The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-10-04
GLADSTONE AND IRELAND.


inaugurated by Mr.. Gladstone, has
been temporarily interrupted. The
suspension cannot be of long dura-
tion, The public sentiment of the
world demands justice for Ireland.
a large proportion of the people OF
England are to-day in favor of some
kind of self-government for Ireland.
The parties who condemn Mr..
Gladstone have nothing to offer that
commands public approval. The
Tory method of continued coercion
is conspicuous failure, for under it
Ireland's condition has all the time
been growing worse. The Whig-
Liberals, represented by Lord Hart
ington, have no special plan to pro-
pose for the treatment of u case which
loudly calls for a speedy remedy.
The Radicals, led by Mr.. Chamber
lain, have nothing better to offer
than disapproval of the details of
Mr.. Gladstone's plan, but present
no intelligent method of their own
to satisfy the just claims of Ireland.
With complete loyalty to the cause
Mr.. Gladstone recognizes that there
has been talk enough and that the
time has come for action. In August
| he left London for q short season of
rest on the Continent, but he left
behind II pamphlet on the Irish
| question which is an appeal to the
| intelligence, common sense, and
conscience of the people of England.
In this pamphlet Mr.. Gladstone
speaks of Ireland's grievances which
call for redress; of home-rule for
that long down-trodden land, which
he claims has been ripening, so that
it is now the important and urgent
question of the day. Referring to
the election in which his administra-
ton was voted down he says, g 1t is
not really refusal, but only a
slower acknowledgment. All the
currents of the political atmosphere
as between the two islands have
been cleansed and sweetened. For
Ireland knows what she has never
known before, that even under her
defeat a deep rift of division runs
all through the English nation in
her favor that there is not through
out the land parish OF village
where there are not hearts beating
in unison with hearts. where there
are not minds bent ,n The acknow-
ledgment and permanent establish
ment of her claims to national exis-
tence." The cause of Ireland lives
and moves and the justice of her claims
for distinct government and separ-
ate Parliament are recognized more
widely every day. II is cause
which can no longer be successfully
opposed As Mr.. Gladstone puts
the case: "Once ripe, the time fol
action has come. just rs if 1t wer,
n cornfeld we are not to wait till i
is over-ripe. Ii cannot be crushed
, 1t will arise as wounded warrio
sometimes arises on the field of bat
tie and stabs to the heart som'
soldier of the victorious army whC
has heen eXultiDg over him. Thu
speaks the man who is the champion
OF this moyement-Gladstone, o
whom Gen. Badeau says in TIN
. NoJIh .1mcric0n Reriew, "IIe is, a
the close Of his career, the mos
important and imposing figure il
English politics; the leader in TIN
? armyof fprogress the champion of tn
4 people in land where they still
, need one the ally of down-trod
t den sister country 10 whom he hold
5 out hand to assist her to rise
] Iligh-minded and high-purposed
. with his faults, like all that ar
, human, but battling always agains
: wrong or in favor of the weak, he i
indeed the model knight-errant
This veteran of nearly seventy-seye
dashing against his enemies with tn
vigor of youth, leading the commo
people of England whom he ha
raised TO position and power the.
have never known till now; urgin,
them to make the first use of tina
power TO undo the wrongs of centu
ries in Ireland--this man may no
extort from the aristocrats of Europ,