Telegram-herald., 1889-05-25
IRISH HOME RULE
A Letter on the Sublect from Rev.
Campbell Fair, D.p.
AZ AMI HONE RULERS OPINIONS
The fnert OF ireland 10 Retire from the
United hiagaota Compared a. =
state Which Nould seoods
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Itat4Ec Nt the ftAANlttNl OF Ireland
by which expression IL generally
understood the political agitation nov
going ON Ia Ireland and It's results upon
the people aud country.
Allow me 10 state the whole matter
a. briefly a. ! possibly can, without.
however, leaving out any important
detail bearing upon one SIDE OF the
other.
Great Britain and Ireland, eomprls-
ing England, Ireland, Scotland and
Wales, form a united kingdom mot
kingdoms) a union even more really
than the United States, FOR the plural
in the latter and the singular IN the
former indicate confederation III the
one and - nationality IN the other.
The union of England, Ireland, Scot
land and Wales. as they now are, was
not accomplished IN day, not even ia
a century. History Is very plain that
in the case of Scotland and Wales the
opposition 10 union with England was
fierce and persistent, and only after
centuries of struggles was the union
made real, aud binding and perma-
nent.
Ireland was the last of the four king
dOms TO JOIN IN or Toe brought into this
union, and not yet has she been cen
tury united a. now 10 England, Scot
land and Wales. II 1t took centuries 10
cement Scotland and Wales and Eng
land as they are, why should We be 50
impatient IN expecting Ireland, IN less
than ninety years, to accept fully
contract which Scotland and Wales
repudlated for centuries
Moreover, Ireland was not united IN
herself; her rival kings and petty pro-
vlnces have bad continuous succession
III the clans and parties which have
never died out; the present generation
has inherited this bitter opposition,
which, combined with impulsiye and
eXcltaDle characteristics, make the
Irish hard TO manage and far more diff
ficult To conquer. Blarney Will soften
the Irish TO even love their enemies, but
bullets will harden them 10 even hate
their friends. Policy, not legislation,
is what Ireland wants.
1.-The Union," right or wrong, was
made in A. ID. 1900; the Irish Parlla-
ment was then abandoned; Ireland re-
jected the home rule for which shelsnOw
contending; henceforth, one imperial
parliament, with representations from
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
in it, would legislate for the whole
United Kingdom.
That contract or union has been kept
bv England, Scotland and Wales, these
counties, or rather these parts of the
United Kingdom, have not asked for
separate Parllaments TO manage their
affairs separately. They keep 10 the
united form OF government, one uDe-
rial Parliament for the whole nation,
which Parliament is as much Irish as
English, scotch as Welsh; it is not one
part against the others, but should bo
all united for tine whole kingdom.
"The Irish Question" j. the effort OF
Ireland toretire from that unitedleglsia-
ton. and have her own Parliament for
her own affairs. In other words, IT ls,
Mr.. Editor, the same as If IN the United
States. one OF our States was striving to
Withdraw her representatives from Con
greSs at Washington, and 10 wholly
manage her own affairs within her own
territory.
Your struggle during what is called
the Rebellion, was To keep your Consu-
tuition as it was, and happily you pre-
served it as IL is. The government of
the United Kingdom, following
! the lead of the Government
! of the United states, is now struggling
| to preserve their union as II was and n.
! Why laud I'm one what YOU condemn IN
the other? The principle IN both conn
| tries j. Idontc3lly the same; the forms
| of government are different. America
! fought battles TO preserve her Republl-
| can Constitution; England enforccs
laws to preserve her Imperial legisla-
ton. The strongest unIonst for Amer
! Tea should by consistency be the same
! for the United Kingdom.
But fully admit that # IN the union
of the United Kingdom there Is any ia
/ Justice 10 one or more of the four king
/ doms united. those treated unlualy
/ bv deprivation OF their full night OF 10y
imposition. OF burdens, have good
/ grounds for agitation for the removal
| cot the grievance or for the granting OF
/ the Justice. but not for the breaking 0i
/ the union or contract. If Michigan
1 failed 20 get 'FRONT.' C0ngress a sufhciencl
10 deepen ncT rivers, shall she THEREBY
4 agtatc 10 sever tho Union.
But is ireland Wlusily treated p,
being deprived of rights or infiicte,
with wrongs Nearly two millions O.
Inshmcu, IN ireland, answer, "NO;
and three mill Of Irehmen, M Ire