My mission is to pacify Ireland
Gladstones mission to pacify Ireland was essentaillyan attempt to achieve a just relationship between landlord and tenantand grant Ireland certain independence.He attemtped to succeed in his conquest with the introduction of several Land Acts(1870-1881) and the disestablishment of the Protestant Church(1869).The first Land AAct was passed in 1870, following the Fenian uprising of 1867.This act legalised the Ulster Custom of fair rent, free sale and fixity of tenure in areas where it operated. Tenants leaving farms were to be compensated for improvements made and for disturbance.This act was also accompanied by a "Bright clause" which lent one third of the purchase price of the land to those who wished to but it.Concurrently, the act only had symbolic significance.It had little practical effect.Landlords could easily escape payments to tenats as the Ulster Custom was difficult to define in law. Landlords also had the ability to raise rents, thus forcing tenants into arrears,making them ineligible to benefit from the act.
The flaws evident in the 1881 Lnad Act were resolved through the unoffical "Kilmainham Treaty",Between Gladstone and Parnell.It required that leaseholders and those in arrears be included in the 1881 Land Act. This Amending Act of 1882 provided funds to eliminate rent arrears and permitted leaseholdes to have their rents fixed by the Land Court.In conjunction with the 1881 Land Act,this Amending Act,satisfied the immediate aims of the Land League, which were the 3F's and provided a temporary cesation in agitation in Ireland.Yet while the Liberals had made the highest concessions to tenant farmers and effectively made them joint owners of their farms, they refused to finance any scheme which would lead to owner occupancy.The Liberals became divided about the situation in Ireland.A radical group,fronted by Chamberlin, sought partial self government.This was rejected by Parnell.In June 1885, Gladstones Liberal Government was defeated.The Conservatives under Salsbury came into power and formed a minority government, while el
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