The Irish standard., 1890-02-01
l0hlN DlIIONI|l AuS II,
and His colleagn nss, Esmonde and
Deasy, Are Given Royal Receptions
lsi5Is there They 60.
BAD GO VERNNlE!i in IRE B.


The Great Home, Ruler Tells the
I II People Of The Antlpodes of the
/ 5 Evils Of I'oryiism.
John Dillon addresses are always
pleasant reading, as we'll as instructive
! Broken down in health he left Ireland
some time ago to bulld himself up, and
went to Australia. Everywhere he
\ went lie was received with open arms,
and delivered very many able addresses
one Of which is given here.
55s ''The enemies Of those who were
agitatipg tor Home Rule asserted that
the policy of Home Rulers was to break
up the British Empire, and two great
objects were attributed to them. The
first was the encouragement Of crime
and the second was the spread Of what
was called Rome Rule" in Ireland.
Mr.. Dillon went on to deny that Home
Rulers were agitating for ANYTHING that
would not tend to the prosperity of the
British nation. What they wanted was
that The Irish people should be allowed
to manage their own affairs, and they
claimed that if this right were permitted
the prosperity of the British nation
would be promoted bv making Ireland
q peaceful portion Of the Empire. They
said that the present system of govern
ing Ireland, which has now been in ex-
jstence for eighty-nine years. had been
highly unsatisfactory.
THE ENGLISH MINISTER'S.
and others hostile to the Home Rule
movement admitted that the system
had been a great failure, but they as
serted that the Irish people could not be
trusted with self government. Mr..
Dillon contenled that there was not the
slightest danger to be feared in giving
ireland Hcme Rule, pointing out that
the Irish people we're prepared to give
reasonable guarantees that they would
manage their own affairs in proper
way. The Home Rulers did not ask
that Ireland should have an army or a
navy of Its own, but were willing that
garrisons Of British soldlerY should be
stationed in the county. He secuted
the idea that the Empire would snffer
by the granting Of Home Rule to Ire.
land, pointing out that it was very un.
Allkely that, in the face Of the fact that
there was an army Of 250>000 and q
population ct 2s,0O0,00O, that three or
four million Irishmen would arm them
selves with
and invade England. All the talk about
danger to the British Empire was the
merest humbug, The real point in dis
I pute was the rights Of the Irish land
lords (cheersl. Would any man say
honestly that he believed Lord Spencer,
! Lord Rosebery, anu Lord Aberdeen
were working for the dislntegration of
the Empire? Lord Spencer had been an
enemy to Home Rule, and q ruler Of Ire
land, but after careful study Of the
problem he deliberately concluded that
the Nationalist cause was the right one,
and that be had been mistaken (cheers),
and he was now one of the most enthu-
siastlc advocates of Irish rights to be
found in England. On their side were
fighting the foremost and most honor
able names Of English history, three
fourths Of the Presbyterian inhabitants
of Scotland, and the Welsh Wesleyans
almost to a man, besides John Morely,
i'll whom the hopes of the future of
English Radicalism was centered.
What puerile nonsense it was in view
Of these facts to charge the Home
Rulers with being enemies Of England,
or working to extend the rule of Romel
So far from being policy Of disintegra
ton theirs was one Of true union, as the
only policy upon which the Empire
could be happily held together (cheers),
and which would make Irishmen wher-
ever they were the friends of England.
VINO knew that it might not vet be in
their power to do England q good turnf
Over and over again the party had de-
clared their anxiety to remain portion
ofsthe Empire, but they would never
accept subordinate position. and must
be put on footing Of equality with the
rem ainder (cheers). Il
THE NATIONAL POLICY
i'm Ireland was represented to be most
terrible one, consisting of Doycotting,
intimidation, and crime. As to boy
cotting, he had always advocated resort
to it in Ireland. where twas necessary,
and he always would lcheers) No one
would rejoice more than he to see the
ne cessity pass away, but II would exist
as long ass unjust laws, IN the making
.of which the people had no voice, were
enforced By coercion. But the system
was really English in its orig and had
been adopted from the practices Of the.
English trades unions. All the stories.
that were heard about murders and rob
berries and ssedi dition IN come ection with
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