Then Lord Selborne spoke, following up this appeal to Mr.
Gladstone with a special appeal to Lord Spencer, who had said that we cannot tolerate anarchy in Ireland, and recommending to all Liberals Professor Dicey's powerful book on "England's Case against Home-rule." Lord Selborne also expressed his wonder that Mr. Gladstone, while treating his Home-rule scheme as final for Ireland, had stirred up Scotland and Wales to compli- cate the question by demanding Home-rnle for themselves. Mr. George Dixon delivered,—as a Birmingham Radical,—a most hearty speech in support of Lord Hartington, and promised the utmost patience to the Government rather than that the Unionists should replace a Home-rule Party in power. He deeply regretted, however, as every true Liberal must, the long apathy to the wrongs of Ireland which preceded Mr. Glad- stone's accession to power in 1868. Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P. for South Tyrone, made an excellent speech, in which he drew the natural inference from Archbishop Walsh's adhesion to the policy of the National League's new campaign ; Mrs. Fawcett declared her husband's firm conviction that the Union goes to the very heart and root of our existence as a nation ; while the Duke of Westminster and Lord Northbrook both gave their cordial support to Lord Hartington's policy.
