The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-15
Should Irish Nationallsts Enter Brit
!sh NiniStryr

Tho certainty that the Mc('arthyites will
form an Indispensable Part o! Mr.. GLAD
STONES majority Is naturally causing some
discussion as to the conditions upon which
the two parties will cooperate. 1t will be
rcnlcmt cred that in the last Parliament tho
d,ssidcnt Liberals rcfvaiued from iusng
with the Conservatives, that they main
tanned party organization OF their own.
and that none OF their leaders except Mr..
GosCHlN. consented To take Office under
Lord SALISBURY Will the McCarthyites
initiate tho scmi-ndependent stand OF the
d!asidlt Liberals. or will they coalesce with
the G!n,'St"nians and put forth claims to
one or muie seats in tho Liberal Cabinet I!
The answer given to this question is likely
to have an important Learing on the for
tunes If the Nationalist party.
1t is obvious that the cXpndiency Of Irish
patriots accepting Office under an English
Primo Minister will in some degree depend
upon the time at which the step is taken:
whether. namely. it is taken after or before
the passage of Home Rule bill. 1t may.
indeed, be argued with some show OF plaus-
ibility that lrishmen should he represented
in Ministry that undertakes the framing
OF measure in which the interests OF Ire
land are vitality concerned. Then. again,
pending the passage Of that measure why.
it may be asked. should not the post Of
Chief Secretary for Ireland be given TO
representative Of tho great majority
OF the Irish people? Ireland has been
governed for centuries by aiiens-what
harm can it do her to be governed. during
tho few months that tho Dublin Castle
the Irish soil There would be. perhaps. no
decisive objection to such Il course. We're it
not for the serious split In the Nationalist
party. The Redmondtes have elected Mt
least seven members OF Parliament. and in
many constituencies which they have failed
to carry they constitute u largo and re-
doubtable minority. They would unQues-
tionably become much more formid-
able than they are now, should tho
acts OF the McCarthyltcs lend color to the
charge that they had departed from Mr..
PARSELL's limo OF Independence and had
sunk Into mcrcenarics and camp followers.
| counting tho favors and obeying tho orders
Of the Liberal chief. 1t would DO hard to
convince IL people which has been betrayed
repeatedly by its pretended champions that
| men who had accepted places OF distinction
and emolument would be searching. disin-
terestod. and trustworthy critics Of u Home
Rule bill. For an unillnching exposure OF
the defects o! such measure. Irishmen
would be apt to depend rather on the
Redmondites. who would maintain an
attitude OF stern neutrality. than on the
McCarthyites. whose judgment might be
warped by official fellowship and commu-
nifty OF political interests with the devisers
Of the home rule scheme. 1t Is peculiarly
true Of Ireland that the influence OF q pa
triot Is crippled the moment he becomes a
placeman. and the McCarthyites will need
every jot OF influence mt their command to
persuade their countrymen to content
themselves for tho present. at all events
with bill in which, owing to the narrow,
ness OF Mr.. GLADsToNE's majority. there
may have to be concessions on both sides
| IL would be, therefore. In our Judgment
premature ANA iniudicious far any Nc