The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-01-11

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And that omission has beer the cause
of all the turmoil and confusion that
has existed in Ireland from that day to
this (hear, hear). The tenants who are
given the reduction Of their future rents
under the provisions of the measure
were left to stagger along under vast
load of unreduced arrears.
CONSEQUENCE OF THE MISTAKES.
The tenants VINO had been evicted from
their holdings because they found it
to pay their rents before the
Act of 1887 were left withogt the pro.
lection of that Act, aud one of the
causes of the great new organization
which has sprung into existence In
Ireland within the past few weeks, aud
which will sweep Mr.. Balfour and his
props away like chaff before whirl-
wind (cheers), were those two omissions
from the Act of 1887. l was most
anxious personally that the iand ques
tion in Ireland should not be thus ex-
asperated. I was most anxious that the
tenants should not have been combined
into a resisting force. ! know the
dangers of such movement; but
have ever hoped that these dangers will
not accompany the present movement.
was anxious to rely upon the Leglsla.
ture and the promises OF the Tory party
at the hustlngs in 1886 that they intend
ed to legislate justly for Ireland from
Westminster. appealed to the Gov
ernment in the House Of Commons in
1887 to ADMIT these evicted tenants
within the provisions of the Act of 1887.
and to make some reasonable provision
for the reduction of the arrears, as was
done in the case of the Scotch crofters
(hear, hear.) / encouraged them to do
this by holding out the prospect that
they would be richly rewarded in the
improved condition of Ireland.
THE REWARD OF FOLLY.
They would have been richly rewarded,
and they were fools enough, after
having been disposed for a while to give
ear to What SAID, to listen to a depu-
tation of Irish landlords who came over
and told Lord Salisbury that he should
not concede ANYTHING to us. They were
tools enough, aad- they have reaped the
reward in the destruction Of their pulley
and the failure Of their government.
The Irish tenants, many Of them admit
ted to the benefits CT the Act Of 1887,
declined to abandon the men who had
won the Act for them, and justly so
(cheersl. Just as in this country one
set Of workmen will stand by another
set (cheers). even though they have no
grievance of their own (hear), so in
Ireland the tenants have learned to
stand by their weaker brethren IRE
newed cheers), and to insist that if JUS
tice is done to one justice shall be done
to all (cheers).
PURE VENGEANCE.
And so for the want of a half-peuny
worth of tar Lord Sallsbury has lost his
sheep daughters and cheers). My re-
luctance to promote the formation OF
another great agrarian movement was
not of necessity overcome. could not
see the men of these estates left to
be ground between the landlords. the
emergencymen, and the Government
(hear, hear). It was pure vengeance,
and nothing else, that prevented these
men from having the same right as the
remainder of the tenantry of the cOun-
try. 1t was pure vindictiveness. The
Government recognized that they bad
to do in 1887 what they had refused to
do in 1886. and they turned upon these
tenantrv upon the f0nsonbv and other
estates who had been evicted before
the passing Of the ACT Of 1887, and they
said: 1--WE shall exterminate you;''
but their fellow-tenants in Ireland have
said, ''Be OF good heart, my brethren,
we will not allow you to be hurt lcheers)
We shall form ourselves into an organi
cation which will stand foot t, foot
with the landlord conspiracy; and we
shall put down our money, and we shall
put down the Government and the
landlord conspiracy. We shall meet
the conspiracy with its own weapons.
and we shall beat it,
POWERFUL MOVEMENT.
The result has been that this new
movement, although only just COM
nenced. promises to be the greatest,
the most powerful. and the most peace
full movement that has ever been in
Ireland or in any other country. All
this is simply due to the wonderful
ability Of Mr.. Balfour and his Govern
ment (laughter). He has everything in
his favor except his own folly and
liaughter), Owing to the
revival of your trade the prices Of Irish
agricultural produce had risen con-
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