The state chronicle., 1893-02-14
JUSTICE FOR IRELAND.
THE HOME RULE BILL INTRO
DUCED.
The Scene at Westmini.ter Paiace--
Var. Gladstone Make. Grand
Speech--The Principal Pea
lures of the bill.

IL admirable form and Is looking for
ward with pleasure to the exertion of
the dsy From early morning the scene
in the psac yard of Westminster has
been of the most animsted iscripiion,
groups assembling to watch the arrival
of the members Mr, P J. Foley, ma
tionaiist member for Connemora, was
the first to arrive, closely followed by
David Sheely, secretary Of the I-ish ma
tiona, federation. When noon arrived |
the inner lobby was packed with mem
bers and the approaches were crowded
When the doors was opened there was 8 |
disorderiy rush for seats, members shout !
ing and struggling like a mob of excur
siouists on bank holiday, several being
thrown to the floor Veteran Caleb |
Wright, 50 years of age, was knocked |
down and trampled upon before he was
rescued by John Burns, the vigorous Ia
Dor representative.
Mr. Gladstone entered the H0nse Of
Commons at $3.50 Every liberal aid
Irish nati.aa'ist stood up aud greeted
him with proIocged cheers. " hen Gr
Gladstone rose to introduce the Home
Rule Bill there was another demon stra-
ton so earnest. SO enthusiastic and in
pressibe tha. it WIS several minutes be
fore he could be heard.
Mr. Gladstone spoke in clear, strong
and reasouant voice EnEll 6 O'Clock The
following are extracts from his speech:
81 may, without impropriety, remind
the house hat the voices which usuaiiy
pleaded the cauae of Irish self govern
nent in isn aft airs hsve within these
walls during the last seven years
been almost entirely mute. return,
therefore, to the period of 1886
when pro 0sition Of this kind vas sup
mitred on the part of the government Of
| the cay and beg to remind the house Of
version then taken by all prom oters of
| these measures We said that we had
arrived at point in our transactions
with Ireland where the two roads parted
| You have, we said, to choose one or the
other; one is the way of Irish autonomy,
according to the constitutions | have
Just referred to; the other is the wav of
coercion. That ia our contention. 1t
will be the recollection of the house
how that contontiOn was most stoutly
and largely denied. 1t was said over and
over again by many members: I'VE are
not cOerciOni sts. We do not adopt that
alternative and neither can we adopt it. y
ministerial cheers That assertion OF
theirs was undOub .edly sustained by pro-
posals, especially from dissentient lib
erals, of vari ous plans, dealing with Irish
affairs Those plans, though they fel
entirely shor in principle and in scope
of Irish COVER ment, yet they were of nc
trivial or mean importance. They went
far beyond what has heretofore beer
usually proposed in the way of loca
self government toT Ireland. Wei, wha
has been the result OF the dilemma as i
was then put forward ON this side Of th,
house and repeiled by the other Has
our contention that the choice lay be
tween autonomy and coercion been justi
} fed or not IL Dersl cheers } What ha
become Of each aud all Of those imp
lant schemes for giving ireland self GOV
ernmeDt in provinces and giving be
even central establishment Ia DlDlil
with limited powers All vanished int,
thin air aud the reality remains Til
roads are still til )se OF autonomy or co
. cion The cGo'ce lay between them aut
J The choice made was 10 Tepel autonnm
and embrace coercion; you can't Away
/ follow coercion IN an sOlu ely unifoTr
s method. In 1886 for the first time cOel
/ oion was imposed on Ireland IN the snap
s e a permanent law added 20 tue statut
), Book ThIs state Of things constltutl
"A offending against harm my aud tra1
ti0ns of self government and was . di;
tinct and violent breach OF promise q
the faith Of which union was obtained
That permanent system of repression II
q i1icted upon the country state Of thing
j which could not continue to exist; it W.
/, Impossible to bring the inhabitan
e Of the country under coercion int
sympathy with the Coercian power. NJ
,e Gladstone proceeded to dilate at lengt
Al upon the circumstances under which Il
d act of union was passed promise
al equality III laws aud OF cOmmerci
r, equality under which u lion was etf-cte
Ie Promises all broken, referring To the q
N vision of sentiment In Ireland Mr Glat
e, stone said similar division had existed
Dc the close of the last century, through t
N medium mainly of the Orange lodges al
through religious animosity, but t
III protestants of Ireland, during the peri,
|
d were themselves not only willing, b
k. Jealous and enthusiastic supporters
Tx Irish nationality. Inasmuch as their I
i'll litical life was at that period more higf
to developed they led on the Roman Cat
ofc population in political mOveme
zee which distinguished that perlC
VS. (Cheers } This Is written broadcast up
nd the history of time. Genuine natiol
nv sentiment, in the sense Of national uni
had at one time, prevailed among
a north of Ireland protestants. We "
.rd have seen them alter, not through tn
ID. own fault, are not ready to be p
rd suaded that they will not
be ter back again to the sentim
of their own ancestors (cheers) and "
| a their own blood and own people, Z
SO, form one, in noble glorious unity
re Gladstone showed how England's ma
rs ity in 1856 OF 2i1 against Home Rue
ed declined now TO II and asked who wo
guarantee the permanence of the op
sition of the remainder. He, then as
Sc. the indulgence Of the house while siv
.ed an account Of the bill of which he wO
tai present only salient points. 1t wOulC
no remembered, he said, that the bill
.7se 1886 laid down five propositions rs
vho dinaI principles TO which he had end,
ored to closely adhere. Change Il
was, bur not trenchant change, ne
clared, from the principles OF 1886
1t establish legislative BODY in Dlolin
the the conduct of both legislation and
the ninistrati0n of Irish as distingui:
fol from imperial affairs (Cheers).
P limiting conditions which were then
cas- served and have, 50 far as we were
chs. to 90 so, been sedulOusly and clC
thar observed, were these: We were Z
u nothing inconsistent withimperial u
p OF this l will say, whatever ou- 0
bier. nerts may say, that so far as our col
van tiOns aud intentions are concerned
the would be but feebly stated by being &C
rass ed in the declaration that we do not
aud to impair it. We wish to strength'
nee Cheers We wish to give 1t gr
ssed intensity than il had ever yet posse