We are all agreed it must be done, and therefore it can and will be done.
"In none of these objections, and they are the chief ones that have emerged on Imperial security, fiscal security, and security of minorities, is there in my mind any difficulty in coming to an agreement, if we are really animated by the desire every speaker has professed to answer the appeal of the Empire in this hour of her dire extremity by removing one of her greatest weaknesses and dangers.
"We were told by Lord Midleton to play for safety.

What is safety for us?
What is safety for the Empire?
I strongly say the only safety is a settlement of this question.
"What will be the certain effect of a breakdown?
No one could fail to have been impressed by the serious and solemn note upon which the Archbishop of Dublin concluded his speech.

He reminded you this was not a question of Ulster and the rest of Ireland, not of Catholic and Protestant, or Unionist and Nationalist: it was a question of the necessity for all men of good will, all men of responsibility, all men who know that the foundation of freedom is the maintenance of order, to join hands to protect their common country from anarchy and chaos.
"The Archbishop spoke of Mr.Lysaght's speech as a threat.

No one here will be moved by threats, but let us not be mad enough to shut our eyes to the facts.

Is there a man in this room who can contemplate without horror the immediate future of Ireland if this Convention fails?
For my part, I see clearly a future following on our failure in which on one side there will be an angered, if you like, a maddened people, with no responsible control, and on the other, Government ruling by the point of the bayonet.