In our opinion, the q uestion of the Union remains the
supreme and essential issue. We must never forget that in fact, if not in name, we are being asked to destroy the House of Lords because it has proved an obstacle to the destruction of the Union. Here are the plain facts. The present Liberal Government found they could not remain in power without the support of the Nationalist Party. The Nationalist Party would not support them unless they promised to grant Home. rule. But that promise was not enough. The Nationalists knew that the Liberals, as they might say, could not deliver the goods because of the House of Lords. Therefore, in demanding Home-rule, they demanded the abolition of the obstacle to Home-rule. Thus, if the naked truth is to be told, the monstrous tyranny of single-Chamber government is to be set up in this country, not on its supposed merits, but solely to keep the present Government in office.
