The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-15
MR. GLADST0NES SPEECH.
THE LONG LOOKED FOR ADDRESS
At LAST DELIVERED,

" w" 'phNlllhh nI ifelhhN--A IhIllh-
ment In Dublin-Cocroiou - Failure,
LONDON, April 10, Mr. Gladstons's speech
occupied three hours aud twenty-five
minutes The premier began at lia5 and
dnished at o'clock precisely Every
salient point was received with yocifor-
ous applause, and NJ the conclusion his
supporters rendered him perfect ovation,
the cheering astIng many minutes Mr.,
Gladstone kaid that he could wish that II had
been possible TO oSpouul 10 the house tho
whole policy and intention Of the govern
ment with reference 10 Ireland, Tho ques-
tons Of tho land aud Of the Irish government
were closely and lnseparably connected, IL
were an impossible task olucldatlng both
questions together.
Continuing he saidi III don't know OF any
previous task laid upon mo involving 40 dl-
yerallled an exposition, In contemplating
tho magnitude OF the task | AN filed with
painful miatrusti but that misll1st h alb
iorbed Ia tho feeling Of responsibility that
viii be upon mo II should fail 10 bring
home 10 the public mind tie magnitude OF
The various aspects Of the quo,tion We
should no longer fence aud sklrmlsh with this
question, loud cheers, We should come
10 close quarters, lCheonl We should get
NJ the root OF II aud take means not merely
for tho wants Of to-day or tomorrow but
look into the distant future.
"We have arrived at u stage In our politl-
cal transactions with Ireland whore two
roads part, one from tho other, not soon
probably 10 meet again, The time IA come
when In duty and honor, parliament must
la
Ter, Our intention " 10 propose ~ tho house
VI commons that, which II happily accepted,
VIII liberlte parliament from tho restraints
under which OF late years II has Intellectually
struggled ~ perform tho business OF tho
country, and that which viii restore legisla-
ton 70 Ia natural, ancient aud lmpOded
course, and above all establish harmonious
relations between Great Britain aud Ireland
hear, hearll ON u footing OF those free instl-
tutions 10 which Englishmen, Scotchmon
and lriAhmen alike are unalterably attached
Loud cheers which wore prolonged by tho
Homo Rule members,
After reviewing tho conditions Of crime In
Ireland since 1853, Mr. Gladstone described
coercine legislation, not ~ exceptional, but
An hAbitunl, comparing Ireland 10 man try
Ing 70 ilnd hllStOnanco IN medicine only
meant for u cure, But coercion had proved
no curo-gcriOus dnliCctOn continued 10
prevail In ireland, aud II England and Scot
Iand had suffered similar hArdahips ho bo-
lievod the people OF those countries would ro-
sort 20 similar measures ~ did tho Irish 10
yontilatc tholr grievances cheers from tho
Parn0llit0sl, Coercion was admitted 10 bo
failure, For tho past llfty.threo years thoro
had been only two wholly FREQ from ropres-
dyo legislation Coercion, unless storm and
unblnding and undor an uutOCrntlc govern
mont must fail, Such coercion England
should never resort % untlloyOry other means
had failed What was tho basis Of the whole
mischief was that tho law was disCruditcd In
ireland, II came 10 them with a foreign as.
pect and their alternative 10 coercion was 10
strip the law of itS foreign character aud In
vest II with domestic character Loud
cheers from the Irish members
ireland though represented numerically
equal with England aud Scotland, had not
the Himo position, England mndO her own
laws and Scotland had bccnOn couraged 10
make her own laws ~ eiiectualy rs II shO
had six times the present representation. Tho
consequence wus felt 10 bc English and
Scotch. The handspring OF tho law In lrO-
land was not felt by the people 10 bo Irish
He doomed II little less than mockery 10 hold
that tho STATE Of law, which ho had described,
conduccd 10 the real unity Of this great, noble,
worldwide empire, Something must bo
done Something was imporatyoy do
mnndcd from tho government
IL wax demanded that they restore In Ire
land the first conditions OF civil lifo, tho FREQ
course OF law, tho liberty OF every individ-
unl IN the exercise Of Oyery legal right, tho
confidence OF tho law aud tho sympathy OF
tho people with the law apart from which no
country can be called "A civilized country
What then was the problem before hint II
was this How 10 reconcile imperial unity
with diversity Of legislature, Mr. drattan
held that those purposes were roconcilnbo;
moro than that, no demanded u severance OF
tho pArliamentS with view 10 the continued
and everlasting unity Of tho empire "Was
that an audaciOus paradox hc asked. "0ther
countries had solved the problem, and under
more difficult circumstances, and we outsid-
es might bo said 10 have solved II with ro-
spect 20 ireland during tho time that ireland
had separate parliament, Did II destroy
the unity OF tho British EmpiroC [Cheersl
Mr., Gladstone roforrod 10 Tho case Of Nor
way and Sweden which countries were united
upon n footing Of strict legislative indopond-
onco and CO.cqunlity Then thoro was the
case OF Austria and Hungary, aud with ro-
gard 10 those countries ho asked whether tho
condition OF Austria NJ the present moment
was not perfect, sure and harmonious thnn
prior 70 the existing conditions bctweOn that
country and Hungary, II could not be quos-
and safety ~ compared with tho timo whom
Hungary was making war on her, Tho
claims OF ireland, 10 mako laws for herself
was mover donied until the reign Of George III.
The parliament Of GrnttAn wns AN indopon-
dent point OF authority ~ could bo Tho
government was not about 10 propose tho ro-
peal Of tho union, IL was impossible 10 pro.
pose the repeal Of the union until they had
bottlod what was the essence OF union and he
H.. .l tl.... ....l l.. l..A
heforo tho existence OF the union thoro woro
two separate and independent parlianents
but aftor the formation Of tho union there
was but one
To speak Of tho ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF the
empire, was In this century mimomer and
an absirdity, Tho fault Of the adminlstra-
tive system OF Ireland was that liz spring
and source OF action was English, [choors
The government, therefore, felt that tho sot-
Element Of tho question was 10 DO found by
establishing q parliament In Dublin, tChoors
from tho lfhA bonohesl For the conduct Of
both legislative and administrative matters,
tho political economy OF the three countries
must bo roconcied. There should bo an
equitable distribution OF imperial burdens,
next, there must DO reasonable safeguards
for tho minority; and why could not tho
minority In Ireland take care of itselfi Mr..
Gladstone said that ho had no doubt about
iW nDllluy 10 no Jnhp Wnon we nuVo pnH3ou
through the present critical period and dis
armed the jealousies with which any change
was approached But for the present. there
wers three classes OF people whom they wero
bound 10 consider
First tho class connected with the lands;
pccond, the civil servants and officers Of tho
government In ireland, and third, the Prot
sstant minority He could not admit tho
claims Of tho Protestant minority In Ulster
or elsewhere 10 rule questions which wore for
tho whole of Ireland. Several schemes for
Ulster had been submitted 10 him. Ono was
that the Ulster province should be excluded
from tho operations Of tho bill. Another
that separate autonomy should be provided
for Ulster And third suggested that cor-
tain rights should bo reserved aud their ad-
ministration placed under tho control OF pro-
vincial councils,
No one Of these proposals had appeared TO
the government 10 be 80 completely Justified