Category: History - British
Argument I.--From Foreign Experience " II.--From the Will of the Irish People " III.--From the Lessons of Irish History " IV.--From the Virtues of Self-Government " V.--From the Necessity for Coercion Acts " VI.--From the Inconvenience to England of Refusing Home Rule
How far Home Rule under these forms, or any one of them, is compatible with the interests of the English people must be determined by considering what are the conditions which a...
6. Chapter 6To lay stress upon the consideration that the Home Rule movement in England derives its force from the condition of public feeling is not, be it remarked, equivalent to showing...
14. Chapter 142. _With the exceptions and subject to the restrictions in this Act mentioned, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen, by and with the advice of the Irish Legislative Body...
3. Chapter 3My aim is to criticise from a purely English point of view the policy of Home Rule, or the proposal to create a more or less independent Parliament in Ireland; and as a result o...
8. Chapter 8Englishmen are so firmly and with such good reason convinced that the independence of Ireland would be fatal to the greatness and security of Great Britain, that they rarely att...
4. Chapter 4"Home Rule" is a term which, like all current and popular phrases, is, though intelligible, wanting in precision. Hence it is well, before we investigate the different forms whi...
15. Chapter 15(2.) The power of taking waste land, and, on making due compensation, any other land, for the purpose of erecting such forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, or other buildings...
11. Chapter 11Let us here review and summarise our argument. The demand for Home Rule is a demand for a change in the Constitution so fundamental as to amount to a legal and pacific revolutio...
7. Chapter 7Eighty-six years have elapsed since the conclusion of the Treaty of Union between England and Ireland. The two countries do not yet form an united nation. The Irish people are,...
5. Chapter 5A dispassionate observer will easily convince himself that in Great Britain the movement in favour of Home Rule is stronger than is believed by its opponents. Patent facts show...
10. Chapter 10The point to be noted is that the Crown, or in reality the Colonial Office, has and often exercises the power of placing a veto upon any Colonial law whatever.
13. Chapter 13Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, a...
12. Chapter 121. Chapter 1Argument I.--From Foreign Experience " II.--From the Will of the Irish People " III.--From the Lessons of Irish History " IV.--From the Virtues of Self-Government " V.--From the...
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