The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-05-07
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ten. to be put in the pamphlets of the
Il LrP u. ian Orange society. and in.
tbs columns Of the F.sening Mail, not to
help Home Rule, but to hinder it. Ac-
cord,ngly, the editor5pf the Mail wonld
hay1 been as blind as bat, he would not
be VIC rth five shill ngs a week as an edl-
tor, if he did not take up and comment
on it in the interest OF his party. And
here is what the editor Of the Mail says:
"Wbat will Mr.. Gladstone think OF it?
And what will the British Home Rulers
think Of it? It contains the main cause
of the never TO- Returned aside objection
to AL Irish Parliament entertained by
the Unionists Of Ireland
What we catch our opponents in is
this, that, first having. Joined Mr.. Cham
beriain and Balfour and Lord Salisbury
IN putting demands before Mr. Glad
stone for the production of the details Of
the Home Rule bill 20 that they may be
used to embarrass I 70 Liberal party
which is the Home Rule party-at the
general election, having joined them in
giving them that atleverage by means
OF one SGT of arguments they put forward
as another set, equally potent what the
Mail describes as the '.never to~bs -turned
aside objection to an Irish Parliament
entertained by the U..ionists OF Ireland
namely, this cry 1T priestIy dictation.
So that the position Is this: Go to any
Tory meeting in England opposed TO
Home Rule and you will ind that the
Tory orator mas two strings 10 his bow.
One is the demand fo the details Of this
Home Rule bill from r. Gladstone, and
the other is decla, ion that the Irish
Parliament would b. ,ads the thanh Of
the priests, and would crush down the
Professionals OF ireland. And you Will
find the note struck iii Tory Halls aud iii
Orange halls, in England and ia Belfast,
echoed here by the spokesmen and
mouthpieces Of the .Redmondite party
And from that the conclusions that now
draw ls that any man who proposes to
recognize these gentlemen as a separate
party, puts into The mouths OF our oppo
nents and the opponents Of Home Rule
ia the next Parliament fresh arguments
against Home Rule which they are using
today. This is what has happened.
We are now peltet with quotations
from Mr. Redmond, from the factional
journals here in Ireland, by Col. saun-
aersop, by Col. Waring, by Mr.. Johnston
and by Mr.. I. w. Russell. They [tha
ParneliitssI are making bullets, they are
making the ammunition, they are cast
ing cannon for these gentlemen the Or:
angeraenl to fire at lis. AS far as my
Judgment goes, nothing more fatal could
be put forward than any attempt to patch
up hypocritical and hollow peace by
any such proposal as that which l. have
referred to, which would only lead, 1t
may be, to cessation Of hostiIitaes at the
general election in Ireland, 10 break out
with renewed virulence and renewed
power, with the appearance Of fresh
mandate from the constituencies after
the general election. My Judgment is
this, ireland must be worse befo 9 she is
better, for the fight at the general elec~
tion must be before that; we must face
the music, and then when We have shown
the true dimension Of faction, when we
have ear~marked the exact amount Of
strength that it commands and shown
who are it's standard bearers, then We
shall be able to point with confidence
and clearness Ia the House Of Commons
10 the fact that after all the engines that
had been used, all the potent arguments
employed, all the sentimental inspira~
tons shat had been drawn upon to make
Ireland waver in her acceptance Of the
PRINCIPLES of the settlement Of 1856
that, resisting ali temptations, Ireland
ra lied selidly and solenlnly to the call Of
,,n;tv a,,fs of patriot am