"Yes, I say it again," he went on, when they would let him speak; "the instant repeal! When that's been done, this curse taken off us, then it'll be time enough to parlez-vous about the colour of the flag we mean to have, and about going shares in the Government.

But let me make one thing clear to you.

We're neither traitors to the Crown, nor common rebels.

We're true-blue Britons, who have been goaded to rebellion by one of the vilest pieces of tyranny that ever saw the light.

Spies and informers are everywhere about us.