Sir Edward Carson's speech, to which we have already referred,
was made last Saturday at the chief Ulster meet- ing, held as usual to celebrate the Twelfth of July. In proposing the repeal of the Home Rule Act, " which has been repudiated by every party in Ireland," he declared that there were only two policies before the country—the maintenance of the Union and an Irish Republic. Protestant Ulster desired only to be left alone. " I tell them [the British people] that if there is any attempt made to take away one jot or tittle of your rights as British citizens and the advantages which have been won in this war of freedom, I will call out the Ulster Volunteers." Dominion Home Rule, which Mr. Devlin professed to want, was "an Irish Republic camouflaged by another name—nothing more and nothing less." Ulster would have nothing to do with it. The British Constitution was good enough for Ulstermen. Sir Edward Carson took great pains to say nothing about the rest of Ireland. He made no claim. direct or implied, to dictate a policy for the Nationalist provinces.
