St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-13

tne prllllaney ana daring of the Celt to the
cool practical commons sense of the Amer
ican, and thus prove, as we believe nm TO
De. man of affairs
we rejoice also in the good sense OF the
EhRllsh people manifested by the return OF
Mr.. Gladstone TO the head of government
a statesman 10 be ranked among the first of
men, not alone for mis- unsurpassed powers
OF mind and goodness of heart but because
ne Is the one man in all history who had
dared to acknowledge his own er-
rors In state craft in the past And
VINO Is now devoting his declining
years TO correcting those errors and righting
the wrongs OF sn injured people. We pray
Goa that his days may be heightened and his
great life
Finally. we send. through Mr.. Sweetman,
our words OF cheer to the Irish people A
people, who through persecution unpar-
alelea IN length and in severity, have never
forgotten and never surrendered their ma
uonhood. Who while they have committed
errors, sometimes GreviouS ones, have un-
complainingy borne their consequent evils.
whose patient endurance and splendid faith
In the myr1ed tests that have tried their
souls. command our respect and have our
constant symrathy. MAY the coming trial.
though undoubtedly to be bitter, be the last
AS the darkest hour Of the night always
preceues the day-and may Ireland soon en-
JOY the blrthright of every people, the right
To govern herself, thus atfOrding to the
WOflu ana humanity the example of national
freedom. won not by The sword. but bv heroic
patience and God-inspired courage.
st PauPs Sentiments.
Mayor Wright presented as the next
speaker the guest of the evening, Hon.
John Sweetnan, who was greeted with
generous burst of cheers. Following
is synopsis of Mr.. Sweetman's re-
marks:
Sweetman's Address
! can command no words TO express to
you, in fitting manner, my heartfelt thanks
for the cordiality with which you have re
ceiNeu me tonight. | know that personally
have done nothing to deserve it, but. know
that the Irish heart still beats in America for
the ola country, and that you wish to en-
courage one, VINO as a raw recruit, has just
joined the old veterans in their final struggle
10 regain the right of self-government for
Ireland. The late general election in Great
Britain has resulted i'll a manner that would
have been thought impossible twelve years
ago 1t has resulted in the return of house
of commons, the majority of whose mem
berS have promised TO grant home rule to
Ireland. The electors of the United King
CON nave given instructions To their repre-
sentalves to bring forward and Dass an act
OF parliament TO confer self-government on
Ireland.
Different motives have urged the electors
on this course. In Ireland, Home Rulers have
other nationality that the world has ever
seen, at any rate in one point, that of wish
ing to govern themselves, and Objecung to
being ruled by an alien race. This may be
mere sentiment, but it is II sentiment that is
implanted in the hearts of all nations. How
ever, besides this sentimental reason, Irish
electors have another: they think. and uu-
preJudiced foreigners think with them. that
the material prosperity of their country is
more likely to be advanced by a Legislature
depending for its existence on
The Votes of lrishmen.
than by a house of commons of whose go
members 567 depend OH the votes of the in
habitants of Great Britain. | may be asked
how it is that Ireland does not send its full
number of lG3 members pledged TO home rule;
how II is that there are only eighty Nation
alist members and that there are twenty
three Uuionist members returned from Ire
land The reasons are that England has ever
tried TO rule Ireland by causing disunion in
that country unfortunately too often with
success). and that the landlord class is tho
English garrison. This class Is afraid OF
home rule because IL knows that in no eOun-
try. except in one that was ruled by foreign
ers could it have retained for so
long its old unjust. iniquitous powers.
These powers it has in the past used
badly; IL has used them in a manner that
called TO heaven for vengeance. for IL has
used them to oppress the poor. That venge-
ance has already fallen on it, as. from the
fall in the value of land in Europe, owing,
amongst other reasons, TO the opening mp of
your Western prairies, the Irish landlords
are, as n class. bankrupt. They have, how
ever, made use of religious prejudices and
religious hatreds, and thus obtained the sup
port OF the Orangemen of Ulster. Unfortun
ately these combined interests have been
able TO return twenty three Unionist mem
bers
The alliance of the Liberals and the Ma
tioualists has II majority in the house Of COM
mons of thirty-eight. This is a far smaller
one than we should have had If the split
among the Nationalists on the question of
the leadership of Hr. ParnelI had not oc-
Cured | know that well-wshers to Ireland
felt keenly this split, and many OF them felt
that the cause of Ireland was hopeless when
her sons were.
Fighting with Each Other,
MS it were in the face of the enemy. But yOu
must recollect that the fall of leader,
trusted as was the late Mr.. Parnell, was IL
calamity that might Overwhelm an nation
that was struggling against great odds for its
liberty You in America were quite right,
think. TO take no part In the dispute tnat
then arose, to leave the electors i'll Ireland to
settle it. They have now virtually Done so;
they have returned sevenLy-on Nationalist
members bound by Mr.. Parnelfs Old pledge
to sit act and vote with the Irish parlia-
mentary party, and but nine independent
Nationalist me mbers, as / believe they wish
to he called, bound by the pledge.
The nine independents, with Mr. Redmond
as their leader, have acted with us In the
only division that has as yet taken place In
the house Of commons, that one by which
Lord SalisDuryS government was defeated
By a majority of -. IL will indeed be
disgraceful if the fight IS now kept up in Ire
land as since the death of Mr.. Parnell, there
is no meaning in continuing the dispute
which arose on the subject OF his leadership.
You must recOliect that we are acting in
hostile legislature and unless we are bound
by strict discipline we cannot hope TO sue
ceed in our endeayOrs. There is only one
way for party TO act together. II there iSa
division of opiniOn-thNt OF the minority
giving i'm TO the majority or Tesignng their
seats Some people might have been in
favor of making Mr.. Parnell dictator in the
past, but there IS no one now that ANYBODY
wishes TO see Dictator and therefore, the
majority in the party must rule.
Power in u Small Majority.
Our majority of thirty eight in the house Of
commons is no doubt small one 10 carry on
the government. and yet there is certain
advantage I'm a small majority for the Liberal
Uarty That party, being the party OF progress,
must necessarily consist of men who differ
as to what reform is the most important ana
should be taken first: aud. if their mai iJrity
was very large might be tempted to fan out
with each other on this point. But, now that
their majority. even with the support OF the
Irish party, is So small, all will see that IL IS
ABSOLUTELY necessary to stick together, or the
again get into power.
Ii is agreed on all sides that a strong home
rule bill will be brought in by Mr.. Gladstone
as the first great measure OF the next session.
which begins in February. The first and
second readings of the bill can without dill
Guilty be passed. as it is easy for Us - get all
our supporters together for TWO great divi-
sions These readings, however, only decide
the principle sc the bill All the details,
which in such measure must be very nu-
merous, have to be fought out clause BY
clause in committee of the whole house.
This will take months Of constant attend
ance. and meanwhile the government may be
beaten on any other matter. such as dispute
about Uganda in Central Africa. IL is, there
fore absolutely necessary that their support
ers should for the whole OF next session give
up their private business, and attend from
day to day in their places in the house OF
commons.
Irish Nationalist are not as rule men OF
wealth. Unfortunately the rich in IrelanC
have placed their trust, not in their own
fellow citizens. but IN the foreigner, as did
formerly the French nOblesse in the time o.
he great revolution. The electors, there
fore, have not been able 10 find many men
who can afford TO give up their time and
support themselves in London, without as