Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-30

stones ideas and that he will sub
NIT them ia the home-rule bill
which he is now framing. This as
surance comes through an auto
graph letter written by gentleman
who is very close to prime minis
ter. The plan and the arguments
to sustain it are substantially of fol-
lows:
The right of Ireland to home rule
has been admitted by all political
parties, and is indeed based upon
fundamental principle of the British
constitution, bnt what is right may
not always be expedient. This is
the only solid ground of opposition
to home rule, that Is to say, only in
the event of the specific allegations
of inexpediency being undisposed of
by the particular measure of home
rule proposed. The alleged inexpe-
diencies of home rule for Ireland
follow, and are:
First-That a parliament elected
from the whole of Ireland would
dominate Ulster i'm an intolerable
manner.
Second-That an Irish parlia-
ment would be the tool of the Ro-
man Catholic hierarchy, and would
be intolerable to the Protestant of
Ireland.
Third-That an irish parliament
would confiscate the property of the
large land owners.
Fourth-That an Irish parliament
would mean the creation of hos
tile and dangerous enemy on the
very coast of England
Fifth-That any contribution to
the imperial exchequer would soon
be regarded as an intolerable bribe.
Sixth-The inter-relations of Ire
land and Great Britain have be-
come so complexed and innumer-
able. by long-continued fusion of
families and business affairs be-
tween the counties, that it will sur
pass the art of man to dissever the
nation in any just and practicable
manner. That these are serious
must be conceded by
every calm observer. That they are
is not so manifest ;indeed,
it seems impossible to frame meas
ure of home rule that will surmount
them all. For example, let the
measure make of Ireland q domin-
ion divided into four provinces, viz,
Ulster, Munster, Connaught and
let each province have its
own house of representatives, elected
by manhood suffrage and equal
electoral districts, and let each
house of representatives elect a
number (proportioned to the popu-
lation of the province) of life sena-
tors to meet in Dublin, and there
an Irish senate. Let
each province have governor APP
pointed by the crown, and let the
governor of Leinster be also the
president of the Irish senate. Let
all the acts of a provincial parlia-
nent have the full powers of gov
ernment of the American state, and
et the Irish senate have the full
)owers of government of the United
States senate, with the following
limitations:
A--No armed forces, fortresses,
lrsenals or ship of-war to be created
II maintained other than such as
nay be appointed by the senatorial
parliament of Great Britain aud Ire
and.
B-No relations with foreign pow
'rs to be established except as ar
anged by the imperial parliament.
C-No extra taxes to be imposed
Ipon commerce between Ireland
md any other British country.
D-No legislation by either the :
enate or provincial parliament to 6
axe place in violation of personal |
liberty or personal freedom or reli- !
ious belief, or the confiscation of |
'rivate property. t
The constitutionality or otherwise Z
+ any legislation, whether by the /
rish senate or any provisional par t
TO be subject to the adjudi- @
alton of the judicial committee of I
he privy. The sovereignty of the
rown to be maintained, and any
ecision of the crown in council to "
e enforced by warrant, addressed d
the governor of the province. =
,et LELAND be represented i'm the q