New-York tribune., 1896-06-07

"foro en- far as we are concerned, Home huic
"is dead" That is the final dictum oi '''e
official snokesmen of the Wesleyan Chnrch, anu
Il is so numerous a body, and forms so coi'
siderable a portion of the Libcral-Radicu eiec-
torote that all hope of getting another iio'ie
Rule majority without 1t is entirely ou'S'.c VI
rooson Gladstonian Home Rule 49, 'hereio'
indeed to be reckoned dead. The reuenip''o"
of Ireland must now come from hc" 'o"'NN
and proceed on new lines.
Logical as this conduct or the EnsiiS" 'o
conformiss may appear, 1t is the logic oil se''''n
r'ss and insincerity. If Home Rule is right
AS they formerly declared, II - r'sn' "',"'
regard to any School bill If Imperial rule OF
Ireland is a crime, as they once vehehe""'
rrotosted. il is no less crime merely because
tbc victims of it are seeking some slght me'S-
urn Of ameoration If the English Noncoh'
formists ever really believed in Home Kule ana
supportcd il on principle, they ought to 90 so
now lust as much. Nothing has occurred |"
change the principle of the thing i'll the slight
ost The English NOnconformists Knew Ten
vcors AGO. Just rs we'll they know today
that the vast ma ajority of the irish Home hui'rS
were Roman Catholics. and that if Home kuic
were granted the government of ireland Wou"
he administered largely in the interests of that
monstratcd against being delivered over 1"
c,,boIic rulc they scoffcd at their fears. When
a division occurred i'll the Irish party. they sided
to n man with that faction which was most
favored by the Catholic clergy and which was
most uudcr ecclesiastical control They had no
fear Of Clercallsm then, SO long as it was to
he exercised over some one else. IN another
country. Puritan and Papist." rs the saying
in, hnnI
IS a suspicion of IA bit Of Clcricalism being prlc-
tiscd upon themselves. In their own country.
they cry out in indignant protest, and desert
their old allies. and abandon the once sa'r'u
cause OF Home Rule.
The incident will convince the world that
no matter how sincere Mr. Gladstone and Mr.
Morley may have bccn--thc majority or their
followers in the Home Rule campaign were not
sincere. and were selfish They never really
believed in Home Rule They supported it mere
" for the sake OF thus securing Irish support
in return to keep them in office and TO further
their own measures. They did not care row
Of pins about the Justice to Ireland ana the
"union of hearts of which they talked so GIlp-
". All they cared for was. Votes. votes
votes"' rs Mr. Gladstone once expressed II.
They were. from first to last. seeking their own
selfish gain and using the Irish rs a catSpaw
10 that end As long as Mr.. Gladstone, with The
nrestigc of his great name and the tremendous
powcr of his unmatched personality. WAS at the
head of the party. the scamy side Of the con
tract was concealed When he retired. although
his party still had majority. the terms of the
alliance became much strained Now.>whcn
Home Rule is for time in a hopeless minority.
the miserable sordidncss of the whole purchase
and sale is made apparent. The English find
the Irish no longer useful 10 them. or 10 longer
sufficient for their purposes. and 50 east them
off and repudiate their cause II i n dlsh"art-
| ening spectace. But It may not be- an un-
mixed evil if II teaches the true friends of Ire
| land an obvious and much needed lesson.