On Monday Mr. Horace Plunkett addressed a meeting of his
South Dublin constituents in the Town Hall, Kingstown, in which he denounced the attempt that was being made to drive him out of public life. We cannot go into the details of the dispute between Mr. Horace Plunkett and those who are opposing him, but we believe that we shall not be exagger- ating when we say that the majority of Unionists in Great Britain wish him all success, and would regard it as a calamity were he to lose his seat in South Dublin. That he appointed a Roman Catholic, a strong Home-ruler, and one who was thus in sympathy with the Irish peasantry, to act under him in the non-political Department which is doing so much for Ireland in the matter of agriculture and technical instruc- tion, is, in our opinion, not a cause for complaint but for the highest praise. We want to teach the Nationalists that, be their opinions what they may, they will always be welcomed if they will come forward and work for the material good of Ireland. Mr. Gerald Balfour and Mr. Horace Plunkett have made no small sacrifices and incurred no little odium in carrying out that principle, but they may remember that their good work has not gone unnoticed and unapproved by Unionists on this side of the Irish Channel.
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