The rest of the Unionist Party, of course, do not
say this. They admit, as Lord Lansdowne said, that if the majority of the voters of the United Kingdom endorse the Bill the Unionist Party cannot and will not give any encouragement to the people of Ulster to resist by force, even though they are not excluded from the scope of the Bill. That is perfectly plain and perfectly logical. The Unionists agree, in fact, to all that the Government have a right to ask of them. But the. Government go further and say that if the majority of the electors decide for the Bill, the Unionists must then declare it a good Bill per is and support it. A more slavish suggestion was never made by an Oriental sultan. The loyal subject is not merely to submit to the sultan's will, but is to swear that it is the voice of a god, not of a man!
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