ARCHBISHOP REDWOOD ON HOME RULE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1716, 27 March 1888, Page 4

ARCHBISHOP REDWOOD ON HOME RULE.

Id the oourie of his remarks at a recent m.-oting in Wellingt >n Archbishop Eed.wood , a id bought us here to-night is one whioh excites . je keenest interest in the publio mind at the sent day j throughout the whole of the BriM-h, Empire, and throuthout the length >.td breadth of the best part of the civilized world—the queition of Home Bule for Ireland. Shall the Irish people succeed in leir 'mighty and prolonged struggle foi the fights of self-government ? or, to put the matter in the ligbt in whioh I Bee it, for I beiisye no other solution will be adequate ■y-ie final, Shall the L-Uh again have an Irish Parliament, fctiuli b. ,! t'f days than those of G-ntttan return, sbwl Irish patriots and their *ell-wishers and allies throughout the world «ee their fond vision realised by a thoroughly representative Parliament in College Green ? We believe they will at no distant date. We believe that they are not far from the final victory, and we are here to cheer them on, to express our warm approval of the great prinoiples for which they have long and nobly struggled, to sympathise with all our hearts nod to help them practically with aliberal hand We have full confidence in their success, whatever be the hour marked out by the finger of Province, because their aims ar< jus! and their cause rightous. The Irish are a.,utled to an Iri-h Parliament as muoh, in m, opinion, as the E.g'ish to an English P rl'amenf " He poinud out that fur six OofHuric* there wa? an I ish Parliament, and •t? ngly condemned the U 'ion and the intrigue* whioh led to it. , It. had failed in ad as avowed purposes, and resulted in grea ■.I jusitee to I eland. He reviewed 'heeffeot* „o length. Be continued -" Ireland's right o &n Irsb Prliament remains inviolable, though 11a < xerci e has be«n for a time uppre.osed. Recognising that right, th« Canadian Pafliamunt a short time ago, in its nappy experience of the oountless blessings uf Home Kule, came forward to represent to Her Majesty the wisdom and necessity of conceding Ireland's natural demand. Let Ireland have/what Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other colonies possess. It is toolish to prolong a forced union, requiring a large army for its preservation. This demand is no revolution : it isonlyfhepolici of the Empire." Hit. Grace then dwelt at length upon how completely Hom<> Role bad been conceded to all the colonies and po»«essions of the Empire, and declared that " Home Bule by means of an Irish Parlia. ment will bring Ireland into political harmony with the rest of England's dominions. Bu l , it may be aiked, what do loyal Irishmen really mean by this somewhat vague denomination Home BuleP Home Bule me*as the right of self-government by a nationa 1 Parliament, Ifis not merely the repeal of t';e Obnoxious TJuion. It means the establishment of an I|isn Parliament, with full oontrol of Ireland's domestic affairs; a Parliament with all the qualities, and more besides, of the Parliament existing before the Union, and with none of its defects { a Parliament whioh shall aot be on the one hand a perpetual peril to the JJinsjliah connection by us power ot voting supp ies, and money, and materials for general and Imperial concerns; aud on the other hand, a perpetual ruenaoa (

to Irish liberty by its want of a responsible Minittry, its inability to remove by a vote of Don-oonfidenoe an obnoxious and corrupt Ministry, The Parliament which Home Rule advocates for Ireland offers to surrender the Irish control over Imperial supplies, and olaimß a responsible Irish Ministry. It leaves Imperial oonoerns to the Imperial Legislature, and claims the exolusive management of local or domestio affairs, and if it is asked what are ' local' and what are ' Imperial' concerns, the answer is that the arrangement and adjustment of such matters are not beyond the ability of laglish and Irish statesmen when the time for their consideration has oome." In concluding, he said—- " Kestore to Ireland her national legislation, make tardy but sincere and generous trad thorough amends to; her for past wrongs, and then, as nature .smiles and thrivss in genial sunlight, so under the resuscitating power of Home Rule Ireland will smile and thrive in peace and prosperity, a glory to England, and not a foul blot and shame. Her loyalty to the throne and her connection with England will be seoured for ever, and between the two noble countries, too long strangled by bigotry and misgovernmtnt, there will be established a union of friendship and justice able to defy the rudest shocks of time."