Year: 1877

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such despotism as they pretend to think they
ought to exercise. They pretend It for the
rniD of his party, not at all out of sincerity
for Mr.. Butt, but to damage him with his fol-
lowers in the Home Rule party. For my part,
within this aud other sessions, though am
one of the humblest privates in the ranks,
some of the English members came to me with
this stnff, and said, my dear Sullivan, you
were making excellent head way bere-a num-
Der of you were bringing great credit upon
your party" That is one very subtle way of
amusing MS, and separating us from some of
running YOU" 1 ask them do they apply that
rule to their own party. We must to-day
take the first public opportunity OF washing
ourselves clear of this doctrine, that We can
be responsible for the individual conduct of
all our members. OF course, sir, admit-nay,
insist-thst every man of us ought to take
care how far in the exercise of that individ.
nal responsibility he may compromise-sensi-
bly,, prudently, and really speaking, compro.
mise-the general character and reputation,
or. rather let me say, the efficiency of the Home
Rule party in the House of Commons. l am
for allowing the individual members of the
party the greatest possible freedom of action,
and hope Mr.. Butt will take into considera-
tion between this and the opening of the next
session this humble suggestion l mske-that
even skirmishers and tirsillsurs and sharp
shooters have their places in the plans OF
generals. ssy more, and tell Mr.. Butt that
IN the ho1r when he allows the leader of the





is the most extreme man of his party, ali is
lost, and We are lost too. Mr.. Butts strength
and ours lies in the notorious fact that Mr..
Butt is a modera.or-that he has elements to
deal with in Irish society, stronger than We
would like to see prevail throughout all our
countrymen. l would not allow that element
to dominate the whole party; would not
allow it to dominate me, but should certainly
Join in no war upon it to Danish it from its
own sphere of action. We have been wanting
in the past session, and the ebniltlone OF
feeling throughout the country on the subject
cf what has been called the policy OF obstruc-
tion-do lot take to denouncipg these ebulli-
tons here elsew sewhere-updevstRnd them and
read the right thing ont of them-l
think read the right lesson from them, and
it is that they mean the resentment of the
country against what they take to be policy
of Insufficient sction-of inactivity. think
il we had been more determined in the House
of Commons in rejecting the genuine feeling
of Ireland, we might never have bad those de,
monstrstions, in which there has been great
deal of urreason Joined with q great deal OF
what is human nature and quite natural. l
know Mr.. Bntt will bear me out in say ing that
am not saying now for the fret time in pre-
sence of the press what have not before. as
friend, said often to himself (for l think
would be traitor to the leader of our party,
and would fail in my loyalty to him, If re-
served for public utteraDce what did not Say
oandidly in private conference)-I have said
to him when several of our measures were
voted down during the last session-blindiy
voted down in the House of Commons-that
we were taking those defeats in too @ Quskerish
q spirit. Mr.. Butt said to me (snd 1t is well
oil ways to have q cool and prudent head to cor
rect with bis wisdom rash opiniors )-he sahd,
"What would you dot" "Well," said,
do not know, but this know. that we should
have come down to the House of Commons a
day or two after the University blil was yotea
down in that shameful manner, or the Land
Bill or any other of our measures, and we
should have made some demonstration-and
no man could better devise 1T than the genius


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anger which we knew prevailed in Ireland, for
tho House of Commons will never wake up to
the belief that are in earnest until they
see q faithful reflection oven OF the unreason-
ing anger of the Irish people on the floor OF
the House of Commons" / felt that myself
although circumstances partly arising from the
state of my health, partly from the peculiar
occupation in which l was engaged this past
Summer prevented me from taking the part
should wish in their deliberations (aud my
colleagues were kind enough to indulge me 80
ar)-Out came down here couple OF days,
and felt We wanted something to be done to
wake up the English pnblic out OF their doze
or dream, for they had been going to eleep,
thinking that all you wanted was 10 come up
civilIy four or five times q year, and be voted
down and go thankfully away, to return the
next wear on the same business. PerseVere In
that and tell you what will bspPen-that the
most extreme man who addresses them the
Irish people will take in resentment OF yonr
inaction and if q man arose to morrow to
head off my three honorable friends opposite,
they, too, would be headed of, so determined
are the Irish people that they will not have
policy of going to sleep but policy Of com
bat in the House of Commons. Let me
say q word here of what hes been said in
Glasgow. The Irish people are impatient OF
results it is q failing of the Celtic nature:
We have only to educate our people to get rid
Of that.


1.-THE patient dint and powder shock


May blast empire like rock"
Our people are growing out of this, but could
have cried aud shed Eears to see OF late now
tbia impatience Of results seems to be coming
back upon our people, Justice has not been
done to this party in some of the public meet
iuRA. Justice has not been done to what We
aFe achieving, nor to what We have attempted
ThouRh do again condemn the comparative
iDaosivity and quIetUde of the past seR'ien,