Has the administration of the law been of a character to reconcile, or has it been of a character to estrange, or has it been calculated to teach respect for the Government, or to bring the Government into increasing hatred or contempt?
From a speech on Home Rule, Gladstone questions the impact of law administration on public reconciliation and respect for government.
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I want to know what title the resident magistrate had to make such a condition as that. (Opposition cheers.) Most dangerous is this introduction of the new discretion of resident magistrates,--a discretion of imposing new restrictions upon…
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