The morning call., 1893-03-12
HOME RULE.
The Situation as Viewed by Rev. T
Caral1er.

he Situation as Viewed by Rev. T.
Caral1er.
AS the Irish hOme-ruie bill will be called
up for its second reading In the British Par
Lament on Monday wish 10 be permitted at
the present juncture TO direct the attention
Of the readers of The CALL to the great
legislative scheme that is now before the
world and TO the circumstances that have
called it into existence.
am moved TO a great extent In my under
taking by the strange apathy and DEATH
Ike silence of my countrymen on this coast
in the face of one of the greatest crises in
Ireland's history. While the Orange
lodges throughout the world, and even as
close to us as Victoria. are passing resolu-
tions condemnatory Uf the great relief
measure and threatening to prevent its go
ing into operation, should it become law,
its friends on this hemisphere are taking
few or no steps to strengthen the hands Of
its promoters and advocates in Parliament
On former occasions the voices of Irishmen
y on this coast were raised in stentorian tones
IN behalf OF their coerced and persecuied bteth-
rem at home, but these same voices are now as
mute as 1ata'S harp. l have heard many sincere
and Bellmeaning men say in The past that a de-
sire 10 catch the Irish vote at coming elections
was the secret OF these voices being pitch IN
such hlgh Key ana The muleness Of heSe same
voices In the present crisis VIII, l imagine be
attributed to the great distance OF elections and
the absence OF an occasion TO capture votes
When opening the debate for the home-rule
Dll MI. Baltour, leader OF the opposition, de-
clared mat the House had right to know the
reason Tor It's Introduction. Well the reasOn Is
TO be found In It's absolute necessity As tile
aged Premier fOrctbly puts il, there nave been
only TWO roads open In the treatment OF Ireland
coercion and autOnODy-and as coercion mas
led 10 failure autonomy must now be ak en- uu
and pursued Yes, coercion has failed, and
failed wocfully nd dlsa.trously, and lei me here
That II is a lideous leuraPp n ha aft-ftf
tlon OF his century ana burning shame 10 i'm
maniiy that the Tories have been able to enact
thelf coercion laws III Westminster and execute
them in Ireland.
Under HE sanction of these Inioultous laws
atrocities nave been committed by the wholesale
by BaliOur ana his myrmidOns that worthy
OF Cromwell aud his troopers The Mllchels-
town massacre, the tOrtuIes inflicted upon Man
deVille and many other prisoners, and the treat
ment and tfial OF the peasants OF GweedOre
should be avenged by the civilized nations OF the
world. And there Is no language that has terms
sufficiently fOrcible TO describe The scenes
That have occurred at tile numerous evic-
tiOns that have taken piace under oman
acles and Manitoba" Salisbury For being unable
10 pay rack rents 10 rapacluus land lOrds nu-
meTous families lave been mercileSsly driven
out OF their hom-s aud left o die Of starvation
on the roads or In the bitches. II maliered
nothing II the elements were unclaimed when
the "crowbar brigade" arrived upon lie scene
OF action, and II II were freezing raining. snow
lng or sleeiing. The barbarous sentence was
executedi ana oitenlimes executed upon the
aged and the sick Who were awaiting the sum-
mons OF dedih.
Not infrequently have these eyIc tlons taken
place at night, In ORDER, suppose, that the cfu.
elites inflicted upon the tenanis might be con-
ceaied from the press and Tie public gaze, and
when Chief Secretary Morley lately forbade tile
c0nstabuiaiy TO accompany The Sh fiff and his
officers on their nocturnal raids, tile courts de-
cia1ed that bis action was Illegal ana that lie had
made himself liable 10 criminal indictment and
prosecution. 1t is said that Mr.. Morley has re-
piled by announcing That he VIII soon Introduce
Dill INTO Parliament TO prevent night evicti0as
by landlords.
ANY calm, impartial observer can easily see
IDat coercion has ldmeDtably failed IN Ireland.
The population has been steadily decreasing
under the Salisbury -Bdlfour regime; The people
nave Deen dlsc0ntented and even desperate, ana
II they have not Iisen UP In rebellion IL IS be-
causr they nave come 10 place III lr hopes In
moral constitutional agitation, aud because they
have been awaitii The return OF The Liberals 10
power. and, Win that return, the granting of
home rule.
No traveller In Ireland can fail to be foreihly
struck by the signs OF poverty mat everywhere
meet his eye, and he so few signs uf business
life that lie Is inclined to imagine that lie is I'm
vast cemetery, i challenge and dely conIradic-