HOME RULE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8584, 4 June 1891, Page 3

HOME RULE.

TO THE EDITOR. ' * ! " ' / ,*1 Sir,l quite concur with " E.P.G." in his wish to avoid controversy on this much *<T*j vexed subject. But I would fain , crave your indulgence once more. Your correspondent makes a rather ambiguous deduction in his letter this morning in trying to prove thai Tories are deficient in patriotism,' and in the >. "Jp same breath tells us that in the eyes of the 1 world they are supporting their dying cause. I would ask what is' Liberalism iof the present day but a mild form of Toryism? A 1 child might indeed see that if he was precocious enough. As, regards great causes I have noticed that in nearly ever case Where disaster or total'ruin is threatening to pervade old Ireland.whether in the shape _of Home Rule, separation, or any such unnecessary issue, a special providence : skips in and saves the country. ;It is said that in some £ cases the end justifies the means, and it looks as though after all that Parnell's disgrace' - w0.3 Ireland's salvation. As an outcome of J A %. the lull in the intimidation line of business we read the other day of the evicted teaanta at Tipperary paying up their just rents and going back to their holdings. This is surely a sign of the times. Beyond doubt patriot- • ism is at a discount lin these times. . Reason and common senw are taking its place in all civilised nations.—l am, etc., Dewardo. .