Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-15
HOME RULE
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erovo In Chicago.
Michael Dasitt Gomez over the waters
10 TEL riH American nrstiren
About self-0overnment.
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Ogden's grove, 10 this city this afternoon.
The meeting was presided over by ex-
Congressman John Y. Finerty, who intro
duced Michael DAyItt as the first speaker,
whose appearance was greeted with ire
mendous cheering. On the platform were
Alex Sullivan, ex.presldent Of the Irish
National league; Patrick ERan, presi-
dent Of tine League, and Matthew
II. Brady, John Boyle O'Reiliy and
others The Clan-na-Gael Guards and
| Hibsrnlana served as an escort 10 the
speakers 10 the park IL Is estimated
/ that "a, 900 people were on the grounds.
Mr., Bavitt said
/ LADTKs AND GENTLENESi / think !
can best prove my gratitude 10 yon for
the warmth Of your reception by prom
Islng 20 detain you only for q short time.
TO give you something like al accurate
idea OF the present
CRISIS IN IRELAND,
| II viii be necessary 20 allude 10 and re-
capitulate some circumstances with
which you are already familiar The dc.
feat Of Gladstone's measure on home
rue 10 parliament, and the rejection by
the English electorate OF the appeal
which he made against this mission has
placed the reins OF government In
| the hands OF the bittefest enemies
TO the Irish national sentiment. This Is
not 50 much Of a misfortune for the cause
Of home rule itself, as for the evil conse-
quences which the pOstponement Of the
question cannot fail in inhlcting upon Ire
land through continued turmoil and agi-
tation. The methods which we're resorted
to In accomplishing the defeat Of Glad
stone's efforts were as mean and as I'M
scrupulous as the triumph which they
achieved win be
FRUITLEss AND FLEETING.
Gladstone appealed to the heads and
hearts OF the British people to right the
mighty wrong which has inflicted untold
miseries upon Irel,nd. Nations, like
men, are made up OF good and bad quail
ties The appeal for justice to Ireland
was addressed 10 what IL good In English.
A counter appeal was made by the Tories
aud Unionlsts 20 the prejudice, bigptry
and fear OF their countrymen with the re-
suit that the meaner traits In English
character have triumphed for the time over
the better. There are, however, associ-
ated with this defeat OF Gladstone many
circumstances which go to prove that the
victory OF his opponents was but q
pyrrhic one. The weapons with which he
was assailed were such as can never
again be OF the same service to the enc
mics OF home rule, The division and dis.
organization In the Liberal party made
the task undertaken
DouBLY DIFFICULT FOR ITS LEADER.
Yet Notwithstanding the superior or
ganizatlon Of the Tories, the frantic cries
Of "the empire aud Professionalism In dan
ger,n and the boiling OF Chamberlain and
Ha IN. M IN Ira.
land a parliament OF her own was in
dorsod by Scotland and Wales and sup
ported by over million English voters.
But this support, surprising AZ II is,
when considered in relation
with the events OF past years, would have
been far greater had Gladstone not
weighted his home-rule scheme with his
and-purcbase bill. This unfortunate pro !
posal was milestone around the neck OF
the defeated measure The taxpayers OF
Great Britain were frightened at the Idea |
OF having the Irish landlords brought |
out at the expense OF the |
British exchoquer, and consequently
an universal cry went forth against the
purchase bill OF the government, This
opposition TO buying out the Irish land
lords IL Ia itself q significant sign Of the
times and victory for the Irish land re-
formers as well az n tribute to the move
.ment OF the land league, which begau-tlrc
assault G1on'the
CITADEL or IRISH ABANDONMENT.
II England will not buy It's territorial
garrison In Ireland the landlords must
ultimately surrender or make terms with
the Irish nation. This Is a circumstance
connected with the unpopularity Of the
land-purchase bill so Characteristic of
England that must point the moral
with II, While the Irish land ques.
ton was simply matter OF
back rent and eviction between irish
landlords and the Irish people, English
public opinion replied "the sacred right
OF landlord property" and denounced as
"cOmmunlsm and conhscationn their doc
tr mes Of land leigue, which affirm that
property OF Irish landlords IN the
soil had an unreal value, while the in
! stituuon OF landlordlsm itself was bnt a
systematic legal robbery OF the
fruits OF industry and enterprise,
| But mark the change. No sooner
did the English taxpayer see himself
1 threatened with some financial risk
| by Gladstont's purchase bill than
\ he discovered the hour for aninyestment,
and how uniustifable u thing II would be
TO give twenty years. purchase for 20
questionable an article Of value.
| / am aware that there IL a feeling
widely prevalent among our Kindred
here In America that the defeat
of Gladstone's home-rule proposal Is not
an unmixed evil. A similar sentiment
largely obtains among the Nationalists at
home. la many respects the constitution
provided by the bill was undemocratic.
| The limitation Of powers, tho onrtail-
ment OF privileges and the amount of
tribute were justly
UNSATISFACTORY AND IRRITATING.
The safeguards provided for the inter-
ests OF the British empire awero ridlcu,
lousy unnecessary, but they paid al un.
conscious tribute TO the determination
OF the Irish In their struggle for liberty.
Many men In America charged us with
weakness Ia consenting to accept such &
so ntlon OF tho Irish question do nor
dispute their right or impugn their
motive In thus crlticisiug our action.
IL will only reply by way OF
asking their attention TO few
considerations which ought, In my
opinion, TO become factors in the forma
ton Of fair judgment Notwithstanding
all drawbacks OF the measure II must be
credited with recognizing, In exclusion Of
the Irish representative from Westmln
sterand the constitution OF a legislative rs
sembly Ia Dublin, the national prlnclplS
, for which our race has SO long contended
= While the very limitations placed to thu
powers OF the proposed Irish Legislature
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