Year: 1877

4
| themselves 80 utterly unable to govern thil


country. Do you Conoiliate the housebreskel


VINO mas broken into your house in the depth


oil the night to rob You of your possessions and
cut your throat in the BARI gainf Do you con
| ciliate the hiHhwsyman who stops you on the
niHn road aud puts a pistol to your head, say.
| inR' Your money or your lifer Well, if that


IS not the way to deal with the robber or
| honsebreaker, and the ordinary highwayman,
IL ls not the way to deal with the English
housebreaker, robber, or murderer. You m ust
punish them If you want to deal with them
! sot6 speeches will do nothing without q
| stringent example. You must make an ex.
ample of some of them. We have done no.
| thing as yet but good to them, but they soy
they cant bear it-tbey say that they can't
stand oar good ofices-to what will they say
or or do when we try what we can effect by doing
as little as anticipated that the good Offices
l have been doing them during tho last session
of Parliament would be returned in such n
fashion, just little do I anticipate what
sort of return they will make when we attem ut
TO turn the tables upon them. l confess sir,
that when went into Parliament thought
was going there to fight. did not mink
was going there to hnmbng the English to
make Inem give just what we anted. I knew
them too well to believe t possible to hum bug
them. But 1 know we'll, and yon know. that
II 1t be not possible to get things from them by
soft-sawderiDg them, we know they can be
gained by asserting your rights with those
weapons you may have 10 your hands. That
Is the history-that is the lesson-they have





that Is the Lesson they will teach us again If
we deal with them in the way. /
am not here to advocate any method
but those means which 1 say it is in the
power of the Irish people at present to use /
say that If you like You have got the power-if
yo1 stand behind your representatives and
ishing these English people SO long as thew
continue obstinate and remain in their i'll
doing. As to their being division in the ran ks
OF the Irish people, there can really be no dvi-
n nYlxy NJ hnr
he ranks of the Irish people. have never
known the Irish people divided when there was
q s'lid and sensible question to engage their
attentio The Irish people will not be divided |
on this question. For myself say, as said
before, whatever they decide shall bs bound |
by. II they decide that am to pass my time, |
when oug BIT to be in Parliament, either at
home amusing myself, or in amusing myself in |
London or abroad, l am perfectly willing to |
obey them; but if they decide that L am, on |
the other hand, 80 continue the action 1 com.
menced, that we are to extend that action, and |
that if we find that the policy of doing good |
to them-that policy which We have acted pp |
to in this session-is not doing that we are to |
see what the policy of doing harm, the policy |
Of Ietsliation, can do, am peri fecty willing to |
do it as far as my limited ability goes. This is |
no question of personal interest to me-. do |
not wish to pretend that I have made any |
sacrifice. 1t would be easier and more com
Portable to me to do what 30 many others have |
ione-to do nothing; and if You desire that |
'hall do nothing, l snall do nothing-so that



be any division. But l must insist upon one |
hing, and will allow no person and no news.
paper to thwart or prevent my carrying out my |
dea in that respect-I want the people of Ire
and thoroughly to understand that know
hat we are about. want the people of Ire
and to have every information on this ques |
ion-to decide it for themselves. Originally |
said, have meeting of gentlemen represent |
ng public opinion in Ireland, and let us dis |
'uss this question privately, IN camera and |
believe we will settle it peaoeably and quietly. |
hn hoo
'nbc discussion this question was not
rigin ated by me bat when 1T was originated
was necessary Tor me to inform the pn blIc as
o the rights and wrongs of this question /
lave commenced to inform the pub as to this
natter. will not cease from informing the
rish people until they have had every oppor-
unity of Judging between me and those who
re opposed to me. feel no heat and n o bad


ood about this matter. Whatever issue is
rrived at, yon are here, gentlemen, and you
ave kindly come here to give Mr.. Brggar and
myself welcome on our arrival. You will not |
ave arrived at any decision this question
o night, but You will have heard from me and
thers the reasons why we think change
nght to be made in the policy, or rather want
{ policy, that has hitherto directed the action
f The Home Rue party. l believe that al
hough many OF those men are dishonest and
urrupt men, ihere are a sufficient number of
theirs to do good work still.


Voice-What about Bltt7


Another Voice-A bliss for The ODonogbue.
Mr. Psrne!-The O'Donoghue does NOT be-
Jug " US. no Is noI worthy OF US. Teel sure
here are enough of honest people. and deter
lined, in the Home Role party TO carry out
% beheers of the Irish people in this respect.
ut whatever you determine on shall prevail,
I'D will abide by your decision, and if you
ecide on doing nothing, as / have already 7
lid, shall do nothing, and if you decide on :
'iDg something, shall be very glad to help !
ou doiug it. / can only repeat nv thanks I
# the kindness of your reception here. 1t !
axes ample amends for anything that L may J
ave gone through in another country during I
o last ak r0ot tbs. care nothing for this ]
.a">n PATlIdH.ent, nor for it's oUGcries / !
re: no hing tor 10 existence, if that existence
to cJatInme source OF tyranny and Ciestruc I
~ 10 my country.