Mr J. A. Connell Advocates Home Rule. Auckland, August 3.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 215, 13 August 1887, Page 6

Mr J. A. Connell Advocates Home Rule. Auckl and, August 3.

Mr J. Aitkkn CoNNELLdelivorodon Monday night in the City Hall the third of his sot ioft of Mondaj o\ ening political addresses, the subject being "Home Rule for Ireland." The large building 1 was crowded to excess. MrThos II White (Dish tut President of the H.A.C.R 8.) was proposed as Chairman, but a section of the audience clamouiad for the hrepiessible Hodge. Upon a show of hands being taken, however, Mr Whito was declared to be elected Mr Council, who was recehed with cheers, explained Miat his oiiginal intention j was that the meeting should consist solely of liHimen, and ho felt assured that from \ an audience of Irishmen he would reeehe that lair play which he had not. hitherto j been ghen m Auckland. (Cheo* and hisses.y Theie was in the liish chaiactcr so much that, w a-- akin to his own Scotch chaiaeter i.hat in the face of the world j he declared that he lo\cd Irishmen. Th>>y ma-misled an enthusiasm, and a lo\u of justice and fnir play and ! right dealiny, which weic, \ery much akin to the great -vt t:aih-> in the Scotch character. (Cheer-'.) Am* in his connection he wished In-, audience to lemember that it was not Scotchmen who had doseited Irishmen upon thi- Home l\ule question. (Applau.se.) Many peo])le questioned the ris^ht of colonial-, to e\ei oi.se a \oice upon this matter, but it w \- jn^t colonial*., who Ihemsel\L- we:e in the full enjoyment of Homo Hale, \. ho had a light andtheoppoitunity to piouounee a well-founded opinion upon the bl^s-ing^ and aduintages of Home links. (Ch--*' > r>. ) And li eland looked for and e» pocteil the suppoit of the colonies on this question. Still it was not to bi> a thing to be dw-w-M'tl hi colonial Parliaments. We h-ul no light in ouv Parliament.- k> mi\ our«sel\e> up >vii!i piuely impetial questions--w ith tlie go\ ci •vr.ent of h eland by EiHjfland, or indeed' with the { Jo\ eminent of airy other lii.d tha'\ oe: 1 own. But thi-> v, a.s the thviO — in a poiiod "v% J)On pulitic.il matter?, v.'eie a^ihi'ir.; the minds of the people at la* ire —thai the persons Mho sought their suppoi i v\d contidonee .should speak out cleaily on sach an itnpoitaut subject. (Cl.eei-. ) At:.l he chei ir>hed the hope that hi-, .-.mall inihu-ncvin this far-away part of CiO woild might !i:ne.some slight effect in bi'muinj; about that justice tor Iceland v, Inch ,-he had po long l>t-(/Ught in Aain at t'^e hands of England. (Cheeis.) Conneli then pi oeeeded to ev?)lain \'hat l-j meant by force, both ph\ -iced md moial. 'riemeiulous ar^ m.-ite-lKtl foiee was, it wa* tian-eended by moial fo.ee— the tui cc that animated millions to tlie aehiu\ei lent of some friand puipo.-e, or thil miiuj'iced the individual man to ic.sisfc ill! earthly ugencie* for the eoeicion of lii." \\Vl. v.eiC not fco ttike the people who irdulged in outiago and dynamite tis tlie st' i.ulatui'4 fin co which mo\ed lielandon th'j Home" I'i'L- que.-tion. A.- well might v. c ta\e the lunkins of Auckland as f^l," l\pL-> of the population. Like them, tvt v d} Uitii-.Hawi* weie Imt the pimpleen tlu i fare of -ociety, .md wei.e not lepie-enratr. c of the great hoait-blood of the nation. (Loud cheeis. ) Mr Coniis.ll then pi oeeeded to gi\e a bii«f teh ot lii-'h l.istoiy fiom tfie time of the Union oir.\ nd- He .showed that Cvattan's i'a:lit\mt!it of 1782 wa-> a l^ihament be \«u- ■, hrm the tael that it was co equal and (.o-ouHnato with the English Pailian ent, the E\eouti\o (i'o\ernment ot the (i tl } foui.d t'u x , administration of aHaiin i:iij o- — iblo unle s it h;<d the hish rail'sir.jut in it- powei, and that it achieved by b iboi) and coiru[>tion. So patiiotie an lu-lnnan had doclaied that ho had n-> er seen tuch a of seoundieN as tlio-e who sat in the I'au iament at Dublin. When the Union v. ,n eilected I'itt earnestly de.Mied to fulfil hi-) piomise.s to Ireland, but the Toil'\s pi'^-. on led him from doing so. Fiom that time onw aid the Gieat Libeial I'aity of Ungland was always anxious 1o do justice to L eland, but the justice was l.n U'abl) (Lla;, ed l\> the Toiies until, v hen it wa--. a'fc length extorted in any s' a]K\ hishmen had cea-ed to care Uiuch about it. Tie gieally feaied that t!u- v. )iiM be the cn-e with Ifori'.e Kuie. Mr (Jl.i'l'-tone the gieate-t st.it o-mar tint England had Q\ev {>ioduced (l.,ud eh' '"•:-), and he had been moie mu.-c_.i--rnl 'J-Jiu any of lus piedeeesso-is in obtainiiiL: jusliLcfor Ti eland. The crowningt i.imph ot lii-bfe \\<i> his demand for Home Rule. (s'luwr-..) Ami although hitherto thwnued m tin- gieat uform, he \eiil}' bc1i:\l"1 t.j.t' v ithin the next two years he \w,nld be '-ent back to power with a majoii\\ Luge onojgh to sweep evcything bctoie linn. l!.-.r/i el. eon. ) The speaker then \ . :.l oa to sketch the salient pioof Mr Oladstone's Home l'ule Bi'l. It received to the Imperial iValutme! t all Mich quc-tion^ a 1 - the .sucee---jon to and pi negatives of the lluone ai my and navy, foreign affairs, v, fa. coinage, ti'ide and luuigation, copyi ig))t, cen-u - and quarantine laws, w eights a\d me.i-uies, and fiscal unity. Ireland vs left to t ! <\il -with her own domestic legisl.it ion. But this was not enough. h eland ,-liotdd lia\o the full control of her o\. n ji.scal aJl'-ii-s. (Cheers) If England att jmpted to int3i teiow ith out liscil alhurs we v, ould take up the .swoid and make a detei mined -.'and ag-ainst her. (Loud cheeis.) She tiied it on with America last, century, anti the lesiilt « as that she lost America. It w.is quitj i ig/it that t/ho bill si ion Id }>roa ide against the endowment of any jiarti«.v.ilar leligioi in li eland (cheeis), but, Ireli'i.l elcaily should ha\ethe control of her own taxation. This was the deficiency in the bill, and he attached the greater knpoiiauc j to it as the Irish people had p: ofes-od their v/illmgne^ to accoj)t it as a fMi.'tl -cttleu'eat of the (|ue.stion of Home Kule. Ei.gland was ptaetically taking ad\;ti)tago of Ireland's weakness and her de-iie foi Hoinellule in thus withholding the gteat liglit of fiscal contiol (cheeis), tlm julit of de.'ling with her own Customs and Exci-e. Such, a thing would not be toleiated in any of the colonies. (Cheers.) Mr Conneli eloquently maintained that the granting of «-'ich full lights of .sol f -government a.s he advocated would no more tend to sever Ireland trom England or to weaken the earning attachment of liislimen to the Emj'iic thin it had done in the colonies. The tendency would be quite in the opposite direction. (Cheers.) Had England ever found nobler or bati'jr men to serve her interests than Ii iahmen? 1 Fad .she ever had a gi eater statesman than Buike? Never. (Cheers.) Had f-l c ever found a greater soldier than the Duke of Wellington ? Nom\ (Clieer.s.) All thewiong England had heaped upon Ireland had been poweiless to alienate the hearts of Irishmen from the cause of England. (Hear, hexr. ) He detested the prejudice, ignorance and superstition that was being shown over this question of Home Rule. Englishmen and Irishmen alike mu.sfc make up their mi ads for Homo ltule, for it wan just, and it must be conceded, and Home Rule Ireland should ha\ em the name of God. Mr Conneli resumed his seat amid loud and prolonged cheering 1 . On the motion of Mr H Mcllhone, seconded by Mr Lawler, a vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Council. The ajsembl.ige dispersed after "ginng throe choera for Mr Con noil.