Mr. F. E. Smith asked when before in the history
of the world any Government had been mad enough to try to drive out from its Parliament a loyal, obedient, and pros- perous community. Sir Edward Carson said that no Radical ,Party, no Coalition Ministry, would ever drive him out of his citizenship in the United Kingdom so long as he had the help of his fellow-citizens in England and of the strong arms of the men who assisted him in Ulster. He denied the right of the Government to use the Army in any way they pleased; they had a right to use the Army in any way the country pleased, but they were not prepared to take the country's vote on the subject. The meeting, which opened at 4.30 with the singing of "0 God, our help in ages past" and the National Anthem, closed an hour later with the roar of voices acclaiming the resolution, put from all the plat- forms, protesting against the use of the Navy and Army "to drive out by force of arms our fellow-subjects in Ireland from their full heritage in the Parliament of the United Kingdom," and calling on the Government to submit this grave issue to the people immediately.
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