Mr. Dillon thinks he has devised a plan whioh will
defeat the Crimes Act. He either believes, or affects to believe, that the purpose of that Bill is to keep up rents, and declares that he has devised a new "Plan of Campaign " which will " circumvent it completely, and protect the people from excessive rents and excessive prices for their farms." He had always been opposed to crime and outrage ; but " there was a line of policy so perfect that the people would be induced to act so loyally towards one another, that they would not revert to crime and outrage," which one perceives are now the acknowledged "sanctions" of popular loyalty. We would just ask Mr. Dillon one question. If he knows of a plan which, without outrage, without crime, and without resistance to the law, will keep down rents in Ireland, what is the extent of his guilt towards his countrymen in keeping it secret P On his own theory of the situation, he is letting them damn themselves in dozens for an object which be can secure for them without sin. If that is his conviction, why does he not vote for the Crimes Bill, as a measure calculated to protect the innocence of Ireland P
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