New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-14

coercioh INTO sympathy with the coercing mower
THE BROKEN PROMISES MADE TO IRELAND.
MI. Gladstone dilated at length upon the cir
cumstances under which the act Of union WAS
P"'Seo' inc promise OF equality in the laws and
OF commercial equality under which union WA,
effected IL was then prophcsicd confidently. he
SAID, that lrishmcn would take their rlaces IN
the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, but il had
been his honorcd destiny 10 sit in Cabinets with
no less than sixty 20 seventy statesmen, of whom
only one, the Duke of Wellington was an Irish
man, while CastlcTcagn was tie only other Irish
man who had sat in the Cabinet since the Union
Pitt promised equal laws when the Union was
formed. But the broken promises made to Ire
land were unhappily written in ndclible charac-
tiers in the history of the country.
Coming TO 1892, when the resurrection of the
people began, and thence down to 1850, Ile-
land could present here only small minority in
favor Of restoring to her something in the nature
of constitutional rights and practical saf-govrIn-
mcnt.
Continuing, MIR. Gladstone said
II is To me- astonishing that little weight is at
tachcd by many 10 the fact that before leS5-be-
fore $50 indc"d-irish wishes of cii-goVcrnment
were represented only by small minority. Since
1850, whch the wife extension OF tie franchise
ton has been improved. In lesG there were
eighty-;iVc NatiOnalists or NOR" tnan Lvc-siAths
Cheers hey nave been reduced from eighty
five to eighty under circumstances somewhat
peculiar E" Hear Hear and must frankly
own To myself among others, for reasons totally
and absolutely unintclieihc. u.oud ch,egsJ
HOW THE CASE STANDS NOW.
Let us look at the state of the case. as il now
stands. There are but eighty out of l0l--that
is TO say the wishes of Ireland for slf-govcrnmcnt
in Irish matters are only represented lay four
Glths daughter and Ministerial cheers Honor
able gentlemen seem to have no respect for sIcE
majority a. that. Do they rccollcct, sir. that
never in England has there been slch majority !?
Cheers No Parliament of the last fifty years
has come within measurable distance of il. II
there be anything III the great principle Of s"!i-
government. which, # II br = reality, never can
work except through I'll" machinery and bv the
laws OF representation. AT any rate the voice of
In, Irish people. the persistence OF the Irish PEG
p!- in delivering that voice. and III" peaceful
constitute 'nal circumstances under when II has
been delivered ministerial cheers ana Opposition
laughter constitute Il great fact in history. IL
il sad-and. | admit. with truth-that Ireland l.
not a united country / don't deny that tlt"
division which exists Is fact of great moment
In truth were Ireland united, anything that can
render Ireland Formidable would becom" very
much more formi liable Were" ireland unlt"i.
all opposition would vanish as shadow. T. Hear
Ireland is not united in this sense. that in one
portion OF the country not mere majority OF ,h'
higher classes, but Il considerable" popular lFHlS,
is opposed TO the present national movement. /
will not HNempt 20 measure me numerical
strength Of the minority. IT Is sald ny me part
opposite that the minority III the North o. Ire
land is arraycd in unaltcrabl" opposition 10 Home
Rule. Unhappily. at the successful inNtisau2n o.
those whose p lot il was to dlVIdc the poop" OF
Ireland when they Wcr" united at the close ~ me
last century through the medium mainly OF Orange
LODGES and through RELIGION, anmo>ity there was
IN alteration of feeling but the Protcs'ants 81
Ireland during the period of the independent
Irish Parliament were themselves not "Ny
willing Int jealous and enthusiastic supporters o,
Irish nationality lnasinuch as ther pol'icai
viA1 oil
they led on the Roman Catholic population III IN"
political movement which DISTINGUISHED that pc
Rod Cheers This il Wr'%n nroaCaI' e p1n
mcnt in the sense Of national unity, had AT one
tim, prevailed among the North of Ireland
Protestants. We who have seen them alter, nov
throuch their own fault. are not readily 70 ne
persuaded that they will not alter back again u"
the sentiments of then own ancestors 'chrrrS q.
and with their own blood AMI their own people
form one in noble. glorious unity
THE ENGLISH FEELING TOWARD HOME RULE
Abiding TO English feeling toward Irish Home
Ru,o. Mr.. Gladstone said hc would refrain from
urojnr that England would find herself exhausted
ond her work made mpracticabc by resistance
70 Irish demands He could well conceive Eng
land maintaining. if 50 minded, resistance to Irish
dononds. but Englands conversion 10 Home Rule
had bocn rapid In las6. England's majority
adverse TO Homo Rule was oil II had now hH-
clinol - ecventy-onc In face Of such fact. VINO
world guarantee the pcrinancncc Of the opposition
Of the remainder. Cheers
la vvould now ask the patient indulgence o.
| tho House while giving an account of the Dill
| Cheers He could not undertake" to supply q
moro table of contents The bill. If Il" dId' w'nI'
| nrobably hcwildcr his hearers lie wouI" fd'''
s,cl 70 present the salient points. hoping u ''''
a living impression on the minds ana h'ho'I'
| -, his hearers If he might omit what. in the
| ,t,lt IN hn III
lcrond thcm 70 wait and cOnsllt the bili lt~'li'
| ,lich Inc boned would soon be in their hands
| I, would he remembered that the bill OF loS'
| laid down five propositions a. cardinal pfi"''
| ,lcs IN which he had cn1cavorcd closely "
| adhere. Change there was but not t"hchfn'
change he DECLARED from the principles o. i9'o
! Tho object Of the bill remained a IN l'''' ~
establish a legislative body in Dublin loI '"'
! conduct Of both legislation ana adihl'liS' "'.''
in Irish affairs. az distinct from impcfidI "'''''
| Cheers os,,ro
Proceeding with his discussion OF the measure
! Mr.. Gladstone said: 49,. OH
The limiting conditions, when w'ic ,,nre able
| served, ard have since, 80 lar a. r"nd were
| ~. G hccn sndulously and closely ob"'rN'u, Mt WI
thcsc We were 10 do nothing IhcoliIin," nur
| imnnrial unity OF this ! VIII say, ;nn.
| pron,. may say that so far a our cVnN w." n,
oPbo;iu,,.nt nn are concerned they would he nu,
aonh,, Stated by being couchcd in the y,
| that we do not mean 10 impair ~; ., oivc il
strengthen it hcer;J had we .yc WYE vet Possessed
| -, ,hcn imperial unity IL observed, anu ~, ~
equality ali j ob.cryGd n sI nnra in 'n mind and
o. az III, .ln ,vnuId 10 equitable rcpartltion OF
ihiSy t cEargc w?" oury any and every
cphc provision for The Protection nr"nos 1 ong1 10
would be included inc pan propu~," cbaractcr
i.tic s"[ Of real and continued s"tt c'nent .,
In the first place we have made !, o'. ,"an I'd
| nv. ,,nross mention of the supremacy oil INC
,r cri Parliament There were two methods
in Witch tia might be don% a n %lsn' H% w" ",
| ny Lcon The preamble as the worthirr ah"
hrt,cr' for if it done by clause IT %cnIa If
| W.. ,,,,,ch in the character Of mere rnac''IL",