. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. show the slow movement of Mr. Gladstones mind in the certaindirection which he was taking. Mr. Dillon delivered a speech on the actualcondition in Ireland, very truthful and very bitter. He went so far as tocontemplate a scene of universal warfare in his country, and in summing upthe whole situation declared that it was use
. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. show the slow movement of Mr. Gladstones mind in the certaindirection which he was taking. Mr. Dillon delivered a speech on the actualcondition in Ireland, very truthful and very bitter. He went so far as tocontemplate a scene of universal warfare in his country, and in summing upthe whole situation declared that it was useless to legislate against Irishcrimes and outrages so long as eviction continued to work its horribleresults among the tenants. To this Mr. Gladstone replied. He said that Dillons declarations wereheartbreaking; but he thanked him for his frankness. The honorable gen-tleman had raised an issue which was now clear. On one side was the Brit-ish government, and all law-obeying and law-abiding men ; on the other sidewas the honorable gentleman who had just spoken. He had told the Housethat it was useless to denounce outrage until eviction was denounced what were Eviction was a legal right. It might involve 572 LIFE AXU TIMES OF WILLIAM E. UNIOXIST DEMONSTRATION IN BELFAST. FIRST BATTLE FOR HOME RULE. 573 prejudice to a neighbor, or even moral guilt. He did not deny that one forthe exercise of the right of eviction might be held guilty in the sight of God ;but the right existed, and was a legal right. Mr. Dillon had placed thelandlord who exercised the right of eviction on the same level with theperpetrator of crimes. Strange it is that just such a condition as that heredepicted by the prime minister is always necessary in Great Britain before areform against an abuse can be promoted ! Nevertheless Mr. Gladstone was himself moving steadily in the direc-tion of reform, and would arrive at that end before the majority of hiscountrymen. The Cr
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