On Monday afternoon, at Glasgow, Mr. Courtney, address. ing a
meeting of Liberal Unionists, dwelt upon the im- portance of not allowing Home-rule to be overlaid with other issues. They must resist the temptation to fall' into a state of apathy. The Unionists maintained their position on the ground of justice to Ireland, and out of consideration for the welfare of the people of Ireland. They approached the question, not as friends of the landlords any more than as friends of the tenants ; they did not approach it as Protes- tants more than as Roman Catholics. They did not approach it as English or Scotch any more than as Irishmen, but in order that justice might be done to all. "In order that landlords might have their rights and that tenantsmight have- their bev protected in theirs, in order that Roman Cat es their freedom and that Protestants might not lose their privi- leges, it was necessary to bring to the Government of Ireland the overruling power, the supreme and instant and active interposition of a united Parliament." There is the tone a the true statesman in these words, and also in the passage in which Mr. Courtney pointed out that England and Scotland had been reconciled under a united Parliament and not- under separate Parliaments.
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