The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1882. HOME RULE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1132, 22 July 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1882. HOME RULE.

It is-no'-wonder that the .ifastert'oii' 'Debating Society found that it.had,'asomewhat tough subject, to settle •wjlieit it took up tiic question. of Home Rule. The'expudiency of, it may bo "Viewed from so many, different standpointsthat it .is'not. easy to form a . clear and decided opiniop for oi\ against if, The subject may be approached ;■ from several Irish, - and Colonial aspects, and with" a little -iatitude as to .premises, -may bebrouglit out logically, to almost any conclusion. There is no.doubt that 'at tho' time of the Union, -Ireland .was fraudulently deprived '. f Home Rule, and that the subsequent'attempts of. England to be a special Providence to the country have not been altogether successful/ If tho demand for Homo Rule \w general throughout Ireland, we scarcely, see how Great Britain could iri ; equity refuse to admit the ."claim, but'the ,wealc point of the Home Rulers is that they only represent a -section of the country. If Ireland were, polled tomorrow for and against Home Rule, we believe that about one half, of the population would vote in favor of . it' and the other half against it., Of the Irish members of' the House of Commons' but one half are Home Rulers, and the fact may be taken as affair, test .of public opinion in tho .country. -It would-be manifestly unjust on so important a question to accede' to ' the jwisKes 'of only one half of the popular tion,' especially when that moiety,epn-, tains the more violent and ill-condi-tioned members of the community and the other half' includes the move staid, trustworthy, and industrious: inhabitants .of the country... It is true that {the national sentiment may-be stronger in: the Home Rulers ; than- in the

anti-Hoine-- .Ljjtle'' th'e latter m tlie countrf r and have every i«ona| l>le^A^goi^^e^is ,cp» ini|tureMf "fates •Emerallfsle miicli renders 'the fenaf :tion |lniost^ilii)cis|ile, /ifiprtlij South, aml-West.,very, differently pelf' of men are to 'be found—men wlfo;if their jfeelinglf of animosityjvero not; directed liill'oiitamphg tliemselves/- If thehoine' iule.pai;ty,cou]d:-.succced,in.'coiivei'ting. to its ways of 1 thinking the bulk of its! own fellow countrymen, it would be in ft position to call itself a national party! and to demand as. such its ; reldase.from. British ' rule; aVfiir 'as' it's 'own local 1 [Government is concerned, Until,; I.however, -it constitutes, .a ..clear .and! marked majority of f-hti'lrish peoplelt: has'no right to make terms for the: the country. ;v;