Ebook The Philosophy of Welsh History

Englishman, or of an Irishman, or even of a Scotsman. So it is with the instrument of education. Wales leads, not only in the United Kingdom, but in Europe; she plays religion, education, music, and poetry better than any other Civilized community, and when she will be privileged to make her own laws in her own Parliament, she will play government better than any other nation. The Welsh mind, it is contended, is so differently related to religion, to ethical ideas, to education, to temperance, to political economy, and to the question of government, that it is providentially set apart to illumine the minds of other people on ethics and politics; they have a message of their own to deliver to mankind; and for the due consideration and the due deliverance of this great message, it is necessary to have a Parliament of their own with an Executive of its own, and responsible only to the Welsh. They have not yet considered the ways and means, the question of finance and the annual contribution to the Imperial Ex'chequer for the upkeep of the Army and Navy, the constitution of such a Par liament, and various other matters that statesmen of responsibility would regard as important. The only thing, it appears, that they have seriously considered is the question of offices, and these, it seems, have already been allocated. The Welsh electors are told that they must accept a Parliament, but they are not told what kind of Parliament or why it is needed so the people are apathetic, and those Welsh Parliamentary Representatives who are asking for it are like voices crying in the wilderness.