We may note that, in addition to the resolution we
have just quoted, the Derry Standard, the only Liberal newspaper in Ireland, with the exception of the Northern Whig, which remained true to the Legislative Union, strongly endorses our last article in regard to the true policy for Ulster, and heads its leader, "The Way to Win." Our article they declare "is beyond the shadow of a doubt one of the most valuable con- tributions yet made to this vexed controversy."
"Has not Mr. Redmond staked everything in the last resort on this—that Home Rule must be established because it is the declared wish of the Irish people through their duly accredited Parliamentary representatives? Very good. Take it at that. In meeting him on this ground we have the best possible chance of winning. Why ? Because he argues with all the eloquence he possesses that the English Government have no right to thrust their laws upon the Irish people against their will. Suppose that be accepted ? Let the principle be applied to the case of the Unionists in Ireland wherever they may be. Is it a constitutional proce- dure to thrust upon these people the rule of a Dublin Parliament, which they detest as much as Mr. Redmond and those who think with him detest what he calls an English Parliament? Certainly not. Therefore every county in Ireland has a right to say whether or not it desires to have a Dublin Parliament. Wherever there is a majority against it Mr. Redmond is barred by his own argument from thrusting upon that community his Irish Parliament."
That is excellently put, and we are delighted to find so strong a supporter as the Derry Standard for a claim which, we are convinced must, if it is persisted in, make Englishmen and Scotsmen whose eyes are not absolutely blinded by party pas.. sion realize what they would be doing if they forced the North-East counties of Ireland under a Dublin Parliament.
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