Mr. Morley maintained that he and his friends adhere strictly
to the policy of pursuing political methods by consti- tutional means. Well, if so, why does he call Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Dillon his friends ? No one can pretend for a moment that the vehement advocates of the "Plan of Campaign" pursue political methods by constitutional means, and no one can pretend for a moment that Mr. Morley and Mr. Gladstone have condemned and repudiated at all, still less in the burning words that they ought to have used, Mr. O'Brien's and Mr. Dillon's advocacy of the unconstitutional and demoralising methods of Irish agitation. We quite agree with Mr. Morley that Mr. Dillon and Mr. O'Brien are perfectly " sincere " when they state their desire for a reconciliation with England,—on their own terms. But that their own terms are terms in which any large part of the English nation can ever be persuaded to acquiesce, or ever ought to acquiesce, Mr. Morley will not be able to convince us.
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