The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1893-02-16
IRELAND DAY.
Gladstone Introduces His Home
Rule Bill Into Parliament
= Great speech by the Grand Old Man.
He OutIines the Policy OF His Meas
ure - BaIfour Replies to
Gladstone.


L0NDo~ Feb I2-Yesterday marked
an era in the history of Great Britain and
Irrland for yesterday William E Glad
stone. the venerable liberal leader. pre-
scented to the house Of commons his
measure providing for home rule for
l-piaud.
When Mr.. Gladstone arose at $40 p.
n 20 introduce the home rule bill there
was a demonstration so earnest.
50 enthusiastic and irrepressible that il
MAS several minutes before he could lie
heard
Mr. Gladstone spoke as follows, in a
clear. strong and resonant voice:
. nav bout im1ropriety remind the house
That thc WHO'S which usually pleaded the cause
90 I-5-h -F.. government in Irish affairs have.
v-hla tbs Ualls during ihe past seven years,
f-rE alu10Sr entirely mute. I return. therefore.
o. rhH TH-ip1 90 $50 when proposition Of this
E1.ri uas submitted on the part OF the gov
T--Es-f % TODAY. aud beg to remind the
f1G-s - TIE Position then taken by all
rhs T-HT.1rr-S - tha-s measures. We said
Eaa- V' had arrived n a point in our transac-
rsr-~ Nth Ireland where the two roads parted
-HUg have" said. to choose one or the
Ctbsr Oue i Ire Wv of Irish autonomy &C
U1-s--r Co TIE conceptions l have Just referred
N Ihe rThsr = rhc way 81 coercion. II will be
IN recollection - the house. however. that
-laI UuIrHursou vas most stoutlg and largely
caus.1 j. uaS said over and over again by
many ugElfzar~ g the opposite side: 1--WE
~ nj CDe-rfuui-ts We do not adopt
that Alternative. ans neither can We adopt
O. " Ministerial cheers That assertion
- fhslr~ Va uuiogE,cilv sustained by the
Tf-17slsals especially from the dissentient
IrsHraI>- - various ulanS dealing with Irish af-
fzirs ThsSe plans though theg fell entirely
- ..fTv - Saff
s1--n1sur VET were % no trivial or mean i'm
TsTrz-rs Thy were far beyond what had
h'1Trr0.1rg t-ou usually proposed in the way Of
i'eaI -s.f--uvsrument for ireland.
Vel What has EeCn the result Of the diem
ma a. 90 UaS thu put forward on this side Of
IL hoE~s arr replied hv the other: Has our
cuursrf-7r that the choice lay between auiono-
ry and coercion rs,u gGs titled or not Liberal
chesr~
Wlaf has t-0Uufnc 81 each and all OF those i'm
Ts1rrau1 -ch.m-S for giving ireland self govern
u1@Ei "a T-0yEng"s and giving her even a cen
f-al establishment in Dublin with limited
T1w"-S' Al vanished into thin air. but the
r-a-lry remains
he r1sc~ uure sfiu there-autonomv or CO.
s-rruE The choice lay between them and the
ChuI0' made Vas 10 r,p-l autonomy and en-
h-ace coercion You cannot always fol-
luU cCerciou IN absolutely uniform
ussfho1 In lsS6 Tor the hrst time coercion
80 iulrs0~s-d On Ireland in the shape OF n per-
--ar0a; law added 20 the statute book This
statute constituted an offending against the
hz-uf0uy and traditions Of self government II
Vas va.le1i breach OF the promise on the
"a. n q which union was obtained That per-
ulausut system % repression inflicted upon the
cE.rIt-y state % things Nhich could rot con-
rl-u- o exist II vas impossible to bring the
Inhabitants % The country under coercion into
sympathy With the coercion power
Mr. Gladstone proceeded TO dilate at
length upon the circumstances under
which the act of union was passed, the
promise Of equality in the laws and Of
commercial equality under which I'M
ion was effected Ii was then proph-
S-sied confidently. IL is said. that Irish
men would take their places in the
cabinet of the United Kingdom, but
Il had been his honored destiny TO
sit in cabinets with no less than sixty
to seventy statesmen of whom only one.
the Duke Of Wellington, was an Irish
man. while Castlereagh was the only
other freshman who had sat in the
cabinet since the union Pitt promised
equal laws when the union was formed.
hut the broken promises made to Ire
land were unhaPpily written in iudeli-
HE characters in the history of the
country. Coming to 1sSe, when the
resurrection of the people began, and
thence down TO 1850, ireland could
TrN-seut only a small minority in favor
~ restoring TO her something in the
nature OF constitutional rights and
practical self government