Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-08-03
rlzL PROGRESS or HOME auLE

TEEL PROGRESS oF' HONE SChE
Tbs Home RaIe Bin has passed
>le committee sage ii Parliament
ass proceedings and viii soon re-
cave IT'S 5 5 .o4chea II tie Com"
nous. Tre Government ancoGnced
vu Juiy 60 tha. debate wooid be
closed in Il week from shat date
The weapon so cites employed 10
gag the Ir;5l, members in time
past, Is Dow Turned sgainst its IL
ventors, whose vgath and dismay
are sf'ording amusement to the
world.
The Unionists In their despera"
tiop ara ~endeavorlng TO anticipate
lie iaevitable success q home
Bale by the formation Of an "Ir5Rh
Uaionist Alliance" to the funds OF
which the rich landlords have sub
scribed with d iibera!ity born OF we'll
founded terror lest their long reign
CT privilege should end at last.
The Irish Times Of Dublin pub
fishes a list OF the contributors, with
their donations to the fund.
Among the principal ones are;
Lord Iveagh, 100000; Lord Ardi!r
anD, $4,000; Earl Fitz william,
$1,000: DGke O. Lainster, $4,000;
Marquis of Waterford, $3.50.
To the SOS. $50 contributed ty
those tit1eo men the Irish mes
adds nine "Jamesona," contribute
ing 81, 800 each-making in ali al
aggregate Of $4,000.
This is q good deaI Of money, but
t..e American friends oftiylne Ruje
have contributed twice as much,
not orce bat often, 10 the other
sidt; at times, too, when the out
look wss LEAST promising. They
Viii 20 so again and, # need be,
get again. The sbort~sighted enc
ui.e5 Of the Irish cause deiude
themselves w;t.l the thought that
Il al depends On the lie OF one
CID man" They know little OF
tic discrimination " the people
Nloase sapp3rtiag thar cause, ~ho
have 5een supporting for genera
;ials, fsoIo he savings OF their
hard earnings, taeir pool country~
men al ho.ne, hoping for the da.
4. emancipation winch Is IT last be-
g.nuiDg 10 dawn
4nc5o ct ms o~ounuynen who
rail at Euglaud's greatest states
utl, ioI enaeavor,ng ~ pacify Ire
land 90 not comprehend tie pat
ric5ism which guveEra his daoiin~
ing years. Salisbury, BaIfonr and
their Tory coDffeges may possibly
believe, as the tcourdreliy Cham~
berl,.ia %pretends to believe, that a
selfagoVerning Ireland would be
England's enemy 70 time Of trouble.
They may have al opportunity O.
discovering that a wronged and
Disconnected Ireland would be no
friend Of her oppressor, were the
cause Of Home Rule to be defeated
by tneir action IN the midst OF such
grave complications as are likely
TO arise in the Franco Russian i'm.
br1glio yer Siam and Pamir couna
try. It is needless 10 say that
Irish-Americane would not shed
any tears over England's discomi-
ture on that or any other qnes-
tion.
On the contrary, they would res
jolce most heartily TO e her res
dpced TO tie rank Of a tenthsrste
Power, because OF what sue has
done IL the past. But, next to their
allegiance TO America, stands their
love Tor the Motherland, and for
her welfare they would forgo even
the Joy of witnessing the hnmilis-
ton of her ~oppr:ssor.
The success Of the National cause
viii change al that, ultimately
though not lmmediately. England
has It ii her power TO hasten the
era Of peace and good will, and
Mr., Gladstone, Of all living men,
is most likely to achieve such a
result, The alton OF shop-keepers
would be unusually bind if it failed
to see thar profit and safety lie on
the side Of Justice. For the sake OF
the dr5t and second, ever they
might eaporse the cause of the
third.
Why undergo terrible suffering and
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