The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11
GLADSTONE IRELAND'S FOE.
Manifesto Of the National Leagues
Executive Committee.

The Home Rule Bill Mutilated SkeI-
etJn Which Only Serfs Would Ac-
apt - The Place of ireland Not at
che Feet of England-Eouse of Lords
Not an Unmixed Evil-Emulate the
American Patriots, and Declare Ire
Lands Independence to the World.
Strong Arraignment of the Grand
Old Man, Who Is Pronounced Per
nicious."
New York, Sept. 1O-The exective
committee Of the Irish National League
Of America has issued the following man
ifssto in regard to the home rule bill and
it, rejection by the House of Lords:
ITO Irishmen and Friends of Ireland:
When the home rule proposals of Mr.
Gladstone became known we addressed
you, giving our opinion of his bill and
warning Irishmen against the acceptance
of its provisions.
ON HER KNEES FOR CRUMB.
"We had no faith then in the work of
Mr. Gladstone. We looked upon it as d
chimerical something to lead the fool
farther, and we were sorry to see our own
people playing the weaker part, in the
greatest farcical comedy of the age.
The bill submitted to the House of
Commons was practically worthless. The
imposition on our country of the mutt
lated skeleton, just rejected by the House
of Lords would have been an outrage,
and the serfs who would accept it with
thanks would merit the scOrn of the
nations 1t was sorry spec
tacle-Ireland after her struggle of cen
turies, on her knees for crumb.
PERNICIoUs INFLUENCE OF GLADSTONE.
''We have no hesitation in declaring that
no more pernicious influence has been at
work among onr people than the influence
of Mr. Gladstone in recent years. The
spirit of Irish nationality was being stead
lily destroyed by the influence fostered by
a designing agency, which prefers a West
Britain to an Ireland. The people were
daily becoming more and more West
Britained, and erstwhile patriots more
English than the English. Let us hope
that the spell has passed away, and that
our people will once more recognize that
their place is not at the feet of England.
in that event the House of Lords may not
be an unmiXed evil
WILL BE PLAYING YOU FALSE.
"You will now. doubtless, be told by the
professional agitators that the rejection
OF the home rule bill by the House of
Lords IS mere temporary setback; that
alter Gladstone has passed two or three
British measures it will again be sent to
Ine upper house, and that then on its de-
n feat, the grand old man will 60 to the
country and be swept back to power on a
great tIdal wave of popular indignation
| against the lords. These men will
DC simply playing you false.
GLADSTONE WILL BE DEFEATED.
Gladstone, whether he appeals to the
country this year or next. will. in the
opinion of those thoroughly acquainted
with the situation, be defeated at the
polls, and the men who would still keep
Their hands in your pockets know this.
ON the home rule question alone he is Ger
tam of defeat, but his Sinking of the
ulrect issue by linking an unpopular local
option bill and other measures to the
nome rule bill will insure a sweeping ma
!olltT of the tories. Don't for a moment
imagine that the British people are will
IN gto give home rule to the Irish.
NO HOPE FOR HOME RULE.
Among the most ardent followers of
Gladstone, with the possible exception of
Jonn Morley, there is not a man whom it
interests. Even Lord Rosebery admits
mat home rule is to him only means
projected to enable the liberal party to
escape the enactment of coercion laws or
Jhe DISTINGUISHING of Ireland. Are you
wiling, therefore, to still play the part of
dupes2
ONE GIGANTIC STRIKE FO Z LIBERTY.
lit appears to US that the time has
come when the Irish race the world over
should be entitled to one gigantic move
lnent for the liberty Of Ireland. 1t has
VAe power to strike the chains from the
MoJherland, if it only had the will
GREAT conventions of Irishmen from all
countries, we think, should be called and
pan Tor united action formulated and
du"pted. At such a convention the ex-
ample OF the American patriot might
ne emuIated, and a declaratio of Ire
anu I@uU independence be given to the
M Y. Cannon, Omaha, Neb., president
VI lilS4 National League of America.
T.. d. r sutton, Lincoln, Neb., secretary
IrISn National League of America.
NJ "lh. Lyman, \. Y, treasurer Irish
-'t,.DAal League of America.
N'W York September 10. 1898"
"LADsroNE's LAST OPPORTUNITY.
., LONDON. Sept. 10.-The Standard saws
'. y,iI, everything points to a dissolution in
P'iHdHtnt next year. Mr. Gladstone, it
soy p, Ueludes himself; he thinks that the
uSlJuencies viii have by then forgot
,,,I. rcI Nls S, IRISH policy The second home
% lDle ulLi IS worse than .he first, and we
limo r"i'5oy possibly have n third. The paper
fs""tS mat under the circumstances
~ ~ H,dusIone can never obtain a major
-'' j" Nreat Baitain again.