[To ill EDROZ Or THE .. SPECTA70/21 Sia,—In Mr. Ratteubury's opinion
(Spectator, May 2nd) Home Rule will be a positive advantage to Protestantism, a positive disadvantage to Homan Catholicism. This may be so, but it is not a sufficient reason for bringing it about. A political injustice for a religious advantage hardly seems a worthy motive from the pen of one whose watchword is freedom. Will human nature be altered by shifting the centres of govern- ment P Or is Mr. Rattenbury writing in his sleep P It is really too late to raise the cry "The clergy is the enemy!" The greatest enemy of the human race is indifference to justice. Evidently modern Liberal Protestantism has no monopoly of this excellent commodity. Mixed motives do not contribute to the sense of justice. It is possible to allow the practice of one's principles to fall into disuse. Or is Ireland to be converted into a paradise for Puritans by the aid of eighty votes in the House of Comment P I am a Wesleyan Methodist, but I prefer
"To shun the Heaven that leads me to this Hell."
—I am, Sir, de., FREDERICK GUTTRIDGE. 68 Albert Road, Ashford, Kent.
[We cannot publish any more letters on this subject—ED. Spectator.]
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