Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-04
HOME RULE.
The Cr.ud Old Man Explains 10 his
Constituents What He Is
Fighting For.
-Four Hundred Conflicting Remedies. or
Else No Ram esies a. An--whAt ITO
Thinks OF tAberNl sr,etsion

LONDON, May AIR Gladstone, in a
manifesto TO his constituents, explains
that his throst has prevented his taking
par, IN the speeches at the Easter recess,
and has obliged him to reserve his limited
powers for the house OF commons, and
for that reason he uses his pom instead Of |
his voice. Continuing, he said "Gen- |
tlemen, YOU have before you cabinet |
determined 10 its purpose, with inteliigi. |
BILE plans of its own. | see very little else |
IN the political arena that Is Determined 4,
or intellleibe. I viii now proceed to !
speak Of things within and without par
lament, and the nature and import OF the |
next great step to be taken for the pro a
gress OF my measure. ] speak now of thc1
home-rule bill Leave the land-purohaso
bin TO stand on the declaration already
made"
Speaking OF the secession Of a large
number of Liberals, he suysi sin each
previous session the dissentonts agreed
upon substantial policy. Not so now
some are IN favor Of unlimited coercion,
the others OF moderate doses; while
few oppose coercion altogether. On
the other side some oppose local govern
ment, some would give II 20 counties,
/ oNiNS W lfVNAhN'cN cNNlN uEuiu NOuih
give an administrative center with legls.
lative preIogatiyes, while some propose
! legislation center without executive
power. Some indeed so beyond
the proposition OF the government
and recommend federation, Some
alter the proposals which they would
recommend with every speech All this
Is proof, not Of the weakness of the men,
but Of the helplessness OF their course
We have ut least the advantage Of one
voice. Secession, however estimable IL
may he otherwise, Is perfect Babylon IN
the Irish policy. IL s admitted on all
hands that social order Is the first OF all
political aims. To secure this In Ireland
! the Liberals are In possession Of 400 con-
J fiicting remedies, or else no remedies al
all These remarks are applicable 10
! Tories as well as Liberals.n
In contrasting the police Of secession
and Of the Tories with that OF the gov
: eminent, he says ave want to shorten
they to prolong, the struggle. We sa,
give freely, they by acts, but not words
say let ny give what we can no longe
r withhold. We say give now, while III,
s position of the kingdom in the affairs o
G the world is free aud strong. They pre-
g fer to walt for period OF national dittl
" Guilty luhl VIC may fitiu w Nnc lIleu NN
y mand in terror, as we did In the war 0
$ l77S, as we did to the demands Of th
n volunteers, as we did TO Bonaparte
IS as we did In the civil war Of S2g
d they would postpone 1t till the hou
% comes, when the demands may be large
and the means OF resistance less. We sa
ID deal with the matter between brothers
{" make justice reason lest they renew IN
Of tale alas too often told, whose prologu
re Is denial with evaporation and resen
Sc ment, whose epilogue is surrender witt
IN out conditions, without thanks"
ld Continuing upon the policy OF the o.
ne position the manifesto says; "Thls form
II. dable army which opposes the goverl
m ment is In bulk and constituent parts q
in same, though now enriched at our co
on with valuablecontiDgent reserves, that h
re fought in every political battle OF the la
II sixty years and been defeated. This ella
as has fought uniformly on the wrong sid
he was uniformly beaten by a power mo
d. difficult to marshal, but resistless VIII
cb marshaled by the upright sense Of I
ur nation.n
re Continuing in this strain, he say
'u.ord Harrington reminded us, and
yn cordially agree with him, that. this que
lg. ton which may be turned over thousan
hit OF ways and placed In thousand part
ur lights can only be settled by the nattc
nd From the first stated, and think m
il as,aoE for tho UaNprnn1nnf a larpn N