The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-26

n ment towards greater Indignation
: and this movement, whenever the tw
! have collided, has proved the stronger
: Just as the Kingdoms of the Hept
5 archy were welded into England, jus
J as England and Scotland were welde
into the Kingdoms Of Great Britain
, so Great Britain and Ireland must il
fact, as in name, be welded into tn,
greater Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland
The Unionists further argue thai
Irish independence would mean the de.
duction of so much territory and pop
ulation from the resources of Britain,
1t would mean, they say, an addition
to the resources of any power with
which Britain might at any time be at
war More especially, it would
mean the conversion of an island only
four hours steam from England's
shores, to permanent outpost of
the United States, with it's millions
of American-Irish citizens ready for
a conspiracy for the destruction of
the Empire.
To these alarmist prophecies the
Home Rulers reply that there is no
wish to break up the unity of the
Empire; what Ireland wants is, not
independence, but autonomy liberty
TO manage her own affairs in her way
the same privilege enjoyed by the
colonies.
Rejoinder is made to this assurance
~ quoting the language of the radical
eaders among the Irish Nationalists;
IS Parnell who said that his party
lad no intention of resting until it
lad destroyed ''the last link that
inds Ireland to England;" and Sex
on who declared that "between Ire
and and England there never would
e any feeling except passion and
ate"
Underneath all arguments, and
5 the primal cause of conflict, is the
storical fact that the Protestant Re-
left Ireland practically I'M
uched, while it did cause a revolu-
on of thought and feeling through
e rest of the Archipelago. Had the
lands remained all Catholic, or be-
me all Protestant, there would not
w be an Irish question" to haunt
'itish politics. So far as race and
stinctive character are concerned by
emselves, there is no reason why
e Irish should not amalagamate
tn the other peoples of the King
m, just as Celt, Sexon, Jute, Dane,
d Norman have in times past blend
into the modern Englishman This
nding has been prevented in the
Sc of the Irish, not so much be-
Use of their isolated position as be-
Use of their union in a compact re-
ious body.
This fact has led to antagonisms
centuries which have left wounds
icult to heal at the present time
concessions to claims which the
III think were at all times their
bright. Had the Reformation so
ed upon the islands as to leave
results fairly evenly distributed
oughout the nation, it would have
n more salutary. We're the Cath
and Protestant populations so in
mingled as to prevent local move
It from being identified with any
ocular creed, antagonisms would
All sects have lived in
United States largely because no
predominated. Give any uniform
,ious body full majority, and it
nee reasons to the conclusion that,
lily or indirectly, its creed should
in the laws of the land.
lis fact explains why the British
IN have been so slow in granting
lie justice to the people of Ireland;
Ireland has failed to truly ANAL
lte with the rest of the nation;
1t demands Home Rule; and why
Ulster Presbyterians threaten -
rebellion if Home Rule is granted.