It should be read by all who wish to gain a
thorough understanding of the Irish problem.
[54] See a very interesting pamphlet entitled "The Closing of the Irish
Parliament," by John Roche Ardill, LL.D. (Dublin). Dublin: Hodges,
Figgis and Co. Price 1s. 6d.
[55] For instance, it was by a Unionist intrigue at the Vatican that
the Pope was induced to denounce the "Plan of Campaign," and to
restrain the agitation among the Irish priests.
HOME RULE IN HISTORY
FIVE CENTURIES OF LIMITED HOME RULE
(1265-1780)
"You parade a great deal upon the vast concessions made by this
country to the Irish before the Union. I deny that any
voluntary concession was ever made by England to Ireland. What
did Ireland ever ask that was granted? What did she ever demand
that was not refused? How did she get her Mutiny Bill--a
limited Parliament--a repeal of Poynings' Law--a Constitution?
Not by the concessions of England, but by her fears. When
Ireland asked for all these things upon her knees, her
petitions were rejected with Percevalism and contempt; when she
demanded them with the voice of 60,000 armed men, they were
granted with every mark of consternation and dismay"
SYDNEY SMITH.
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