The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-04
MR.. LlBOUCHERE'S VIEWS
ON THE CHANCES OF THE HOME
RULE BILL.
The Only Thing That Can Defeat the
Measure-Mr. Blalne's Port
land Speech.

the second reading Of the Home Rule
bill is seventy; therefore il the bill be
defeated, it will be through adroit
msneuves by wire pulleIs OF the
Harrington and Chamberlain com
binAtion. 1t was understood that
Hartinetorian would he excluded
from the Chamberlain meeting. AS a
mi;tsr ( fac. all the objec.ors to the
details TO the bill, who avowed that
they were e,t'sfed with Glsdstone's
concessions, were excluded, while the
presence Of q strong contingent OF
Hartingtonians was secured. Fiity-
four members attended the meeting.
Four of these favored the bill and
twelve favored abstention from vot-
ing. Deducting the twenty-five Hart
ipgtonians who were present, there
were, therefore, sixteen csed TO
voting against the bill and sixteen in
favor of Opposing the measure. The
net was spread and the birds walked
into il. l hope these gentlemen will
escape fr the tolls before 1t is too
late. would suggest to the DIRECTORS
70 the details OF the bill, who have
hurried into pledges and promises,
and who, realizing the tnckeTy by
which those promises were obtained,
are recovering that independence Of
action Of which they boost, that they
reserve their decision ss TO how they
will vote until they have heard Mr..
Gladstone define his position at the
end Of the debate. Had he been a
persistent enemy Of Liberal progress,
instead of leader of that party, they
could not treat him with more con-
tumely.
CONFIDENCE IN GLADsToNE's IRISH
POLICY.
One hundred Non-Coniormist minis
tiers Of Derby and Nottingham have
signed an address OF confidence in
Gladstone's Irish policy. The Rev.
Mr.. Spurgeon, one OF the signers, has
written second letter, in which he
asks II IL is impossible for those de
siIous OF the welfare OF Ireland and
the unity of the empire to devife a
more acceptable scheme. 81 cannot, "
said Mr.. SpuIgeon, "look forward
with competency upon the possibili-
ty Of the q steri;es being abandoned
aud Of an established Irish Catholic
Church; yet thee are by no means
the create evils we foIeses in the
near future should the suggested poll
cy become a fact"
THE "TIMEs" ON MIR. BLAINE's PORT
LAND SPEECH.
The Times, commenting on Mr.
Blaine's Portland speech, says: "Mr.
Blaine may or may not catch the Irish
voc by performances such as that OF
Tuesdays speech snd 30 win the prize
which fully as much on personal rs
on political grounds has been snatohed
rom him once and again; but we re-
fuse 10 believe that his ignorant and
pTsSCIptuops rant represents the
honest and independen opinion and
reflection OF the Americans. Il ID pc
culiarly absurd that he sh juld pose ss
the advocate Of plan which he sup.
poses, quite wrongly, Of course, would
place Ireland in the position Of State
OF the American Union, He has been
conspicuous, Tor the same reasons
which now make him a hatteTer OF
the Irish, 10 the bloody shirt campaign
against Southern State rights, aud il
any Southern State should now at
tempt TO deprive negroes OF suffrage
he would be the first to favor the tet-
OF that local Rfiair by the armed in
reference of the Central Government.
His history ls almost on par with his
reason, which deserves TO be classed
with Sir William Vernon HaIcou,t's
latest contribution, wherein Mr..
Lecky has something to tay."
What Mr.. Leeky has Ito say" is con-
tanned in another column of the Times
in the form OF letter. This is q criti-
cism Of Sir Williams argument that
the home rule measure proposed by
Mr.. Gladstone aimed at simply the re-
vival of Henry GrattRn's Irish Parlia.
ment. Mr.. Lecky says the argument
is absurd. Grstan's Parliament, Mr..
Lecky contlnuep, placed the Govera-
ment of Ireland in the hands OF the
Protestant geHtry, who were bound to
the Eng ish COM ection by the closest
ties OF interests and sentiment. "Thty
WERE" adds Mr.. Lecky, "pIe. eminent
ly the representatives OF property,
whose pc it @ i power it has been Mr..
Gladstone's steady object TO destroy.
The effect of his scheme would be- to
throw the government OF Ireland into
the hands of men hitherto the avowed
enemies of both property aud the
empire.
CJoTURR ON THE HOME RULE DEBATE
II is prob bile that the Conserva.
tiVes will tomorrow move in the
House Of Q mmons that Cloture be
applied 10 thu home rule debate in
order TO seeuie division OF the sec
ond reading before Whitsuntide. i
is not likely the government will op
pose the motion.
IN TIM HOUSE OF COMMONS
this afternoon Sir Michael Hicks
BeRch, Conservative, pressed Mr.. Glad
stone 10 fix date for a division OF
the second reading OF the home rule
bill. Mr.. Henry Labouchere, Radi
cal, protested against the fixing of az
early date, announcing that twenty
seven supro ters Of the measure de
sired to sp,Ak before the vote, Mr.
Charles BradhuQh, Radical, supported
Mr.. Labouchere's protest. MIR. Glad
stone fixed Monday as the date for I
division.
DON'T THINK Mr., BLAINE REPREsRNTi
AMERICAN SENTIMENT.
The 81. James Gazette says it does no
think that Il G sentiments uttered b,
Mr.. Blaine txpr IS the genuine opin
ion Of the Americans upon the Insl
question. 1t adds that 1t is impossib
TO formulate scheme of home rul,
which would be satisfactory to the
"extreme Ir sh Americans" Continu
ing, the Gazette says: "Mr. Gladstonl
is esgar t1 snatch every semblance o.
support, however obscure aud tainted
and does nlr hes tate TO recognize the
opinions OF United States pulleIs, thus
giving the meddesome throughout
the world locus st6ndi in England't
politics. he securing of the Irish
vote is the prime object Of the Yankee
office-sesker, and Nj. Blaine has made
his bid.
HOME RULE SENTIMENT IN AMERICA.
The lines PUBLISHERS letter from a
correspondent at ST Louis, who says It