[To VTR EDITOR OF TUN "SPROTATOR."] Sin,—In the autumn of
1688 the Protestant minority in Ireland feared they were in danger of losing their liberties: the Protestant regiments of the King's army were showing signs of disaffection. An ardent Jacobite of the time might have used the very words of your correspondent "Discipline," "It will be a very bad day for the nation when its Army . . . begins to meddle in politics." But what was the result ? Largely owing to the meddling in politics of the soldiery, the "glorious" revolution was brought about. The Protestant minority in Ireland are again fearful for their liberties. May it not again happen that owing to the attitude of the Army, if all other ways fail, their liberties will be again kept intact? Macaulay, referring to this epoch, says, "Many who had been struck with horror when they heard of the first defections now blamed themselves for having been so slow to discern the
signs of the times."—I am, Sir, Ate., H. B.
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