The Irish standard., 1886-11-06
MICHAEL DAvI7TS SPEECH.
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the Justice Of the Home Rule cause by
showing that on every possible occa-
sion that 1t was to the injury of them
selves and to the injury of the British
leaders to postpone the final set
tlement of the Irish question. Now
the English democracy and the people
of Scotland and Wales see the necess-
ity as clearly as we do of radical
/ change in the legislative system OF the
1 British empire. Not only do Scot
land and Wales stand by us i'll our
demand for Home Rule in IrelaLd, but
they are now voiclng q similar demand
/ for themselves. Scotchmen have
learned from us how to agitate not only
against landlordism, but against
Westminster legislation, and a pow
erful organization has recently come
into existence in North Britain
which has for it's object a Scottish par
lament for Scottish affairs. This is real
ly where our land league movement has
scored it's creates, success. We have
tried to put the policy OF retaliation
one side and to try and convince the
majority OF the British people that we
must have Home Rnle whether they
| like 1t or not and that it is their best
policy to concede it in the most grace
ful manner.
| Then again, in Ireland, poor and dis
pissed as the Irish tenant farmer is, he
has fought the battle during the last
seven years which not only gives him
the right to till the soil OF Ireland with
out having to support an idle landlord,
but he has won the sympathy OF tillers
Of the soil III En-, land, Wales and
Scotland. 1t is this line OF action OF
the Irish leaders which paved the way
to Mr.. Gladstone's partial success III
his first attempt to solve the Irish diff
Guilty. BY this means we have sue
ceeded in reducing the CONTEST for Irish
liberty to one between
THE CLASSES AND THE MAssJSs
OF Great Britain, iustead Of it's being
thatas Of old between the people Of Ire
land and Britain. BY the unscrupu-
iUus methods to which ! have alluded,
the elasses have for a time held the
reins of power. I'he tide of Republi-
can ideas is rising rapidly against the
territorial conservative party in Great
Britain, and 100000 people Of Great
Britain, are getting tired of titled aris-
tocraGy, They are not now the ignor-
ant, dnmb-driyen cattle they were
generation ago. This French idea has
recently been extended to them, and
they know that if they only Organize
their strength, they can, in a few short
years return I. party to Westminster,
abolish the House Of Lords and win
for their country a government Of the
people, for the people and by the peo-
pie. (Applause.) This change in Eug-
lish feeling, that is in the feeling
of the workers Of England, is
due to two causes. First, to the land
league Of Ireland during the last seven
years, and second to the magnificent
example this country has set the world
Of economic government side by side
with the fullest possible civil and poll
tical liberty and i'll bringing about, or
in helping to bring about such a re-
markable change. we have not only
made certain the success Of the cause
OF self government for Ireland. but we
have done good deal towards dealing
q deadly blow to that aristocratic rule
which has been directly responsible for
all the crimes committed against Ire.
land III past generations. | think that
the reign OF Lord Randolph Churchill
and his party will be very short unless
he presently becomes convinced ct the
justice of Home Rule as Mi. Gladstone
became convinced five years ago. Re
Gently he succeeded in defeating a
measure which MI. ParDcll introduced
into the House of Commons to stay
evictions in Ireland during the coming
winter peuding the inquiry by the gov
eminent into the condition Of the Irish
tenant farmers. [ think that G. similar
step was taken by the House OF Com
mons in 1881 to pay arrears of rent in
certain cases out of certain Irish funds
to prevent heartless evictions. Atthat
time Lord Churchill was the leader of a
party OF four members in Westminster,
and supported the Irish representatives
in carrying it through. But now, when
Mr.. parnell proposes that any loss to
be sustained shall come out OF the
pockets of Irish landlords, rather than
out of government funds, the landlord
Tory party, with the aid Of Chamber
lain, succeeded in rejecting the Irish
leaders measure. Notwithstanding
the defeat of this effort OF Mr.. Parnell.
the Irish landlords have been compelled,
during the last month to give as sub
stantial reduction of rent rs Mr..
parnell hoped to obtain by the measure
which was defeated in the House Of
Commons.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is the