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The people governed; that is to say, fair play amongst themselves for the money privileged classes to make the most of their privilege, and to fight sturdily with each other in doing so; but the government concealed as much as possible, and also as long as possible; that is to say, the government resting on an assumed necessary eternity of privilege to monopolize the means of the fructification of labour. THE PEOPLE GOVERNED THAT IS TO SAY FAIR PLAY AMONGST THEMSELVES FOR THE MONEY PRIVILEGED CLASSES TO MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR PRIVILEGE AND TO FIGHT STURDILY WITH EACH OTHER IN DOING SO BUT THE GOVERNMENT CONCEALED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND ALSO AS LONG AS POSSIBLE THAT IS TO SAY THE GOVERNMENT RESTING ON AN ASSUMED NECESSARY ETERNITY OF PRIVILEGE TO MONOPOLIZE THE MEANS OF THE FRUCTIFICATION OF LABOR
ttempt 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. 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. This, therefore, is what Parliament looks to me: a solid central party, with mere nebulous opposition on the right hand and on the left. E 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 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 THIS THEREFORE IS WHAT PARLIAMENT LOOKS TO ME A SOLID CENTRAL PARTY WITH MERE NEBULOUS OPPOSITION ON THE RIGHT HAND AND ON THE LEFT
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