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Author: Margaret A. BANKSPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Edward Blake, Irish Nationalist. A Canadian Statesman in Irish Politics, 1892-1907. [With a Portrait.].
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Author: Margaret A. BANKSEdward Blake, Irish Nationalist
Author: Margaret A. BanksPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442633255
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
In 1892, Edward Blake, ex-Premier of Ontario and former leader of the Liberal party in the Canadian House of Common, was invited by the Irish parliamentary party to stand for election in the British Parliament. This surprising invitation grew out of the conflicts of the Irish “Home Rule” controversy, then a critical issue in British politics. When Blake abandoned the Canadian political scene he had just severed connections with the Liberal party, which he had served as Minister of justice in the only federal Liberal administration down to 1896, and as Leader of the Opposition from 1880 to 1887. Irish Home Rule was a cause which engaged the sympathies of Liberals all over the British Empire, and although Blake intended to return permanently to Canada, he remained a member of the British Parliament, devoting ceaseless efforts to the Irish interest, until illness forced his retirement in 1907. Up to the present time, little attention has been given by either Irish or Canadian historians to the Irish career of Edward Blake. It spanned the years of failure and frustration which stretched between the spectacular period of Gladstone and Parnell to the excitements of the third Home Rule Bill, the Ulster resistance, and the Sinn Fein movement. Although Blake declined much part in parliamentary debate during these arid years, he played a vital and unappreciated role in the inner discussions and struggles of the Irish Nationalist movement. Blake was not only a statesman of blameless reputation, but a constitutional authority whose superior abilities were lying unused in Canada after Confederation. He brought to the Irish party a cool judgment, and a consciousness of the role of statesmanship in politics, which won the highest respect of all its leaders, including McCarthy and Redmond. Dr. Banks has made a searching assessment of Blake’s historical position: the reason why, in the eyes of his contemporaries, he never attained the political status which he merited, and the basis for the enormous respect which he was accorded by all who worked with him in the inner circles of the party. It is an informative account, based on careful research, of an enigmatic figure in Canadian politics, whose career encountered unequalled frustrations and discouragement, but whom Sir Wilfrid Laurier unhesitatingly termed “the most powerful intellectual force in Canadian political history.” Of interest to everyone concerned with Irish and Imperial problems, it will merit the attention of political analysts and historians alike.
Edward Blake, Irish Nationalist;
Author: Margaret a 1928- BanksPublisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781013612282
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Official Report of the Speech Delivered by Hon. Edward Blake, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada on the Irish Question
Author: Edward BlakeThe Case for Ireland Stated [microform] : Speech Delivered by Hon. Edward Blake, M.P., in Washington, U.S.A. on Dec. 7th, 1902
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Author: Edward BlakePublisher: London: United Irish League
ISBN: 9780665797507
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Speech of Hon. Edward Blake, M. P
Author: Edward BlakePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781396334153
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Edward Blake, M. P: Delivered Before the First National Convention, United Irish League of America, Faneuil Hall, Boston, Mass., October 20-21, 1902 As to the form of the charge. The clear and precise and plain statement of the crime is no longer necessary. It is a summary proceeding; and the have held that the same particularity and precision which the law de in the ordinary course is not required in the case of a summons under the Crimes Acts. Secondly the juries are abolished for the reason that I have mentioned, that even with all 0 their care and the use of Stand by, a ury may sometimes contain a dissentient. And the facts, instead of being tri by a jury of the land, of those people who are supposed to make and to sufier under the law, the facts are tried by magistrates. If such a thing were done in Eng land as to have the facts tried by judges instead of by juries, there would be such a disturbance as would drive out the government. Yet not only the law but the facts are tried by those same magistrates. I have told you that the fate of the accused is in the hands, instead of a jury and of a high independent judge, the fate of the accused is in the hands of we call removeable magistrates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Edward Blake: Leader and exile, 1881-1912
Author: Joseph SchullPublisher: Macmillan of Canada
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON. EDWARD BLAKE
Author: EDWARD. BLAKEPublisher:
ISBN: 9780259281245
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Irish Situation; Speech of Mr. Blake, M.P. to the Irish Nationalists of Glasgow at Glasgow, December, 1898
Author: Nationalism in Ireland
Author: D. George BoycePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134797419
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Boyce examines the relationship between ideas and political and social reality. A new final chapter considers the development of nationalism in both parts of Ireland, and places the phenomenon of nationalism in a contemporary and European setting.