Mr. J. It Campbell denounced Mr. BirTell's policy as that
of a political coward. He prosecuted some of the ignorant peasants who acted on the advice given them, but he tiered not interfere with the instigators,—]iis honourable friends from Ireland. As for the suggestion that the Crimes AA was ineffective for putting down crime, Mr. Campbell quoted utterances of the late Sir H. Oampbell-Bamierman, Sir George Trevelyan, and Mr. T. W. Russell expressing the contrary opinion. Mr. John Redmond described the amendment as a gross, unscrupulous, and untruthful attack on Ireland and the Irish people. Mr. Campbell's picture of the state of the .country was absolutely false, and Mr. Redmond charged him and his confederates with a deliberate conspiracy to libel Ireland in order to serve the ends of the disunited and. dis- tracted Tory Party. Mr. Butcher in a speech of exceptional power and lucidity alluded to the brisk trade in revolvers and Winchester rifles which now went on in every Irish village. He firmly believed that nothing had done more to inflame the cupidity of lawless men than the speeches and the silence of the Chief Secretary. While previous wars had been waged against landlords, the present campaign was directed against tenants and tenant-owners.
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