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On and after the appointed day there shall be in Ireland anIrish Parliament, consisting of his Majesty the King and twoHouses, namely, the Irish Senate and the Irish House ofCommons.

Notwithstanding the establishment of the Irish Parliament, oranything contained in this Act, the supreme power and authorityof the Parliament of the United Kingdom shall remain unaffectedand undiminished over all persons, matters, and things withinhis Majesty's dominions.

The Home Rule Bill (1912).
(The Governing Clause.)

"If we conciliate Ireland, we can do nothing amiss; if we donot we can do nothing well."

Sydney Smith.

"The cry of disaffection will not, in the end, prevail againstthe principle of liberty."

Grattan.

HOME RULE

BY

HAROLD SPENDER

WITH A PREFACE

BY THE

Rt. Hon. Sir EDWARD GREY, Bart., M.P.,

SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SECOND EDITION

With Text of Home Rule Bill (1912)

HODDER AND STOUGHTON

LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO

"There can be no nobler spectacle than that which we think isnow dawning upon us, the spectacle of a nation deliberately seton the removal of injustice, deliberately determined to breakwith whatever remains still existing of an evil tradition, anddetermined in that way at once to pay a debt of justice and toconsult, by a bold, wise and good act, its own interests andits own honour."

Gladstone
(1893).

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PREFACE

It must surely be clear to-day to many of those who opposed the HomeRule Bill of 1893 that there is a problem of which the solution is nowmore urgent than ever. We who were Gladstonian Home Rulers approachedthe problem originally from the Irish side: those who did not thenapproach it from that side refused to admit the existence of anyproblem at all. Since that time circumstances have made it necessaryto approach the problem from the British as well as from the Irishside.

The British Parliament has hitherto been regarded as a model to beimitated; if it continues to attempt the impossible task oftransacting in detail both local and Imperial business, it will end asan example to be avoided. In the last fifty years the amount of workdemanded for particular portions of the United Kingdom, for the UnitedKingdom as a whole, or for the Empire has increased enormously; in allthree categories the work is still increasing and will increase: oneParliament cannot do it all. This is

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