Sir Wilfrid Lawson, speaking on Wednesday at Aspatria, in West
Cumberland, suggested a very sensational remedy for Obstruction, which was that Irish Members should all be slaughtered at the port of debarcation. " That, however, is a large and comprehensive measure for which public opinion is not yet ripe; " indeed, Sir Wilfrid Lawson seldom speaks now, without hinting that there is no solution for Irish difficulties except separation ; but separation also is certainly " a large and comprehensive measure, for which public opinion is not yet ripe." Nevertheless, said Sir Wilfrid, some way must be found of dealing with English and Scotch subjects, for another Ses- sion cannot be sacrificed to Irish exigencies. Sir Wilfrid Lawson despaired, it appears, of overcoming that difficulty, so long as obstruction remains in the hands of such accomplished professors of the art as Mr. James Lowther, Mr. Tom Collins, and Mr. George Augustus Frederick Cavendish Bentinck. Sir Wilfrid passed over, however, Lord Randolph Churchill, who has shown less scruple and more dexterity in manipulating the irreconcilable Irish party than all these three great men put together. The leader of an organised claque is always more formidable than any group of individuals, however noisy.
