At the same time we hope that if many electors
at Paisley who are not in general sympathy with Mr. Asquith vote for him on the grounds we have mentioned, he will not consider that his mandate has not limitations. For example, Mr. Asquith would, in our opinion, do the best service to the nation at the moment if he discouraged the customary Liberal talk about Ireland. Liberals too often talk as though crime could be ignored, and as though an oiler of Home Rule short of Republicanism had only to be made to be accepted. According to Mr. Asquith, the pursuit of freedom is the chief interest of his party. Surely then he will recognize that this interest will not be secured by asserting, or alloiving it to be asserted, that the people of North-East Ulster ought forthwith to be deprived of their freedom.
