Mr. Dodson, at Lewes, on Thursday, spoke nearly as strongly
as Mr. Chamberlain on the necessity of patience with Ireland. He thought that although the recent movement had been more formidable than the tithe war of 1831 and the Fenian con- spiracy of 1869, the worst might be considered past ; but held that although Ireland often appeared like the "country in the looking-glass " of Lewis Carroll, the country where the order and sequence of things are inverted, the duty of England is still clear. "We should go forward in the path that justice and forbearance point out, without being diverted from our course by misinterpretation of our motives, misappre- hension of our objects, or scorn and rejection of our well-meant acts." There is one good, at least, which Ireland is doing to all Englishmen. It is teaching them to do good without hope either of reward or gratitude, and to possess their souls in patience, even when the wrong seems to win. Ten years of effort for Ireland will make the electors statesmen.
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