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Show Therefore, it ought not lo be prematurely premature-ly adopted. S eakiiitf of the I r : : li ut-itUn Mr. Gladstone twill hi was glad that their oti jiutmti ts proposed to introduce B i local ftovernnieut Mil; but it i.; a death-bud death-bud repentance. Kir tn.s its the sixth Year oi pcr.i.nm.'!,'. mid tin! I'vcrniuont liav ii piud,;ed t'.t ms-i-. ca not to adopt C.Jtl I'ioU, tllld I. Ml lO IV13 Ibilisll I'l'D-l.t i to purchase l.i.'ii hind; a. so to iuiro-duet iuiro-duet local government. They have n ; I; t tivu VHars breaking tvsoof thrse piudgeg. Now ii uriim " v. or I iit thty siv 1 to rolt!' !'l Hut ion. :i i;i 1 11 jjf ( 1 1 t g: ? . Such is li'.ii ciemefiey of ti.it buciel I i : ; y . I am ....re nu .r ti.-..i:ii;:-m i.l ! Of IC'-f.V I'd VI .ill upt'll ill li'S. 1 (id. lilt. ! l,Cnv.i-, ll.at Mr liii' iiii I H i that :u! loom pcmifi-iiifut iiimi. aisift Ir. land to oblau I'a.inrui r,, ics. I ;, any ioc iti im ni gut . r -i 1 1 1 1 1 1 . laid All'. t,iad.i-io. i id. i i'k. Loc-il SIGNS OrnCTOHY. GUilst-inj'a Address to tha Libers! Fjder- I 'iia Cou-i.ss Tits Q .tuitions of I thj Lt DiiciujeJ. THE ABOLITION CF TR2 LQ2D?, A Taming to th Fwrt ThB Liqutr Trallio aad Lotul Option The Irleh Q.i.atiou Lib :.t 11 premutation. . Nt ""rASTi.K, ( ct. 3 Over .ji'.-o per- j sons were picjed in Tync side theatre I 'last oijfht to hear Gladstone, i'lm appearance ap-pearance of t i i uoit'd statesman ami I his wife ws the fi,'usl for n piiioimed ivatioii, When quiet mn gtnrtd. Dr. i j ,,'invi nint ul i.ai lit coi.lioi ol Lot po-i po-i In i' is eqliiV.'l i lib to pl'0) sill .' the ci P I tl hi Ol a puiv.a 1 - lit w UiliMIt .ho pot" ,r ol l.'.'il alill,; ; station. I u e. til ': 'M' . . ii g till hi :al t fin J.' Vet' i'lielll t.i Ireiainl had .,.,.ii a aii.v. , Mr. I.UU-stone I.UU-stone nt gri-.ii I'll,.; u ieuim!.' I i . -t lld..rtrs til.it tt ha I. t!. ) .'..lit uVel'll-I uVel'll-I Unlit tailed C:'l:i.i ill li'ii..od W ;M iii.rati:iii i-ii;:i!,ii:;-i:.ii to imiu' til" l''u- ants an tnnie.ci ur.i.e.l ri.'t.t. .N idn iot these ccoii h. !oi. : .(.sis r ii.r: mo s 'lei ;op-e. ;op-e. I inlo ci .!..'; out the guv foment ioid .t waited (ortiie crime. I n.-'.ea !,t uey had iuierlti'ed with private liberty in a uianutr that won! I not be toicrated in this couuti1). Giadsloiiu said he had asked himself why their opponents persist per-sist in this, for t'icni, hopeless struggle. Ii it becans.t ilicy urn governed by tho fe.tr of an Irish nation? i he reputation of a conn! ry is measured meas-ured by a staiiiiai d easiiy g 'tten at. !t means what its neighbor think of it. A condemnatory verdict was long ago pronounced by England with reference to her conduct toward Ireland. Parliament will never overtake the ar-reais ar-reais in public business until this terri-bhi terri-bhi Irish policy is out of the way. In tho period to emtio it is clear that it must be either friendly or at enmity with Ireland. There basbnen an alter-unlive alter-unlive btfjre Kngland for centuries, and those .ices when enmity, not friendship, friend-ship, was chosen as the alternative. It was an enmity with them as states, not wilh tha peoples. You have arrived at a point decisive in your history, if it is for the future to say. Alter the next general election this enmity, if it coutinues, will bs au enmity with the peoples, not with the states. If Ireland is oppressed here-alter, here-alter, it will be oppressed by you, people peo-ple of J'ngland. The spectacle of one people oppressing another is the saddest, sad-dest, most heartrending and humbling hum-bling that can be seen on the surface of the earth. 1 en n never believe that a e-ruat nation will place itself in such a position. 1 u truth, this question already al-ready has been considered in some degree. de-gree. I decided that a declaration in lavor of friendship has been made in the most constitutional manner by the result of the poll". Our opponents now admit it to be something formidable. The constituencies have spoken, not only the sober, the .ins', the true, but also tho inevitable. 'Great applause . Upon these verdUls Ireland relies. You have watched her conduct in the dillioult circumstances of tho "sst nine biontha, conduct which I do not hesitate hesi-tate to say has evoked in every breast the responsible voice of sympathy and of Increased conviction that we may deal safely and prudently with our fii'ow-s'.il joets in Jrelsud. Yhen the proper period cones, tho general senHe of this country will ratify the judgment judg-ment already given at nearly a hundred hun-dred points. The entire people of Eng-laud Eng-laud will, hy a great and decisive m-j, m-j, n. ty, determine to finally dispose of those demands now ma le upon them iu the clearest and most audible tones, slier a Jong apd painful experience made upon them by their honor, their interest, and their duty before God and als.m moved and Hurt s-c .tided a resolution expressing an ei'Vt tuu fur and utidiiiiinL-lied ci iil.ilei.ee in Gladstone. Glad-stone. The resolution was cariiid w ith renewed acclamations. When the cheering Miljv.dtd Gladstone Glad-stone rose ta speak. Looking back lo lV'O they saw, h laid, what v as be-lievi'd be-lievi'd to be a rru.-hiug liberal defeat. I'.ut during the years since elapsed the borisui has brightened. There am many precursors of certain victory, aiMl that victory could not be far i!n-tant. i!n-tant. Much had been Paid about lite late conversion of tho national debt. All t Ii saving thereon and more, he declared, had already beu absorbed and ellaced from tho pubbo accounts, not only by enormous increases in the chfrgra for supply and tho necessary civil rates of tlm couutry, but also by au enormous increase iu the naval aud ruilitary expenditure. lie should like lo have spoken on the government's for.-igu policy, which had many domestic results, but the policy of the present administration had becu well-nigh the inverse aud reverse of that of Lord Ileaconaliold. Just as tho liberals had endeavored to make the Lord Boseousliold administration di'.licult, because they thought it was doing ill, so had they striven to make the work of the present administration in the foreign oDice easy, because they thought, so far as information went, that its spirit had undergone a boueli-cial boueli-cial change. "I shall indeed rejoice." continued Gladstone, "if, before the dsy comes for the present administration to give up the ghost, it will be possible for Lord Salisbury to make an effort to relieve re-lieve us of the burdensome and embarrassing embar-rassing occupation of Egypt, which, so long as it lasts, must be a cause of weakness. Gladstone spoke a word of congratulation congratu-lation and bops in regard to the torn-peraace torn-peraace question, reviewing the work, and added: "Those approaching my period of life may not witnets it, but many of you will see a thorough and j'Veetire refcrm of tho laws canuected "frith the traffic in aicohol, with an ackowwlethriEcrit of. the right of the local population to settle the question whether, within their borders, publio houses snail exist." (Cheers. Touching the question of abolition of the Hereditary peers, Gladstone i-aid it is at present rather in tha shade, owing lo tiia priority of trie claims of other subjects, lie giiou'd not bo sorry if it should remain iu tie shade longer, provided pro-vided an extra lease were gained by its forbearance and wUdoiu in dealing with public sentiment, iie wurued the house of lords, however, that it might make the mailt r a biirtiin;; question if the peers were t'jmpted to linen to the counsel given by Lord Salisbury. man. At the conclusion of Gladstone's j speech there was an outburst of enthusiastic: enthus-iastic: cheering, prolonged for several Minutes. A vole of thanks to Mr. til't'tstone. pro'iosed by liarootirl end seconded by Mcrley, was adopted with a lush and the proceedings closed with singing of "Aula Lang Sytie." He contemplated tho posiinlity of a liberal victory, and reminded thidiithat all would not be ovr, even if the commons com-mons should pass a home rnlu bill; that the house of lord niii.t interpose itself between the j'ide-int'ilt of the nation na-tion and the incorporation of that judgment iu the form of law The lorus tried thai game in "jl throu?!.nnt tha proceedings on the florin bid am', underwent l.iiiiiiliHt'ioii. Gl-1s.oue . himself, in '!Q or i, h.vl the felicity or infelicity to be in cotillict with the lords. We had, he said, a great, b'tttlo upon the repeal of the paper duties, one of the most diilic.iil aud important (pies tious of tho trade controversy. You know whet the consequences have been ill tin; establishment of a treti press, which has done more than any other single cause lo educate the country, and to which we mainly o.ve so va.it an extension of the franchise. Should the lords be seduced to accept tho deplorable de-plorable suggestion of Salisbury, they themselves iv'll I u t: e fir-t to repent it. llegnrding re'Siralioii reform, G.a l-j l-j stone said there was much in favor of I giving it a forward placo on the libersl I platform, t oini.ig tlovvn lo tho question ques-tion on labor, he said that Lie labor representation in pariinmunt must be extended. those cu-.i'ioni with tint ceutral management of ii If aire of the party will exhibit tho utmo-t ilisposi-t.on ilisposi-t.on to assist, wherever a constituency is found favoraloe to the claims of labor candidate. The coi.stiencles must b"'ai' tee cost of residence of labor representatives i'l Loudon. Nothing can be clearer than the title of such riiiiin hers to receive- such aid from the publio treasury as will enable them to discharge the task imposed tipou them for the ptr lie benefit. Furthermore, Fur-thermore, it is among the indespensible duties of the liberal party, when in power, to establish district and parish councils, to bring seif government to the door of the laboring man throughout through-out the country, and to enact compulsory compul-sory powers, enabling .suitable bodies to acquire land, iu order to piaoo the rural population in nearer relations to the use aud profit from the land they have so long tilled for the benefit of others. Great cheering. Coming down to the question of the hours of labor, Gladstone said that ha views with satisfaction the large reductions reduc-tions in the amount of toil enacted which his fellow citizens had achieved in the last twenty yeais. He wished well to ah further reductions it might ps.ol! n -M" i-Ve, Wi'lioilt ViOia-te: ViOia-te: i rp.t !:.''- i f ? it I;. , . H-'-.ra s - .ii; to i i ;,i ii,- ; i u c-i-i.rt :-', :-', V iu'-v bi ' i: o; i i i t.) l'i e'o t '." '' 1 ,; ', ,r t ! ) ' I. n I. C , ... her ,-. i 'lot I s ib, iy. ! w -j ii to s p a .i. i , i h t , 1 ' ; ; . iv n ' - - t ih.o ,1 c;. - i.,- ' ' . Jl wouid give no atisn.uie jutignirul upon the question, but recommends much circumspection, much careful examination, ex-amination, before proceeding with itteps wbich may prove irretrievable. |