"Trust us," he said to the House, indicating himself and his colleagues, "trust us to know, after all, the best methods.

Do not carp at Irish effort, and do not belittle Irish effort." Then they might count on loyal and enduring support till the great struggle was ended.
That speech, as I read it, marks the highwater-line of Redmond's achievement.

His statesmanship in the counsels of the Empire had prevailed for his own country.

The Home Rule Act was on the Statute Book, and though not in legal operation it was present in all minds; and now on a supreme issue--the blood-tax--Ireland's right to be treated as self-governing was recognized in fact.

The argument which underlay implicitly Redmond's whole contention was never set out; it was contentious, politically, and he wisely avoided it.