Connecticut western news., 1889-05-01
ALETTER FROM GLADSTONE.
He Believes 8 General Election
 Would Result in Home Rule.


 The Buffalo ''Courier" prints the following; A little over four weeks ago John J. Mo Bride wrote 0 letter to MT. Gladstone, en- closing list of names that had been signed to the memorial circulated by MT. Mcbride, expressing sympathy with the cause of home rule for Ireland. This listincludes the names of President Harrison, Cardinal Gibbons, Speaker Carlyle, Vice-President Morton, Archbishop Ryan, Secretary Blaine, and a large majority of the members of both Houses of Congress. MT. Mcbride received from Mir. Gladstone the letter published below. Every word of it, from the address to the signature was written by his own hand.
 My Dear Sir: I have the honor to acknowl- edge your letter of the 22d of March and the remarkable list appended to it of those dis tinguished citizens of the United States who have testified, through the memorial you mention, their interest in the condition of Ireland and their desire for a just and reason able acknowledgement of her national claims and aspirations.
 that throughout the wide confines of the race to which we belong there is over whelmingr preponderance of sentiment in fa- for of that acknowledgement. At home this | judgment has been constitutionally recorded | by Ireland herself by Scotland, and by Wales, the representatives of all the three being in | favor of Home Rule by majority of three or four to one. And, founding ourselves on the evidence of the elections in England, which have taken place since the general election of ! 1886, we firmly bf lieve that England herself, were the opportunity now afforded her by dissolution, would record verdict decisively in accord with those of the other portions of the United Kingdom, and of the Anglo Saxon race at large.
 Encouraged by these indications at home and abroad and by the wise advise of their representatives in Parliament the Irish people show an indispostion to crime and outrage not less remarkable than their determination to carry forward their cause to successful termination, now retarded by the votes of men who do not represent the real sentiment of the country.
 It is further satisfaction to me to include in this acknowledgement local, but author itatiye manifestations from America, only less remarkable than what has proceeded from the centres. aad has had the illustrous sanction of the President himself This very day have received communication, in the same spirit with your own, from the Legisla- ture of Nebraska-one further indication of the sentiment and desire which prevail throughout the vast domain of the United States.
 Finally, rejoice to be put in possession of such declarations at moment when your great country is about to celebrate, on the 30th inst, the centennial anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington as the first President of the American Common wealth. Ihave been requested from Chicago and elsewhere to intimate an assurance of my participation in your national joy. It is real and grateful participation. For the statesmen of the American revolution have taken their place once for all among the greatest politital instructors of the world. George Washington was their acknowledged and illustrious head, and to him and them I have long felt that owed no trivial part of my own public education. Long, without limit of length, may that Union flourish under the blessing and favor of God, with the foundation of which their names are in- separably associated.
 have the honor to remain, my dear sir, your most obedient and faithful, W. B. GLADSTONE. J J. MCBRIDE. Esq.