CHAPTER III.
WHY THE NEW CONSTITUTION WILL NOT BE A SETTLEMENT OF THE IRISH QUESTION '_We believe that this measure [the Home Rule Bill] when improved in Committee will be, at all events in our time, a final settlement of the Irish question_.'[95] 'Five speeches were made from the Irish benches ...

there was not one of those speeches which fell short of what we have declared to be in our opinion necessary for the acceptance of this Bill.

That is where we look for a durable and solid statement as to finality.

We find the word _finality_ not even eschewed by the generous unreserve of the honourable member for North Longford[96] who attached the character of finality to the Bill....

What said the honourable member for Kerry[97] last night?
He said, "_This is a Bill that will end the feud of ages_" This is exactly what we want to do.