The Irish standard., 1907-03-09

control the East of Ireland are the
same as those which control the South
and West, and the majority of the
North also. The south province is
Munster, and all its representatives are
Home Rulers; the West Province is
Connacht, and all it's representatives
are Home Rulers; the East Province
is Leinster, and as We have just said,
all its representatives but one are
Home Rulers.
Such is the record of facts and fig
ures for all Ireland outside Ulster, in
the matter of Home Rule. But i'll
Ulster, too, 'the forces which control
the greater part of it are Home Rule
forces. Ulster has thirty-tllree repre-
sentatives in the House Of Commons;
one, Mr.. Thomas w. Russell, is a
Liberal, whose policy and sympathy
are very far and strong in the direc-
tion of Home Rule, and not at all in
line with the party or principles OF
.Ascendancy. 1t is therefore false to
say that Ulster is against Home Rule.
OF its nine counties four are repre-
sented entirely by Home Rulers, and
Of the other five. one, the large County
Of Tyrone, has three Home Rule rep
resentatives, while two Of the remain
ing four counties have one Home Rule
representative each.
Thus it will be seen that the enemies
of the Irish demand for self-govern-
ment have no title OH which to claim
Ulster as with them and against the
rest Of ireland. In truth they are but
garrison-the Protestant Garrison of
Ulster" as Mr.. Birrell correctly ex-
presses it-and being a garrison they
are naturally opposed to the people.
They are not Ulster, they are not Irish.
They have no Irish sympathies Or SEN
timent. And their character as foes Of
the Irish people. among and upon
whom they live, is now well known
In Great Britain by the working
masses, whose will is in future to pre-
vail in British politics, and one of
whose most influential press organs
(Reynolds Newspaper) some time ago
described the Protestant Garrison in
Ireland as follows:
There exists in Ireland a brood of
| foreigners-1nen who are living on the
stolen property of the Irish. Those
foreigners, like the aliens in the Trans
vaal, control all Tory governments.
They have elected a band of men from
the Province Of Ulster to defend their
privileges and monopolies in the House
Of Commons. Among the enemies of
Ireland these are the deadliest. They
are not Irishlnen at all; they are SIM
ply dumped aliens, such as the Lon
donderrys and Hamiltons. Every meas
ure proposed for the good of Ireland
they oppose. In their long and loatll-
some political history they have never
proposed a single measure Of utility
for the people Of the land from which
they derive their nourishment.'
And tho objects of those aliens in
their political connections is purely
and utterly selfish and mercenary. The
Irish National party exists and works
for the benefit of the whole country
the Ulster Unionist party exists and
works for the benefit Of the Garrison
to secure and hold for it's members
and their friends a monopoly of the
well-paid offices Of government in Ire
land. Mr.. McVeagh, one Of the Ma
tionalist members for Ulster, said last
year in the House Of Commons. speak,
ing Of the Irish Unionists, that "their
being, end aim and existence is Jobs,
jobs, jobs" recalling the satire Of
Byron on the Irish landlords that
"their being, end, aim and existence
was rent, rent, rent" Nearly all the
Ulster Unionists in parliament have
relatives or friends in public offices in
Ireland. and nine-tsnths Of all the
high -salaried government Offices in the
country are held by Garrison men
This fact explains their contentment
with the existing system and their op-
position to Home Rule. They know
very we'll that under Home Rule there
would be no monopoly for any creed
or class. Under Home Rule Catholics
would have "a show" that is, they
would have justice, which is all they
want That is not what tho Protest
ant Garrison" want, because it would
mean less jobs for them and theirs
Ireland has enough of prosperity fol
them and so they want no change.
But the change is coming and the
Garrison men know 1.-THE change tina,
will upset the whole evil fabric OF
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