New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-15
THE NEWS or EUROPE.
,opn SALIsBURY's ULSTER SPEECH Nlo-
LENTLY ATTACKED.

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rorry-s1R WILLIAM HAECOURT AND LORD
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London Nav 14.-The effect Of Lord SALISBURY .
Ulster speech last week may he measure" ~
violence with which he is attacked anu NV ~
that only. The Gladstonan orators anu ''s"
aro becominc dailv more extreme in their lans'"S'
on the whole Irish question. Let us 'aNe IL
Gladstone nc q specimen. Herbert is lhlpor'a"'
hec,rso no is the son of his father; possibly aNo
because he sits for i division oil so great i" Wv "
~ Leeds. and must be supposed 10 represent -, -
scme degree the opinions OF ms CONSTITUENTS
;s bowcycr. listened 10 and read chiefly because ne
is supposed to reflect in some degree HIS ,''"'
sa,,;n,ents He is thirty-eight years OF age;
young amiable. intelligont Il steam engine IRON
which the builder omitted the balancc-whcel' Hc
-. -. IIoctnev on Monday He described Lord
Sa,;sburv's spccch as one of wanton folly. IL
lister should rebel. We" father and l. shai DC
.,,o,o,od 20 take the usual course" That is am
tirous Docs he mean the Majuba Hi cour''
r tho Kbartoum course? lie sneers at lSter rs
q minority and asks Why not make fricn''s VIII"
The larger crowd?' a cynical phrase 10 coh''
from juvenile lips. There are 5,Ooo'ooo ~"
tionalists, only million and halt ah'-'>"'io"-
nIsts. Why consider a mcre million al" ="
half. or why not, in Lord SalisDurys phrase sei'
them into slavery? If YOU think TINS ra''ei i
random talk. what do you say TO the following
The country must deci'e If they decide agaihS,
Home Rule, | as a humble member OF the Lipc'''
rarty shall say: | have done what can 10 pro-
mote the cause of Home Rule for Ireland h''e
failed and Others have failed ana inc co'iS'
tutional argument has failed Ireland Is thrown
bach upon itself. and VIC must tell oar friends
that Ireland must rely on her OWN ieSoui'e''
-whotcver they may be, in order TO wiring Home
Rule. out of England. Her own resources, what
ever they may he, seems 10 mean 'ih ""'' u
perchance dynamite.
Another reply TO Lord Salisbury comes from
Sir William Harcourt, in whom mature age has
not blunted Il taste for political indiscieilons
There is. saws Sir William, one single watchword
in Lord Salisburys speech" Let Ulster rebel
II you avoid quotations, it is easy 10 make Your
opponent say what You wish he had said. we
all know how Sir William IIarcourt lays on the
colors. lie paints future OF misery for Ireland.
OF disgrace for England. lie describes the speech
as an appeal TO religious bgOtry 1t is the Ian
guaee and policy which have made British rule
naturally odious and justly offensive to the great
majority of the Irlsh people, The Prime Minis
TER is "an artist in sedition7 the ladies Of In"
Primrose League are no better than the
Versailles or they who in our own time watcrcd
tie Tuleres with petroleum lie describes the
ascendency which Protestant Ulster has by
intelligence. energy, thrift high principle, nc
the "tyrannieai. .dominssien ef bigo'ed and inso-
lent majority. which has been the main of
all the evils Of Ireland" 1t is odd to hear that
Ulster is a majority, but that a slip due to
excitement. The whole of this speech is a reply,
not to the speech Lord Salisbury delivered but to
Sir William HarcOurts travesty of that speech.
1t is one way of answering adversary to put
words into his mouth, or to construct adversary
for tie purpose Of being BOWED over
Lord Rosebery's reply 10 Lord Salisbury at
tracts perhaps more attention than Sir William
IIarcourt's for various reasons Sir William Iiar
court is probable leader of the Gladstonian
party in the House Of Commons; Lord Rosehcry
is likely enough TO lead the party some day, not
in the House Of Commons. since the House Of
Lords may not be abolished Just YET, but in the
country. Sir William Harconrt's convictions are
not supposed to be very stable. Lord RCsebcry
is thought TO be nearer the thrOne-1 mean the
party throne--and to reflect more accurately than
the Squire of Malwood the mool Of his tevercd
leader. lie has mixed up socialism and Lord
Salisbury in the most approved style of the most
adroit Of the darings of democracy. lie has
No
but censurc for Lcrd Salisbury. lie de-
carcs he cannot find words with which
TO stigmatize the Prime Minister'S Ulster speech.
This is TOO modest He does find many. There has
been in Lord Rosetery's lictmc-hc ia forty-five
years of age" no darker and more sinister
contribution 10 the history Of Ireland than this
speech of Lord Solisbury's.' lie strains his
memory TO find in the history Of the last two cen
turies any speech Of any Prime Minister compar-
able to il in danger in recklessncss and cannot.
Ii is the language Of despair; il is dark and des-
pcrafe appeal: il is the tocsin, or he means il to
he, which calls the Nation TO civil war. You see
low much injustice Lord Roscbcry dil 10 his own
vocabulary when lie said lie could find no words ;
he found all these and more. lie found, indeed,
too many. lie accuses Lord Salisbury Of trying
to stir up old race hareis, AMI OF clling upon the
men Of Ulster to spread the flames Of civil war
rather than allow any act of Home Rule to be
tried" 1t would be cruel 70 ask Lord Roscbcry
to cite tie passage which he relies in support
Of that charge. Let us take il rather as his ap-
pseciation Of the whole speech; as an account Of
ehe impression left his own mind Even So,
criticism based on appreciatons and Impressions
and not on facts may seem rash. Prophecy also
Is rash, and it is surely rash to say that "the
Irish question. except in details is as much set
tied as Magma Charta" The illustration is not
cheering one. Magma Charta itself had to he
ratified; and ratified many times by many sue
ccssive Kings.
All this which in quicter times might pass for
the language of irritation and excitement, is as
nothing to the rhetorical gymnastics Of the Glad
stonian organ. Lord Salisbury, if you credit
The Daily News" has not been ashamed to preach