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The Whigs, seeing, if but dimly, that this Irish Independence meant an attack on property, have been successful in snatching the promised peace out of the people's hands, and in preparing all kinds of entanglement and confusion for us for a long while in their steady resistance to even the beginnings of revolution. THE WHIGS SEEING IF BUT DIMLY THAT THIS IRISH INDEPENDENCE MEANT AN ATTACK ON PROPERTY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SNATCHING THE PROMISED PIECE OUT OF THE PEOPLE'S HANDS AND IN PREPARING ALL KINDS OF ENTANGLEMENT AND CONFUSION FOR US FOR A LONG WHILE IN THEIR STEADY RESISTANCE TO EVEN THE BEGINNINGS OF REVOLUTION
y, but which their instinct will tell them truly is brought about by _government_, and that, too, the only kind of government which they can have so long as the constitutional Parliament lasts. Now, if you think I have exaggerated the power of the Whigs, that is, of solid, dead, unmoving resistance to progress, I must call your attention to the events of the last few weeks. Here has been a measure of pacification proposed; at the least and worst an attempt to enter upon a pacification of a weary and miserable quarrel many centuries old. The British people, in spite of their hereditary prejudice against the Irish, were not averse to the measure; the Tories were, as usual, powerless against it; yet so strong has been the _vis inertiæ_ of Whiggery that it has won a notable victory over common-sense and sentiment combined, and has drawn over to it a section of those hitherto known as Radicals, and probably would have drawn all Radicals over but for the personal ascendancy of Mr. Gladstone. STAND THE CAUSES DEFINITELY BUT WHICH THEIR INSTINCT WILL TELL THEM TRULY IS BROUGHT ABOUT BY GOVERNMENT AND THAT TOO THE ONLY KIND OF GOVERNMENT WHICH THEY CAN HAVE SO LONG AS THE CONSTITUTIONAL PARLIAMENT LASTS NOW IF YOU THINK I HAVE EXAGGERATED THE POWER OF THE WHIGS THAT IS OF SOLID DEAD UNMOVING RESISTANCE TO PROGRESS I MUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE EVENTS OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS HERE HAS BEEN A MEASURE OF PACIFICATION PROPOSED AT THE LEAST AND WORST AN ATTEMPT TO ENTER UPON A PACIFICATION OF A WEARY AND MISERABLE QUARREL MANY CENTURIES OLD THE BRITISH PEOPLE IN SPITE OF THEIR HEREDITARY PREJUDICE AGAINST THE IRISH WERE NOT AVERSE TO THE MEASURE THE TORIES WERE AS USUAL POWERLESS AGAINST IT YET SO STRONG HAS BEEN THIS INERTIAE OF WHIGGERY THAT IT HAS WON A NOTABLE VICTORY OVER COMMON SENSE AND SENTIMENT COMBINED AND HAS DRAWN OVER TO IT A SECTION OF THOSE HITHERTO KNOWN AS RADICALS AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DRAWN ALL RADICALS OVER BUT FOR THE PERSONAL ASCENDANCY OF MISTER GLADSTONE
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