LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE REFUGE OF THE TYRANT.
rTo TEM EDITOR or TR. "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—The discussion about gun-running in Ulster is tending to divert attention from what is, to Unionists, the real point at issue. Fierce language about bringing rebels to their senses has been the refuge of every tyrant since history began, and Mr. Churchill's oration in the House of Commons on Tuesday night finds many parallels—e.g., the language used about the Scottish Covenanters by King Charles I. in 1637 and 1638, and by the Ministers of Charles II. forty years later. History in these cases has laid the blame, not upon the rebels, but upon the men who drove them into rebellion, and the Unionist charge against his Majesty's present advisers is just that they have driven a loyal and peaceful industrial popula- tion into open rebellion. No greater crime can be committed by any Government. Their condemnation lies in that simple
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