The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-15
MIR. Gladstone's Irish Scheme.

On the 9th 1Dst. Mr.. GLADSTONE, IN NC
cordance with previous announcement
introduced his bill for the future govern
ment of Ireland, which he outlined in
his remarks upon the measure as follows
The time has arrived when both honor
and duty require Parliament to come to
decisive resolution. 1t should be the
endeavor to liberate Parliament from the
restraints under which, during late years,
it had Intellectually struggled, and to
restore legislation to an unimpeded
course. It is our duty to establish har.
monious relations between Great Britain
and Ireland on footing Of free institu.
tions--in which Englishmen, Scotchmen
and Irishmen have like interest.
He dwclt upon the coercive and re.
pressive measures which had been put in
force from time to time, and deprecated
any further resort to rude remedies OF
intimidation.
"Since the year 1885," he said, "only
two years have passed without coercive
legislation for Ireland, and in spite of all
this the law continues to be disregardsd
because it is invested in the eyes of the
Irish with a foreign aspect. Were fur
ther coercion to be successful it would
require two conditions OF
government and secrecy of public trans.
actions. Parnellites cheer. The main
spring of the law in England is felt to be
English, in Scotland to be Scotch. But
in Ireland it is not felt to be Irish. The
first condition of civilized life in ireland
demands that the people have confidence
in the.law and sympathy Herewith. The
problem, therefore, before Parliament at
the present time is to reconcile the i'm.
perial unity with diversity of legisla
tion."
He believed that the government had
found solution of this problem in the
establishment of Parliament at Dublin
for the conduct of business, both legisla
tive and administrative. Loud cheers
by the Parnellites. "The politica
equality of the three countries" sale
Mr.. Gladstone, "must be recognized
Therefore there must be an equitable
distribution of the imperial funds. Pc
culiar circumstances existing in Ireland
however, made it necessary to establish
safeguards for the minority i'll that coun
try. As Ireland is to have a domestic
legislature it will, therefore, be impracti
cable for Irish representatives to come
here"
The intention of the government bill
Mr.. Gladstone said, "is that the Parlia
ment at Dublin shall be dual body. Il
is to be composed OF two orders, each oi
which shall have the power to veto the
acts of the other. The first order will
include 103 members, the second order
FOG. Twenty. eight of the present Irish
peers will continue to sit in the House OIL
Lords, and they will be granted the
option to have life seats in the first Irish
order. The Office of Viceroy of Ireland
will not be discontinued. The bill in.
tends that the Viceroy shall remain, and
that the Office shall hereafter be non.
political-that is, the incumbent of the
Office will not be expected to retire with
the downfall of o British ministry"
The bill empowers the Queen to dele
gate to the Viceroy such of her preroga.
tives as she may choose. The Irish con.
stabulary will remain under the same
authority as at present. The bill pro-
vides that the Parliament shall have no
authority to establish or endow any par
ticular religious sect. 1t will be empow-
cred, however, to deal with all laws
affecting trade and navigation, affecting
coinage, weights and measures, and the
postal administration. The bill will
preserve the fiscal unity of the Empire,
but the entire proceeds arising from
customs and excise duties in Ireland
will be held for the benefit of that coun.
try. These funds are to be used for the
discharge of Irish obligations. ANY
balance which may remain after this is
to remain in the Irish Exchequer.