St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-25
BRITISH POLITICS.
John Bright Issues His Manifesto
to His Constituents.

LONDON, June 24.-Mr. John Bright has
issued the following manifesto to the elect
ors of Central Birmingham:
Gentlemen: Thanking you for having
elected me in November last, am now most
Unexpectedly forced to again address you.
Since November single question has occu-
pied the attention of the house of commons
and the country. 1t relates to the future
government Of Ireland and consists of two
bills which were thrust upon parliament and
the government. One of those bills were re-
jected, the other was withdrawn. We are
not told by Mr.. Gladstone or his col
leagues how much or how little of these
unfortunate proposals will appear in the next
parliament. We are asked to pledge ourselves
to a principle which may be innocent or most
dangerous, as may be explained in future
bills. l cannot give you such a pledge. The
experience of the past three months has not
increased my confidence in the wisdom of the
administration or in its policy respecting the
future government of Ireland. We have be-
fore us q principle which Mr.. Gladstone and
his supporters did not explain. will
not pledge myself to what / do not under
stand and cannot prove. In 1872 wrote a
letter to an Irish gentleman from which
extract these short sentences: ITO have two
legislative assemblies in the United Kingdom
would work intoerable mischief. No sensible
man can wish for two such assemblies who
does not wish that the Kingdom
SQall become TWO OF more naIlOnS en-
tirely separate from each other" do not
oppose the views of the government ron &C
count of England more than on account of
Ireland. No Irish parliament can be so pow
erful or just as the
UNITED IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
at Westminster. l cannot entrust the peace
and interests of Ireland, nor the South to the
government now propose to make
general surrender. My six years ex-
perience of them and their language
in the house of commons and their deeds in
Ireland make it impossible for me to hand
over to them the industry, prosperity and
rights of 100000 of the queens subjects.
Every countryman in Ireland, leastways
100000, are as loyal as the people of Biz
mingham. will be no party to measure
thrusting them from the generosity and JUS
tice of the united imperial parliament. 1
have written so that nobody may be ignorant of
my views. For forty years l have been q
friend of Ireland. Long before any Parnell-
lite now in parliament, or any member of the
present government opened his lips to expose
and condemn the -=rongs of Ireland
SPOKE FOR HER PEOPLE.
in the house of commons and on public plat
forms. 1t is because am still friend of
Ireland that / refuse to give her up to those
to whom the recently defeated bill could have
subjected her. If you re-elect me shall to
the utmost of my capacity do only what con-
slider to be Tor the permanent and true welfare
Of our country. Sincerely and gratefully
thanking you for your past kindness, re-
main JOHN BRIGHT
Sir John Lubbock, Liberal member of
parliament for London university, in let
ter to the president of his election commit
tee, says he agreed to Mr.. Gladstone's pro-
gram at the last election, but that the pro-
posal of a separate parliament for Ireland
was not included in that program.
1T is important to remember, the letter
says, that the Parnellites have more men,
beers in the house of commons than they are
justly entitled to, because of the eighty-three
Irish seats contested in the last
election the Parnellites secured sixty
eight, while they only polled &c, 1000
votes against the $4,000 by the Liberals and
Conservatives, thus by the accidental distri-
button of the Irish votes securing four seats
to one, instead of the two seats to one which
their votes represented. Sir John contends
further that the
SUFFERING AND Discomfort
existing in Ireland is not due to political bu
to economical causes, the principal of which
he says, is the potato disease, which he points
out is o local trouble beyond the power of the
government to prevent. He then adds that
to concede separate government to Ireland
would simply aggravate the suffering in
that county because it would drive capital
and enterprise away. s'Those who point to
the example of the colonies the letter goes
on. "should remember that they contribute