The Irish standard., 1893-06-03
SATURDAY. JUNE 8, 1893.
SALISBURY IN ULSTER.

SALISBURY IN ULSTER.
Lord Salisbury has gone home from
Ulster where he made some insipid
speeches to the; Orangemen. His adj
dresses lacked the fire and energy which
characterized the harangues of his
nephew, and the result is that no disturb
ance occurred in Belfast, Londonderry or
the other Orange strongholds that he
visited. One Of the London correspond
ents says that there was not one new
point in any of Salisbury's utterances
and that even most of the adjectives and
expletives he made use of were OF an an
tiquated character. He told the Or
angenen of Belfast that he thought it
advisable to expedite the committee
stage OF the bill, not because the Union
lists nave any idea of amending it: to
make it satisfactory to the people OF
Great Britain, but to show them the real
nature of the calanities the bill would
entail if it becomes law. If Salisbury
meant what he said why does he not
check Balfour and his colleagues in their
obstructive tactics in parliament? He
thought that at the present rate OF pro-
press the bill would not reach the house
of Lords before September,and of course
when it reached that house it would be
rejected. II appeal to YOU" said his
lordship, ''to economic your strength,
and, above all, to do nothing In the way
of disorder or riot, as any acts OF vio-
lence will only give your enemies III
England reason for eliminating YOU"
George W. Smalley, the New York Irl-
bune correspondent, approves OF Sails-
bury's discreet speeches and says they
are disappointment to the Gladstoni-
ans who would prefer that he should
have made infammatory speeches to
create disturbance. This denational-.
American is the apologist and eulogist of
Salisbury in everything he said on his
Ulster tour. Smalley asserts that the
Home Rule bill will be rejected by the
lords and then says: ''The abolition or
coercion of the house of lords is often
talked of, but nobody has yet suggested
how either process can be accomplished.
When the question is seriously raised it
will hardly be as rider to some other
question. It Will tax the whole energy
and the undivided attention of all the
Radicals in the kingdom. They are fond
of referring to the reform BILL of 1882
and to the surrender of the lords on that
great question. True said lord Sails
bury, the lords we're then ill-advised
and we're forced to give way; but why?
Because they then set themselves against
the wishes. the passionate wishes, of the
whole English people. The people ar
IDENTIFY desired reform and they got it.
The will of the people prevailed then
and will prevail now But does any
body pretend that the English people
ardently desire Home Rule for Ireland?
They send majority of sevent-one mem
bers to the present house of Commons
to oppose Home Rule. The house OF
lords, instead of opposing, upholds the
will of the English people and of all
Great Britain. They represent the over
whelming opinion of England. Is Eng
land likely to turn against them for CIV
ing effect to herwishes and her devotion
to the union? This part of Lord Sails
bury's argument has not attracted the
notice Of any Gladstonian journal" Not
withstanding Smalley's advocacy OF
Lord Salisbury and his aristoctatic fol-
lowers, the Home Rule bill will eventu-
ally become law despite all their opposi-
ton. In his peregrinations through
Ulster Lord Salisbury did not make one
convert to Toryism, and from all impair
tial accounts his trip was q complete
failure. 49,