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« TPer Press Association.] London, August 31. Mr Gladstone dwelt on the fact that the discussions on the Bill had occupied 82 days. Its opponents had fought with old English pluck and fortitude worthy of a better cause, and he did not doubt their sincerity. As niany as 930 speeches had been made in committee by the Conservative Party, while the Liberals were only credited with 459. He denied that the Almighty had branded with incapacity this particular and noted branch of the human race. The history of Ireland was an inveterate stain on the English escutcheon. He ventured to predict that the establishment of autonomy would be a step towards an early triumph of national liberty. Mr John Redmond contended that the financial clauses were impossible. His party would continue to insist that the Irish should be master in their own country.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 55, 2 September 1893, Page 2
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