... welding a power which is felt and feared, the latter exhibiting the paraphernalia and pomp, but little of the reality of power." Parnell exploited this situation fully in parliament to bring the issue of Ireland firmly to the forefront of every member of parliaments mind. Gladstone's way to deal with the situation in Ireland was to introduce a severe Coercion Bill to restore law and order before any land reforms Speaking at Ennis on ... Lord Frederick Cavendish was immediately sent to Ireland as Chief Secretary to inaugurate the new era of peaceful progress, but on the day of his arriva...

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