The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-25

not wish that the kingdom shall become two or more
| nations, entirely separate from each other.
II still adhere to this opinion, If possible,
more firmly than before. | do not oppose the
| views of the government on account of England
more than on account of Ireland No Irish Par
| lament can be SO powerful or just as the
united Imperial Parliament at Westminster.
] cannot intrust the peace and interests of Ire
| land, north or south, to the Irish Parliament to
whom the government now propose to make
general surrender. My six years experience of
them and their language in the House of Com
mons. and their deeds in Ireland, makes it i'm
possible for me to hand over to them the indus
try, prosperity and rights of FIVE millions of the
Queens subjects.
II have written so that nobody may be ignor-
ant of my views. My vote in the recent division
has given great grief but my judgment and con-
science made the other course impossible. For
forty years | have been friend of Ireland.
Long before any Parnellte now in Parliament
or any member of the present government
opened his lips to express and condemn the
wrongs of Ireland | spoke for her people in the
House of Commons and on public platforms. It
is because am still friend of Ireland that re-
fuse to give her up to those to whom the recent
ly-defeated bill would have subjected her. If
you re-elect me, shall to the utmost of my ca
pabity seek only what conceive to be for the
permanent and true welfare of our country"
Sir John Lubbock contends that the suffering
and discomfort existing in Ireland is not due to
political, but to economical causes the principal
OF which, he says, is the potato disease, which,
he points out is local trouble beyond the
power of government to prevent He then adds
that to concede separate government to
Ireland would simply aggravate the
suffering in that country, because it
would drive capital and enterprise away.
Those who point to the example of the colo
nies," the letter goes on, SHOULD remember
%l,rxv o@u:1 1T.
the imperial expenses on account of the army or
navy. Mr.. Chamberlain's proposal of municipal
councils is open to less objection than the pro-
posal of a separate Parliament, but it involves
great difficulty, and should not be entertained
unless the people exhibit stronger desire for
tnat than they have yet manifested. My opinion
is that the true policy for the government to pur-
sue towards Ireland is while providing her with
the same powers Of selfgovernment for purely
internal affairs as accorded England and Scot
land to maintain law and order in the country
and give security to life and property. which
will be the best encouragement to Irish indus
try"
Joseph Chamberlain went to Glasgow to day.
When the train stopped at Preston. in Lanca-
shire large crowd which had assembled at the
railway station jeereed and hooted at the dissi-
dent leader. Among the cries was this: You're
in the wrong boat this time, joe"
Mr. Gladstone has written letter expressing
his regret that he will not be able to speak at
Leeds on account of engagements elsewhere,
the ful6llment of which will be as much as his
strength will bear.
Mr. Vincent. referring to Mr. O'Briens letter,
says that he went to Ireland and visited the
chief Parnellites simply to satisfy himself; that
he certainly emissary of the govern
ment. and had no idea of negotiating with
the Parnelites. Mr.. Vincent says he saw Mr..
Harrington. Mr.. Sullivan and O'Brien. He
spent only five minutes with Mr.. O'Brien, but
that short interview was sufficient to convince
him that compliance with the Parnellites' de-
mands would lead to rebellion civil war. and
separation. The Conservatives, he says, never
intended to give anything more than local gov
ernment to Ireland.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, speaking at Bristol,
last night. said there was an unmistakable slmil-
itude between Mr.. Gladstone's proposal for the
dsestablishment of the Irish church and his
present home-rule proposal In both cases he
has taken sudden action in order to place himself
in Office. In November last he asked the coun-
try to make him Independent of the Parnelltes,
yet he took Office as the slave of Parnell Never
had there been more disgraceful surrender.
Mr.. Sexton in his speech at St. James's Hall,
yesterday, said that the Irish could secure fifteen
seats in the metropolis, and that that number
would be sufficient to counreract the majority of
thirty against Mr.. Gladstone. The opponents
of Mr.. Gladstone's Irish bill, not having the
courage to face the principle of home rule, strove
to hide it in a wilderness of details.
sumption that Great Britain was peopled with
the lame, and that the inhabitants of ireland
were blind; that nation that had carried her
flag to the ends of the earth was too feeble to
protect herself from island at her door, and
that the people of Ireland were rash enough to
walk 10 their own destruction. A resolution in
favor of home rule was carried with only one
dissentienr voice. A large proportion of the aud
fence were Irish. Several Parnellite members
of Parliament were present. Baron Wolverton,
Sir Charles Dixie, Under Foreign Secretary
Bryce Attorney general Russell, and others.
sent letters apologizing for their absence
olztv Asvh, 1-.L
ing, said that, although the Premier had advised
them to reject him [Goschenl he believed that
those who returned him at the last election
would not fail to do so at the coming election as
he had broken no pledge and had retracted no
opinion Replying to taunt that he had not
cast Liberal vote in decade, he pointed out
that he had supported the Liberal government on
many occasions He insisted that the Irish
question was not a test question before the Lib
eral party.
Earl Spencer, in aspeech at Bristol, last night
said that the land bill was not mere bribe or
gift to the landlords, whose rights, however
must be considered like those of any other class
1t was of the greatest Importance that this
question should, if possible, be settled at the
same time with the home-rule bill He believed
that the land bill could be passed without cost
risk to the British tax payer. It was mat
ter OF justice that new assembly in Ireland
should try to set right question which had been
disturbing Ireland for so many years. If Par
lament were granted on the lines proposed,
grievous blow would be directed against the
dynamiters aud FenlanS.
Sir Lyon Playfair. in his manifesto to the
electors of Leeds, says "The essence of Liberal
ism is to promote national representative insti-
tutions. Ireland long had nationality, which
was suppressed. Irelands discomfort is Eng
lands weakness. | ask the voters of Leeds to
elect me to aid Mr.. Gladstone's great undertak-
ing to give peace, contentment and prosperity
to Ireland"
Lord Randolph Churchill and Mr. Parnell are
announced to address political meetings in Man
chester next Wednesday, Lord Harrington will
speak at Glasgow on Friday, and Mr.. Chamber
lain will speak in the same city on July 2
The Daily Telegraph says: 1T is impossible to
suspect Mr. Bright, a tried friend of liberty and
champion of the oppressed, of hostility to just
Irish claims, and in America, where his name is