Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-02
JUSTICE AT HAND.
Gladstone and Parnell Condemn the
Wrongs Done Ireland.

| LONDON, March Mr. Gladstone in the
house of commons made a long speech, in
which he severely criticized the harsh
measures and series of personal indigni-
ties adopted by the government in dealing
with Parnellite prisoners and declared
| that the time for justice to Ireland was at
hand and that those who have opposed ii
must already see in the hand writing on
the wall signs of the coming doom.
| Mr. Pa-nell upon rising to speak was
greeted with enthusiastic cheers, all the
members OF opposition, including Mr..
| Gladstone, rising in their places and wav-
ing their hats.
words of sympathy to those Of his col
leagues and friends who had suffered by
the principles adopted by the chief secre-
tarv of ireland. He (ParnelD believed
they would be richly rewarded in the near
future by attaining the object they had at
heart Mr.. Balfour tried TO degrade them,
but they were not degraded either in their
countrymen. Circumstances had been IA
vorable to Mr.. Balfour in the rise
OF agricultural prices and but
for an exceptional law Ireland would, he
believed, have been tranquil. The gov
eminent was responsible for and must
stand or fall by the results of that law. He
would not stop to discuss the conspiracy
which had assisted the ministers on the
very night of the second reading to steal
away the liberties of Ireland Loud cheersI.
He thought less of the suffering of O'Brien,
Carew and Redmond than of the sufferings
OF humber men in their ranks, because
the authorities did not dare to kill O'Brien
or torture Carew. But men like to Man
deville might be done to death in
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cheers. If Major Sanderson had got his
$4,000 men in the field they wonld not long
remain there. [Laughter.] There was no
example in history of larger section of
people rebelling unless stirred up to it by
suffering and injustice How could Sam
derson hope to excite Ulster men to rebel
not against the rest of Ireland, but
against England and Scotland, when no
oppression or IN u stice was inflicted upon
them.
Expressing confidence that Englishmen
would soon recognize the possibility of
home rule for Ireland, he said he only
asked that they should deal with
the question as an open one and consider
how far they could concede home rule
with safety to their own interests. 1t was
right that the smaller countries should
conciliate the larger and agree to all safe
guards necessary for the security of the
latter's interest. Ireland was willing to
do so and he was convinced that lrlshmeu
knowing that the people of England and
Scotland and Wales had for the first
time turned the ear of reason the soiu-
ton of the question would steadily resist
any excitement to disorder and hold fast
to the true way pointed out to them in
1885 by Mr.. Gladstone. Prolonged cheer
ing.
Mir. Matthews said that unfortunately
the advice of Parnell had not been follow
ed out by the gentleman's friends during
the debate. The speaker maintained that
the offenses for which the Parnellites had
been imprisoned were not as rule for a
political nature and that they justified the
policy of the government.