Mr. Dillon made another furious speech at Limerick on Tuesday,
in the course of which he urged Irishmen not to purchase their farms, but to carry out the " Plan of Campaign," which could be worked this winter more easily than ever. " We," he said, " have brought the landlords to their knees." "The people have everything to gain from a prolongation of the struggle, and the landlords have everything to lose." If " these men continue to exasperate and persecute the people of Ireland, we will see that we will slice off a portion of their rents, and if we cannot put them into prison, we will fine them, anyway." " No estate in Ireland need pay this winter more than a just rent, and if they do, I have no compassion for them at all." He bade them subscribe to the " Plan of Campaign," for that came out of the pockets of the landlords, and " it is an accepted maxim in war to live on the enemy if you can." Is it ? We thought that had been denounced by all civilised nations as plunder, and that armies now paid for all they took. It is reported that Mr. Dillon is to be prosecuted for this speech, which, it should be remembered, was delivered after the Land Commissioners had begun to act on the statute passed last year, and to order a second cutting down of rents in consequence of the prevalent low prices. Mr. Dillon ended with a lofty peroration in favour of Home-rule; but it is evident that he knew his real lever to be reduction of rent.
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