§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Fermanagh, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether his attention has been called to the following paragraph in the Report of a speech delivered by Mr. Frank Brook, at Brookborough, county Fermanagh, and reported in The Fermanagh Times of the 18th instant—
But, brother Orangemen, if England spurns us from her then, and, if by the vote of the men who are tied hand and foot to Gladstone's chariot wheels, and who would follow him to perdition sooner than vote against him—if, I say, by these votes Home Rule is granted to the Parnellite rebels, then, I say, England scorns us; and we must let her know, with no uncertain sound, that we, the loyal minority, will never, no, never, allow the rebels to place their yoke around our necks, at least not without a struggle; and, before accepting their law as the law of the land, we will rise as one man and fight for our liberties, our homes, and our glorious religion;and, whether this speech will be brought by the Government under the notice of the Lord Chancellor, in view of the fact that Mr. Brook holds the Commission of the Peace, and is a Deputy Lieutenant 29 for Fermanagh? The hon. Member added that his Question had been altered. In the original form the word "hell" occurred, and not "perdition."
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne)This Question appears without Notice, and I have not been able to ascertain whether this quotation is correctly given. If I find, however, that there is reason to believe that Mr. Brook used the language imputed to him, I may consider it my duty to bring the matter under the notice of the Lord Chancellor.