Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-20
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His amendment die not strike st the
Ashbourne set, nor would II necessarily
stop its operation. he did not desire TO
stop the operation Of the act, what
ever he might consider its dangers, and
he did no. oppose the bill, but he objected
to it because Of tue amount demanded
Ths government ought 10 have asked par
lament for
LIMITED GRANT,
which would suffice to enable them TO
continue the operations Of the act until
spring, when pGllisGent could recon
slider the whole matter. TIE opposition
would cheer!ully agree - such an advance
bu. the government ileresd 81 takir g that
course, produced bill involving psilia-
ment in fresh approval OF lis land pur-
chase policy. ECdes Of Hear, hear"
MIR. Gladstone contip ued, Stating i. was
the manifest design Ct the government TO
withdraw the subj act Of Irish land tcom
the house of parliament for several years.
TCheers. That WIS no. course
which could be allowed. the
opposition was not ineensiole to
the value OF land purchase. he did
not desire to see landlords or any other
class removed in body. He wanted to
see them not less but grest deal more
Irish than they were, and to see them
residents instead Of
ABsgNTEEs FROM IRELAND,
The principle Of previous land acts WAS
totally different from this Ashbourne sct
by W Itch f5 0GO 600 were obtained sp-
psreutlY IS precedent for smother
f5, 900 900, thus drawing the house by
SLOW degrees into system from which
there was no escape, from putting
the land iuto the hands Of the state, msk-
ing tie state immediate landlord without
proper guarantee How different was
the proposal from the Liberal side when
Mr. TIE velyen laid down the principle
that the government should not ask the
national tax PAYERS 10 advance purchase
money unless the tsx payers in Ireland
evirced COZ 6dence IN the tenants by offer
ing local guarantees. He Gladstone
had always objected to the Asnbourne
act as giving the initiative OF purchase to
landlords, whom lie conGsiiered
second, as the peasants ought
to have the initiative. II sn imperial
guarantee was ever given for the pur-
chase OF land in Ireland the security must
convey moral certainty TO the govern.
ment. ICaeers What reason had the
government for refusing with such tenac
fly to detl with arrears: We're they the
means of insulting the
sERvITUDE OF THE TENANT2
Psrnellite cheers / II was certain this
DILL would give the landlords 8 Leverage
to bring up rents, while Il
would enable oily a handful
of tenants 20 acquire holdings
certainly it would assist the govern
melt in their land -purchage scheme
but under whas inadequate and precari.
Gus securily for the repayment Of sd
vspcet2 Doubtless Irish tenants could
be praised ss scrupulous in the paymen
CT fair rents, but IL another collspst
Of agricultural prices occurred the farm
ers might be unable TO pay their Install
ments under the bill. The government
was not j1stihsd IN relying on thu ten
| ants will tc pay after the recent decisra'
ton Of Lord Salisbury that 8 maj )risy O
5000, 900 In Ireland were bent on pdttill
down minority Of 2,OO0,0 900 in order &c
| get and rife their pockets. Cheers
II Irishmen hsd no respect for the peck
cts OF their couutTymep, we're they likell
TO respect English exchequers? Wert
those who have been thus described b!
the head Of the government people to be
trusted IS debtors OF the state. Laugh
ter and cheerl. This land purchase
had NO immediate clsims to thu
character Of the arrears question
The tenants themselves had ur
gently demanded the settlement
of arrears. A similar necessity had been
acknowledged in the case Of the Crotters
Of Scotland. Much greater hsd been the
need Of ireland when krresrs were runs
ming without limit, and led to the paraly.
sis Of the farmers engagements and 81
Increasing flow Of evIctions. Eyictions
on arrears prevented the ten.
ant from obtaining the benefit oil
the judicial rent act. Hear hear I
Arrears were this weapon against tint
tensn,s defeating aa3 annulling S land
law which had been passed for theil
benefit Hear, hear. They msde the
landlords masters OF the land act snt
masters CT the conditions for the sale o!
land and the future of the tenants.