused resources OF civilization whicb should
be tried before they capuated TO one OF the worst con-
spitacies that afflicted any country lProionged
cheers
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