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...very interesting debate took place at the Harvard Union last evening on the question of Home Rule for Ireland. Mr. Duane opened the case for the affirmative. After describing the unjust and despotic ascendancy of England over the Irish people at the present time, he went on to point out how this could be remedied by a suitable scheme of Home Rule. He also maintained that the Irish had advanced sufficiently in political training to render it safe to entrust them with self-government. He closed his case by expressing his firm conviction that Home Rule would soon...
...Williams, L. S. opened the case for the negative. Ireland, he said, has laws as just as those of England and Scotland. The difficulty in Ireland is not political but economic. At some time, the law question will have to be settled. If the land is to be brought up, England is better able to do it than Ireland is. The Irish members of Parliament have displayed ability in an obstructive rather than a constructive...
...predecessor. He then touched upon the fearful oppression to which the Irish nation had been subject to at the hands of England for 700 years. By means of statistics written upon the blackboard, he showed that England would lose nothing by surrendering all claim to the control of Ireland...
...next Harvard Union Debate will take place Jan. 6, 1887, in Sever 11 at 7.30 p.m. The question for discussion is: "Resolved, That in view of the Present Relations between England and Ireland, a Home Rule Measure would be extremely desirable." The regular disputants, are, aff. Russell Duane, '88, R. B. Mahany, '88; neg., H. M. Williams, L. S., G. P. Furber...
Resolved, that the Present Relations of England and Ireland render a measure of Home Rule extremely desirable...