LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS.
[To TIER EDITOR 07 TER "SPRCT•TOR...]
SIR.—Just now, when the sound of victory is still in our ears, it might be well if our English and Scottish friends and enemies would realize bow this victory has been won. It might perhaps bring home to some that we in Ulster have been, and are, trying all constitutional methods first to defeat Home Rule. 1 write only of the West Lothian result, but I have no doubt the same facts are true of Reading. West Lothian for the past eighteen months has been exhaustively canvassed by ten working men from our local Unionist Club. They have been three times in the constituency, for about three weeks each time, and made a house-to-house canvass
of those opposed to us on the question of Home Rule. No other point was touched on, as these men embrace all shades of political opinion, but are solidly united on the evils of Home Rule. These ten men volunteered, they are not paid one penny, but have made tremendous sacrifices, have worked hard and unceasingly, and the splendid result is almost entirely due to their efforts. Each visit made hundreds of converts, and it is more than ever brought home to us here in Ulster that Scotsmen only want to know the real facts to put justice and truth before party.—I am, Sir, &G.,
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