Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-26

beg that you will cement the ALI
ance and the interests Of the party
and country Surprising the bill passed.
Well, beyond that speak nervousfy because
observe my mentioning the house of lords
disturbs Mr. GladstoDe's temper. Yet his
menace means simply confusion of
thought. Surprising that the lords are all
the evil things Mr.. Gladstone and Sir
William Vernon Harcourt assert, that
does not alter their duty hairs breadth.
Reform of the house OF lords Is worthy of
discussion, but any scheme modifying the
structure of the house of lords would. GER
tainly diminish the power of the commons.
1t will not occur yet Mr.. Gladstone's
menaces are unworthy Of his great position,
because it is contemplate to menace
without power to, execute his men
aces. When Gladstone is able
to present home rule bill to
the electors and bring decisive majority
in favor of the bill and nothing but the bill,
l do not think he will have much trouble
with the house of lords But while he tries
to steal the unwilling assent OF electors by
concealing the real provisions OF his bill.
the lords will be justified in insisting that
the decision of the country shall be exact in
its provisions. He cannot menace the
house of lords without revolution, and he
cannot have revolution In limited liability.
Ii he imagines that the people of this coun-
try will allow him to set up revolution,
to deliver the streets into the hands
of a mob and to expose to
all the hazards of revolution the vast
commercial and industrial interests built
up on long period of peace. he mistakes,
as he has often done before, the real feeling
OF his countrymen. If we failed in the house
of lords we should still fight to persuade the
electors of the mistakes they had made.
Great Britain's vast commercial and politi-
cal supremacy depends upon the dominion
she exercises in many lands in various
parts of the globe If you cut off these
great possessions England will be unable
to feed a third of her population,
she will be unable to maintain
anything but in the direst misery the
vast multitudes that inhabit her SOIL
Turning to Ireland, Lord Salisbury said
that in that country two great influences
were prominent, blackthorns and
priests. Laughter. Nothing in mod
ern history eequaled the infiu,
ence of Archbishops Croke and
Walsh in the recent history of Ireland. They
had trained the whole of the vast organize
ton which seemed to embarrass and battle
the English government clear away
from the man whose hands had
swayed it with the ease with
which man could turn boat by handling
the rudder. Il may frankly admit that
the established church being under
to it than any other, and that is one
great argument in favor of church estab-
lishment."
After remarking that he believed the
Irish archbishops were defying hope he
dilated upon the result of giving every in
stitution in Ireland into their hands and
said: 1T will be only by rebellion that Irish
Protestants will defy such power. | do
not dispute GladstOne's opinion that they
are powerful enough to overbear tyranny.
1t will be terrible resort, and will cause
unnumbered scenes of cruelty and massacre
and a revival of the terrible religious
wars from which Ireland has already too
much suffered. We shall be bound to inter- |
fere to conquer the country and the long
dreary roll of seven centuries will recon-
mence. Morley talks of Irish specters stalk |
ing in parliament and taking the majority
by the throat. He may be assured, if he
has his way, the specters will be as lively |
as ever, only their garments will be orange
and not green. Gladstone demanded that,
if we would not recognize the JUS
tice of his claim, we at least |
should recognize that it was in
evitable. With the greatest respect | |
fling the adjective back into his face. 1nev-
liable is on our side, not his. The course
of the worlds destiny is with US, not with
him. We are moving with the stream, he |
is battling hopelessly against ir.'' Loud |
cheers.