MR. HERBERT GLADSTONE, M.P., ON IRELAND.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume X, Issue 517, 9 March 1883, Page 9

MR. HERBERT GLADSTONE, M.P., ON IRELAND.

A meeting under the auspices 1 of the Liberal associations of the counties of Peebles and Selkirk was held in Peebles on Saturday last Mr. Herbert Gladstone, M.P.. was amongst the speakers We take the following passages in reference to Ireland from his speech :—: — He sincerely trusted that the people of England and Scotland would not allow the affairs of Ireland entirely to depart from their minds. He agreed with what Mr. Chamberlain said the other day — that there was time in every session to attend to the wants of Ireland together with the wants of England and Scotland. The form of government in Ireland was as bad as it could be. In his opinion it was one of the worst forms of government to "be found in Europe. Centralisation was the curse of the country. Every man in Ireland' looked to the Government, and the Government alone, for what they wanted. They had not had. the political education necessary for a local government, but he thought that the system of government in in Ireland, being so bad, should be 'before long radically reformed and the main object which any government should have before it in regard to Ireland was to induce the people to think they had friends And not enemies in the government of the country, and not only to create sympathy between landlord and ' tenant, but to win sympathy for themselves (cheers). He thought they should adopt the principles they adopted in Scotland, and allow the people as far as possible to manage their own affairs, consistent with the supremacy of the Soverign aad Imperial Parliament (hear, hear).