The Irish standard., 1889-01-05

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of the community of Ireland. OF course
it would be- present to the minds and.
recoilections of all the stand which had
been made in Queensland against the
nomination of a gentleman whose name
and antecedents suggested a system Of
government in Ireland which was re4.
pugnant to the feelings Of the colonists
OF the country (app,ause); and they
would also remember that the. great
colony of New South Wales in the most
formal manner also affirmed the princi.
pie that had guided the Queenslanders;
and other colonis5s throughout the
group had more Or less formally en-
dorsed that view. On the other hand.
nc doubt it might be said that Victoria
had dissented; but to correctly estimate
the conduct Of Victoria it was necessary
to bear in mind the aspects of local
politics. New South Wales and Victoria
were rivals in many respects, and any:
one might have safely predicted that
after The action taken in New South
Wales it would have been inJudiciols
to ask an assembly in Victoria to fol-
low the lead of their great rival. Bat
Victoria had as high spirit of inde-
pendence as there was in any ether col
ony of the Australian group, and were
such an appointment attempted in Vic
toria The same resentment would be
manifested there. as strongly, it not
more strongly, than it was in Queens
land (applause). What he had seen in
Ireland had both saddenea and ckeered
MIN. Me had been saddened by the
widespread and deeprooted distress and
misery, caused by the partial, the halt
ing, the grudging legislation which had
been extended to Ireland ;(applausel-a
state of things which demonstrated to
his mind thaS the English iHouse of
Commons was not the Legislature fitted
to deaf with the exceptional conditions
Of the agricultural conditions in Ire
LAND, and also demonstrated the wisdom
aud foresight of the leaders of Irish
opinion in that House. He would refer
to the speech Of Lord Salisbury the
other day in Edinhurgh, where the
Premier Of this great Empire did not
think il unsuited to his position or the
occasion to speak in terms Of studied in
suit to Ireland and to her representa-
tlves. He spoke of the traditional hos
tility of Ireland to England, and re-
ferred to it as a Aaenace against the
unity Of the Empire. : This remark
struck him as an apt illustration Of the
colossal prejudice of the patrician whe
looked rather to the past then the pres
eat (applausel. Fer throughout his (the
speaker's) journeying in. the West Of
Ireland nothing strwek him more than
the feeling OF Friendship which was
growing up and strengthening every
day towards Eng4and-a feeling Of
friendship based on confidence that the
cause of Ireland was about at last to re
celve just and equitable treatment at
the hands of England 4applaase). There
was in Ireland curious anomaly, al
most amounting to paradox, mas
much as the Government CT the day adj
mitted that they had not denied their
pledges with reference to the land ques-.
tion; that there was much vet to be
done, especially with the question of ar
rears lhear, hearl; and yet they had
them meanwhile ruthlessly employing
all the engines st the law to crush the
very people to whom they had promised
relief. As to the administration of the
law in ireland. really people outside
Ireland could not realize it. People
nurtured in the traditions of the past
and the certainty of the present, in
those countries where law obtained and
was administered equally, could not
realize the amount of maladministra
tion that went onin this country. There
were those creatures of the powers that
be. well termed Removables, who had