Mr.
Redmond himself was ill-advised enough to set an example in this respect.

In an article published by _Reynold's Newspaper_ in January he had scoffed at the "stupid, hollow, and unpatriotic bellowings" of the Loyalists in Belfast.

Some few opponents had enough sense to take a different line in their comments on Balmoral.

One article in particular which appeared in _The Star_ on the day of the demonstration attracted much attention for this reason.
"We have never yielded," it said, "to the temptation to deride or to belittle the resistance of Ulster to Home Rule....

The subjugation of Protestant Ulster by force is one of those things that do not happen in our politics....