The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-05
GLADSTONE. III
He Talks Like a Father to
IriShmen.
HIS VIEWS ABOUT IRELAND.
,sTheIe Is srsin Upon England In
Respect OF Her Relations
Toward Ireland
Gladstone

HAWAgDEN, October Mr.. Gla6.
stone. an his address to the Irish petit
bearers today, stated that he must
deny the statement that he had re-
rouuced bis former attitude by sup.
p9rGng the proposal to restore the Irish
parliament. He said, also, that he was
thankful for the share he took in pass
lug suCh Irish measures as had been
made laws during his public career
He CO.. tIuued: The whole character of
the Irish controversy ha altered. We
do not new contemplate the dreadful
alternatives our fathers faced centuries
ago, nor the alternative Wellington
faced when be "a be proposed Cath
oliC emanCip. to as an alternative to
civil war II was necessary that the
late gov .Tnm -nt'S Irish proposals
should have been put forward N &C
cord win the desires of the Irish ma
ton and also to make it clear that the
nrcp. sails stood within the limits of I'M
perIal honor, safety and welfare. These
aims we're completely attained and
they have been sustained by singular
rnjIdness and tenn perance of expression,
which have so far characterized the
oondu2t OF he l. ishman at every stage
of the agitation till nov (Uheers) The
cause represented by these Populations
in tn, cause Of order, of peace, of
LOYALTY It's the hope conducting to
the settle uent OF this great ques ion / n
political affairs ] am quite prepared
10 wiInd 8E from public life, If / could
beIiev, th u il we're better for ireland
but / elu inviting to arrive at that
conclusion. highlands interest is as
much G=2OIved IS treland's. On the
lowest grounds of civil and
military eConon y, it is England
interr To Change III some way the pres
eat civil government in Ireland, which
costs the British taxpayer yearly six
teen shil ings per head OF population,
while civil GOV rnment in England and
SCOtlauu cos : but eight shillngS per
head of pupul6JiOu- On far higher
grounds, England ought to -cOncede
ireland s request. EDgland's character
is concerned. There is a stain upon
England in respect of her rela-
tons. tOWaCCs Ireland. deny that the
term separation. which our opponents
unsCrupulOusly use to describe the
meaning Of the late governments pro-
posals, IL correctly applied in the case.
The promoters Of the bill never thought
OF a separation. We cOurted 8 careful
comparison of Grattau's Parliament
with the Parliament bill proposed.
The sphere within which Ireland desires
free action, which Is specially the sphere
OF local government, would have been.
attained under our bill better far than
it was possessed under the Grattan
Parliament. The present government
encourages irish land occupyers to be
Eeve that the iudicisl rents will be re-
duced This is embodied in the a 3
pOIntment of she present land commits
sion; also II the Marquis of Salisbury's
speech at the commencement of the
parliamentary session in what he said
concerning judicial rents. do not &C
Cept his statement to any great
extent regarding the legislation which
ne said his government proposed
for next session, l reserve judgment
also, or The wonderful encyclopedia de
Evered on saturday by Lord Randolph
Churchhih, whose performances are
less known than his promises. I am
unable to gather from any of these
statements the declaration of fresh con-
CesSlCnS. / 90 Tot wish to close the
possibility for q future ntOdus vige1ldi,
but am unable to gather that anything
remains TO be done in that direction. 1t
would still be wise to reconsider the
pecuIilry terms the late governments
Dali proposed. Full justice to ireland
requires a careful investigation of her
financial history before we reach con-
ciU=ions rs to what should be accorded
ner. l hope that Ireland's triumph
VIII come with promptitude, with cheer
rllness aud with JOY, and hope that
tGere VII be no IN errupting period of
gloom.