The Irish standard., 1886-06-26
THOMAS SEXT0N'S SPEECH.
Metaphcrically Speaking, he Leaves Judas
I. Chamberlain Without u 4 Leg to
Stand 0n,' and Everybody Smiles.
THE VOICE FROM THE CAVE.
MIR. Sexton Fails to Look Upon Baroness
Burdett Coutts' 'Kid," Ashmoad Bart
lett, as a Tory Leader.

lett, as a Tory Leader.
THE IRISH STANDARD presents it's
readers with the speech of Mr.. Sexton
in the British House of Commons,
Thursday evening, June 8, in an abbre-
waited form, United Ireland in COM
nlenting on it say it is one Of the high
est tributes to the superb power Of Mr..
Sexton's speech on Thursday night
that it raised To- exhl]aration the spirits
of a party depressed by the spectre OF
the coming vote, and depressed, too, by
listening to a bold and trenchant
speech from Mr.. Chamberlain, lighted
up by CLEANS OF sinister exuitation
BY way Of pa''enthesis we may remark
that Mr.. Sexton's speech will live as
one Of the greatest orations Of the cen
tury. Readers in the far future will
revel inits milky Way Of dazzling cpl
grams, its wit, humor. wisdom. argu-
ment and perfe ctiou OF phrase. MIR,
Gladstone himself could not have inn
proved upon it's language, and could
not at all essayed it's corruscating wit.
Mr.. Chamberlain shrjvelled up under it
like an adder touched with a keen
sword. His effort tc, seem to disregard
MIR. Sexton's tllGusts, by burying him
self in the charming converse Of Mr..
Caine, was as good a clue to the pigmy
character Of the man as his kissing al
lusion to Mr.. Healy's physique. The
following is Mr.. Sexton's speech:
The right hon. gentleman [Mr.
Chamberlain has stated that dissolu-
tion has no terrors for him Why
should it9 The right hon. gentleman
will &C to the country nlasquerading as
Unionist Liberal, but depending On
the regular Tory vote. (Irish cheers.
The right hon. gentleman has already
found good godfather i'll the shape Of
Lord Brabourne, Irish cheers and
laughter.} LORD Brabourne has ap-
pealed to the Tosy electors Of West
Birmingham to save the right hon.
gentleman from political extinction.
(Laughter.) Did ever misfortune
make an ex- Radical Liberal acquainted
with stranger bedtellow than Lord
Brabourne. (Cbeers and laughter.)
The right hon, gentleman has made a
very misleading al!usion to the case Of
Canada. The analogy between Canada
and Ireland rests not on details but OF
principles. Hear. hear.) The prin-
ciples of. resemblance was that Canada
was discontented aud rebellious until
she got what she wanted, and when
she obtained what she wanted she be-
came contented and loyal. The differ
ence between Canada and Ireland is
this--that Canada is 5000 miles away,
whilst Ireland is three hours away.
(Irish cheers.) The substance Of what
we want is contained in the pages OF
the bill, and if that bill passed into law
the settlement arrived at in the case OF
Canada will be precisely and absolutely
reprcduced in the case of Ireland.
THE FOX HAS COME OUT oT HIS COVER.
The speech Of the right hon. gentleman
has cleared away the smoke from the
field Of battle. It has defined the OPP
posing hosts. 1t has enabled Ireland to
see at last, beyond the possibility of a
doubt. who are her enemies and who
are her friends. (Irish cheers.} 1t has
enabled her to distinguish between the
true friends and the false ones, and I
promise the right hon. gentleman that
50 long as this generation Of men lasts
on the face of The earth, Ireland will
never forget this day. (lrish cheers
Sir, the right hon. gentleman for weeks
past has been fighting under cover.
(Laughter.> AT last we have got him
in the open, (cheers) and we mean
until this question is finally settled not
to let him get back into the bush.
Cheers and laughter.) he has been
fighting under cover by means of a Sc
ries of mysterious paragraphs and du-
biOuS and suggestive HUG llstS: anu he
has been creating a certain effect by Sc
cret meetings of a small but not homo
geneous body of hon. members OF this
House, (laughter), who have produced
excellent stage effects under the guild
ance of an adjutant in the shape OF the
hon. member for Barrow {laughter) by
a series Of rapid and interesting eyolu-
tions. Cheers and laughter.
AN IMPOTENr REBEL.
It requires an effort of memory to re-
call the fact that the right honorable
gentleman was but lately a Radical
leader. Hear, hear.) The Radicals CT
Britain looked to him to maintain the
rights and to assert the principles OF
the working population OF this country
against class privilege. Liberal and
Irish. cheers The workingmen OF
England looked to him to mould the
policy of the Liberal party, aud intlu-